teen sells kidney to buy iPad 2 & iPhone

LAMBORJEEPNEY
By LAMBORJEEPNEY

My salary is delayed for over 4 months now, I thought selling my kidney would be an option:-)

BEIJING - A teenager in China's Anhui province has sold his right kidney to buy an iPad 2. His mother, who knew nothing of his plans, now hopes to hunt down the criminals who disabled him, a media report said.

Seventeen-year-old Xiao Zheng had been dreaming of a new iPad 2 for a while, but the price was beyond his means.

Zheng found an agent ready to buy his kidney and travelled to Hunan province in central China to undergo surgery in a local hospital. With the 22,000 yen ($3,900) he was paid, Zheng bought a new iPad 2 and iPhone and then returned home, according to a report on the Dongfang TV channel Thursday.

"Xiao Zheng returned home with a computer and a new Apple phone. We do not have the money for such expensive gadgets. At first, he did not want to tell me where he got that much money from. Later he confessed he had sold his right kidney to buy these things," his mother told the channel.

After she learned the truth, Zheng's mother travelled with her son back to the hospital, only to discover that the operating theater had been rented out for commercial use to a businessman from Fujian province. Several attempts to reach the agents failed, as their phones were switched off.

Zheng's health is deteriorating day by day, and his mother said she hopes she will be able to find the criminals who disabled her son.
http://en.news.maktoob.com/20090000782868/Chinese_teen_sells_kidney_to_b...

By britexpat• 4 Jun 2011 20:03
britexpat

Is it a 4G phone with a "Plasma" screen :o)

And how will you extract the blood ?

By nomerci• 4 Jun 2011 18:54
Rating: 2/5
nomerci

ok, you an buy and Iphone and and ipad for 3900USD?

Hmmm....

Well, besides that, the organ trade is well and thriving in China. Has been for a very long time

Also, this was posted a few days ago,I think.

By xxc• 4 Jun 2011 17:26
xxc

some1 shoot me plz

By Dracula• 4 Jun 2011 17:25
Dracula

Offer of the day:

- one iPhone for 100ml of blood!

Regards,

Dracula

By Bisdak sa Bin Mahmoud• 4 Jun 2011 17:21
Bisdak sa Bin Mahmoud

this criminals should be hanged, ur put a bullet in der heads

By anonymous• 4 Jun 2011 14:39
anonymous

This criminals have taken advantage of an innocent teenage boy and the Chinese authorities should find this criminals at all cost.

By britexpat• 4 Jun 2011 14:10
britexpat

The world is indeed a sad place..

Peer pressure, media pressure and materialism are all to blame..

By nazeerkka• 4 Jun 2011 13:24
Rating: 5/5
nazeerkka

We created new desires..

Some immature individuals perish..

Life as usual. If men had ability to reason, they probably would not need an i-Phone or i-pad.

By Apple• 4 Jun 2011 12:48
Rating: 4/5
Apple

The hospital is also responsible to the crime.

By qatar_01• 4 Jun 2011 12:41
qatar_01

:( stupid, unknowingly he took a very major decision. m happy with my kidneys. Thanks to God !

By Bisdak sa Bin Mahmoud• 4 Jun 2011 12:01
Bisdak sa Bin Mahmoud

juz for a silly gadget? juz great.. gadgets won't last for few months because new models will arrive every now and then...

By Arien• 4 Jun 2011 11:29
Rating: 4/5
Arien

How can a 17 year old ( minor) ones decision is considered legal, that too for being an organ donor!!!!

By nath5181• 4 Jun 2011 10:57
Rating: 4/5
nath5181

Life is less important compared to gadgets.

By anonymous• 4 Jun 2011 10:43
anonymous

WTF

By jibran.scorpion• 4 Jun 2011 09:37
jibran.scorpion

Its really hurting..........

By anonymous• 4 Jun 2011 09:19
Rating: 4/5
anonymous

EEEEEEEEEEEwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww it hurts......

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