China sentenced the head of a human trafficking ring that lured dozens of women with promises of work

China sentenced the head of a human trafficking ring that lured dozens of women with promises of work, then kidnapped and sold them across the country, to death according to state media. The 29-member gang sold 88 women to be wives in three different provinces, the Xinhua news agency said, citing a court in Guiyang, capital of China's southwestern Guizhou province. An 11-year-old girl was also sold, it said. He Kaixun, the ring-leader, who had kidnapped and sold 35 of the victims, was sentenced to death in his first trial. Two other gang members were given suspended death sentences, pending two years' good behaviour. A number of others were given jail terms ranging from two years to life. The traffickers promised their victims jobs packaging tea and sunflower seeds, even taking them to "a fake factory where the ring members pretended to be managers and workers", Xinhua said. Eighty-eight of the victims had been rescued, Xinhua said.