Baby abandoned twice by father in China may be returned to him

A father who abandoned his baby twice in as many months in Shanghai has been asked to take the child back by the authorities, according to reports.

The six-month-old boy, referred to by the pseudonym Xiaoyu, was first abandoned by his father on March 19 and placed by police under temporary care in a hospital in Baoshan, a suburb of Shanghai. Police persuaded the unnamed man to collect his baby almost two months later, last Thursday, but he then abandoned his son for a second time that same day.