China sentences orphanage director, nine others to prison for baby-trafficking
Updated: 2006-02-25
15:34
BEIJING (AP)
A Chinese orphanage director and nine other people have been sentenced to prison for buying and selling scores of infants who were adopted by foreign parents, the government announced Saturday.
Another 22 officials were fired in the case in the southern city of Hengyang in Hunan province, the official Xinhua News Agency said.
Police said the traffickers bought babies that had been abducted from their families and sold them to welfare homes in Hengyang for 3,200 to 4,300 yuan (US$400-US$540; euro320-euro430) each, the report said.
"The social welfare homes then had the infants adopted by foreigners who made donations," the report said....
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Saturday, February 25, 2006 ·
Last updated 3:18 a.m. PT
10 sent to prison for baby-trafficking
By JOE MCDONALD ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
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