A teenager in China has sold one of his kidneys in order to buy an iPad 2, Chinese media report.
The 17-year-old, identified only as Little Zheng, told a local TV station he had arranged the sale of the kidney over the internet.
The story only came to light after the teenager's mother became suspicious.
The case highlights China's black market in organ trafficking. A scarcity of organ donors has led to a flourishing trade.
Deep red scar
It all started when the high school student saw an online advert offering money to organ donors.
Illegal agents organised a trip to the hospital and paid him $3,392 (£2,077) after the operation.
With the cash the student bought an iPad 2, as well as a laptop.
When his mother noticed the computers and the deep red scar on body, which was caused by the surgery, Little Zheng confessed.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13639934
i-pad 2 doesn't cost an arm and a leg
i-pad 2 doesn't cost an arm and a leg
it costs a kidney.
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
Re: i-pad 2 doesn't cost an arm and a leg
It cost me a uterus. (Well ... At least that's what I lost in order to get one.)
Bah!
Re: i-pad 2 doesn't cost an arm and a leg
Still have all internal organs ... no ipad.
