Customs targets gender test via HK

Shenzhen Customs says it has trained its staff and tightened checks on the illegal transportation of blood samples to Hong Kong for gender screening, which is banned on the mainland.

It took these actions shortly after a woman was caught on Aug 7 carrying 96 human blood samples in her bag when passing through the Luohu checkpoint in Shenzhen for Hong Kong.

The samples are believed to have been from pregnant women and were being taken to Hong Kong for DNA gender screening.