- Bikies 'snatched kids and sold them'
- News.com.au
- 14/01/2009 Make a Comment
- Contributed by: The Rooster ( 258 articles in 2009 )
CHINESE police have reportedly broken up a motorcycle gang which snatched toddlers while they were playing or sleeping to sell for as little as $185.
The children were snatched in the southern city of Yueyang in Hunan province, the Beijing News said.
The crimes had been committed since September and 13 people had been arrested, it added without saying how many children had been taken .
Most of the children were two or three and were sold in Yunnan, Sichuan or Fujian provinces, the newspaper said. The children were sold for prices ranging from 860 yuan ($185) to 26,000 yuan ($5640).
One child was abandoned when it was found to be a girl, the newspaper said.
In 2007, China launched a nationwide crackdown on slavery and child labour after reports that hundreds of poor farmers, children and mentally disabled were forced to work in kilns and mines in Shanxi province and neighbouring Henan.
In April last year, thousands of children in southwest China were sold into slavery like "cabbages" to work as labourers in more prosperous areas such as Guangdong, newspapers reported earlier.
Since the late 1970s, China has restricted most families to one child. Experts say a traditional preference for boys, especially in rural areas, is leading to a growing gender imbalance stemming from aborted or abandoned baby girls.
The children were snatched in the southern city of Yueyang in Hunan province, the Beijing News said.
The crimes had been committed since September and 13 people had been arrested, it added without saying how many children had been taken .
Most of the children were two or three and were sold in Yunnan, Sichuan or Fujian provinces, the newspaper said. The children were sold for prices ranging from 860 yuan ($185) to 26,000 yuan ($5640).
One child was abandoned when it was found to be a girl, the newspaper said.
In 2007, China launched a nationwide crackdown on slavery and child labour after reports that hundreds of poor farmers, children and mentally disabled were forced to work in kilns and mines in Shanxi province and neighbouring Henan.
In April last year, thousands of children in southwest China were sold into slavery like "cabbages" to work as labourers in more prosperous areas such as Guangdong, newspapers reported earlier.
Since the late 1970s, China has restricted most families to one child. Experts say a traditional preference for boys, especially in rural areas, is leading to a growing gender imbalance stemming from aborted or abandoned baby girls.
Source: https://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24911856-23109,00.html
1Will not be visible to public.
2Receive notification of other comments posted for this article. To cease notification after having posted click here.
3To make a link clickable in the comments box enclose in link tags - ie.<link>Link</link>.
4To show an image enclose the image URL in tags - ie.<image>https://fredspage.com/box.jpg</image>. Note: image may be resized if too large
To further have your say, head to our forum Click Here
To contribute a news article Click Here
To view or contribute a Quote Click Here