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Ringleader whose men rounded up 30 kidney sellers arrested
By Li Qian |
May 29, 2012, Tuesday
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POLICE have arrested the head of an organ trafficking ring who allegedly housed many kidney sellers in a residential complex in Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang Province.
The suspect surnamed Li was captured in Changsha in central Hunan Province, according to Hangzhou police. But they refused to provide any detail.
Police in Hangzhou began to investigate the case after an anonymous post on www.qq.com said nearly 30 young men who were either in debt or wanted to earn quick money were waiting for sell their kidneys at 35,000 yuan (US$5,533.5) each.
The post said the gang picked up the sellers in railway stations, took them to hospital for physical examination and housed them in the residential complex as they wait for a kidney removal surgery.
Three sellers have been escorted to underground hospitals in Kunming and Guangzhou in southern Yunnan and Guangdong provinces for the surgery.
The suspect surnamed Li was captured in Changsha in central Hunan Province, according to Hangzhou police. But they refused to provide any detail.
Police in Hangzhou began to investigate the case after an anonymous post on www.qq.com said nearly 30 young men who were either in debt or wanted to earn quick money were waiting for sell their kidneys at 35,000 yuan (US$5,533.5) each.
The post said the gang picked up the sellers in railway stations, took them to hospital for physical examination and housed them in the residential complex as they wait for a kidney removal surgery.
Three sellers have been escorted to underground hospitals in Kunming and Guangzhou in southern Yunnan and Guangdong provinces for the surgery.
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