Two individuals involved in trafficking women to China for forced marriage have been sentenced to 20 years imprisonments. Khin Myo Kyi (aka) Myat Noe from San Pya Village, Myaing Township, Magway Region, and Thet Htar Swe (aka) Thet Htar from Myin Chin Village, Shwebo Township, Sagaing Region, had planned to transport two women, aged 22 and 24, from Shwebo and two other women, aged 24 and 30, from Chauk, Magway Region, to China. They promised the women 10 million Kyats each once they were married to the Chinese men.
Offenders were charged under the Anti Trafficking in Person Law and the District Court of Aung Myay Thar Zan in Mandalay, sentenced each person to 10 years each for each incidence, totalling 20 years for their roles in the human trafficking scheme.
