China Upholds Death Penalty for Vietnamese Child Trafficker

A court in southern China has upheld a death sentence against a Vietnamese convicted of selling more than 20 babies for money for years. Huang Qingheng was found guilty of smuggling babies and young children to be sold in China.  In some instances, pregnant women visited the neighboring country to sell their unborn children. More than 20 members of the gang were given sentences ranging from 22 months to life imprisonment.  It is not clear when the defendants were...

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