Two sisters conspired to sell a young girl to China.
(Baonghean.vn) - After marrying a Chinese man, Niem and her sister carried out a plan to return to Vietnam to deceive naive and gullible young women and then sell them to China as wives.
On June 14, 2019, the People's Court of Nghe An province held a mobile trial to hear the case against two defendants, Hung Thi Niem (born in 1989, residing in Xieng village, Don Phuc commune, Con Cuong district) and Hung Thi Liem (born in 1996, residing in Thai Lam village, Thanh Son commune, Thanh Chuong district) for the crime of "Trafficking in children".
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| Defendants Hung Thi Niem and Hung Thi Liem (from left to right) at the trial. Photo: An Quynh. |
According to the indictment, both Niem and Liem went to China to marry. While living in China, Niem learned that there was a high demand for Vietnamese women among men there, so she conceived the idea of returning to Vietnam to find people to trick and sell into China.
In October 2016, upon returning to Vietnam, Niem used social media to make friends and get acquainted with young girls in his village.
Upon learning that XTM (born in 2001), residing in Huu Kiem commune, Ky Son district, was looking for work to support her family, Niem immediately lured her with sweet promises, offering to take her to China to work in a factory producing stuffed animals and sewing clothes, with daily meals and accommodation provided and a monthly salary of 10 million VND. Enticed by Niem's tempting promises, XTM readily agreed.
Niem called her sister, Hung Thi Liem, to come back to Vietnam to pick up her niece M. and take her to China. Liem received 10 million dong as payment. Upon arrival, M. was sold to a man older than her father to be his wife.
After selling M, Niem received 180 million VND. Niem sent 20 million VND to M's grandmother and paid her sister 10 million VND as compensation.
On December 21, 2018, M was successfully rescued by authorities and brought back to Vietnam. After returning home, M filed a complaint against the Hung Thi Niem sisters with the police investigation agency.
At the trial, the two defendants acknowledged their guilt and asked the victim's family for forgiveness.
Based on the aggravating and mitigating circumstances for the two defendants, the panel of judges sentenced Hung Thi Niem to 7 years in prison and Hung Thi Liem to 5 years in prison.
