BAD BUSINESS
Organ traffickers sentenced
Phnom Penh - A Cambodian court on March 27 sentenced three people to between 10 and 15 years jail for organ trafficking, after they persuaded poor Cambodians to sell their kidneys to wealthy compatriots undergoing dialysis procedures in Thailand.
Yem Azisah, 29, received a 15-year jail sentence after the Phnom Penh Municipal Court found her guilty of trafficking people with the purpose of organ removal. Her stepfather Phalla, 49, who has been released on bail, and her 22-year-old brother-in-law Pheng Sabay were sentenced to 10 years each as accomplices in the kidney trafficking, the judge said.
The court also ordered the trio to pay $7,000 (228,000 baht) to each of their victims. --AFP
BAD BUSINESS
Organ traffickers sentenced
Phnom Penh - A Cambodian court on March 27 sentenced three people to between 10 and 15 years jail for organ trafficking, after they persuaded poor Cambodians to sell their kidneys to wealthy compatriots undergoing dialysis procedures in Thailand.
Yem Azisah, 29, received a 15-year jail sentence after the Phnom Penh Municipal Court found her guilty of trafficking people with the purpose of organ removal. Her stepfather Phalla, 49, who has been released on bail, and her 22-year-old brother-in-law Pheng Sabay were sentenced to 10 years each as accomplices in the kidney trafficking, the judge said.
The court also ordered the trio to pay $7,000 (228,000 baht) to each of their victims. --AFP
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