Two ringleaders of an infant trafficking gang based in Ya'an of southwestern Sichuan Province were sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve, Xinhua News Agency reported today.

Cai Liaochao and Chen Hongfeng were accused of selling 14 babies between July 2010 and May 2011, the Yan'an City Intermediate People's Court said.

Other four ring members received jail terms from three years to 15 years respectively.

The court said they purchased newborn babies from poverty-stricken families and sold them to Shandong, Fujian and Henan provinces. A boy is priced at 30,000 (US$4,818) to 40,000 yuan and a girl 10,000 to 20,000 yuan.

Their crime came to light when three of them were caught trafficking three babies from Sichuan to Shandong in May of 2011.

Cai and Chen were given the death sentence because they were jailed five years before for the same crime, the court said.

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