A boy in Tianjin stayed overnight on the roof of the car, the street office: the child has been found, and is discussing follow-up resettlement

Beijing News (reporter Mu Hongju intern Li Xinran) On October 24, a 9-year-old boy in Tianjin slept on the roof of a roadside vehicle and then disappeared, causing concern. On the 26th, the police of the Hangjia Temple Police Station in Hexi District said that the boy had been found.

Mr. Lin, director of the Public Service Office of Hangjiasi Street, said that the boy's parents have not registered for marriage, and he is currently living with his mother, usually rebellious and often runs away from home. "The child's mother is relatively loose, and we have repeatedly persuaded and educated her."

Mr. Lin said that after the child was found, the relevant leaders had gone to the Hexi District Civil Affairs Bureau for a meeting to discuss the child's follow-up matters, and the specific handling method was not clear.

The boy slept on the hood of a white sedan. Source: Video screenshot

The boy sleeping on the roof of the car has been found

On October 24, in Tianjin's Hexi District, passers-by filmed a video of a young boy sleeping on the roof of a car on the side of the road and posted it on Weibo. In the video, it's dark and the boy is sleeping on the hood of a white sedan wearing black sweatpants.

The video publisher said she had seen the boy sleeping on the roof of the car several times, and the child's mother lived nearby, but would not let him in the door, and called the police many times but it was useless. The community has also thought about sending children to welfare institutions, but because the children have families, they are not eligible.

After the video attracted attention, on October 25, enthusiastic citizens called the police for help.

According to previous media reports, on the evening of the 25th, the local street said that the boy came from a single-parent family, the mother did not fulfill her responsibilities, did not fulfill her guardianship obligations, and let the child go unchecked, and the community, the district civil affairs bureau, the school and the police were looking for the child.

At 11:40 on the 26th, a police officer on duty at the Hangjiasi Police Station in Hexi District, Tianjin Told the Beijing News reporter that the boy had been found. At 14:30 on the 26th, Mr. Lin, director of the Public Service Office of Hangjiasi Street in Hexi District, Tianjin, said that he received a call from the Hangjiasi police station this morning and learned that the boy had been found and had now been properly placed.

A meeting is underway to discuss the boy's follow-up

Mr. Lin told the Beijing News reporter that the boy is 9 years old this year, his father is from Shandong, his mother Ms. Liu is from Tianjin, and the two have not registered for marriage. The boy lived with his biological father in Shandong before the age of 7, and is now raised by his mother alone and lives in a rental house near Luanshuidao.

Ms. Liu has a hearing impairment and receives a minimum security deposit and disability allowance totaling more than 2,000 yuan per month. On the evening of October 25, after finding the boy lost, the street office and the police immediately contacted Ms. Liu, but she did not answer the phone and refused to open the door.

Mr. Lin mentioned that boys often drop out of school and run away from home. When the boy ran away before, he often went to the vicinity of the local cultural center, and was repeatedly contacted by the police of the cultural center police station to send him back, and the boy once ran away alone to Ningxia and was sent back after being discovered by the local police station.

"Children are more naughty, do not love school, and often have behaviors such as blocking keyholes, which always gives community residents a headache." Mr. Lin said.

Mr. Lin said that the Hangjiasi Street Office had contacted Ms. Liu many times to persuade and educate her, and had also thought about sending the child to a welfare home, but the child had a guardian and did not meet the conditions, but Ms. Liu and the boy himself hoped that he would be supervised by the welfare home. After the child was found, the leaders of the relevant departments went to the Hexi District Civil Affairs Bureau for a meeting on the morning of the 26th to discuss the child's follow-up matters, and the specific handling methods were not clear.

Proofread by Liu Yue