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Babies in tote bags lead to Chinese gang arrests
Last Updated Fri, 23 Jul 2004 14:29:12 EDT
BEIJING - A Chinese court sentenced the leaders of a baby-trafficking gang to death on Friday after 28 baby girls were discovered in tote bags on a bus.
A court in the city of Nanning in southern China sentenced two men to death, and handed suspended death sentences to four more people. A suspended death sentence is often commuted to life in prison.
Five people received life in prison sentences and 40 more were handed 18-month sentences.
In March, 28 baby girls were discovered in nylon tote bags on a bus bound for the eastern province of Anhui. The babies had been drugged to keep them asleep.
China's state news agency Xinhua says the smugglers got the babies from midwives and health-care workers in the city of Yulin, in the southern region of Guangxi. At least two hospitals sold the babies for $12 to $24 each, Xinhua reported.
No families have claimed the rescued babies. Officials say they may end up in orphanages.
China's birth control policy limits couples to one child.
http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2004/07/23/china_baby040723.html
Last Updated Fri, 23 Jul 2004 14:29:12 EDT
BEIJING - A Chinese court sentenced the leaders of a baby-trafficking gang to death on Friday after 28 baby girls were discovered in tote bags on a bus.
A court in the city of Nanning in southern China sentenced two men to death, and handed suspended death sentences to four more people. A suspended death sentence is often commuted to life in prison.
Five people received life in prison sentences and 40 more were handed 18-month sentences.
In March, 28 baby girls were discovered in nylon tote bags on a bus bound for the eastern province of Anhui. The babies had been drugged to keep them asleep.
China's state news agency Xinhua says the smugglers got the babies from midwives and health-care workers in the city of Yulin, in the southern region of Guangxi. At least two hospitals sold the babies for $12 to $24 each, Xinhua reported.
No families have claimed the rescued babies. Officials say they may end up in orphanages.
China's birth control policy limits couples to one child.
http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2004/07/23/china_baby040723.html
