US EditionMan Who Sold His Kidney to Buy an iPhone Declared Permanently Disabled at 31 After Kidney Failure - WORLD OF BUZZ
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Man Who Sold His Kidney to Buy an iPhone Declared Permanently Disabled at 31 After Kidney Failure - WORLD OF BUZZ
A Chinese man has been left permanently disabled at just 31 after selling one of his kidneys when he was younger. Wang Shangkun, who grew up in a poor family in Anhui province, was swayed by posts on social media and ended up contacting a human trafficking syndicate to sell his kidney. For illustration purposes only A decision driven by social status At just 17, he was desperate to own an iPhone 4, which was considered a status symbol back the…
On September 29, 2025, international news agencies reported that a shocking incident occurred in 2011 when Wang Shangkun, a 17-year-old boy from a poor family in Anhui Province, China, was eager to own an iPhone 4, the cutting-edge smartphone of the era. Wang Shangkun came across an online post that suggested that people can survive with only one kidney, so why not sell the other for money? The 17-year-old believed him and contacted an organ tra…
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