BEIJING - MR LU Xiande's youngest daughter had not even been named when she was taken away from her parents in 2004.

Mr Lu and his wife, farmers in a remote county in south-west China, could not pay the steep fines imposed for having too many children. Their fifth child's current whereabouts are unknown, according to a report by the Southern Metropolis News.

The child, who was six months old when she was taken away, is believed to be among 80 newborn girls 'confiscated' from parents who broke family planning laws, and then 'sold' for adoption overseas in the past eight years.

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