Buyers paid 200 million rupiah (S$17,700) for a kidney. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Police chief commissioner Hengki Haryadi, Jakarta’s police director of the general crimes investigation unit, told reporters that the sellers included a teacher, a security guard and even a master’s student.Mr Hengki also said initial investigations showed that illegal organ trading “may have been going on for a long time and not the only syndicate”.
In one private Facebook group, called Donor Ginjal Indonesia , both buyers and sellers openly interacted with one another, with some posting their mobile numbers, as well as photos of their identity cards and health documents. “A healthy and fit donor with A blood type needed, maximum 35 years old. Food, transport and all administrative fees will be covered,” a buyer posted, drawing 22 comments from interested sellers.
To his surprise, the Facebook administrator told him to contact a broker in Bogor regency, in West Java, whom he later met. The broker took him to a hospital in Jakarta for a transplant but the paperwork was tedious, and his wife found out and protested against his plan.
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