Man held for human egg sales
2008-03-20 16:27
Seoul - South Korean police have arrested a man suspected of illegally trading in human eggs for infertile couples, an officer said on Thursday.
The suspect, identified by his family name Kim, used the internet to arrange the transactions, said Kim Ku-hyun, a police officer in South Chungcheong province.
The suspect confessed to receiving 120 million won in around 50 transactions involving buyers, surrogate mothers and infertile couples, he said. All of the people involved were South Korean citizens, he said.
The suspect was arrested March 5 in Daejeon city in South Chungcheong, the police officer said. He faces up to two years in prison if convicted.
South Korea's bioethics law, which went into effect in 2005, bans trade in human eggs as well as egg donation for research purposes.
- AP