A Chinese couple whose son was abducted 14 years ago, when he was just 4, have reunited with him.
They were reunited with the now 18-year-old in Shenzhen, Guangdong province on Monday, Dec. 6.
Sun Zhuo, 18, was abducted in the city of Shenzhen in 2007.
His father, Sun Haiyang, and mother, Peng Siying, sold properties to fund their search, and offered a reward of up to $31,000 for information on his whereabouts, Chinese state media reported.
The search for the boy even inspired a hit movie.
“Dearest,” a 2014 film by Hong Kong director Peter Chan based on Sun’s story grossed more than $50 million at the box office, according to IMDb, and brought the pervasive issue of child abduction and trafficking in China into the spotlight.
Sun Haiyang had traveled to nearly every region of China in search of his son.
Authorities tracked down Sun in the eastern province of Shandong after police used facial recognition technology to help them identify a suspect, surnamed Wu, who they accuse of abducting the boy, according to a website run by the Ministry of Public Security.
