Trafficked Myanmar Woman Returns Home After Seven Years in China

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"A Myanmar woman trafficked to China seven years ago and who bore four children while in captivity has been returned to her family, an NGO worker and the woman’s sister told RFA Monday. The 47-year-old woman, whose leg had been broken by her captors, was found by Chinese police and transferred to Myanmar authorities in the border town of Muse in Myanmar’s northern Shan state on Nov. 1, they said. She was then sent back to her home in Bago city in central Myanmar’s Bago region on Sunday. Her relatives requested that RFA’s Myanmar Service not publish the name of the woman. “She has a broken leg and is mentally disabled,” said Thaung Htun from the Muse Humanitarian Organization which helped the woman return home. “She was trafficked, forced to get pregnant, and has had four babies,” he said. “She is now 47 years old. They must have thrown her out as she is getting old.” Thaung Htun said Chinese authorities found the woman throwing away Chinese currency notes along a road, Thaung Htun said..."

Source/publisher: 

"Radio Free Asia (RFA)" (USA)

Date of Publication: 

2019-11-04

Date of entry: 

2019-11-05

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  • Individual Documents

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Countries: 

Myanmar, China

Language: 

English

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text

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    • Good