A SURGEON and six others were jailed yesterday over their involvement in the case of a teenager who sold a kidney to buy an iPhone and iPad.
Seven of nine defendants were sentenced for intentional injury and two others, though found guilty, were exempt from criminal punishment because of their minor roles.
He Wei, who organized the illegal transaction in April 2011, was sentenced to five years' imprisonment by the Beihu District People's Court in Chenzhou City.
Song Zhongyu, the transplant surgeon, was sentenced to three years with a reprieve of five years.
The other five were given jail terms ranging from one to four years.
Wang, a 17-year-old high school student from Anhui Province, agreed to sell one of his kidneys after he found the group through an online chatroom. His kidney was transplanted to a recipient in Chenzhou on April 28, 2011.
Wang was given 22,000 yuan (US$3,529) and he bought an iPhone and an iPad with the money. But he later suffered renal failure and told his mother what had happened.
He earned 56,360 yuan and Song was given 52,000 yuan for the transaction. The other seven defendants all received a share of the proceeds.
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