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SINGAPORE: The alleged middleman in Singapore's first kidney-for-sale court case is likely to plead guilty at his hearing on Friday.
This comes a few days after retail magnate Tang Wee Sung first indicated that he will plead guilty to agreeing to buy a kidney when his case is heard in court on Wednesday.
Lawyers said Wang Chin Sing, who allegedly brokered the deal between C K Tang executive director Tang Wee Sung and Indonesian Sulaiman Damanik, will be pleading guilty to five charges at his next court appearance on Friday.
They include two charges under section 14 of the Human Organ Transplant Act (HOTA), two under the Oaths and Declaration Act, and the last under the regulation of the HOTA.
In total, 44-year-old Wang faces 10 charges and six are related to Tang's case.
Wang is alleged to have instigated Tang and Sulaiman to make false statutory declarations by saying there was no financial gain from the kidney transplant, and that Tang and Sulaiman were related.
Wang was allegedly supposed to have been paid S$300,000 for the deal.
The remaining four charges involve a similar, but successful sale of a kidney by an Indonesian man called "Toni" to another Indonesian woman, Juliana Soh, where Wang was said to have been paid S$8,000.
Wang's lawyer told Channel NewsAsia that Tang's hearing on Wednesday will have a bearing on his client's sentencing.
Tang's relative, Whang Sung Lin, is due to return to court on September 8 to face charges of abetting in kidney trading.
- CNA/ir/de
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