Child trafficker serving 15 years sentenced to death

Wang Haowen, who is serving a 15-year prison sentence for trafficking three children, was punished again for the same crime. This time, the punishment is death, thepaper.cn reported Thursday.

According to the Chinese media outlet, the 66-year-old was recently sentenced to death by the Nanchong Intermediate People's Court in Sichuan province after being found guilty of trafficking 11 other children. This sentence is in addition to his previous sentence of 15 years of imprisonment. , carrying the death penalty.

He was also deprived of his political rights for life and fined 50,000 yuan ($6,895), with confiscation of all his personal property, the report said, revealing that the number of children found to have been victims traffic is 14.

Wang's illicit gains, amounting to around 199,000 yuan, were ordered to be returned to the national treasury, according to the statement.

The report also cites the decision that Wang should be severely punished because of his extreme wickedness, his particularly serious criminal acts, and the fact that his offense led some victims' parents to commit suicide, divorce or suffer further harm. huge economic losses. like a social panic in multiple areas.

Facing charges of trafficking 11 children, Wang denied trafficking eight during the trial and appealed to a higher court after the ruling, according to the statement.

Besides him, the court also sentenced two of Wang's female companions to prison terms and fines. The two men also appealed to a higher court, he added.

According to the report, Wang, an unemployed man from Sichuan, began trafficking children in October 2001 and was first sentenced to three years in prison for the crime.

After being released, he showed no remorse. In late 2015, he was sentenced to 15 years in prison for trafficking three boys from Sichuan to Shantou, Guangdong province. Each child was sold by him for 100,000 yuan. Subsequently, the Sichuan police rushed to Shantou and successfully rescued and brought them back.

Wang's trafficking targets were typically children between the ages of three and five. He usually took advantage of situations where children were alone, without adults, under the pretext of buying candy or snacks to attract the children, then kidnapped them.

On April 20, 2003, for example, Wang infiltrated the Shashi district of Jingzhou, a city in Hubei province, and lured a then-3-year-old boy with food near a local park , then passing it to Shantou. In May of the same year, Wang sold the child to a couple in Shantou for 16,000 yuan.