A suspected female trafficker named Khama Kharpar was arrested and was facing legal action but the victim was still in China despite efforts by the authorities to rescue her, said the police.

Khama Kharpar apparently promised the girl a job paying 1,500 yuan making clothes in Ruili, China, and took her to China last September. Police said after Khama Kharpar’s arrest in Myitkyina, the trafficker admitted that the girl was sold to a man.

They said her father reported the case on January 26, saying he had lost contact with the girl.

Kkama Kharpar married a Chinese man six years ago. She visited Myitkyina last September and took the girl with her when she returned.

Reports say about 130 women were sold to China last year for forced marriages or sex work.