In the 1990s to early 1920s, a Chinese woman kidnapped and sold several children, for which defendant Yu Huaying was sentenced to death. The parents sometimes searched for their missing offspring for decades.
The death penalty was already imposed in a judgment on September 12, followed by an appeal brought by the defendant for what she considered an excessive punishment. However, the court showed no mercy and declared in the second trial that the punishment was appropriate.
Victim was sold for approximately 450 euros
The case was filed in 2022 by a Guizhou woman who had been kidnapped 27 years earlier and was looking for her family. She was sold to Hebei for 3,500 yuan (about 450 euros) in 1995 and turned to the police. Through a video she posted on the social media platform Douyin, China’s version of TikTok, she was able to find relatives and eventually contact police with information about her kidnapping.
A photo of the suspect in the courtroom:
So the director finally found out that Yu – the woman who was kidnapped as a child – demanded severe punishment for the suspect. Her parents died early due to the grief caused by the kidnapping.
Another mother worked at the crime scene for 20 years
Another mother, whose two children were kidnapped in 1996, worked for 20 years at a shoe repair shop where her descendants disappeared. “I didn’t dare to leave this place when my children came to me and I could see them again,” said the affected person, explaining her suffering. “The pain the traffickers have caused me is indescribable and the rift in my family cannot be healed.”
The court justified the death sentence with the large number of abducted children and the negative consequences the crimes had on society. Child trafficking was a major problem in the Middle Kingdom for decades, fueled by the now abolished one-child policy. The penalties were therefore increased and the investigation intensified. Thanks to these efforts, the number of cases has decreased by approximately 88 percent compared to 2013.
Source: Krone
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