LOST AND FOUND: An Amis woman has found her brother, who was abandoned in the Canary Islands by their father in the 1980s, and now they are attempting to reunite
Taipei Times
Date: Dec 22, 2019
By: Staff writer, with CNA
Nearly four decades after being stranded by his father in the Canary Islands, a man from the Amis
Chen Hsiu-lan sits with her husband as she talks about her brother Chen Chiung-ming on Thursday last week.
Photo: Huang Ming-tang, Taipei Times
Chen Chiung-ming (陳炯明) has a chance to reunite with his family, thanks to the efforts of his sister, Chen Hsiu-lan (陳秀蘭), who promised their late father that she would find him. Now, she must navigate the bureaucratic obstacles that keep them apart.
Financial hardship drove Chen Chiung-ming, at age 17, to work for their father on a long-haul commercial fishing vessel, Chen Hsiu-lan said in an interview on Dec. 12.
In their months at sea, the two came into almost constant conflict. Finally, in 1981, the father ordered his son locked up in the ship’s refrigerator. He was eventually freed and helped ashore by his friends when the ship docked in the Canary Islands. [FULL STORY]
