Father sold his son to China to get money for medical treatment

On October 14, the Investigation Police Agency of Ky Son District prosecuted Lo Pho Pheng, born in 1975, residing in Nam Tien 2 village, Bao Nam commune, Ky Son district, for the crime of "Trafficking in persons under 16 years old" according to the provisions of Clause 2, Article 151 of the Penal Code. The decision to prosecute was approved by the People's Procuracy of the same level.

Defendant Lo Pho Pheng. Photo: HT

Accordingly, in September 2018, Pheng fell ill and had to be hospitalized. In a desperate situation with no money for treatment, Pheng contacted Lo Thi Cam, residing in Dinh Son 1 village, Huu Kiem commune (Pheng's niece) to find a way to sell her daughter, Lo Thi May C, to China.

Then Lo Thi Cam came to discuss and asked Moong Thi Xum (living in the same village) to take C to China to sell because Xum had a daughter who married a Chinese man.

With the help of her daughter, Moong Thi Xum took her grandchild C to China and sold him for 40,000 Yuan (about 120,000,000 Vietnamese Dong). After returning to Vietnam, Xum paid Cam 3,000,000 VND for the work, gave Pheng 110,000,000 VND, and Xum took 7,000,000 VND.

Previously, on October 2, 2021, the Investigation Police Agency of Ky Son District Police prosecuted Lo Thi Cam and Moong Thi Xum.