China detains hospital boss accused of role in child kidnappings

Officials in Xiangyang, Hubei province, said earlier they were looking into a social media user’s claim that the head of Jianqiao Hospital was using the Internet to collude with unnamed people to sell birth certificates and other paperwork to traffickers operating across 10 provinces that sold children. — Photo by National Cancer Institute on Unsplash

The head of a hospital in China has been detained as part of an investigation into whether it worked with gangs to give kidnapped youngsters new identities, China Central Television reported.

Officials in Xiangyang, Hubei province, said earlier they were looking into a social media user’s claim that the head of Jianqiao Hospital was using the Internet to collude with unnamed people to sell birth certificates and other paperwork to traffickers operating across 10 provinces that sold children.