Chinese village at centre of illegal surrogacy probe, exploiting deaf-mute, disabled women


BEIJING (SCMP): A Chinese village at the centre of an illegal surrogacy racket in which disabled women were used as surrogate mothers has sparked public outrage and an official probe.

The racket was exposed on May 12 by an anti-trafficking activist called Shangguan Zhengyi, who has more than 424,000 followers on social media.

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