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Submitted by moiuser on 25 February 2022

MYANMAR Police Force said a woman named Daw Ma Chay (alias) Ma Than has been jailed for trafficking a girl to China.

Daw Ma Chay (alias) Ma Than together with Ma Htay Htay Soe from Taungchay Village, Sittway Township, Rakhine State, Daw Kyaung Ma and Ma Aye Aye Soe from Ngahlawei Village, Kyaukpyu Township, and Ma Ni Ni Kyaw from Kyalgaung, China told Ma … , 16-year-old from Sittway, Rakhine State that she would earn K3 million if she married a Chinese man in China.

Then, she was trafficked to a Chinese man for financial gain.

The case was filed under Section 28 (a)/32 of Sittway Myoma Police Station (Pa) 386/2020 under the Prevention of Trafficking in Person Law at the Sittway District Court on 23 February.

Defendant Daw Ma Chay (alias) Ma Than was sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment under the human trafficking law.

MNA

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