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Man Sold His Kidney to Buy iPhone for His Wife, Netizens React

Shangkun was desperate to get his hands on the two Apple devices. An organ harvester approached him online, offering 20,000 yuan for selling the organ.

Sentinel Digital Desk

NEW DELHI: A few years ago, a Chinese youth bought an i-phone selling his kidney. Unfortunately, the youth died due to the illness caused by the removal of his kidney.

What happened nine years ago was shocking. Shangkun was desperate to get his hands on the two Apple devices. An organ harvester approached him online, offering 20,000 yuan for selling the organ.

Owing to his desperation, he replied to the harvester's messages. After making the deal on chat, Shangkun underwent illegal surgery in the central Hunan province to sell one kidney.

Assam has rattled a few months ago when it came to light that a notorious racket lured economically weak people to sell their kidneys.

According to some, a section of people wants costly fashionable things. But in reality, they could not buy such things due to their financial constraints.

Despite that some acquire or buy costly items like an i-phone, pricey motorbikes creating pressure upon their parents or life partners. It has increasingly made some people's familial bond sour.

It can be seen in a video that has gone viral on the internet. In the video, it is seen that a woman always quarreled with her husband to get an i-phone.

At last, the husband bought an i-phone for his demanding wife. But for that, he had to sell one of his kidneys. After seeing a bandage on the body of her husband's abdomen, she enquired to know the reason for it. When her husband explained the reason, then only she could understand her mistake.

Actually, the video was made to create awareness.

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