KUCHING: Sarawak police are currently investigating the case of a man who is allegedly involved in illegal organ trafficking activities in the state.
Sarawak Deputy Commissioner off Police Datuk Dev Kumar said the Crime Investigation Department (CID) was tracking the suspect.
Two days ago (Aug 8), a news report about a man, said to be a kidney seller via Facebook, was exposed by undercover journalists from UK-based The Sun who met the 48-year-old man at a hotel here.
According to the report, the Malaysian had attracted many victims of poverty from around the world who wanted to sell their organs.
According to the Sun, the man revealed he had masterminded the sale of 45 kidneys illegally and that he started using a Facebook group account two years ago to buy and sell kidneys and get organ donors from among the poor.
“They’re all serious (about donating). Nobody wants to sell their kidneys if there is no financial problem,” he told The Sun journalist in Kuching.
The man, who has four children and no medical experience, was discovered by The Sun journalists in Sarawak, who disguised themselves as kidney buyers for relatives in Britain who needed organ transplants.
The journalists revealed that the man offered a kidney with an organ transplant tour package worth £85,000 (RM466,440) illegally specially for British citizens.
The Sun claimed that the man has more than 100 worldwide potential kidney sellers in his book. The payment includes an ‘under the table’ bribe so that the operation can be performed at a clinic in Manila, Philippines.
He also confirmed links between international organ trade by taking organs from the oppressed Uighur Muslim minority in China.
