China

Police in southern China have broken up a gang that abducted migrant workers' children to sell in distant provinces, state media reports. The children, mostly toddlers aged two or three years old, were snatched in Hunan's province's Yueyang city while they were playing or sleeping. They were sold for between 860 yuan (USD 125) and 26,000 yuan (USD 3,800), the Beijing News said. Five children had been rescued and 13 suspects arrested, Xinhua said. The children were snatched in broad daylight by gang members on motorbikes, it added. (BBC)