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Charges Filed After Chinese Teenager Sells Kidney to Purchase iPhone and iPad

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Reuters reports that five people have been charged with intentional injury in southern China after a teenager sold one of his kidneys in order to purchase an iPad and iPhone. According to the report, those charged include the surgeon who removed the kidney and another person who arranged for the transplant into an undisclosed recipient.
The boy, identified only by his surname Wang, now suffers from renal deficiency, Xinhua quoted prosecutors in Chenzhou city, Hunan province as saying.

According to the Xinhua account, one of the defendants received about 220,000 yuan (about $35,000) to arrange the transplant. He paid Wang 22,000 yuan and split the rest with the surgeon, the three other defendants and other medical staff.
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The iPad 2 in Apple's Chinese online store ranges from 2,988-5,499 yuan, while iPhone pricing begins at 2,888 yuan for an unlocked iPhone 3GS and goes up to 6,788 yuan for a 64 GB iPhone 4S.

The report indicates that Wang is from Anhui, one of the poorest provinces in China, and that he is suffering from renal deficiency since the transplant, a condition that is continuing to worsen. Interestingly, a nearly identical story surfaced last June, and while the teenager in that case was identified by a surname of "Zheng", the cases are so similar in their details that they may be referring to the same event.

Trading and sale of human organs is banned in China, where low organ donation rates have led those in need of transplants to seek out alternatives to established organ matching programs.

(Image from Kidney News [App Store])

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What the hell does this story have to do with Apple or its products? The point is that the idiot sold his organ for money; what he intended to buy with it is pretty irrelevant.
 
if the surgeons know the risk of getting prosecuted, then why are they performing illegal surgery on the boy and those other 5 people in the first place?
 
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Supacon said:
What the hell does this story have to do with Apple or its products? The point is that the idiot sold his organ for money; what he intended to buy with it is pretty irrelevant.
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The words "iPhone" and "iPad" are in the title

Thus, Apple-related
 
I think it is a fair trade.

He's now got as many problems as the new iPad does.
 
This guy goes down as most hardcore apple fan of all time.

And you thought sitting in line for 24 hrs was hardcore...
 
Supacon said:
What the hell does this story have to do with Apple or its products? The point is that the idiot sold his organ for money; what he intended to buy with it is pretty irrelevant.
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You're right, it has nothing to do with Apple. Probably an urban legend anyway. But MacRumors never misses a chance to spread anti-Apple tidbits - it generates clicks, which means money.
 
Supacon said:
What the hell does this story have to do with Apple or its products? The point is that the idiot sold his organ for money; what he intended to buy with it is pretty irrelevant.
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Apple fanatics probably taunted him for having a plain old cell phone so he did what he had to do to fit in.
That's what kids do. Steal, kill, barter and sell organs to be part of a clique to fit in. Taunting and ridicule is another form of bullying.
 
Oh come on

No Wang jokes? Come on, gimme one!

He gave up his kidney, but not his Wang?
 
Gotta admire his free-market gumption. He has an iPad AND an iPhone now. That's more than you can say for a lot of people. Kudos, kid!
 
I thought one kidney is all you need. How do they prevent legitimate kidney donors from becoming renally deficient?
 
Who actually said he did it to buy Apple products? Did the teenager himself admit to it? All I see here is that one news agency is quoting another news agency who is being quoted by macrumors with no documentation of any quote that there was evidence he sold a kidney for an Apple product. Maybe he did it so his family could afford food or so he could attend school...I would put those at a higher likelihood.
 
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