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Fertility problems and lack of donors continue to prop up black market.
A 17-year-old girl sold more than 20 of her eggs to black-market middlemen, and the illegal surgery nearly cost her her life.
On Wednesday, the two middlemen, surnamed Deng and Lai, were sentenced to 12 and 10 months in prison, respectively, and fined a total of 8,000 yuan ($1,160), reported Party newspaper Guangzhou Daily.
In June 2016, the 17-year-old girl, whom the report identifies by a pseudonym, Ah Lin, heard from a friend that selling her eggs could potentially be lucrative. That same friend later introduced her to Lai, and the two agreed on a price of 15,000 yuan for Ah Lin to undergo the procedure.
Lai and his partner, Deng, assured Ah Lin that the surgery was safe, and after Ah Lin passed a physical exam in September she was put on intravenous drips for more than 10 days. According to a police investigation, the solution flowing into her body was meant to stimulate ovulation, but it also caused serious harm.
On Oct. 6, Ah Lin was...