Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/06/12
By: Tseng Ying-yu and Lilian Wu

Taipei, June 12 (CNA) Taiwan will ban the selling or buying of human organs, according to

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amendments to organ transplant regulations that cleared the Legislature Friday.

No money should be involved in providing or receiving organs, and those who sell or buy them will face a jail term of between one and five years and/or fines of between NT$300,000 (US$9,697) and NT$1.5 million.

Doctors found to have violated the regulations will be fined between NT$120,000 and NT$600,000, be suspended from practicing for between one month and one year, and in the most serious cases, have their licenses revoked.     [FULL  STORY]