10 children ‘forced to sell blood’
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THE deputy director of a blood collection station in northwest China has been arrested over his alleged involvement in forcing children to sell their blood, police said yesterday.
The arrest of the official, surnamed Huang, and six other suspects, including three 15-year-olds, was sanctioned by the Liangzhou District People’s Procuratorate in Gansu Province’s Wuwei City, the provincial government’s news website reported.
Two people said to be the ringleaders, surnamed Chen and Li, are accused of taking more than 10 children to the blood station on the outskirts of Wuwei by force to “donate” blood from the end of 2013, the report said.
The children, mostly middle school students, were forced to give some 400 milliliters of blood twice a month, with the suspects receiving over 1,000 yuan (US$162) each time, police said.
Staff have to check the age, name, address and identity card of each donor before taking blood, but most of the victims gave a fake date of birth and other personal information.
Police said their investigation into the case is ongoing.
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