Five People Charged After Teen Sells Kidney for iPhone and iPad

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Posted April 6, 2012 at 4:07pm by iClarified

Five people in southern China have been charged with intentional injury after a teen sold his kidney so he could buy an iPhone and an iPad, according to a Xinhua News report relayed by Reuters.

The five included a surgeon who removed a kidney from a 17-year-old boy in April last year. 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.

We first posted on this story in June of last year. The hospital reportedly didn't have the proper facilities to perform such surgery, which lasts about three hours, leading to the deteriorating health of the boy.

Five People Charged After Teen Sells Kidney for iPhone and iPad

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Glacious - April 7, 2012 at 8:18pm

I'm not surprised by this. His device can replace the organ he sold. Just purchase an application, namely iKidney and use it :P I also wanna sell my ass, i can poop using iPoop and fart using iFart. No Offfense. I love apple products. I have an iPhone 4S. Cheers!! :)

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Russell - April 7, 2012 at 7:21pm

Another article that shows us the level of intelligence apple customers have.

joyz - April 7, 2012 at 3:55pm

I'll sell your mom's fanny for anything n everything "I"... Moms step this way si vous plais

Breix - April 7, 2012 at 3:11am

Totally insane.. I don't know exactly what the hell are they drooling about iPhones or iPads or whatever apple product there is.. I know its great.. I have one an iPhone.. But if I am in there shoes? I'd rather have the black and white dot matrix phone.. Than get sick and die.. Just to be IN..

Zwabbit - April 6, 2012 at 8:00pm

I find it sad, that some people have to turn to such drastic measures... Some of the comments are uncalled for, it's a sad world when we start putting emphasis on materialistic stuff instead of the wellbeing of humanity. Nobody seams to have a moral compass anymore. It feels like we are all sheep, with a voice that nobody wants to listen to no matter how hard we scream, only when there is money to be made...

Veronica - April 6, 2012 at 11:00pm

.....ULTRA GAAAYYYY!!!

Zwabbit - April 6, 2012 at 7:58pm

Emma - April 6, 2012 at 5:40pm

Guess droid fans are just to smart to do it and that's why we don't hear it.

Dribble - April 6, 2012 at 5:32pm

Why do you never hear of anyone doing something like this for a Droid or anything Samsung?

drkztan - April 7, 2012 at 9:54am

No, but that must be because no one wants to sell his kidney in exchange of a device with an interface less polished than iOS's. Why iOS > Android? Because if you want a "good" android device you have to pay way more than for the cheapest iOS device, and even then you have an ultra expensive device that almost noone develops for to take advantage of the hardware.

Peter - April 6, 2012 at 5:26pm

Omg a kidney is not worth an iphone.

Who Cares - April 6, 2012 at 5:52pm

It's NOT just an iPhone! It's an iPad too!! LOL