Preventing 3 pregnant women in Nghe An from crossing the border to China to sell fetuses

On the morning of April 24, the Criminal Police Department (PC02, Nghe An Provincial Police), in coordination with the Blue Dragon Children's Organization and Ky Son District Police, handed over 3 pregnant women who crossed the border to China.sell fetushome for family

All three pregnant women are of the Khmu ethnic group, including Ven Me Trang (33 years old), Lu Thi Nhung (18 years old), and Moong Thi Sen (26 years old), all residing in Ky Son district). Of the three pregnant women, Trang is 7 months pregnant, Sen is 9 months pregnant, and Nhung is 5 months pregnant.

Criminal police take statements from 3 pregnant women. Photo: Tien Hung

According to the police investigation, Ven Me Trang got married in Nam Can commune many years ago, and had a child. 4 months ago, Trang's husband unfortunately passed away due to a serious illness. At this time, Trang's fetus was 3 months old. Trang said that after her husband died, she was afraid that she would not be able to raise the child, so she came up with the idea of ​​finding a way to go to China to give birth and then sell the child.

Lu Thi Nhung had a different situation. This young woman already had a boyfriend, but both families firmly opposed the marriage, refusing to let her get married even though her pregnancy was growing. Unable to convince her family, Nhung decided to go to China to give birth and then sell the child.

Having "had sex before the bell rang", but when Moong Thi Sen announced her pregnancy to her boyfriend, he immediately "ran away", leaving her alone with the growing fetus. When she was 9 months pregnant, Sen decided to get in the car and begin a journey that lasted for many days to sell her child.

3 pregnant women were taken to the car to be handed over to their families in Ky Son. Photo: Tien Hung

According to the Criminal Police Department, the broker who helped Moong Thi Sen and Ven Me Trang go to China to give birth and then sell the child is named Ven Thi Son (35 years old, from Pha Khao village, Pha Danh commune). Lu Thi Nhung followed the instructions of Luong Thi San (29 years old). Both San and Son are married and have lived in China for many years.

The three pregnant women were taken away by three different buses in late March. On April 1, when the three met at a location in Guangxi Province (China), preparing to go deep into the interior to wait for delivery and then sell their children, they were discovered and arrested by local authorities. After completing the quarantine period, the group was handed over to the Vietnamese side.

Nghe An Provincial Police are continuing to investigate.

*Names of pregnant women have been changed