Two sentenced in Henan for child trafficking

Two men received prison sentences on Tuesday for child trafficking in Henan province after they were found guilty of kidnapping, selling and buying an 18-month-old boy online.

A man named Li, 29, kidnapped the boy in Kaifeng county in May, local newspaper Dahe Daily reported.

He later sold the boy to a man in Caoxian county in Shandong province on May 23 for 40,000 yuan ($6,590) through the Internet.

Police arrested the buyer, surnamed Sun, and found the boy on June 9.

The Kaifeng court sentenced Li to a 10-year sentence and fined him 20,000 yuan.

Sun, the buyer, received a 7-month sentence, the report said.