Sarawakian Remanded After Claims To Lure Poor Victims To Sell Kidneys
Recently a Sarawakian was arrested after the Sarawak Deputy Police Commissioner Datuk Dev Kumar M M Sree due to exposure by foreign newspaper for his alleged involvement in an international organ trafficking which are brokered sales of kidneys from poor victims.
The case is being investigated under Section 15 of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants Act 2007, Describing him as a “sinister broker” who could arrange illegal transplant tourism packages for British people at GBP85,000 (RM465,923), the newspaper said that the man uses Facebook to lure his victims.
Claiming to have a “surplus” of potential kidney sellers in India, Africa, South America, and across Asia, he said that among those who offered to sell their kidneys, one wanted RM328,997 and another RM438,663.
Currently, the Sarawakian are under custody and investigating by officer. The charges he may face are Section 15 of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants Act 2007, which states that “any person who profits from the exploitation of a trafficked person commits an offence”.
If found guilty and convicted, the 48-year-old faces a maximum jail term of fifteen years, RM500,000 to RM1 million fine, and will have to forfeit the profits he made from the offense.
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