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Chinese woman sentenced to 3 years for baby abduction after 35-year search

A woman in China, identified as Wang, received a three-year prison sentence for abducting a 10-month-old baby 35 years ago. Wang confessed that her desire to become a mother, stemming from a diagnosis of infertility, motivated her to take the child from the family who employed her as a maid. The parents of the abducted child, the SUN family, had searched for their son for decades, facing technological limitations that hindered their efforts until recent advancements allowed for the child's recovery. AI

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Chinese woman sentenced to 3 years for baby abduction after 35-year search

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Alice Yan ·

    Public outrage after Chinese woman gets just 3 years jail for abducting baby 35 years ago

    A woman in China was sentenced to three years in prison for abducting a 10-month-old baby boy 35 years ago from the family who employed her as their maid. The woman, identified by her surname Wang, confessed in court that she took the boy after being diagnosed with infertility, d…