Sentenced to prison for 'helping' a woman rejected by her husband to marry in a foreign country

Tran Vu• September 8, 2020 14:29

(Baonghean.vn) - Having an unhappy marriage, B. decided to go to China to get married when Vuong suggested it.

On September 8, Nghe An Provincial People's Court opened a first-instance criminal trial of Luong Van Vuong (born 1986), residing in Chieu Luu commune, Ky Son district, for the crime of "Human traffickingi”.
According to the investigation agency's documents, around October 2013, during a visit to Vuong's house, Nguyen Thi Van (residing in the commune)Huu Kiem) said: "Whoever wants to go to China, call me, the price depends on how ugly or beautiful it is." Vuong agreed and promised to contact her when he found someone.
Đối tượng Vương tại tòa án. Ảnh: Trần Vũ
Subject Vuong in court. Photo: Tran Vu

Remembering a friend who often confided in her sister about her miserable marriage because her husband's family rejected her and she had to return to her parents' house, Vuong took the initiative to meet Luong Thi B. (born in 1997). In this conversation, Ms. B. suggested that she pay her family 50 million VND to leave.marry a Chinese manThinking that the price was high, Vuong did not agree and went home.

About 5 days later, B. proactively met Vuong and asked him to take her to China. There, the two parties agreed on a price of 40 million VND. Ms. B. was then picked up by 2 women and taken to China to be sold as a wife to a local man.
Two weeks later, Van gave Vuong 40 million VND. Following Van's instructions, Vuong gave B's family 30 million VND, gave Van's friend 5 million VND, and Vuong benefited from 5 million VND.
In early 2014, Vuong came to B.'s family to borrow 13 million VND to raise cows. In 2018, Luong Thi B. returned to Vietnam. At this time, B. asked about the 13 million VND loan, but because all the cows died, Vuong was not able to repay the debt. Therefore, in 2020, B. filed a complaint to the police about Vuong's behavior.
At court, the defendant confessed his crime and asked for a lighter sentence. The victim asked for a lighter sentence for the defendant.
The court determined that the defendant's actions violated the law, but in this case the victim was also partly at fault, so it sentenced Luong Van Vuong to 4 years in prison for human trafficking.
As for the woman named Van, because she was not present in the area, the investigation agency did not have enough grounds to handle the case.

Tran Vu