He tricked and sold his niece to a foreign country.
(Baonghean.vn) - Although the child was still young, Thuan colluded with his accomplices to trick and sell the child to a foreign country for a profit of 2 million VND. The uncle had to pay a heavy price for his child trafficking.
On April 27, the People's Court of Nghe An province opened the first instance trial of three defendants: Cut Thi Bong (born 1995), residing in Chieu Luu commune, Ky Son district; Cut Pho Thuan (born 1986), residing in Bao Nam commune, Ky Son district and Xeo Van Dau (born 1994), residing in Luong Minh commune, Tuong Duong district for the crime of "Buying and selling children".
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3 defendants at the trial. Photo: Tran Vu |
Around July 2016, while drinking, Thuan told Dau that his niece, Xeo Thi U. (born 2002, residing in Bao Nam commune), wanted to work for a company in the South and that her family was looking for her to find a job. At this time, Dau told Thuan to ask if the family would give her a job.go to China to get marriedHowever, when this issue was raised, the family did not agree because they thought the child was young and had to go to school.
Then, Thuan called his wife's sister, Cut Thi Bong, who was living in China, to ask if he could sell someone to China as a wife and for how much. Bong promised that if the family agreed to send their child, they would receive 100 million VND.
About 2 days later, Dau and Thuan came to U.'s house to invite her to work at the company. At that time, U.'s parents were at work so they did not know that their child was being lured. U. followed Dau to catch a bus to Mong Cai (Quang Ninh). After that, both of them were picked up by Bong's people to go to China through a small border route.
After a while staying at Bong's house, U. was sold to a Chinese man to be his wife for about 118 million VND. Bong gave Dau 105 million VND to take back to Vietnam. From that amount, Dau gave U.'s parents 100 million VND, Dau received 3 million VND, and Thuan received 2 million VND.
As for the victim, after living with her husband for 1 month, U. refused to marry this person anymore. Therefore, Bong sold U. to another person. In 2018, U. fled back to Vietnam. On July 21, 2022, the victim went to the police to report the criminal acts of the subjects. The investigation agency determined that at the time of being sold, the victim was only 14 years, 5 months, and 28 days old.
At the trial, the defendants admitted their crimes and asked the court to consider reducing their sentences. The victim said she did not know she was being taken to China to get married and only thought she was going to work for a company.
After comprehensively reviewing the case and the role of each defendant, the court sentenced Cut Thi Bong to 10 years and 6 months in prison; the two defendants Cut Pho Thuan and Xeo Van Dau each received a 10-year prison sentence for the crime of Child Trafficking./.