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**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 64729 08-11-2012 08:51 AM

Wang Shangkun, Chinese Teen Who Sold Kidney To Buy iPad, Too Weak To Face Alleged Harvesters In Trial.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/10...64335.html

A teenage boy who sold his kidney to buy Apple products was too weak to attend the trial of the group who allegedly harvested his organ last year, the state-run China Daily reports.

In April 2011, Wang Shangkun's mother discovered that her then 17-year-old son had sold his kidney and had bought an iPad and iPhone with the money. Now 18, Wang suffers from a decreased level of kidney function, according to NPR.

China Daily notes that due to his health, Wang was unable to appear in court, but his mother was quoted as saying her son did not, in fact, sell the organ specifically to buy new gadgets.

Wang's family lives in Anhui province, a poor region in central China, where inhabitants frequently leave home to find better work, according to Reuters.

Apple products, which are often manufactured in huge complexes in China are still generally too expensive for members of the country's working class, the New York Times notes.

The five defendants on trial are charged with intentional injury and illegal organ trading, and if convicted, they could face up to 10 years in prison. Four others who are suspected of playing smaller roles in the alleged crime could face f

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 78866 08-11-2012 09:04 AM

but he got the ipad right? i mean right?

whats a kidney between friends

damn dude, we're talkin apple

steve jobs died for your sins

i'm sure there are people who would sell both for an ipad

apple bro, apple