Doctor accused of selling 7 infants faces trial
Xinhua, December 31, 2013 Adjust font size:
Zhang Shuxia, who is involved in a baby trafficking scandal, is escorted to the Weinan Intermediate People's Court for a trial in Weinan, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Dec. 30, 2013. Zhang was a doctor with the Fuping County Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital in the province and was detained by police in connection with trafficking of babies in August. (Xinhua/Li Yibo)
That same night Zhang sold the baby to Pan from neighboring Shanxi Province for 21,600 yuan (3500 U.S. dollars) hours after she took him home with her. Pan resold the baby to Zhu, a villager from central China's Henan Province, for 59,800 yuan.
The baby, in good condition, was found and returned to his parents on Aug. 5.
The court charges that Zhang was involved in six cases from November 2011 to July 2013, selling seven babies for profit.
Twin baby girls who Zhang sold for 30,000 yuan were rescued from Shanxi and Shandong provinces on Aug. 10 after their mother Wang, complained to police in Fuping.
In April, a baby girl sold by Zhang died and was abandoned.
