Traffickers sentenced to jail for human trafficking

The Bago District Court sentenced two women to ten years imprisonment each with labour under Section 24 for their role in trafficking a girl to a Chinese man on 20 May.
The victim Ma …, aged 35, from DaikU Township of Bago Region, was sold to a Chinese man by Ma Saw Mu and Ma Tin Khaing (a) Tin Tin Khaing from DaikU Township of Bago Region. The traffickers exploited the money that she told the victim to earn K500,000 a month at a shoe factory.
Two traffickers were prosecuted at the Phaungtawthi police station under Sections 24/32 of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Law. — MNA