Police bust kidney-transplant ring
By Xiao Li |
May 30, 2012, Wednesday
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THE ringleader of a kidney-trafficking gang that housed kidney sellers in a residential complex in Hangzhou has been arrested and 28 sellers have been rescued, police said yesterday.
The man identified as Dong Ge was apprehended in Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province, said Wang Jun, official with the Dingqiao police station in Hangzhou. He didn't reveal details as the police investigation is ongoing.
According to an undercover report conducted by news portal qq.com, nearly 30 young men who were either in debt or wanted to earn quick money were waiting for surgery and cash payment of 35,000 yuan (US$5,530) for a kidney.
A man surnamed Ji said he sold his kidney in order to buy a Yamaha motorbike. A seller surnamed Li, 20, said he had to collect money to compensate his co-worker in an accident settlement.
The post said the gang found sellers in railway stations, took them to a hospital for physical examination and provided them accommodations as they waited for kidney-removal surgery.
The illegal network rented a four-room apartment, three for sellers and one for agents, on April 24 in Hangzhou, capital of eastern China's Zhejiang Province. The sellers, including university students and bankrupt businessmen, had their cell phones taken away and were given nearly 50 yuan per day for food to cook by themselves.
Some were found by agents, who could earn 3,500 yuan from a deal.
Three sellers were escorted to underground kidney-transplant clinics in the southern provincial capitals of Kunming and Guangzhou, the post said.
The man identified as Dong Ge was apprehended in Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province, said Wang Jun, official with the Dingqiao police station in Hangzhou. He didn't reveal details as the police investigation is ongoing.
According to an undercover report conducted by news portal qq.com, nearly 30 young men who were either in debt or wanted to earn quick money were waiting for surgery and cash payment of 35,000 yuan (US$5,530) for a kidney.
A man surnamed Ji said he sold his kidney in order to buy a Yamaha motorbike. A seller surnamed Li, 20, said he had to collect money to compensate his co-worker in an accident settlement.
The post said the gang found sellers in railway stations, took them to a hospital for physical examination and provided them accommodations as they waited for kidney-removal surgery.
The illegal network rented a four-room apartment, three for sellers and one for agents, on April 24 in Hangzhou, capital of eastern China's Zhejiang Province. The sellers, including university students and bankrupt businessmen, had their cell phones taken away and were given nearly 50 yuan per day for food to cook by themselves.
Some were found by agents, who could earn 3,500 yuan from a deal.
Three sellers were escorted to underground kidney-transplant clinics in the southern provincial capitals of Kunming and Guangzhou, the post said.
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