The New American
The man whose wife fell victim to the Chinese government’s strict
one-child policy has gone missing after he posted photographs online of
his wife and their aborted baby. Government officials had forcibly
aborted the late-term pregnancy earlier this month, prompting an
international outcry and, consequently, leading to the suspension of
three officials in the Shaanxi province.
The abortion took place on June 2 (seven months into the pregnancy),
provoked by the fact that Deng Jiyuan and his wife Feng Janmei could not pay
the 40,000-yuan ($6,300) fine for having a second child. In protest of
the horrific act, Deng Jiyuan published graphic photos of his dead baby
online, attracting a flurry of international criticism and reigniting
the debate over China’s controversial one-child policy.
Embittered over Deng’s public reaction, local officials coordinated a
backlash against the family, branding them as traitors and setting them
under government surveillance. “We are already heartbroken from losing
the baby,” lamented Deng Jicai, a sister of Deng Jiyuan. “How did we
become traitors?”-[Full Article]
