Indonesia arrests four for 'selling babies on Instagram'
四個印尼人因為在IG上販賣嬰兒而逮捕。
BBC News
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Four Indonesians have been arrested over an alleged baby-selling operation
using Instagram.
An account, now removed, which claimed to be a family welfare agency posted im
ages of pregnant women, ultrasound scans and babies.
一個自稱家福機構的帳號已被刪除，其中那個帳號po了孕婦、超音波及嬰兒的照片。
A telephone number was provided so potential buyers could make contact via Wha
tsApp, said police in Surabaya.
泗水警方表示，他們提供了一個電話號碼讓想買的人用WhatsApp聯繫。
They said they managed to intercept one transation but were still searching
for at least on baby that was sold.
警方設法攔截了一筆交易，但他們仍在尋找一個已售出的嬰兒。
"People who want to adopt children use that account and the transaction is
completed through WhatApp," Col Sudamiran, Surabaya's chief detective, was quo
ted by Detik as saying.
當地警方表示，希望收養孩子的人透過這個帳戶的WhatsApp完成交易。
According to news website Detik, the account was posing as a consultation
service, offering to solve family problems.
根據當地媒體報導，這個帳號提供解決家庭問題的諮詢服務。
The Instagram account, with more 700 followers, features pictures of babies
with their faces blurred out, along with details of their age, location and re
ligion.
這個IG帳號有700多個粉絲，裡面有一些模糊的嬰兒照片，還有他們的年齡、地點及宗教
等細節。
The account also features screenshots of alleged conversations between the
operator and clients.
這個帳號還po了業主及客戶之間的對話截圖。
In one, a woman says she is seven months pregnant and does not want her family
to find out.
在截圖內，有一個女人說她懷了7個月的身孕，她不想讓家裡人知道。
In another post, a picture of a pregnant woman is shown along with details
of her location. The caption of the photo states that she is pregnant and
those who want to adopt can contact a telephone number that is listed.
在另一篇貼文中，貼出了一張孕婦的照片以及他所在的詳細位置資訊。照片的標題說她已
經懷孕了，想要的人可以向附上的電話號碼做聯繫。
None of the posts explicitly mention the buying or selling of children.
並沒有任何一篇貼文明確提到買賣兒童的字眼。
Police said at a news conference on Wednesday that they had arrested four
people after intercepting a transaction that was due to have taken place on 3
September.
警方在記者會上表示，他們在查獲九月三日交易後逮捕了四個人。
A 22-year-old woman, identified only as LA, had attempted to sell her 11-month
-old baby, they said.
警方說，有一名在洛杉磯的22歲女性，曾經試圖出售她11個月大的嬰兒。
The buyer was due to pay 15m rupiah ($985, ￡750) to LA, 5m rupiah to a
broker and 2.5m rupiah to Alton Phinandita, the alleged owner of the Instagram
page.
買家需支付洛杉磯方1500萬印尼盾(985美元、750英鎊、30,500台幣)，付給仲介500萬印
尼盾，向IG帳號的擁有者Alton Phinandita支付250萬印尼盾。
All four allegedly involved in the transaction have been arrested and Mr
Sudamiran said they could be jailed for up to 15 years for violating child pro
tection laws.
涉嫌參與這宗交易案的四個人都已被捕，根據警方表示他們可能會因為違反兒童保護法，
被求處15年以上徒刑。
Instagram told the BBC on Friday that it had removed the contant as soon as
it was made aware of the situation.
IG上週五和BBC說明，在知道了這樣的情況後，就刪除了那些內容了。
"The safety of our community on Instagram is our obsolute priority. Our
policies clearly prohibit people from engaging in criminal activity and
coordinating harm on our platform, which includes the sale of humans," said a
spokesman.
IG發言人說，IG社群上的安全是他們最重視的項目，IG政策禁止人們參與犯罪活動進而造
成平台的傷害，包含販賣人口。
Rita Pranawati, vice-chairman of the Indonesian Child Protection Commission (K
PAI), a government agency, told the BBC that there had been cases of baby- tra
fficking before in Indonesia.
政府機關印尼兒童保護協會的主席向BBC說道，印尼之前就發生過嬰兒買賣的案件。
"But it's very rare to happen through Instagram. It's a new modus," she said.
「但利用IG販賣嬰兒這種事情非常罕見，這是一種新的手法。」主席表示。
While the motives of the buyers were not clear, Ms Pranawati said some people
wanting to adopt may do so illegally if they did not fulfil the criteria to do
so officially.
警方表示，雖然買家的動機並不清楚，但如果他們不合正式標準，有些人還是會非法採取
行動。
But she said there had also been cases before where children had been
"illegally adopted for underage sex work".
但警方說，之前還有些案件是兒童被非法收養從事未成年性工作。
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