Xiao Yu (Alias) who is 7 years old that lives in Country Garden (Bi Gui Yuan), Panyu, Guangzhou. She was pent up in the balcony over a long period of time by her stepmother and had to bear hunger regularly. As a result, she is scrawny and is suffering from severe malnutrition, an emaciated body. Last night, the girl cannot endure starving anymore so that she jumped out to seek for food. She was discovered by the Guangbi proprietor when stealing something to eat from the convenient store. For the moment, with the assistance of the local Resident Committee and the Guangbi Concern for Children Centre. Xiao Yu had sent to Panyu Help Management Station. At 09:00 this morning, correspondents phoned Xiao Yu’s father, Mr. Xing for many times, but failed to get a connection.

Tragic Situation: She cannot help starving that jumped out for food.

Yesterday, a netizen “Shishi mother” published a topic <<It makes you bristle with anger: A girl who lives in a luxurious community but hunger had reduced her to skin and bone and compelled to jumped off the building to look for food>> The post professed: “Last night, friend and I were at the Seven-Eleven store, we had encountered a little girl who stole foods from there. She is gaunt and a bag of bones. You can feel the stinging bones when you fumble her back”.

“Shishi Mother” said: “The little girl is taciturn. From several times enquires that able to know she was slept and ate at her house balcony. Outrageously, she was allowed to eat when her father and stepmother picked their teeth with a toothpick. Look at her figure; you don’t know whether she had a meal in a day or not. When asked why she lived in the balcony, she remained quiet……”

At 7th 22:00, because of the unbearable hunger, Xiao Yu jumped off from the second floor of the balcony to look for food. She told us that she was truly hungry that jumped off.” Her trouser leg is still carrying a bowl.

The child: I want to change a new Mama.

Last night, some enthusiastic people from the Resident Committee paid her a visit and took her to the hospital for a checkup. Reporters caught sight of Xiao Yu that “she wears her long hair, she looks drawn, and her eyes are filled with fear.”

When mentioned about her father and mother, Xiao Yu claimed that “No! I don’t want to see them.” She said that she had lived in the balcony for quite a while, and her stepmother delivered her food occasionally. When she was feeling hungry and cold, she would keep sleeping. A stepmother’s daughter helped her to open the balcony door but stopped by her mother. You know, outside was terribly cold.

According to the introduction, Xiao Yu’s biological father and mother were separated when she was 3. Her biological mother lives in Hongkong and she follows her father. Subsequently, her father remarried. The child was studied at Huali primary school, in Class One, Grade One but she was dropped out since May owing to her parents’ disagreement. The child said that she often late to school because her parents were never woke her up and she needed her parents’ agreement to go to school every day.

A Guangbi dweller said she once was an endearing little girl who having a chubby cheek. She was looked after by her granny previously. Later, her granny left to her hometown in a fit of pique because of her father and stepmother’s disapproval. The little girl also has a younger sister, but after her parents’ divorce, they each owned one, her biological mother left for Hongkong with her younger sister.

Neighbors: they are considering to prosecute Xiao Yu’s parents.

At the present time, Resident Committee has reported this issue to the police and hope to seek out Xiao Yu’s parents. But it is unable to get in touch with them temporarily.

At the same time, the Guangbi Concern for Children Centre had worked out a scheme for helping Xiao Yu. “We have tried to contact the Hongkong Child’s Rights Community and sent them the girl’s personal data; hopefully they could assist to find out Xiao Yu’s biological mother and a Hongkong charitable Institution for her. It said by a warmhearted proprietor “Romance”.

Some enthusiasts said, if in the coming days her parents don’t come to pick Xiao Yu up, there are several Guangbi residential owners would like to be her guardians, meanwhile, they are taking into account to sue Xiao Yu’s parents for abandonment crime too.

Oh, I found this event has published in Guangzhou Daily at 2011-7-10. Here is a photo from the Newspaper.