Nigeria abductions leave Sichuan families in shock

From: China Daily | Date: January 9, 2007 | Copyright information

CHENGDU: Wang Qunying struggles to control the tears in front of her teenage son and daughter, who are unaware that their father has been taken hostage by unidentified gunmen in Nigeria.

"I hope they don't find out anytime soon. I don't want to scare them or affect their schoolwork," she said.

Wang's husband, Li Shaofu, 36, is one of five Chinese telecommunication workers who were abducted last Friday in the Rivers State of Nigeria.

All five are from Southwest China's Sichuan Province. Two of them are interpreters from the provincial capital Chengdu, while the other three technicians from ...

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