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Don’t cry and I won’t gouge out your eyes
Victims of China’s illicit organ trade
A child snatched from outside his home
In 2013 a six year old boy called Binbin was found screaming in a field. The boy had been playing outside his house in Linfen, a Southwestern city in China’s Shanxi Province. Binbin did not respond when his mother called him inside around 8pm. The child was discovered in a field later that night by his relatives.
Initially Binbin’s father thought the boy had fallen and hurt his face, which was covered in blood. Then he noticed that his son’s eyelids had been turned inside out and his eyeballs were missing. The eyeballs were found nearby but the corneas had been removed, fuelling suspicion that he had been the victim of an organ trafficker. The suspect, thought to be female, had told Binbin she would not gouge his eyes out if he didn’t cry. Doctors suggested the boy had been drugged before his eyeballs were taken.
The younger the better
China has been the world leader in organ tourism for years. Patients with enough money can travel to China and order a body part. The requested organs are removed from prisoners, shot to order. They may be the lucky ones. There are reports of organs being removed whilst the victim is still alive.
