19-year-old sold newborn baby for an iPhone and motorbike: "I really didn't know it was illegal"

[asim1999]

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nfortunately, this is not a story taken from The Onion: a 19-year-old in China has sold his newborn daughter for money and spent the cash for a new iPhone and a motorbike.

 

The gruesome transaction took place nearly a year ago. The young man identified as A Duan allegedly sold his 18-day-old daughter to a stranger and received some 23,000 yuan (the equivalent of around $3,500) and there was even some bargaining for the price, according to the report. The whole story takes place in the city of Tong'an, in the province of Fujian.

 

The father of the child had not yet completed high school, while the mother was below the age of consent when the child was conceived.

The father had obviously gone looking for a way to sell the child to get money and found a willing buyer on Chinese chat service QQ. The stranger claimed he was buying the child for his sister.

 

The mother was later tracked down by police and detained. She confessed: "I myself was adopted, and many in my hometown sell their children, because I can’t grow them," she said, according to reports. "I really didn’t know it was illegal."

 

Both the mother and the father have now been sentenced, but the penalties are not the maximum allowed since the judge found their difficult circumstances played a role in their decision. The man will serve a three year prison sentence, while the mother received a suspended sentence of two and a half years.

 

The absurdity concludes with the fact that since the parents are considered unable to look after the child, the buyer's sister is still looking after the kid.

 

This is messed up. They should have accepted responsibility and worn protection if they didnt want the kid. Also, no human life is worth material gain such as cash. 

Source:http://www.phonearena.com/news/19-year-old-sold-newborn-baby-for-an-iPhone-and-motorbike-I-really-didnt-know-it-was-illegal_id79067

[Unhelpful]

nope. fuck no. oxygen thief.

[beach_boy98]

Wow. This kinnda stuff makes me loose my faith in humanity.

[ivan134]

Well, I hope the court is lenient since he's a 1st time offender. He didn't know it was illegal.

[Volbet]

"...because I can't grow them". I guess there was a translation error somewhere translation chain. 

 

Also, while I haven't heard the story with a child before, it is not an uncommon occurrence to hear about people in China selling various internal organs for material gain.

 

Edit: I spoke too soon about selling children: http://edition.cnn.com/2013/10/19/world/asia/china-babies-trafficking/ 

[DildorTheDecent]

4 minutes ago, asim1999 said:

"I myself was adopted, and many in my hometown sell their children, because I can’t grow them,"

 

4 minutes ago, asim1999 said:

because I can’t grow them

omg that quote XD. "Can't grow them"

[ZetZet]

3 minutes ago, beach_boy98 said:

Wow. This kinnda stuff makes me loose my faith in humanity.

I already have none

To be honest, the kid is probably better off than staying with a walking cancer that does something like that.

who buys a baby tho

 

[ALwin]

If it took place in China, PRC China, I am not surprised.

 

Mix a bit of poverty, low level of education, cultural background of needing to show off, influence of western consumerism and need to have "latest" gadgets...

[beach_boy98]

4 minutes ago, ZetZet said:

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Man thats deep for a tech forum

[ALwin]

FYI, here's another story that makes me completely lose my faith in humanity.

 

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A baby dolphin was killed in Argentina last week after beachgoers scooped it out of the water and passed it around for selfies. The incident has sparked outrage from animal rights activists and warnings from a wildlife foundation.

 

http://petapixel.com/2016/02/18/baby-dolphin-dies-beachgoers-passed-around-selfies/#more-203960

[asim1999]

Just now, ALwin said:

FYI, here's another story that makes me completely lose my faith in humanity.

 

 

http://petapixel.com/2016/02/18/baby-dolphin-dies-beachgoers-passed-around-selfies/#more-203960

Saw that a while back. I feel sad to be a part of the human race now. Society has degraded so much (if it had any morality to begin with) 

[lightningterror]

8 minutes ago, gFrenken97 said:

To be honest, the kid is probably better off than staying with a walking cancer that does something like that.

I was thinking the same.

[Matt100HP]

6 minutes ago, ZetZet said:

who buys a baby tho

 

Apparently someone whose sister is really desperate for one... 

[DXMember]

10 minutes ago, gFrenken97 said:

To be honest, the kid is probably better off than staying with a walking cancer that does something like that.

should've used rubber

[Tech_Dreamer]

This is like the Male equivalent of abortion & independent life

[dalekphalm]

6 minutes ago, ZetZet said:

I already have none

who buys a baby tho

 

Well, if you think about it, with adoption fees, anyone who adopts is "buying" a child. Though it's obviously not comparable to this.

[Ruhel]

Man tried to trade a baby for 15 big macs!

http://now8news.com/man-tries-to-trade-kidnapped-baby-for-15-big-macs-at-arkansas-mcdonalds/

 

Im hoping its fake!

[Howlingwolf101]

"I  didn't know it was illegal"

 

probably because it's a law that isn't brought up too often because most people wouldn't try to sell their own child. Maybe it's just me though.

[branden_lucero]

The Onion.... even if this one is fake, sometimes they do pull a truth here and there to throw everyone off. but its China, they're already going to lift the one-child limit. so imagine how much crowded shit is going to be.

[ALwin]

4 minutes ago, asim1999 said:

Saw that a while back. I feel sad to be a part of the human race now. Society has degraded so much (if it had any morality to begin with) 

Sometimes I think that if climate change is going to somehow cause the extinction of the human species in the future, it should be allowed to happen.  Because the way we treat our planet, our environment, each other, etc. we don't deserve to live.  Let another species become the dominant intelligent species on Earth and hope that they do better.

[Ruhel]

1 minute ago, branden_lucero said:

The Onion....

A lot of the sensational headlines cannot be verified and are probably from a troll site. 

[branden_lucero]

4 minutes ago, Ruhel said:

A lot of the sensational headlines cannot be verified and are probably from a troll site. 

 kinda updated my post after re-readingt OP post 

[itsmyjobtoknow]

4 minutes ago, Howlingwolf101 said:

"I  didn't know it was illegal"

 

probably because it's a law that isn't brought up too often because most people wouldn't try to sell their own child. Maybe it's just me though.

 

More like, people have been doing this for ages...and no one has actually been caught...

[Howlingwolf101]

1 minute ago, itsmyjobtoknow said:

 

More like, people have been doing this for ages...and no one has actually been caught...

I guess you're right.

[dalekphalm]

2 minutes ago, itsmyjobtoknow said:

 

More like, people have been doing this for ages...and no one has actually been caught...

I'm sure plenty of people have been caught, actually.