A young couple was arrested Saturday on suspicion of trafficking their baby boy at a children's hospital in Fuzhou, Fujian province, according to Southeast Express.
The boy's father, Abin (a pseudonym), posted an ad online offering to sell his one month old son for 40,000 yuan ($6,568). The post was spotted by an anti-child trafficking activist volunteer named Zaizai, who contacted Abin pretending to be a prospective buyer, then reported the time and location of the transaction to local police.
After being apprehended, Abin reportedly asked: "I'm selling my own baby. Is that illegal?"
Abin said he had three children, but that he only earns two to three thousand yuan per month so he had no choice but to sell the child, as he did not know how to put him up for adoption.
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