Myanmar jails 5 Chinese for life over human trafficking
The convictions stem from offences including the trafficking of Myanmar women into forced marriages in China
According to the Myanmar Alin newspaper, the convictions stem from a range of offences, including the online distribution of sex videos and the trafficking of Myanmar women into forced marriages in China.
In one case, five people, including two Chinese nationals identified as Lin Te and Wang Xiaofeng, were sentenced to life imprisonment by a military court in Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city, on July 29.
They were found guilty under Myanmar’s Anti-Trafficking in Persons law for producing sex videos involving three Myanmar couples and distributing the footage online for profit.
In a separate case, the same court sentenced a woman and three Chinese nationals, Yibo, Cao Qiu Quan and Chen Huan. The group was convicted of planning to transport two Myanmar women, recently married to two of the convicted Chinese men, into China, the report said.
Additionally, three other people received life sentences from a separate military court for selling a woman as a bride to China and for attempting to do the same with another woman.