In China, a woman who kidnapped and sold children was sentenced to death (3 photos + 1 video)

There are 17 known cases of kidnapping and selling.





In the city of Guiyang in southern China, a 61-year-old woman named Yu Huaying was sentenced to death for kidnapping and selling children. She was also deprived of all political rights for life and her property was confiscated.

The first child Huaying sold was her own son - he was her second child, but illegitimate.

The investigation knows of 11 cases of kidnapping and selling children from 1993 to 1996. They were between the ages of five and eight. The offender reportedly earned between 3,500 and 12,500 yuan per sale (approximately $500 to $1,700) from human trafficking.

In 2004, Huaying was arrested and sentenced to 8 years.



In 2022, a new complaint was filed against her. The accuser was a girl who was kidnapped as a child. The new investigation revealed more of Yu Huaying's crimes. The number of abducted children has increased from 11 to 17.

Yu Huaying admitted that the abduction plan was often carefully planned. She would look for families with children, rent a place nearby, and then abduct the children, luring them with candy and toys.



"After we rented the apartment, we found a family with two boys, the older one was over five years old and the younger one was about three years old. One day, their mother went out to sweep the road, so Gong Xianliang [her lover, with whom she gave birth to her second child and then sold] and I ran away with the children. This time, everything was the same as before: we didn’t even take our things with us,” Yu Huaying told the details of one of the crimes.

The court found Huaying guilty and sentenced her to death. The accused tried to appeal the decision, but the court of second instance upheld the sentence.

It is noted that Huaying’s crimes destroyed 12 families, and family ties were also broken. It is specified that the parents searched for their abducted children for years. Some of the families broke up. Excerpts from the court’s verdict are cited by China Times.