China mother, fined $54,200 for flouting one-child policy, sues for basic rights

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China mother, fined $54,200 for flouting one-child policy, sues for basic rights

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/china-mother-fined-54-200-flouting-one-child-214727195.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/p9zCBG6wi67oQPKICnvngw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-12-04T214727Z_1_CBRE9B31OJ700_RTROPTP_2_CHINA-REFORM-ONECHILD.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Nurses show a pair of fraternal twins to their mother after they were born at the IVF centre of a hospital in Xi'an" align="left" title="Nurses show a pair of fraternal twins to their mother after they were born at the IVF centre of a hospital in Xi'an" border="0" /></a>By Sui-Lee Wee BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese warehouse worker Liu Fei was fined 330,000 yuan ($54,200), or 14 times her yearly wage, for having a second child and her failure to pay means the boy has no access to basic rights like schooling and healthcare. Their dilemma has now triggered a rare legal battle against the police for denying the boy a &quot;hukou&quot; - household registration - due to strict family planning laws. Family planning officials in Beijing told Liu in 2011 she would not be able to obtain a &quot;hukou&quot; if she did not pay up. If I had known, I would never have given birth.&quot; Liu's ordeal underscores the punitive nature of China's family planning policy, beyond the more well-known stories of forced abortions and sterilizations, and highlights the plight of an estimated 13 million undocumented children, known as &quot;black children&quot;.</p><br clear="all"/>

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