Filipino meets Taiwanese father for the first time: police

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/08/03
By: Chen Chao-fu and William Yen

Kaohsiung, Aug. 3 (CNA) A 23-year-old Filipino has been reunited with his

Michael (center) with friends from the Philippines that accompanied him to Taiwan in search of his biological father pose with Kaohsiung police officers in a recent photo at Jiuqutang railway station in the city’s Dashu District. The police assisted Michael and found his father, a man that he had never seen, in an emotional reunion. (Photo courtesy of the police)

Taiwanese biological father after coming to Taiwan to search for a man he had never seen, according to the Kaohsiung police.

With only an old wedding photo of his parents in hand, the Filipino, identified as Michael and the Chinese name Huang Chun-hao (黃俊豪), showed up at the Renwu Precinct’s Dashu Police Station on July 28 asking for help, police said.

Dashu Police Station Chief Kao Tsuan (高鑽) said Michael and the two friends from the Philippines who accompanied him showed signs of distress because they could not speak Chinese, but police officers on duty spoke English and were able to help the visitors.

The officers learned that Michael, who was raised by his mother in the Philippines, was in Taiwan for the first time and was in Kaohsiung searching for his biological father.    [FULL  STORY]

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