Police in China have arrested members of a gang accused of trafficking women from Myanmar for marriage by luring them with the promise of high-paying jobs, according to a report from the state news agency Xinhua.

The International Business Times reported that authorities in China’s Northern autonomous region of Inner Mongolia arrested 31 suspects and recovered 14 victims, 11 of whom were from Myanmar. Among the Burmese victims were five children under the age of 18.

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