00:00 All the days now, the kidney is being sold online.
00:05 That's what the authorities saw when a man was recruited online to sell his kidney stone.
00:12 John Consulta has a report.
00:14 In 1999, a GMA documentary was published.
00:21 The kidney was sold in bulk, especially in poor communities.
00:25 Kidneys for sale.
00:26 It's sad, but true.
00:30 In the midst of a very difficult life, many of our countrymen have already sold their inner organs.
00:38 24 years have passed, but it still doesn't stop.
00:42 And now, the kidney is being sold online.
00:45 The middleman is caught by the KSCC and sells kidney or kidney stone online.
00:52 John Anthony Gabriel received a down payment of P20,000.
00:57 His offer is P300,000 plus P20,000.
01:03 He's looking for kidney buyers online.
01:08 The suspect is defending himself. He doesn't know that it's prohibited.
01:11 How many times have you done this?
01:12 It's my first time. I've never done it before.
01:15 This is the first time I'm doing it seriously.
01:16 The suspect filed a case of trafficking in person in relation to the Cybercrime Prevention Act.
01:21 The call center agent was caught and recruited to sell his kidney.
01:25 It's a financial problem, sir. I have to pay for it. I want to go home to the province. I don't have money.
01:32 Don't believe those who are deceiving you to sell your kidney.
01:37 The DOH is always repeating that it's dangerous.
01:40 The Department of Health is prohibiting the sale and purchase of kidneys.
01:44 And health facilities and health workers cannot be allowed to enter.
01:49 Republic Act 9208.
01:51 Trafficking in persons is a violation of the force for the sale of organs of a human being, such as the kidney.
01:58 The defendants may be jailed for up to 20 years and fined up to P2 million.
02:05 John Consulta reporting for GMA Integrated News.
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