Law change to fight human trafficking
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BUYERS of abducted women and children have until the end of October to surrender to police if they want to escape criminal punishment, the Ministry of Public Security announced yesterday.
Last Saturday, China’s legislature adopted amendments to the Criminal Law to better protect women and children. It stipulated that “buying abducted women and children must face criminal penalty.”
Under the current law, people who bought abducted women and children but didn’t abuse them or prevent them returning home were excused punishment.
The new law means buyers face “not only the loss of their wife or children but a criminal conviction and a prison sentence,” a ministry official said.
He said one of the main reasons human trafficking persisted was that buyers could escape punishment in certain circumstances.
The amended Criminal Law will come into effect on November 1.
Police have recovered nearly 4,000 abducted children since a DNA database was established in 2009, but the crime is a heavy burden on the force. According to a Legal Daily report it costs up to 30,000 yuan (US$5,000) to save one abducted woman or child.
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