Michael Jackson provoked new concerns for his children’s welfare after he took them to the zoo covered in strange, bright-colored veils “to protect them from kidnappers.”
The pop star was pictured walking through Berlin Zoo with his two elder children, Prince Michael, five, and Paris, four.
Both youngsters had their faces completely covered in outlandish see-through burgundy-colored veils—a choice of dress which Jackson’s aides said was designed to disguise the youngsters to protect them from being kidnapped. But as they wandered through the zoo with their famous father, it seemed an unlikely explanation.
The rare appearance came just 24 hours after the singer provoked outrage by dangling his youngest child, baby Prince Michael II, from the fourth-floor balcony of a hotel window.
The nine-month-old boy’s face was covered with a white cloth, which was again said to be a precautionary measure taken by the star to protect his children from becoming kidnappers’ targets.
As people across the world criticized Jackson as an unfit father, child protection groups called on German police to take action against the pop legend. However, Berlin prosecutors said they were not investigating the incident, and an inquiry could only be opened if a complaint was filed against Jackson.
According to the passage, German police could take action against Michael Jackson only when __________.