China denies Chinese suspects' involvement in trafficking Pakistani women

The Chinese Embassy in Pakistan denied on Friday that the Ministry of Public Security of China had investigated and had found no forced prostitution or sale of human organs for those Pakistani women who stay in China after marriage with Chinese.

A statement issued by the spokesperson of the Chinese Embassy in Pakistan reads that China stance on the issue of transnational marriage is very clear and that it protects legitimate marriages and combat crimes. It maintained that China supports Pakistan to crack down any organizer or individual involved in the cross-border marriage crime.

The statement also said that the Ministry of Public Security of China had also sent a task force to Pakistan to carry out law enforcement cooperation with the Pakistani side. The spokesperson shared that the Ministry of Public Security of China had investigated and had found no forced prostitution or sale of human organs for those Pakistani women who stay in China after marriage with Chinese.

The statement hoped that media will be objective, fair and seek truth from facts. “We hope the people of China and Pakistan do not believe the rumors. We will never allow a few criminals to undermine China-Pakistan friendship and hurt the friendly feelings between two peoples,” the statement added.

In a raid conducted by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) in Lahore, Rawalpindi, Faisalabad and Islamabad, more than a dozen Chinese men have been arrested for their alleged involvement in the trafficking of women to China for prostitution.