In 5 years, Nghe An had 114 cases of child abuse.

Nghe An Provincial People's Committee has just sent a report to the National Assembly's Supervisory Delegation and the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs on the implementation of policies and laws on preventing and combating child abuse from January 2015 to June 2019.

Accordingly, in these 5 years, in the province, 114 children were abused (108 girls, 6 boys). Of these, 82 children were sexually abused; 26 children were illegally bought and sold; 6 children were violently abused.

Subject Tran Minh Giao committed obscene acts with a 7-year-old child in Do Luong district. Documentary photo

Among them, there are prominent cases such as the case of a second grader in Nghi Loc district being raped by an eighth grader; 7 subjects in Hoang Mai town having sexual intercourse and indecent acts with people from 13 to under 16 years old; a teacher at Hung Binh Primary School (Vinh city) having indecent acts with a fifth grader.

Also in the past 5 years, 4 children died, 9 became pregnant, 6 had to drop out of school, 4 were injured and 91 children suffered other physical and mental impacts due to abuse.

The police force has coordinated with international organizations (Blue Dragon) to successfully rescue and organize the reception and handover of 16 child victims of trafficking and abuse to their families...

The investigation agency has prosecuted 111 cases with 148 defendants. The number of criminal cases that have completed investigation and been transferred to the People's Procuracy of the same level for prosecution is 109 cases with 145 defendants.

Child abuse cases occur in all areas of the province, but most occur in rural, mountainous, remote and isolated areas (73 cases/114 cases, accounting for about 64%) - where the educational level is low, and the victims' parents are subjective and pay little attention to their children.

Nguyen Van Khanh (born 2001, residing in Tam Hop commune, Quy Hop district) was sentenced to 6 years in prison for "Raping a person under 16 years old". Photo: Document

More dangerously, in recent years, in mountainous areas, ethnic minorities have also seen a new type of crime. That is, the subjects seek out families with pregnant women about to give birth, lure them, take them to China to give birth and then sell the children to Chinese people (in each case from 80 to 140 million VND).

Through screening in Ky Son district, by October 2018, the police force had verified and clarified 06 cases of people who confessed that after giving birth, they sold their children to China...

According to authorities, most of the subjects who commit acts of child abuse have certain relationships with relatives or the abused children themselves, such as: father, mother, friends, neighbors, teachers, people responsible for taking care of, or acquaintances of the children.

The methods of committing the above cases are also very diverse, but mainly the subjects take advantage of their relationships with children or relatives of the victims to find ways to approach and commit acts of abuse against children, including cases of sexual abuse and child trafficking.

The method of these subjects is that once they have approached, they use all means to take advantage of their trust or influence or to entice children (give them money, let them use the phone, invite them to go out, give them food...), and threaten them to commit acts of abuse.

The nature and extent of child abuse cases are increasingly dangerous. There are cases where children are abused at a very young age, causing serious consequences for children, families and society.