Greedy for money, Nghe An hot girl sells village girl to China

On July 23, Nghe An Provincial People's Court opened the first instance trial of defendant Lo Thi Ha (born 1988), residing in Cam Muon commune, Que Phong district, for the crime of Human trafficking.

According to the indictment, in 2010, Lo Thi Ha, a beautiful woman, went to work in China and returned home to visit. On this occasion, Lo Thi Ha invited Lo Thi H. (born in 1992), who lived in the same commune, to go to China for a high-paying job and this woman agreed.

Defendant Lo Thi Ha in court. Photo: Quynh Chi

After that, Ha took a bus to take Ms. H. to Vinh City. At the bus station, Ha said he would take Ms. H. to China to get married and would give the family 30 million VND.

Hearing Ha say that, Ms. H. agreed. After that, Ha took a bus to Mong Cai City and crossed the border into China. A month later, Ha sold Ms. H. to a Chinese man for nearly 2,000 yuan, equivalent to about 60 million VND. After selling Ms. H., Ha sent 30 million VND to her mother and asked her to give it to Ms. H.'s family.

The man who bought Ms. H. as his wife was in Beijing, China, and she had two children with him. In October 2017, Ms. H. was sold to another man by a woman also named Ha, from Xiangyang County, to be his wife. Ms. H. lived with that man for about a month before returning to her ex-husband. By the end of 2017, due to her husband's abuse and beatings, Ms. H. fled back to Vietnam.

On January 30, 2018, Ms. H. returned home and filed a complaint against Lo Thi Ha with the authorities.

At the trial, Lo Thi Ha admitted her crime. The victim’s family compensated Ms. H. 1 million VND. Ms. H. asked the panel of judges to reduce the defendant’s sentence.

After considering aggravating and mitigating circumstances, the panel sentenced defendant Lo Thi Ha to 4 years in prison for human trafficking.