Police say mistake made, kidney transplants legal

12 August 2014
The Cambodia Daily
Government / Health care policy and administration / Judiciary and courts / Law and judiciary / Laws and regulations / Ministry of Interior / Provincial and local governments / Public health / Social development
Ly Sovann / Meas Chanpiseth / Phnom Penh Municipal Court / Prum Santhor / RCAF / Royal Cambodian Armed Forces / Tea Banh

After a two-month investigation, police were confident enough to arrest and interrogate nine people on Saturday over an alleged kidney trafficking ring at the state-run Preah Ket Mealea military hospital, including its director Ly Sovann, a lieutenant general in the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF). But in an inexplicable about-face Monday, Prum Santhor, deputy Phnom Penh police chief in charge of anti-human trafficking, said all of his department’s work was a “big mistake.” Mr. Santhor said that allegations that the hospital was being used as a conduit to remove organs from patients and sell them for tens of thousands of dollars to recipients, a blatant violation of the law, were entirely inaccurate. …

 Khy Sovuthy and Alex Consiglio
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-say-they-made-mistake-kidney-transplants-legal-66261/