Chinese police have arrested the group who let a 17-year-old boy sell them his kidney so he could buy the latest Apple hardware.
China’s state media reports that 5 people involved in the removal and sale of the organ have been arrested, including the surgeon who extracted it and the brokers who sold it on.
They face charges of inflicting bodily harm on the boy, and engaging in illegal organ trading.
The case came to light when the boy’s mother discovered he had suddenly acquired an iPhone and iPad, which she knew to be well beyond his means. Police soon launched an investigation.
The boy received about $3,000 for his kidney, but the sellers managed a much more respectable $35,000 for the organ.
He is now suffering kidney failure as a result of the strain placed on his remaining kidney, and likely faces a truncated lifetime of unpleasant and expensive medical problems.
Basically almost every year new ipad version comes so even if kid is 100% ipad fanboy and don’t regret losing kidney he will regret someday that his ipad is not latest one. Of course if he manage to live to that day with one kidney.
I wonder if the kidney will explode.
its not like he got unknowingly knocked out only to wake up in a tub of ice, they seem more concerned with catching the people cuz the boy did something stupid and not cuz this is some deep black market s♥♥t
With China quality food and water, two kidneys aren’t enough.
I hope he gets healtier asap, but what an idiot!