Police: 3 raped in schoolgirl vice ring
Shanghai Daily, December 5, 2014
Following reports that schoolgirls in southwest China's Yunnan Province were sold for sex after being given alcohol and spiked drinks, police have confirmed that three girls were raped.
It is suspected that more girls aged around 14 and 15 may have been victims of a vice ring.
Police in Yunxian County have held two suspects in connection with the case, the Legal Evening News reported yesterday.
Officers did not reveal the identities of those held nor what they are being held for.
This follows a Yunnan TV program that claimed that a woman surnamed Xu, who is in her late 20s, enticed students from Yunxian Minzu Middle School to visit a karaoke parlor.
Xu would give the girls alcohol and sometimes spike their drinks, the program said. The girls would then be raped by customers, it is claimed.
One student told the program that she managed to get away when several months ago Xu took her and schoolmates to a room where 20 men were waiting and who plied them with drink.
The girl said she didn't know what happened to her schoolmates after she left.
"Xu is evil," the girl's mother said.
"She forced students to become prostitutes, and after sex each was paid 50 (US$8) to 100 yuan," she added.
Yunxian Minzu Middle School head teacher Chen Hexin said 11 to 12 girls were suspected of being victims.
