Posted on 12/18/2007 5:38:27 PM PST by ncoaster
Every child is a gift, as the saying goes. But in a case that has stoked outrage on two continents, a Dutch diplomat posted in Hong Kong has been accused of returning his eight-year-old adopted daughter like an unwanted Christmas necktie.
The story, which first appeared in the South China Morning Post on Dec. 9, began seven years ago, when Dutch vice consul Raymond Poeteray and his wife, Meta, adopted then-four-months-old Jade in South Korea. The couple, who also have two biological children, brought Jade with them to Indonesia and then to Hong Kong in 2004, although Poeteray never applied for Dutch nationality for the child a curious oversight, given that he worked in a consulate. Then, last year, the Poeterays put Jade in the care of Hong Kong's Social Welfare Department, saying they could no longer care for her because of the girl's emotional remoteness.
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Did you see this? How could these so called parents be such jerks? I am glad to see Jade is doing better. As for the adopted parents I hope they rot.
Best answer tonight!
The only emotionally detached people in this story are the parents.
That’s because you have a heart and soul, unlike these folks in the article.
Methinks the child is not the one with the attachment disorder.
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