Chinese Businessman in Jail for 15 Years Over Surrogate Child

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A Chinese businessman wanted a child in 2017 and paid a Chinese company to find him a surrogate. The surrogate, who was in Cambodia, gave birth to the child. But after the businessman arrived here to receive the baby, he was arrested for trafficking and sentenced to 15 years in prison.

 

Now, Xu Wenjun is appealing a 2020 lower court decision, arguing that he was unaware when he started the process that the surrogate would be in Cambodia, and that surrogacy was outlawed in the country.

 

The Appeal Court heard a motion this week from Xu, a Chinese national, contesting the 15-year sentence handed to him for attempting to traffic the child out of Cambodia. Xu maintains that he is innocent, the child is biologically his, and that he had consent from the mother to take the baby to China.

 

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