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

时间：2007-06-15 03:23:09

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Chinanews, Guangzhou, June 15 – A group of parents went to Shanxi to search for their children who had been abducted1 and worked as child labors2 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 buck3 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 evoked4 a repercussion5 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 Ministry6 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.

 
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1 abducted 73ee11a839b49a2cf5305f1c0af4ca6a     
劫持，诱拐( abduct的过去式和过去分词 )； 使（肢体等）外展
参考例句：
  • Detectives have not ruled out the possibility that she was abducted. 侦探尚未排除她被绑架的可能性。
  • The kid was abducted at the gate of kindergarten. 那小孩在幼儿园大门口被绑架走了。
2 labors 8e0b4ddc7de5679605be19f4398395e1     
v.努力争取(for)( labor的第三人称单数 )；苦干；详细分析；（指引擎）缓慢而困难地运转
参考例句：
  • He was tiresome in contending for the value of his own labors. 他老为他自己劳动的价值而争强斗胜，令人生厌。 来自辞典例句
  • Farm labors used to hire themselves out for the summer. 农业劳动者夏季常去当雇工。 来自辞典例句
3 buck ESky8     
n.雄鹿，雄兔；v.马离地跳跃
参考例句：
  • The boy bent curiously to the skeleton of the buck.这个男孩好奇地弯下身去看鹿的骸骨。
  • The female deer attracts the buck with high-pitched sounds.雌鹿以尖声吸引雄鹿。
4 evoked 0681b342def6d2a4206d965ff12603b2     
[医]诱发的
参考例句：
  • The music evoked memories of her youth. 这乐曲勾起了她对青年时代的回忆。
  • Her face, though sad, still evoked a feeling of serenity. 她的脸色虽然悲伤，但仍使人感觉安详。
5 repercussion yB6ze     
n.[常pl.](不良的)影响，反响，后果
参考例句：
  • After being put out,service has received very good market repercussion.服务推出后收到了非常好的市场反响。
  • The president's death had unexpected repercussion.总统的逝世引起出乎意料的反响。
6 ministry kD5x2     
n.(政府的)部；牧师
参考例句：
  • They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
  • We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

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