TOKYO, Nov 28 (News On Japan) –
The Tokyo District Court has handed down an 8-month jail sentence to a director of a non-profit group (NPO) for illegally mediating organ transplants abroad.
The 63-year-old director of the NPO “Support Group for Patients with Intractable Diseases,” has been charged with arranging kidney and liver transplant surgical procedures in Belarus for 2 sufferers with out permission two years in the past. He allegedly obtained about 50 million yen in transplant charges and different bills and had pleaded not responsible all through the trial.
In immediately’s verdict, the Tokyo District Court dominated that “recruiting transplant candidates in Japan and coordinating with medical institutions abroad constituted mediation activities.”
The court docket affirmed that the director had enough alternative to pay attention to the unlawful nature of his actions, and sentenced him to eight months in jail, whereas the NPO was fined 1 million yen.
After the decision was introduced, the director declared his intention to enchantment, saying, “I will appeal the decision today.”
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