3 defendants sentenced to 15 years in prison for selling people to China
(Baonghean.vn) - On the morning of July 7, Nghe An Provincial People's Court brought the case of Tran Dien Thuong (born 1976, residing in Vinh City) and his accomplices for human trafficking to public trial.
According to the indictment of the People's Procuracy of Nghe An province, because they knew each other, Lo Thi Phuong Xa (born in 1992) and Ngan Thi Thong (born in 1979), both residing in Tam Quang commune, Tuong Duong district, invited D.TKH (born in 1992, residing in Vinh city) to marry a Chinese man. If they went, Xa and Thuong would pay H 40 million VND, and after 3 months they would be able to return to Vietnam. H. agreed. To have money to go, H. mortgaged her motorbike for 1.5 million VND.
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| Defendants in court |
On the evening of September 20, 2013, Thuong and Xa took a car to take H. to Mong Cai (Quang Ninh) to hand over to Ngan Thi Thong to take to China. Because Ngan Thi Thong could not come, she asked someone else to pick up H. and paid Thuong and Xa 10 million VND.
After taking H. to China, Ngan Thi Thong sold the victim to a Chinese man for 120 million VND. Thong gave H. 40 million VND and sent another 20 million VND back to Vietnam for Thuong and Xa.
After being sold to be the wife of a Chinese man, D.TKH escaped to Vietnam at the end of December 2013 and filed a complaint against the human trafficking of Ngan Thi Thong, Tran Dien Thuong and Lo Thi Phuong Xa.
At the trial, the defendants confessed honestly and showed remorse. The defendants said that due to limited legal awareness, they committed the crime. After considering aggravating and mitigating circumstances, the panel sentenced each defendant to 5 years in prison. The defendants must compensate the victim 3 million VND.
Khang Hoa
