1,000 children worked as child labors in coal mines in Shanx

1,000 children worked as child labors in coal mines in Shanx

    Chinanews, Guangzhou, June 15 – A group of parents went to Shanxi to search for their children who had been abducted and worked as child labors in illegal coal pits in Shanxi. In order to get their children back, parents spent every penny they had. In two months, they saved more than 40 children and obtained some clues to the abductors. However, when they reported the information to local governments, local officials passed the buck to others and did not care about the issue. In the end, 400 desperate fathers wrote a letter on the website seeking the public's help. The letter evoked a repercussion on the Internet. It is estimated that at least 1,000 children have been abducted to Shanxi to work as child labors, the New Express reported.
    The fathers tried their best and finally managed to save 40 children from Henan Province.
    “We know that there are still many children who come from other provinces such as Hubei and Sichuan and now work as child labors in Shanxi Province. Due to our limited efforts, we only saved 40 children and that’s what we could do. However, we still worry about the rest of the children and we feel sad that we couldn’t help these children,” the fathers said.
    Since the illegal coal mines are all located in remote mountainous areas and the news has spread quickly, it has become even more difficult to rescue the rest of the children.
    Right now, local government in Henan shows great concern about the abduction. Henan police has reported the abduction case to the Ministry of Public Security, with the hope that the central police will urge local police department in Shanxi to handle the case and rescue the children.
    Fu Zhenzhong, a reporter from Henan TV Station, went to Shanxi three times to investigate the incident. He witnessed the whole rescuing process.
    “I was shocked by what I saw when I once visited the children working in an illegal coal mine in Wanrong County, Shanxi. Many children working there are just teenagers. The youngest one is only 8 years old and the oldest just 13 years old. These children should have been sitting in classrooms to study. However, they are doing the heavy physical work that should have been done by adults. Most of the children were abducted to Shanxi and some chose to work there to earn money. Whether they were forced to go there or chose to go there, I felt deeply sad because I could do nothing about it. As far as I know, there are at least 1,000 children who work in Shanxi as child labors,” Fu said.