Home>News Center>China
       
 

Internet 'baby sale' sparks investigation
By Cao Li (China Daily)
Updated: 2005-10-20 05:32

SHANGHAI: The attempted online sale of babies in Shanghai is being investigated by the city's police.

Advertisements for the babies were spotted on eBay's Eachnet site, the US online auction house's Chinese website, earlier this month.

Baby boys were advertised at 28,000 yuan (US$3,453), while girls carried a 13,000 yuan (US$1,603) price tag, according to Eachnet's Tang Lei, a manager with the company.

Under the username "Chuangxinzhe Yongyuan," which means "innovator forever," the seller claimed all the babies, which were to come from Henan Province, were available within 100 days of birth.

According to Eachnet, the advert was registered in the late evening of October 16.

Although no deals were struck, more than 50 people browsed the posting before it was removed, including one who left a message of enquiry.

There was no response from the seller's registered email address.

In the posting, Chuangxinzhe Yongyuan claimed the babies were being sold to help the country's millions of infertile couples.

Eachnet froze the posting after realizing it was advertising babies and reported the matter to local police. Police have released no details of their investigation.

According to Tang Lei, the website automatically screens information posted on it, but the word "baby" was not included as a forbidden term because so many baby products are advertised on the site.

A practical joke?

Tang admitted the posting could have been a practical joke. If not, whoever is behind the Chuangxinzhe Yongyuan username could face years in prison or even the death sentence.

According to Chinese law, the abduction of children carries a five-year sentence. In some cases, abduction with the intention of selling a child can carry the death penalty. Anyone found guilty of buying a baby can also be prosecuted.

In related news, it has been announced that on August 17 the Anfu Intermediate People's Court in Guizhou Province passed the final verdict on a gang of 45 who abducted and sold at least 60 children in 2003.

The seven main culprits were sentenced to death, four accomplices were given reprieved death penalties and other gang members received between five and 15 years in prison.

In January 2003, police in Anfu and Guiyang in Guizhou Province began receiving reports of missing children. By mid July, 16 children had been reported missing in Anfu.

At around midnight on March 27, 2003, the gang broke into a house in Wujiaguan Village in the Xixiu District of Anfu. They put a knife to the throat of a woman surnamed Cao and abducted her six-month-old baby.

Broken-hearted parents in Guiyang formed an association and petitioned government departments for help. On October 11, 2003, police in Anfu received a tip off and arrested gang members the following morning.

Investigations found that the ring had abducted 61 children, mainly boys under five, over the previous 10 months, selling them to buyers in Hebei and Henan provinces.

Only 25 of the children were ever tracked down.

"Many of the kids we found now live like orphans because we cannot find their natural parents," said a judge surnamed Li from Anfu Intermediate People's Court.

Li said it has proved very difficult to find the remaining abducted children. Many of the suspects are still at large, he added.

(China Daily 10/20/2005 page3)



Shenzhou VI re-entry capsule opened in Beijing
Rumsfeld in Beijing
Wedding gown show
  Today's Top News     Top China News
 

Minister: China's defence spending 'not a lot'

 

   
 

Wen: 2006-10 plan 'active and prudent'

 

   
 

China banks poised to go on sale

 

   
 

Internet 'baby sale' sparks investigation

 

   
 

Bid to build democracy comes to fruition

 

   
 

Olympic commitment held aloft in space

 

   
  President Hu meets with US defense secretary
   
  China, US defense chiefs agree to upgrade military ties
   
  Joint action helps bust cross border drug ring
   
  Power source diversification proposed
   
  Google's update of Taiwan map denounced
   
  Punishment urged in child lead-poisoning factory case
   
 
  Go to Another Section  
 
 
  Story Tools  
   
  News Talk  
  It is time to prepare for Beijing - 2008  
Advertisement
         
主站蜘蛛池模板: 两夫妇交换的一天| 亚洲欧洲国产精品久久| 久久人人爽人人爽人人爽| gogogo高清在线观看中国| japan69xxxxtube| 日本哺乳期网站xxxx| 全彩acg本子| 荡乱妇3p疯狂伦交下载阅读| 好吊妞在线观看| 久久99精品国产自在现线小黄鸭 | 国产一国产一级毛片视频 | 亚洲av无码第一区二区三区| 美女被免费喷白浆视频| 国产成人免费高清在线观看| 老司机精品免费视频| 国产超薄肉色丝袜的免费网站| a毛看片免费观看视频| 性欧美18-19sex性高清播放| 中文字幕电影在线观看| 欧美性色黄大片www喷水| 国产AV日韩A∨亚洲AV电影| 720lu国内自拍视频在线| 天天躁夜夜躁天干天干2020| 三上悠亚国产精品一区| 无套内射在线无码播放| 久久免费精彩视频| 日韩在线观看第一页| 五月综合色婷婷在线观看 | 最近电影在线中文字幕| 免费特黄一区二区三区视频一| 久久伊人色综合| 一个上面吃一个下免费| 成年女人免费v片| 亚洲aⅴ男人的天堂在线观看| 欧美激欧美啪啪片sm| 啊灬嗯灬快点啊灬轻点灬啊灬 | 69堂在线观看| 国产精品四虎在线观看免费| 6580岁老太婆| 国产精品爽爽影院在线| 2021成人国产精品|