Family in China reunited with kidnapped son after 24-year search


Guo Xinzhen (left) during his reunion with his parents in Liaocheng city, China, on July 11, 2021. - China Daily/ANN

BEIJING (China Daily/ANN): A father whose search for his abducted boy was turned into a movie has been reunited with his son after 24 years, following a successful police campaign launched in January.

Guo Gangtang, 51, and his wife were reunited with their son Guo Xinzhen in Liaocheng, Shandong province, on Sunday. The Ministry of Public Security held a news conference in Beijing on Tuesday to release details of the case as well as photos of the reunion.

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