The broker was my auntie. She persuaded me. I didn’t understand the relationship between my auntie and the Chinese man.
My aunt told me ahead of time that I shouldn’t talk about what happens to me. From the first night when we arrived in the Chinese man’s house, I had to sleep with him. At the beginning of the night, he followed me around. There were only two rooms. I heard that they worried about me trying to run away.
In the beginning I did not miss my son, because I thought he was not my baby – only the Chinese man’s baby. But now I got married to another man and had another baby. Now I miss him often.
[…]
When they [the KIO] heard about my story they started to plan to punish the broker. They considered whether to put her in jail or kill her… the sentence was going to be too harsh – I didn’t want it to be so strict. According to our beliefs, killing another person is something we should never do.
[Seng Ing Nu sent a message to the KIO leadership]
The message said, ‘I am fine now. I feel better. Don’t hurt her anymore.
[The broker was not punished and remained Seng In Nu’s neighbour]
Whenever I meet her again I feel upset and frustrated. Like something – a bad feeling – in my heart. But I try to forgive her. But everyone in the village knows that she’s still trafficking, even now.
Narrative provided by Human Rights Watch in their report “Give Us a Baby and We’ll Let You Go”: Trafficking of Kachin “Brides” from Myanmar to China
