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Sale of children in Bishkek. Doctors charged with 3rd offence

Medical workers, suspected of sale of children, were charged with one more offence. The Ministry of Internal Affairs informed 24.kg news agency.

It is specified that in general, the doctors are charged with three articles of the Criminal Code: Illegal performing of abortion; forgery, manufacture, sale or use of forged documents, state awards, stamps, seals, forms and trafficking in persons.

Medical workers illegally performed abortions in late pregnancy.

«A number of obstetrician-gynecologists, working in state and part-time in private medical institutions, colluded for the sake of financial gain. In addition, the health workers delivered babies in unintended medical institutions and sold the newborns. As of today, four doctors have been detained. There are several more suspects,» the Interior Ministry said.

The police detained doctors suspected of sale of children in Bishkek. A criminal case was opened on the Article Trafficking in Persons of the Criminal Code of the Kyrgyz Republic.

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