Malawi group challenges Madonna adoption order

LILONGWE, Oct 13 (Reuters) Malawi's leading child rights group said today it would seek a court injunction to stop pop star Madonna adopting a one-year-old boy if the government did not put on hold its interim order approving the process.

''It's not like selling property,'' said a statement by Eye of the Child, a day after Malawi's High Court granted an interim order for Madonna to adopt the boy, named as David Banda.

''It is about safeguarding the future of a human being who, because of age, cannot express an opinion,'' said the group, adding that the government circumvented it's own laws to fast-track the adoption process.

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