KUALA LUMPUR: A new breed of tourists have emerged and they are willing to travel to faraway places to get organs from vulnerable people affected by the global financial crisis, thus giving rise to the term “transplant tourism.”
Health Ministry director-general Tan Sri Dr Mohd Ismail Merican said it was the duty of government agencies to clamp down on such activities.
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