LAHORE – A local court on Monday sent 11 Chinese nationals, involved intrafficking Pakistani girls to China after contracting marriages, to jailon 14-day judicial remand.

Earlier, Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) officials produced all theaccused including Hongfa Yang, Chuanjia Liu, Libing Liu, Bo Wang, GongzeHe, Tianyi Liu, Yang Feng Xnu, Song Guoqlang, Liu, We Linping and othersbefore Judicial Magistrate Amir Raza on expiry of physical remand.

The officials stated that investigations had been completed from theaccused and their custody was no longer required. They requested the courtto sent the accused tojail on judicial remand.

At this, the court sent the accused to jail on Judicial remand till May 27and directed for producing them on expiry of the term. The court alsodirected officials for submitting challan against the accused on the nextdate of hearing.

It is pertinent to mention here that the FIA arrested the accused from ahouse in Johar Town Lahore and other areas of the city on an application byone Nazir Ahmad, On May 9.

Nazir’s daughter told the officials that the Chinese national contractmarriage with Pakistani girls and took them to China for prostitution.

Two locals were also arrested in connection with the case but they had beensent to jail on judicial remand already.

FIA had arrested a number of Chinese nationals during the past week in acrackdown on the charges of human trafficking.