MELBOURNE - The Chinese grandparents of the child abandoned by her father at Melbourne's Southern Cross railway station plan to seek custody of her.
National MP Pansy Wong told Radio New Zealand she was assisting efforts to get Anan Liu's mother to New Zealand and reunited with her
granddaugther Qian.
"Her priority is to come to this part of the world. First of all she wants to unite with Qian Xun and also wants to be really in the midst of knowing what is happening of finding her missing daughter," Ms Wong said.
"The positive news I discovered when I talked to her is that grandmother and granddaugther share a very close bond."
Ms Wong said Qian had spent time every year with her grandparents in China, including from November to February last year.
Ms Wong said she was trying to find the best way for the grandmother to be reunited with Qian as soon as possible.
The girl's grandfather had high blood pressure so was not able to make the long journey, so the grandmother would travel with a friend.
Finance was not a problem at this stage, Ms Wong said.
She was trying to establish the best way to deal with immigration requirements.
"Today is the day to work out how many types of visa we need and which type, but grandma will be focusing on getting her passport on the China side to make sure things can progress as soon as we know where we're heading."
Fairfax newspapers in Australia report today that the parents of Annie Xue have applied to a police station near their home for exit documents to leave China.
Through The Age newspaper, they have asked the Department of Human Services how they can take over the guardianship of their granddaughter, Qian Xue.
Qian's mother, Annie Xue, was last seen in Auckland on September 10, six days before her husband Nai Xin Xue abandoned their three-year-old daughter, who was nicknamed Pumpkin by police after she was found at Melbourne's Southern Cross railway station on Saturday.
A Children's Court hearing today will determine the girl's immediate future.
- NZPA, AAP
