A female doctor in Guangxi, mainland China involved in illegal surrogacy. By altering the ultrasound results, she hid the truth about the “twins” from her mother and family and planned to secretly sell one of the babies to others after the birth. (Picture / taken from the official account)
A female doctor in Guangxi, mainland China, has been practicing illegal surrogacy. By altering the ultrasound results, she hid the truth about the “twins” from her mother and her family. She planned to secretly sell one of the babies to others after giving birth, and she had already collected a deposit from the buyer. After the exposure, it went viral on the Internet and caused heated discussions.
On December 9, a screenshot of a document with the official seal of the Guangxi Maternal and Child Health Hospital titled “Decision on Expelling Zhou Xiang from the Child Health Department and Developmental Behavior Pediatric Department” was released on social media. that Guangxi Zhou Xiang, the deputy chief physician of the children’s health department of the Maternal and Child Health Hospital, hid the truth about “twins” from mothers and their families, and planned to secretly sell one of the babies to others after giving birth and was convicted of child trafficking. Staff from the Nanning Intermediate People’s Court confirmed that the case existed, and staff from the Guangxi Maternal and Child Health Hospital also pointed out that Zhou Xiang had not come to work for several months.
The content of the deportation decision shows that Zhou Xiang (born in 1971), the deputy chief physician of the child health department of the Guangxi Maternal and Child Health Hospital, and others were involved in illegal surrogacy business in Nanning since 2019. Zhou Xiang hid the truth about the “twins” from the mother and her family by changing the ultrasound results. She planned to secretly sell one of the babies to others after giving birth, and had already collected a deposit from others to buy the child.
Zhou Xiang and others stole babies and children for the purpose of selling them, and their behavior constituted the crime of child abduction and trafficking. On April 14, 2022, the People’s Court of Xingning District, Nanning City, Guangxi sentenced Zhou Xiang to 6 years in prison, fined 20,000 yuan (RMB, same below), and recovered 70,000 yuan of illegal earnings. On October 23, 2022, the Nanning Intermediate People’s Court rejected Zhou Xiang’s appeal and upheld the original sentence.
After the news broke, it immediately caused heated discussions. Netizens left messages, “It goes without saying that it must be a crime. When the baby was born, there were several doctors and nurses. How can a person hide a baby?” sell one order ?? ”,“ she is not a person who gives birth by herself, it is impossible that she is the only one who knows that she has given birth to two children. ”
