in an interview in hunan, zhou yinghe's mother said officials only want to cover up what happened. >> "every time i went to the department and asked for my granddaughter, they said they didn't know where she was. journalists came to my house to investigate this matter. after the journalists left (officials) threatened us that if the journalists exposed them and affected their interests, they would take revenge on us and we would be in great trouble." residents of longhui county say they have suffered for years at the hands of corrupt family planning officials. told of the arrival of journalists, more than a dozen parents and grandparents crowd into a small hostel. one after another, they share stories of forced abortions, sterilizations and beatings. in december 2008, yuan qingfeng was eight months pregnant with her third child, when officials hustled her off to the hospital, where doctors aborted her baby, then performed a tubal ligation. a week later, they dropped her off to wander home alone in one of the coldest winters on record. >> "they dumped her on the road. while she was lyi

zhou refuses to return to his hometown in hunan province, where he says family planning officials have led a campaign of abuse in the name of the one child policy. >> "in order to implement the family planning policy, the government has sent people from the (criminal) underworld, together with the police and the family planning committee. the life of each household is disrupted. everybody lives in constant fear. we are very miserable. >> zhou and his first daughter zhou qing, help prepare the birthday meal. he is separated from his wife, and alone provides for his 10-year-old. zhou also has a second daughter, one he has not seen since she was seized by local officials eight years ago, and likely sold into adoption abroad. in 2003, when zhou was away working, family planning officials barged into the house where his mother was tending to the 3-month-old child. >> "they asked my mother for money as a fine for the birth of our second child. but my mother had no money, and my wife and i were out working. they asked my mother where this child came from. my mother was very afraid, so she dar

. >> reporter: this village lies in the river basen in hunan province. an area badly hit by industrial solution. the effect has been so bad that this community of 2,500 is now known as one of china's cancer villages. this photographer has led a campaign to clean up the river. >> translator: one person in this house died of cancer a couple of months ago. and someone from that house has already had three operations for cancer of the rectum. >> reporter: over a 20-year period from 1990, more than 100 people have died of cancer in this village alone. through his photographs, he has been trying to raise awareness of the pollution problem. he became an activist 20 years ago after a childhood friend died. he, too, had cancer. >> translator: i visited my friend when he was sick. i told him i would quit my job and spend my time telling people the truth about this pollution. he supported my decision. >> reporter: hou's photos show the impact of the rapid industrialization from the 1970s. runoff from paper mills and chemical plants were channeled into the river. so

as we have seen, stormy weather further toward the southwest it has disrupted transport through hunan prove incident. you expect it to continue for a little while yet. another 100, 150 millimeters range possible in some parts of south china it will stay that way through toward tuesday. more heavy rain to come. the clear-up is going to take quite some time. jane? >> thanks. thousands of mexican mothers have called on the government to do more. more than 26,000 people declared after the former government declared war on the drug car tells. little has been done to finding the missing. their loved ones aren't happy. a report from mexico city. where are our children, as sarah robella mars. many travel from all over the country to protest against the government for not doing enough to find their sons and daughters. >> sarah's 31-year-old son disappeared last september. a successful chef and a father, he planned to open a restaurant with his mother. but after having dinner out one night, he never came home. i don't have any to celebrate. i am missing one of my kids. i miss him. i don't know