Baby Selling Crime Ring Busted In Malaysia

Having spent time in Malaysia and being good friends with a Malaysian family I find it surprising to see such a criminal operation like this going on there:

KUALA LUMPUR: They “hired” women and made them sleep with men. Nine months later, they would “harvest” the babies born and sell them to childless couples.

And if this was not heinous enough, they would then tell the new mothers that their babies were not “beautiful enough” and cut down the amount of money originally promised to them.

Behind this “baby factory” is a 50-year-old woman from Banting, known as “Auntie”.

She roped in her husband, cousins and other relatives, making the babies-for-sale syndicate a family business that had been operating for more than five years.

Police managed to bust the syndicate with the arrest of 15 people, nine of whom were members of “Auntie’s” family. Two women who had been “hired” were also arrested.

Police rescued five babies — two girls and three boys aged betwen two weeks and nine months — who were about to be sold off.   [The Star Online]

Just goes to show that depraved criminals can be found anywhere.