LEXINGTON, Ky. — A Chinese national was detained in Panama after allegedly abducting his three young children from Lexington, Kentucky, and attempting to flee the United States in violation of custody agreements, according to federal court documents filed Tuesday.
Hao Qiu faces a federal charge of international parental kidnapping, according to an FBI affidavit filed in U.S. District Court in Lexington.
Qiu was stopped by authorities in Panama as he tried to board a flight with his children, whose identities are not being released to protect their privacy. The children’s mother, who also is not being identified, had previously flagged them with U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s International Anti-Abduction program after becoming suspicious that Qiu might abduct them during an agreed-upon supervised trip to Disney World in Orlando, Florida, court records said…