A woman in her 20s resold a newborn baby she bought from a single mother and made a profit... ``I did something senseless'' = South Korea

A woman in her 20s who bought a newborn baby from a single mother and resold it two hours later to another woman for a profit has been sentenced to three years in prison. The resold newborns were then thrown away in baby mailboxes.
Nono is currently known to be safe. According to the Korean Bar Association, on the 11th, prosecutors announced charges of violation of the Child Welfare Act (child trafficking) at the conclusion of the trial held at the Incheon District Court.
Defendant A (25), who was on trial, was sentenced to three years in prison. Regarding the reason for such a sentence, the prosecutors said, ``The defendant privately bought and sold children as a means of making money, and collected approximately 2 million U.S. dollars.''
``We took into account the defendant's bad nature,'' he said. On the other hand, defendant A appealed for good treatment. Through his final statement, Defendant A stated,
"I acted in a senseless and foolish manner," he said, adding, "I will never act like this again and will live my life as a decent human being."
Defendant A's lawyer also said, ``The defendant is concerned that a child born to parents who are unable to raise a child will be abandoned.''
"I decided that it would be better for him to grow up in a different environment than to be raped," he said, adding, "I would like you to take into consideration the fact that the defendant is young, has no criminal record, and is a first-time offender."
At around 9:57 a.m. on August 24, 2019, Defendant A visited the hospital where Mr. B, a single mother, was hospitalized.
He is accused of buying Mr. B's 6-day-old daughter, C, by paying 10,000 yen. On the same day, defendant A met a woman, D, at a cafe in Incheon at around 11:34 a.m. and offered her 3 million won (approximately 330,000 yen).
I sold C-chan. The baby he bought for 980,000 won was resold about two hours later with a profit of 2 million won.
Around July 2019, defendant A posted online, ``I have a child with my boyfriend.''
The investigation revealed that he approached Mr. B after seeing a single mother's post that said, "But I don't have the ability to raise a child." At that time, defendant A said, ``My husband is azoospermic and cannot conceive, so I would like to raise the child in his place.''
” he lied. Afterwards, defendant A approached Ms. D, a woman who wanted to adopt a child. This time, defendant A pretended to be pregnant. Defendant A said, ``After giving birth to my child, I put her up for adoption.''
I want to do that,” he lied, and completed the sale with Mr. D. However, after Mr. D bought the newborn C-chan, there was a problem in the process of registering him as his child, so he sent C-chan to the baby mailbox.
Threw away. An investigation has determined that C-chan has been adopted by another person and there are no problems. On the other hand, Mr. B (27), the biological mother who sold her daughter to defendant A, and Mr. D (53), who bought the child from defendant A.
) was also indicted without detention on similar charges and is currently undergoing trial. However, the trial chamber decided not to conclude arguments against Mr. B and others due to reasons such as the appointment of a public defender.