Taiwanese-Brazilian boy Iruan Ergui Wu (吳憶樺) and 30 of his Taiwanese family members yesterday kneeled down during a press conference asking for help to let Iruan stay in Taiwan.
According to a court ruling, the Wus should have returned Iruan to his Brazilian grandmother, Rosa Ergui, before midnight yesterday. His Taiwanese uncle Wu Huo-yen (
By law, judges have the right to enforce the law by asking police officers to escort Iruan out of the country anytime after the deadline. When the law is enforced, Iruan will be escorted to Brazil Business Center Director Paulo Pinto and Pinto will personally escort Iruan back to his grandmother in Brazil.
PHOTO: SU FU-NAN, TAIPEI TIMES
"Please do not take him away from us, please," Wu said. "He is one of us. Nobody wants to see him leave."
While Wu made his statement with tears in his eyes, he suddenly led the entire family, including Iruan, to kneel down at the press conference to beg for help.
"Here is my message to Rosa. She has won the case and the guardianship of Iruan. Just take it as doing me a favor -- please let him stay with us," he said.
Speaking on behalf of Ergui, Pinto said that she (Ergui) actually kept contact with Iruan and explained in detail to him why she could not come to Taiwan to pick him up in person. During their conversations, Iruan never said he did not want to go back to Brazil.
"When to enforce the law is a decision that is up to the judges. Iruan's Brazilian family believe that the judges will make arrangements for his journey," Pinto said.
However, Kaohsiung Judge Liao Cheng-hsiung (
"Up to this minute, we have not received such a request from Ergui or Hsu Wen-bin (
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