Chuon Sovan, Cambodian Police Chief, said on Monday in Phnom Penh,
that nine hospital workers were arrested on suspicion of running an
organ-trafficking ring.
He said both the director and deputy director of the military Preah
Ket Mealea Hospital in Phnom Penh were arrested, along with a Chinese
doctor and several people described as Chinese-Vietnamese nationals.
They were accused of committing and assisting "human trafficking with
intent," he said.
Sovan said investigation revealed that three to five people had their
kidneys removed at the hospital last year.
He said each kidney was believed to have been sold for about 40,000
dollars to Chinese buyers, with the donors receiving 5,000 dollars
each.
"The hospital director was questioned along with the others,"he said.
He said police recently arrested a Cambodian woman who had allegedly
acted as an intermediary between poor Cambodian organ donors and
wealthy Cambodian patients in Thai hospitals.
Trafficking in human organs is punishable by seven to 15 years in
prison in Cambodia.
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