- A Chinese obstetrician has been sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve
- Zhang Shuxia was convicted of trafficking seven babies between 2011 and 2013
- She told her patients they should give up their newborns because they were sick
- She sold them to traffickers for around $ 2,500 to $ 3,500 each
(CNN) — A Chinese obstetrician convicted of selling babies after telling their parents they were sick has been given a suspended death sentence, China’s Xinhua news agency reported Tuesday.
Zhang Shuxia, a maternity doctor at a hospital in Shaanxi province, in central China, sold seven babies to a trafficking ring in six separate cases from November 2011 to July 2013, according to statements posted on the official microblog account of the local court.
She persuaded her patients that their newborns were sick and they should give them up, according to the Weinan Intermediate People’s Court. One baby died after being sold.
Xinhua said the death penalty had a two-year reprieve, which typically means her sentence is likely to be life imprisonment if she doesn’t commit any crimes during that period.
The ring was exposed in July when a mother surnamed Dong told police she suspected her baby had been abducted after Zhang told her that her child had a congenital disease,
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