Kidney trouble in China

Five people in southern China have been charged with intentional injury after illegally buying one of the kidneys of a teenage boy, who used the money at least in part for an iPhone and an iPad, according to state media. The five, including a surgeon, removed the organ in April 2011 from the 17-year-old high school student from China's Anhui province. The teenager is now suffering from renal insufficiency and his condition is deteriorating. One of the defendants, a man named He Wei, was described as penniless and frustrated over gambling debts, and allegedly sought to make enormous earnings through illegal kidney trading. But even so, only in Iran are you allowed to sell your kidney for money, and even then, it's probably not a good idea to begin with. But it's worth it if you're only after the latest technology or trying to pay off a debt or save up for a holiday.