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Former child slave returns to Taiwan to see family
Jan 18, 2012, 10:13 GMT
Taipei - A Taiwanese woman reportedly sold into slavery at age 7 and taken to the United States will finally reunite with her family after 27 years, local media said Wednesday.
Ho Hsiao-feng, 34, gained attention after her story was featured on CNN's Freedom Project in November.
The report said Ho's mother sold her into slavery to a wealthy Taiwanese family because her own was poor. While in servitude, she was repeatedly beaten, and fed only scraps.
With the help of an acquaintance, she escaped her captors when she was in her 20s, and eventually settled a civil lawsuit against them.
In the report, Ho said she 'always wanted to find' her real mother.
After her story aired, a sister in Taiwan identified her, and the foreign minister travelled to the US to offer Ho assistance.
Ho is expected to arrive in Taiwan Wednesday evening, and journey to her family's home in the eastern county of Taitung.
She plans to spend Chinese New Year with her 71-year-old mother, and attend her sister's wedding on January 24, broadcaster FTV said.
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