MANY have joked about selling their kidneys for Apple products, but for two young men in Yangzhou, Jiangsu province, it was more than a joke.
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The report states that one of the men, surnamed Wu, could not afford an iPhone 6s, which retails at 5,288 RMB in China. The agent asked them to take medical examinations at a hospital in Nanjing to make sure their kidneys were just fine.
The agent then told them to go to a hospital to get examined to determine if their kidneys were healthy, but unfortunately for them the agent did not show up.
As an aside, I feel like we shouldn’t have to say this but – DO NOT sell your vital organs for a new smartphone.
Owing to the situation, Wu, who had originally suggested the plan, began to reconsider it. However, Huang persisted.
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In 2012, police authorities in Beijing arrested five people in central China for their involvement in illegal organ trading after a teenager sold one of his kidneys to buy an iPhone and an iPad.
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In 2013, a Shanghai-based couple landed in jail for alleged human trafficking after “selling” their baby daughter and spending the money on an iPhone. Previous year a man tried to rent out his girlfriend in order to fund the purchase of the iPhone 6.
