by winston » Wed Aug 27, 2008 5:04 pm
Singapore magnate pleads guilty in kidney case
A Singapore retail magnate pleaded guilty to two charges related to the city-state's first organ trading case, local radio reported.
Tang Wee Sung, whose Tangs department store sits in the prime Orchard Road tourist and shopping belt, pleaded guilty to entering an illegal arrangement to purchase a kidney, 938Live reported.
He also pleaded guilty to falsely declaring that the donor was a distant relative, it said.
Tang could receive up to three years in jail and a fine on the most serious charge of the false declaration, the radio report said.
It quoted Tang's lawyer as saying he committed the offences because he is seriously ill and was desperate to survive.
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