17-Year-Old Wang Shangkun Permanently Disabled After Selling Kidney to Buy iPhone 4 and iPad 2
In a stark reminder of the perils of illegal organ trafficking, Wang Shangkun, a 17-year-old from Changde in China’s Hunan province, made a fateful decision in early 2011. Desperate to own the latest Apple gadgets amid a wave of consumer frenzy, he sold one of his kidneys on the black market for 20,000 yuan—approximately $3,200 … Read more