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Man jailed for trading son for lottery
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-05-10 08:52
A father in Henan Province who sold his newborn son to raise money to buy
lottery tickets was sentenced to 10 years in prison, it was reported Monday.
The man, identified only by the family name Zhang, sold his baby boy for
9,000 yuan (US$1,000) because "he had dreams of becoming rich overnight," the
Beijing Daily Messenger said.
The court in Fugou County in the central province sentenced him to 10 years
in jail and fined him 5,000 yuan, the newspaper said.
Zhang, 35, had previously served five years in jail for stealing.
The man has at least one other child. There was no word on the fate of his
infant son.
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