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Myanmar’s poorest are so desperate they’re turning to social media to sell their kidneys | CNN

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A year-long CNN investigation has revealed people in Myanmar , also known as Burma , hawking their organs to wealthy people on Facebook.

With the help of agents, they travel to India , for transplants, defying laws in both countries, where selling organs is illegal.

While sellers are poor and buyers are relatively rich, both sides are in the illegal organ market because they find themselves in dire straits.

The sale of organs is illegal in India and donations are permitted only among relatives, with a few exceptions.

Agents forge household records, family trees and other documents with the help of lawyers and notaries.

Between 1995 and 2022 , there were only 308 successful kidney transplants in Myanmar , according to ruling junta chief Min Aung Hlaing's office.

April found a 49-year-old man willing to buy her kidney for 12 million kyat ($ 3,700 ) April 's family still did not know about her plan to sell her kidney.

The quality of life after selling the kidney is not good because once the money runs out, they’re back to square one, Dr Shroff says.

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