Abductor is not exempt from law

A BABYSITTER SURNAMED HE, working for a family in Chongqing, took the 1-year-old she was employed to care for to her poverty-stricken rural home in Nanchong, Sichuan province, without telling the parents - the child's real mother was a doctor and the father a military officer - 26 years ago. The woman brought up the boy as her own son, but finally regretted her action and surrendered herself to the police last year. The boy's real mother surnamed Zhu was found on Feb 6. Southern Metropolis Daily comments:

What makes the case complicated is that Zhu supposedly found her "son" with the help of police in Henan province three years after he was abducted, with DNA test results provided by the police "proving" the boy was Zhu's son.

Zhu took the boy home, believing he was her son, even though, as later transpired, that proved not to be the case.