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Chinese bride slavers executed

Sunday 26 February 1995 00:02 GMT
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Four people were executed in Chongqing City in south-west China for the country's largest abduction racket.

The men belonged to a 35-member criminal syndicate which kidnapped and sold 85 children, including infants, and five women over a six-year period. Most of the children were sold on as farm labourers or servants, while the women were offered as brides.

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