Story highlights A woman in central China has been prosecuted for selling her newborn baby for $7,000

The 30-year-old woman, surnamed Huang, allegedly colluded with a obstetrician

The case came to light in August after the boy's grandmother alerted police

Hong Kong (CNN) A woman in central China has been prosecuted for selling her newborn baby for $7,000, state media reports said, the latest of a string of shocking cases that have shed light on the country's trade in children.

The 30-year-old woman, surnamed Huang, allegedly colluded with an obstetrician, Yang, in Xinxiang county, Henan province, to sell the baby boy, according to details published in the Procuratorial Daily , a legal publication.

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Yang sold the baby boy to a couple in the same county for 42,000 yuan. She gave 35,000 yuan to Huang and kept 7,000 yuan for herself, the report said.

The case came to light in August after the boy's grandmother alerted police.

The grandmother said Huang had left the village to go to her parents' home after quarreling with her husband.

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