Pumpkin’s father arrested and awaiting extradition
February 29, 2008 by Megan Bayliss · 3 Comments
Remember little Pumpkin, the Chinese girl abandoned by her father at an Australian train station following the alleged murder of her mother by Pumpkin’s father?
The abandonment of his daughter caused an outrage in Australia and New Zealand, and led to the establishment of the Little Pumpkin Trust in both countries.
The trust was created by Qian Xun’s half sister, Grace Xue, who was unaware she had a half-sister until the news broke that her father had abandoned the little girl and fled.
The trust raised $NZ40,000 ($34,000) for the little girl, who was taken back to China to live with her maternal grandmother.
Qian Xun was nicknamed Pumpkin after the Pumpkin Patch-brand clothing she was wearing when she was found in Melbourne.
Pumpkin’s father has been arrested in the U.S: Pumpkin’s fugitive father Nai Yin Xue captured in US.
Congratulations to the Chinese people who made a citizens arrest after seeing Nai Yin Xue in the media. How scared they must have been after opening their homes, their community and generosity to him, only to discover that he had a very long history of child protection crimes, including the alleged murder of little Pumpkin’s mother. When police arrived at a house to arrest Nai Yin Xue, the citizens had already prepared him for capture: he was hogtied and duct taped - Locals ’sat on and hogtied’ fugitive Nai Yin Xue in US.
Every day people, people like you and I, can make a difference to child protection. We can act (within the law) and make a difference. Living a zero tolerance of child abuse principle makes for fast societal change. If you recognise someone who has hurt children, please report them. Child abuse occurs because we too often allow it to go unchallenged. While the perpetrators are responsible for their acts, let us not be responsible for inaction.
Pumpkin, may the rest of your life be pest free.
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Thank god he’s captured. The father has to be responsible for what he had done. By the way, how on earth could a father do such thing to his own daughter? I have goose bumps thinking of this.
I know…I just cannot fathom it either. However, he is now captured and will face trial for both murder and child abandonment. How excellent that the Chinese community recognised him on America’s Most Wanted and responded accordingly. News reports suggest that it was the image of Pumpkin standing bewildered at the train station that motivated the community to act.
Fathers abandon children frequently…mothers do, too. But how wonderful from a “culture” still practicing infanticide of girl children and forced abortions that some have moved on to another way of being.
I think more images of children would help in th the fight against child abuse… the pictures make the horrors more real when connected to sweeties like Pumpkin, but generally pictures aren’t shown here in US unless the child is dead, and not often then… supposedly to protect the child’s right to privacy! I like to think that the reason there are so many more animal rights activists are out there is because there are no such restrictions on animal pictures. They make us sick, but we pay attention. I’d hate to think it’s simply that there are that many more people who care about animals than children! I believe both are valuable and deserving of our protection…and the abused elderly too…and abused spouses…and even abused prisoners. Abuse makes victims and harms perpetrators in the process… no winners no matter where or whom or how, in my opinion.
A Child is Waiting.
Take care…be aware,
Nancy Gray