Jiangsu Province v. Erming Wang

The defendant Wang “bought” a woman with intellectual disabilities for RMB 10,000 to have a male heir. Wang chained her feet and hands and raped her several times. The imprisonment and rape lasted for two months until police rescued her. Quning District Court, Jiangsu Province found that defendant Wang trafficked the woman, imprisoned, and raped her. Therefore, according to Article 236 section 1 and Article 238 section 1 and Article 240 of Criminal Law of the People’s Republic of China, Wang was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment.

Topics

• Domestic and intimate partner violence

Geographical location

• Asia
• China

Keywords

• women with disabilities
• trafficking
• rape
• false imprisonment
• gender-based violence in general
• sexual violence and rape
• trafficking in persons

Year

• 2014

External URL

• Jiangsu Province v. Erming Wang

Court

• People’s Procuratorate of Quning District Court

Type

• Domestic Case Law