Tang Wee Sung slapped with 3 charges in kidney-for-sale caseBy Hasnita A Majid, Channel NewsAsia Posted: 10 July 2008 1653 hrs
SINGAPORE: CK Tang chairman Tang Wee Sung was slapped with three charges in court on Thursday for his role in the kidney-for-sale case. The first was for entering into an arrangement to buy a kidney from Sulaiman Damanik, an Indonesian. Tang was alleged to have paid his runner, Wang Chin Sing, S$300,000 for being the middleman, but the deed was discovered before the transplant could take place. The other two charges against Tang are for making a false declaration to the Commissioner of Oaths and for lying to the Mount Elizabeth Hospital's ethics committee in his oral statement. Tang is out on a S$15,000 bail. If convicted of all three charges, he could be fined up to S$10,000 or jailed up to three years. 26-year-old Sulaiman had served three weeks in jail, including an additional week for failing to pay a S$1,000 fine. He was released last Saturday. Another Indonesian, Toni, who had successfully sold his kidney to an Indonesian woman, Juliana Soh, is now serving a jail term of three-and-a-half months. He was fined S$2,000. Toni received about S$29,390 from Soh for his kidney. Wang, who was alleged to have facilitated the kidney-for-sale transaction, was slapped with ten charges in court on Thursday. Six of them were related to Tang's case. The 44-year-old Malaysian was said to have instigated Tang and Sulaiman to make false statutory declarations that no financial gains were involved and that Tang and Sulaiman were related. He was also alleged to have instigated them to lie to the ethics committee. The remaining four charges involved Wang receiving S$8,000 for the sale of Toni's kidney to Soh. Wang was alleged to have instigated similar false declarations to the Commissionner of Oaths and the ethics committee in this transaction. Both cases will be heard again on July 21. It is understood that more people could be implicated in the illegal deal. In fact, court documents have named another person, Whang Sung Lin, as being involved in making the arrangements to sell the kidney to Tang. Separately, the CK Tang board has written to the Singapore Exchange to say that the matter is not expected to have any material impact on its business operations.
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Tang Wee Sung "coping well" with new kidneyBy Hoe Yeen Nie, Channel NewsAsia Posted: 29 January 2009 1818 hrs
SINGAPORE: Singapore retail magnate Tang Wee Sung, who underwent a kidney transplant earlier this month, has been moved out of the high-dependency ward. A family spokesman said Mr Tang's kidney is functioning well without the aid of machines. He added that Mr Tang's health is improving, and he could be discharged from the National University Hospital soon. The former executive chairman of CK Tang reportedly received his organ from former gang leader Tan Chor Jin, who was executed on January 9. Mr Tang was earlier fined and jailed, for agreeing to buy a kidney illegally, and for lying to the Commissioner of Oaths. - CNA/yt
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Tang Wee Sung gets a transplantBy Teo Xuanwei, TODAY Posted: 10 January 2009 1035 hrs
SINGAPORE: The former head of retail empire CK Tang, Mr Tang Wee Sung, who was jailed a day for attempting to buy a kidney, finally got a transplant on Friday. A family spokesperson told Weekend TODAY that 56-year-old Mr Tang's operation at the National University Hospital (NUH), which started in the "early morning" and took "about three hours", was successful. "Mr Tang's condition is stable and he's recuperating in hospital now. His relatives are with him," the spokesperson said, without furnishing more details. When contacted, an NUH spokesperson declined to comment "in respect of patient's request and patient confidentiality". The family and hospital would not say who the donor was. According to past reports, Mr Tang — who had undergone a triple-bypass operation in October 2007 — was not eligible for a cadaveric kidney because of his many ailments, such as heart problems, asthma, sleep apnoea, depression, anxiety and panic attacks. Under the Human Organ Transplant Act (HOTA), a living donor has to appear before a Transplant Ethics Committee (TEC) before a transplant can proceed. Among other things, the TEC has to determine that donor and recipient share a strong emotional relationship, if not blood ties, before granting authorisation. The ailing magnate, who had been suffering from end-stage renal failure and pops more than 50 pills daily, had said in past media interviews that he might get a kidney in Beijing, where he has relatives, or in the United States. Doctors had also reportedly told him that he had one to two years to live without a transplant. Kidney patients here usually have to wait nine years on average for a transplant. Mr Tang, a bachelor, was fined $17,000 and jailed for one day in September for attempting to buy a kidney from Indonesian Sulaiman Damanik. He was prepared to pay $300,000 to see the deal through. Mr Sulaiman, 26, had agreed to sell his kidney for about 150 million rupiah and had lied to a TEC that his aunt was married to Mr Tang's niece's brother-in-law. Upon his conviction, Mr Tang stepped down as executive chairman of CK Tang. The organ-trading saga sparked off widespread discussions. The Health Ministry subsequently released a consultation paper last November on proposed changes to HOTA which would entail, among other things, heavier punishments for organ trading syndicates and middlemen. The debate is also ongoing over a possible legal compensation scheme for organ donors.
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SINGAPORE: CK Tang chairman Tang Wee Sung was slapped with three charges in court on Thursday for his role in the kidney-for-sale case. The first was for entering into an arrangement to buy a kidney from Sulaiman Damanik, an Indonesian. Tang was alleged to have paid his runner, Wang Chin Sing, S$300,000 for being the middleman, but the deed was discovered before the transplant could take place. The other two charges against Tang are for making a false declaration to the Commissioner of Oaths and for lying to the Mount Elizabeth Hospital's ethics committee in his oral statement. Tang is out on a S$15,000 bail. If convicted of all three charges, he could be fined up to S$10,000 or jailed up to three years. 26-year-old Sulaiman had served three weeks in jail, including an additional week for failing to pay a S$1,000 fine. He was released last Saturday. Another Indonesian, Toni, who had successfully sold his kidney to an Indonesian woman, Juliana Soh, is now serving a jail term of three-and-a-half months. He was fined S$2,000. Toni received about S$29,390 from Soh for his kidney. Wang, who was alleged to have facilitated the kidney-for-sale transaction, was slapped with ten charges in court on Thursday. Six of them were related to Tang's case. The 44-year-old Malaysian was said to have instigated Tang and Sulaiman to make false statutory declarations that no financial gains were involved and that Tang and Sulaiman were related. He was also alleged to have instigated them to lie to the ethics committee. The remaining four charges involved Wang receiving S$8,000 for the sale of Toni's kidney to Soh. Wang was alleged to have instigated similar false declarations to the Commissionner of Oaths and the ethics committee in this transaction. Both cases will be heard again on July 21. It is understood that more people could be implicated in the illegal deal. In fact, court documents have named another person, Whang Sung Lin, as being involved in making the arrangements to sell the kidney to Tang. Separately, the CK Tang board has written to the Singapore Exchange to say that the matter is not expected to have any material impact on its business operations.
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/359473/1/.html
Tang Wee Sung "coping well" with new kidneyBy Hoe Yeen Nie, Channel NewsAsia Posted: 29 January 2009 1818 hrs
SINGAPORE: Singapore retail magnate Tang Wee Sung, who underwent a kidney transplant earlier this month, has been moved out of the high-dependency ward. A family spokesman said Mr Tang's kidney is functioning well without the aid of machines. He added that Mr Tang's health is improving, and he could be discharged from the National University Hospital soon. The former executive chairman of CK Tang reportedly received his organ from former gang leader Tan Chor Jin, who was executed on January 9. Mr Tang was earlier fined and jailed, for agreeing to buy a kidney illegally, and for lying to the Commissioner of Oaths. - CNA/yt
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/405680/1/.html
Tang Wee Sung gets a transplantBy Teo Xuanwei, TODAY Posted: 10 January 2009 1035 hrs
SINGAPORE: The former head of retail empire CK Tang, Mr Tang Wee Sung, who was jailed a day for attempting to buy a kidney, finally got a transplant on Friday. A family spokesperson told Weekend TODAY that 56-year-old Mr Tang's operation at the National University Hospital (NUH), which started in the "early morning" and took "about three hours", was successful. "Mr Tang's condition is stable and he's recuperating in hospital now. His relatives are with him," the spokesperson said, without furnishing more details. When contacted, an NUH spokesperson declined to comment "in respect of patient's request and patient confidentiality". The family and hospital would not say who the donor was. According to past reports, Mr Tang — who had undergone a triple-bypass operation in October 2007 — was not eligible for a cadaveric kidney because of his many ailments, such as heart problems, asthma, sleep apnoea, depression, anxiety and panic attacks. Under the Human Organ Transplant Act (HOTA), a living donor has to appear before a Transplant Ethics Committee (TEC) before a transplant can proceed. Among other things, the TEC has to determine that donor and recipient share a strong emotional relationship, if not blood ties, before granting authorisation. The ailing magnate, who had been suffering from end-stage renal failure and pops more than 50 pills daily, had said in past media interviews that he might get a kidney in Beijing, where he has relatives, or in the United States. Doctors had also reportedly told him that he had one to two years to live without a transplant. Kidney patients here usually have to wait nine years on average for a transplant. Mr Tang, a bachelor, was fined $17,000 and jailed for one day in September for attempting to buy a kidney from Indonesian Sulaiman Damanik. He was prepared to pay $300,000 to see the deal through. Mr Sulaiman, 26, had agreed to sell his kidney for about 150 million rupiah and had lied to a TEC that his aunt was married to Mr Tang's niece's brother-in-law. Upon his conviction, Mr Tang stepped down as executive chairman of CK Tang. The organ-trading saga sparked off widespread discussions. The Health Ministry subsequently released a consultation paper last November on proposed changes to HOTA which would entail, among other things, heavier punishments for organ trading syndicates and middlemen. The debate is also ongoing over a possible legal compensation scheme for organ donors.
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/401501/1/.html
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