Spotlight focuses on scourge of human trafficking
China DailyPeople with missing family members take part in a charity campaign in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, on June 1. LONG WEI/FOR CHINA DAILY Footage of chained woman held in hut triggers intense discussion A mother of eight who was confined with an iron chain around her neck has become one of the most-searched figures on Chinese social media over the past month. Video footage of the chained and mentally ill woman, wearing light clothing and being held in a dilapidated hut in Fengxian county of Xuzhou, Jiangsu province, was posted late last month and went viral online, shocking the public. Although the county authorities were quick to say the woman was surnamed Yang, and that she married a man surnamed Dong in 1998, netizens remained doubtful, constantly questioning the woman's identity, her age, and whether she was a victim of human trafficking. On Wednesday, a team formed last week in Jiangsu announced the result of its investigation, confirming the woman's name as Xiaohuamei, which translates as "little plum blossom".
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