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China probes 1990s case of baby taken from parents that sparked outrage online

FILE PHOTO: A man braving the wind walks past the Chinese flag on the Tiananmen Square, before the opening session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in Beijing, China March 4, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

China has suspended two health officials in the southern region of Guangxi as authorities investigate the case of a baby boy taken from his parents by local government officials in the 1990s, an incident that provoked a torrent of criticism online.

The case, which was among those drawing the largest number of comments on Chinese social media, comes amid a crackdown on abduction and trafficking of women after public uproar about incidents of women chained or caged by men who bought them.

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