An eight-month-old infant taken from his mother

June 3, 2009

WCRP: An eight-month-old Burmese baby was kidnapped by a Thai couple in Mahachai, Samut Sakhon Province, said a Woman and Child Rights field report.

On 16 April 2009 at about 7 a.m., the Thai couple came to see the mother, Ma Phyu, 23, a Burmese migrant worker. They told her that they had no children and could take care of the child during the daytime. “They told me not to worry about the child and they promised to bring back my baby at 7 in the evening,” said Ma Phyu.

Ma Phyu’s husband had been arrested by the Thai police for working illegally and so she needed to make money to support her family. But as she had to take care of her child, it was difficult to work. As a result, she was willing to accept the Thai couple’s proposal.

The Thai couple gave their contact information and took the child. But as the sun set and there was no sign of her child, Ma Phyu began to worry. She went to the front of the Thai Union Factory, where the couple said they parked their bike taxi, with proximity to a busy bus stop. The taxi was not there.

Ma Phyu told her neighbors about the missing child and contacted a variety of labor rights NGOs. WCRP has followed up on this story and, as of 2 June 2009, nobody has been able to locate her son.

Before the child was taken away, the child’s mother recalls going to the market 108; a Thai woman there said that her child was very cute and asked if she could carry him for a while.

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