Chinese Law Professor Censored After Speaking Out for Victims of Women Trafficking

Detained Chinese nationals, accused of involvement in a trafficking gang to lure Pakistani women into fake marriages, try to shield their faces while they are escorted by Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency officers to court in Lahore, Pakistan, on May 11, 2019. K.M. Chaudary/AP Photo

The “Iron Chain Woman” human trafficking scandal in Xuzhou City of China’s Fengxian County, Jiangsu Province, has been receiving unabated attention on China’s intranet-like Internet. Lao Dongyan, a professor of law at Tsinghua University, was silenced after posting a comment about this scandal.

Lao had been following the“Iron Chain Woman” scandal since Jan. 31 and was reposting related articles on WeChat every day.