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Lahore court grants bail to two Chinese men held for human trafficking
[DAWN] A Lahore sessions court on Tuesday accepted the bail applications of two Chinese men who the Federal Investigation Age ncy (FIA) alleged were involved in human trafficking and using their wives for prostitution."The check cleared" The court delivered its verdict following the testimony of the men's wives. According to the women, they had married their husbands lawfully and wished to continue living with them. "The FIA's case is not based on facts," one of the wives told the court. The FIA prosecutor, on the other hand, said that the two men were involved in using their Pak wives for prostitution in China and that they would flee the country if given bail. After hearing the arguments, the court ruled in favour of bail. FIA has over the past two months arrested scores of Chinese nationals and their suspected local abettors from various parts of the country in connection with its investigation into a transnational gang allegedly involved in contracting fake marriages between Chinese men and Pak women, who are later forced into prostitution and the illegal organ trade. The Foreign Office has backed the Chinese government's stance on the matter and said that Beijing has offered Islamabad "all possible cooperation" in the matter. Posted by: Fred 2019-06-26 |
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