This Burmese Woman Sold For $23 in China As A Bride

(Monica Tan’s article direct from The DAILY LIFE on 26 June 2013.)





A Burmese trafficking victim.

Khin had been dumped by her first alcoholic husband, and
was desperate to leave her alcoholic and abusive second husband, when a
neighbour approached her with a job offer. Khin, then 33 years old, had never
even completed primary school so her prospects were slim. The allure of decent
work as