Chinese mother reunited with baby after he was stolen and sold for $5000

A MOTHER whose newbo baby was allegedly sold to human traffickers by a doctor has been reunited with her son.

Dong Wan from China wept as she held the boy at a hospital in Fuping following the arrest of Zhang Lin, a female obstetrician, and two suspected accomplices.

The doctor apparently told Mrs Wan, 31, that her son was bo with severe health problems and would soon die. She is accused of persuading the mother to sign the baby over to the hospital before selling him to traffickers for $5000.

\"I was told the best thing would be to let the hospital take care of him, so I did,\" Mrs Dong said.

But after signing the documents at the Fuping County Mateal and Child Health Care Hospital in northe China on July 17, she became suspicious and begged her husband to call the police.

The healthy baby was tracked down hundreds of miles away after the original traffickers sold him on for a profit.

Local deputy director Chen Jainfeng said that \"the suspects told us where the baby was and with the help of local police we found the child\".

\"The baby is undergoing medical tests and is on his way home,\" he added.

Police fear there may be many more such cases and are investigating at least seven in the region.

Dong cries holding her newbo baby in arms at the Mateal and Child Health Care Hospital in Fuping County, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Aug. 5, 2013. Picture: Picture Media