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Brazilian boy's Taiwanese family desperate for help
TRAGEDY:
Although a court ruled that Iruan Ergui Wu has to be returned into his Brazilian grandmother's care, his family in Taiwan is still fighting against letting him go
By Jimmy Chuang
STAFF REPORTER
Saturday, Jan 17, 2004, Page 2
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Taiwanese-Brazilian boy Iruan Ergui Wu, along with his Taiwanese family members, yesterday kneels down during a press conference while begging the government not to send him back to Brazil.
PHOTO: SU FU-NAN, TAIPEI TIMES
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Taiwanese-Brazilian boy Iruan Ergui Wu (§d¾Ð¾ì) 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 (§d¤õ²´) turned off his cellphone all day on Thursday, leading the media to believe that the Wus have tried to hide the boy. However, Wu said yesterday that he only took him to visit a relative in Tainan.
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.
"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 (¹ù¥¿¶¯) said that the order to return Iruan has to be complied with. But, before the order can be enforced, the law determines that judges need an official request from the plaintiff.
"Up to this minute, we have not received such a request from Ergui or Hsu Wen-bin (³\¤å±l), Ergui's lawyer," Liao said.
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