Migrant children more vulnerable
By Li Wenfang and Xiang Yiwen | China Daily | Updated: 2009-08-20 07:48
Family members of a dead boy cry at Jingdu Mansion in Yuexiu district, Guangzhou, Guangdong province, where the 5-year-old boy fell down an elevator shaft on the fifth floor of the building on Aug 12. Preliminary investigation found that the boy stepped into the elevator shaft when the doors opened on the fifth floor, but the elevator was actually stopped at the sixth floor. Xia Shiyan Inset: The boy's photo was taken by his father's mobile phone when he celebrated his fifth birthday. Courtesy of the father |
GUANGZHOU: Children of migrant workers in Guangdong province are highly vulnerable to abductions, accidental deaths and injuries, according to police statistics.
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