Nineteen Found Guilty of Trafficking Babies in Indonesia and Singapore
Prosecutors said at least 12 infants were sent to Singapore and sold for 200 million to 250 million rupiah each.
- On Tuesday, the Bandung District Court convicted 19 defendants for running a baby-trafficking network, sentencing 70-year leader Lie Siu Luan to seven years in prison.
- The syndicate trafficked at least 34 babies between 2023 and 2025, operating across West Java to illegally sell infants for adoption, with 12 believed to have reached Singapore.
- Syndicate recruiter Astri Fitrinika and document forger Lai Siu received six years and seven months, while 14 caregivers were sentenced to three years and four months.
- While prosecutors sought up to 10 years for the defendants, Judge Gatot Ardian Agustiono delivered shorter sentences, noting exploitation within the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia.
- This case has shocked Singapore and Indonesia, highlighting persistent child trafficking concerns where parents are often misled, leaving adoptive parents realizing their children may have been trafficked.
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Singapore Parents Wait In Fear After Indonesian Baby Trafficking Verdict
SINGAPORE – An agonizing wait has begun for families in Singapore after an Indonesian court convicted 19 people of running a baby trafficking syndicate. These adoptive parents now face an uncertain future, terrified they might lose the babies they have come to love. On Tuesday, judges in Bandung, Indonesia, delivered guilty verdicts to the entire […] The post Singapore Parents Wait in Fear After Indonesian Baby Trafficking Verdict first appeared…
The Bandung District Court sentenced 19 defendants in a syndicate involved in the trafficking of 34 babies. The mastermind, Lie Siu Luan, was sentenced to seven years in prison.
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An Indonesian court has convicted 19 people for running a baby trafficking network that unlawfully sold 34 infants to buyers in Indonesia and Singapore, in a case that has sharpened attention on other mothers still caught up in similar schemes, including 39-year-old Jakarta resident Erika Ratna Sari. Erika fell victim to a separate but structurally similar baby trafficking ring in Jakarta in 2023. Her experience closely mirrors the methods uncov…
An Indonesian court convicted 19 members of a network dedicated to the trafficking of babies who were sent to Singapore through false adoptions, but there is uncertainty about what will happen to the nearly 20 children who today are in the arms of adoptive parents. One of the most emblematic cases was picked up by BBC Mundo. ... Continue reading "Twenty babies illegally adopted in Singapore: Staying or going back to their parents?" The post Unce…
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