p2p news / p2pnet: In the first case of its kind in Korea, a man has been arrested for selling human ova online.

“Six women were also booked without detention for allegedly selling or buying human eggs at about 3 million won (about $ 2,860 ) or 4 million won (about $ 3,817), the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said,” according to the Korea Herald.

“The broker, identified by his family name Kim, took an additional 500,000 (about $477) won to 1.5 million (about $ 1,431) won from the buyer in each case.”

The story says the sellers were mostly hard-up university students. The buyers were infertile couples wanting children.

“The three women who bought the eggs are now pregnant,” says the Korea Herald. “Investigators will also investigate one Korean woman and two Japanese who are alleged to have sold and bought ova, respectively. The price of ovum of a Korean woman is known to be cheaper than Japanese woman’s.”

Police found evidence that ova are widely sold on the internet and found 31 more cases of ova deals which have not been completed yet, says the story, adding:

“Kim also introduced surrogate mothers to infertile couples five times in return for 30 million won each, the police said. In each case, he raked in 15 million won and the other 15 million went to the surrogate mother.

“However, Kim is not subject to punishment for his dealing of surrogate mothers because Korea has no law related to surrogate mothers. The government said the law was not prepared because the issue is controversial.”

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Korea Herald – Man arrested on charges of selling ova on internet, November 7, 2005

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