AFP, 2 Nov 2008
SINGAPORE (AFP) — Singapore plans to amend an organ transplant law early next year so that kidney donors can receive financial compensation, The Sunday Times reported.
Under existing laws, it is illegal for donors to be given cash in return for giving up a kidney.
The plan to amend the Human Organ Transplant Act follows a recent high profile case involving a local business magnate who was jailed and fined for attempting to buy a kidney from an Indonesian man.
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