Desperate Parents Land in Hot Water While Trying to Purchase a Son (See Details)

In a desperate bid to have a son, a Chinese couple with seven daughters have landed in serious trouble after allegedly spending more than 90,000 yuan (£10,345) to buy a son in order to carry on their family name.

The incident was revealed in a recent report from a programmed called ‘Mingsheng 820’ aired on the Meizhou Broadcasting and Television Station.

Dailymail gathered that the couple were arrested and charged by the authority of Fengshun County in China’s Guangdong Province after they found out that the baby boy, just over a month old, had been abducted and sold to the couple.

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However, the couple, only identified as Mr and Mrs Chen told the court that they had not been aware of the fact.

Information gathered revealed that the couple had been married for many years and were desperate to have a baby boy because of their ‘traditional mind-set’.

In their bid to have a male child, they had seven children, all girls, aged between two and 18. Therefore, they decided to buy a son.

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Mr and Mrs Chen were reportedly introduced by acquaintances to a family named the Wangs, who had a baby boy ‘for sale’ , and in November last year, they traveled from their home in Shantou city to Fengshun County to meet Mr Wang and their potential son.

Mr Chen later claimed that Mr Wang had ensured them that the baby had not been abducted, but asked them to pay 92,000 yuan (£10,586) as the ‘nutrition fee’.

The couple paid the money and signed an agreement with Mr Wang before taking the boy back to Shantou.

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As soon as they arrived in Shantou, they were arrested by the police from Fengshun County. The couple were informed that the baby had been abducted and trafficked.

According to reports, the baby had first been sold by a couple from Yunnan to a person known as Peng. Peng later sold the baby to another person, Wang.

It was Wang who sold the baby to Mr and Mrs Chen and gained a profit of around 6,500 yuan (£748).

The Fengshun People’s Court has brought charges on eight people involved in the case on suspicion of human trafficking.

Mr and Mrs Chen have also been charged with buying an abducted child.

Photo credit: Mingsheng 820