Four women imprisoned for human trafficking

The Dekkhina District Court sentenced a woman named Daw Nu Nu Nge (a) Daw Ohnma to 10 years in prison with labour for trafficking four women who lived in Tatkon Township to China on 8 April.
She persuaded them to work in a milk powder factory and a shoe factory in China which would pay K300,000 per month, and sold them to Chinese men. A case was filed against her at the Tatkon Township Police Station under Section 24/32 of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Law.
On the same day, the PyinOoLwin District Court also sentenced Ma Khin Hnin Wai (a) Wai Wai to 15 years in prison with labour under Section 24 of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Law for her role in trafficking two women to men in China.
Daw Mar Cho (a) Daw Kyin Hla, who lived in the Danyingon ward of Insein Township and Ma Aye Aye Khine, residing in Dagon Myothit (South) Township, were also sentenced to 10 years in prison under Section 24 of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Law on 8 April.
They were found guilty of trafficking a 30-year-old woman to a Chinese man in China. — MNA