According to Lao media reports, the head of the Saitani District Police, Mr. Suliwan Keomanivong, issued a statement on the incident of four girls running away from home after leaving a farewell letter in Huaxiang village. In response to the incident, the Setani County Police Department said: Initially at 19:45 on December 25, 2023, the Setani County Police Department received a report from parents, saying that they found a letter sent by their daughter, which read: "Mom and Dad, don't worry, I will be back in 2-3 years." Subsequently, they called their daughter, but they could not reach them.
After receiving the report, the police went to investigate and found that at 7:30 a.m. on December 26, 2023, someone came to pick up other children. The police then made a plan and detained Ms. Kham La or Yi, a 20-year-old unemployed woman living in Silanduan Village, Champali District, Vientiane, at 8:00 a.m. that day, as she was preparing to pick up another child with her driver.
After interrogation, it was found that the suspect confessed: she picked up a total of 4 girls and sent them to a Vietnamese beauty salon in Dong Baran village, West Satana district, Vientiane for a commission of 300,000 kip, after which the authorities went to inspect two beauty salons and finally found the four children. The owner of the beauty salon was also detained, and after interrogation, the boss hired a Laotian to work in the shop, with a monthly salary of 1 million kip, including food and lodging. However, when hiring employees, the store did not notify the village committee or the relevant parties to know about it.
Therefore, the owner of the beauty salon hired Kham La to pay for someone to work in the beauty shop, and in response to this incident, the police successfully retrieved all four children. Both Kham La and the beauty shop owner were prosecuted in accordance with the law.
[Solve the case!4 Lao girls were abducted, taxi drivers and gangs have been arrested]
On December 26, 2023, Lao media reported that the taxi driver and his accomplices had been arrested to ensure the safety of 4 girls.
On December 26, 2023, the news team of Lao Development Daily contacted the village committee of Huaxiang Village, Saitani County, Vientiane, the capital, to inquire about information: On December 25, four girls disappeared, and the police detained the taxi driver and the two suspects who picked up the girls.
The latest news from the "Peace Daily" reported: The police in Saitani District, Vientiane, successfully captured the gang that took away the four girls, and all the four girls are safe and have been handed over to their guardians.
As for the details of the gang's abduction of juveniles, the police are still investigating. The police warned the public not to believe lies, deceive and take bribes from bad actors.
The police are fully engaged in an investigation
Suddenly, a disappearance incident occurred in Huaxiang Village, Saitani County, Vientiane, the capital of Laos, which has attracted widespread attention. It is reported that on December 25, 2023, four girls aged 13 to 14 disappeared in the local area, and parents suspected that they might be involved in trafficking.
At around 15:45 p.m. on the day of the incident, the four young girls left the school. According to the family, they walked to a pickup truck near the school and waited, then disappeared. In search of clues, the family has asked local residents about the information related to the pickup truck and urgently contacted the police to conduct a full investigation.
The four missing girls are from Huaxiang and Saisangbang villages, and are all third-year secondary school students. Deeply anxious and worried, the family has issued a notice to the leaders of Huaxiang village in Saitani County, as well as the local police station.
[Find a Lao wife to understand!The punishment for the crime of human trafficking in Lao law: starting from five years in prison]
Anyone who engages in human trafficking will be punished in any of the following circumstances:
1. Search, kidnapping is punishable by imprisonment for 5 to 15 years and a fine of 10,000,000 kip to 100,000,000 kip;
2. Movement or transport is punishable by imprisonment for 5 to 12 years and a fine of 10,000,000 kip to 70,000,000 kip;
3. Admission of persons from within or outside the territory and provision of them with accommodation or shelter shall be punishable by imprisonment for a term of 5 to 10 years and a fine of 10,000,000 kip to 50,000,000 kip,
If an offence is committed against a minor under 18 years of age, whether consensual or voluntary, it is punishable by imprisonment for 15 to 20 years and a fine of 100,000,000 kip to 500,000,000 kip.
Any person who commits a crime in a place of prostitution, even if the victim consents or voluntarily, for any purpose according to the definition of human trafficking, is considered human trafficking and is punishable by imprisonment for 5 to 15 years and a fine of 10,000,000 kip to 100,000,000 kip.
If the crime is a group crime, the victim is a child, the victim is two or more persons, the offender is a close relative, causing the victim to be seriously injured, disfigured, disabled or suffering from mental illness, punishable by imprisonment for 15 to 20 years and a fine of 100,000,000 kip to 500,000,000 kip.
If the crime is committed and results in the victim's lifelong disability and HIV infection, the sentence is life imprisonment and a fine of 500,000,000 kip to 1,000,000,000 kip.
The so-called trafficking in persons refers to the search, abduction, migration, transportation or deportation of persons at home and abroad, the provision of shelter or hiding place by incitement, instigation, lying, bribery, hiring, abuse, coercion, abduction, etc., or the abduction of children to photograph, display, disseminate pornography or any other form of exploitation, sexual exploitation, slavery, prostitution, forced prostitution, sale of body organs, and any other act that violates national laws and culture or for any other purpose for profit.