{{Fifteen babies rescued by officers from a human trafficking ring had been sold by their parents for 10,000 yuan for a girl and around 30,000 yuan for a boy, said police in south China\u2019s Guangdong Province.}}<\/p>\n
One of the babies was found dead and 27 suspects were caught, the Southern Metropolis Daily reported.<\/p>\n
The babies are under a year old and the youngest was only 10 days old when police found them during a joint operation in October.<\/p>\n
The babies were to be sold by traffickers for at least 50,000 yuan for boys and 20,000 yuan for girls in Guangdong\u2019s Huizhou City, police said.
\nMany of the parents in the poor Wenshan County in southwestern Yunnan Province had fled or left home to find work, police said.<\/p>\n
Others were traced but denied selling a child and went into hiding.
\nOnly one baby has been claimed while the others are still at a children\u2019s home in Guangdong.<\/p>\n
Police have detained three fathers.<\/p>\n
Police compared the babies\u2019 DNA with their database of missing babies and were surprised to find none was reported missing.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve handled lots of baby trafficking cases,\u201d said Xie Ying, a police officer in Huizhou. \u201cSuspects swindle or take the babies by force in almost all cases,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Traffickers kept telling the young parents that selling the baby to a richer family would benefit the child, police said.<\/p>\n
Xie said the money offered was a lot for some parents.
\n\u201cThey can build a new house with the money earned,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Children\u2019s home head Chen Su\u2019e said authorities will work with police to determine the children\u2019s futures once the investigation is finished.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey will not be adopted because they are not abandoned babies,\u201d she said. \u201cTheir legal relationship with their parents still exists.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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