victims say deals gateway to abuse
Women hired to marry Chinese men risk breaking the law both in China and Thailand, warned the police on Saturday.
The warning came after the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Division (ATPD) found that a Thai woman in Udon Thani, who endured three years of assault in China, was not the victim of a human trafficking offence.
The woman married a Chinese man of her own free will so it is not a human trafficking case, said ATPD deputy commander Pol Col Surapong Chatsut.
The woman, identified by police as a 31-year-old Nuch, signed a contract with a go-between, legally obliging her to marry a Chinese man to produce a child.
Ms Nuch earlier told police she and three others were tricked into marrying Chinese men.
They were said to be persuaded by a matchmaker, identified as Da, to tie the knot with Chinese men…
