{"id":41621,"date":"2014-08-17T15:20:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-17T15:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1:10081\/?p=41621 "},"modified":"2014-08-17T15:20:00","modified_gmt":"2014-08-17T15:20:00","slug":"41621-revision-v1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minzhuzhongguo.org\/?p=41621","title":{"rendered":"Chinese schoolchildren \\’forced to give blood\\’"},"content":{"rendered":"
16 August 2014 Last updated at 11:41 ET<\/div>
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A Chinese medical worker prepares a blood donation at a hospital in Beijing – 7 September 2007<\/div>
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The children were aged between 10 and 16 but under Chinese law, blood donors must be over 18<\/div>
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Police in China have arrested seven people thought to be behind a scheme that forced schoolchildren to give blood, state media says.<\/div>
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According to police, at least eight children aged between 10 and 16 were made to donate blood to a company in Gansu province in north-west China.<\/div>
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Reports said the children had been beaten by the gang to make them comply.<\/div>
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Among those arrested was a blood centre official, who told police he had been under pressure to find more donors.<\/div>
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The schoolchildren were reportedly forced to donate once a month for seven months and the amount taken was three times the average amount for voluntary donors.<\/div>
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The gang, who netted 6,250 yuan ($1,000; £600) in the process, presented false identity cards at the blood centre to pretend the children were adults. Under Chinese law, blood donors must be over 18.<\/div>
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The scheme came to light when one of the youngsters sought help from his parents.<\/div>
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The deputy chief of the blood centre and six other men were arrested, according to the official Xinhua news agency.<\/div>
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The company, Lanzhou Institute of Biological Products in the city of Wuwei, is one of the country’s biggest producers of blood products, Xinhua said.<\/div>
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