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A surgeon and eight other people are on in central China over the of a teenager who sold a kidney to buy an iPad and iPhone. The two-day ended on Friday and judges will decide on possible verdicts and sentencing soon. Defendant He Wei is with organising the illegal kidney in 2011. He hoped to clear his gambling by profiting from the . Song Zhongyu, the surgeon, from a provincial hospital in Yunnan Province, was paid just over $8,000 to perform the operation. Others accused include Tang Shimin, who an operating theatre for the procedure, and Su Kaizong, the contractor of the urology at a local hospital.

The 17-year-old teenager, Wang, found the offer of $3,400 for a kidney on an online chat . Soon after he left the hospital he suffered renal and became ill, needing more hospitalization. His kidney was sold to its recipient for $35,000. Wang's mother told the court that her son did not sell his kidney to the Apple devices: "My son was by the illegal organ traders and was afraid of caught with such a large of money, so he bought a cell phone and a tablet PC," she said. Chinese authorities have been clamping on the illegal trade in human . Police arrested 137 people last month, including many doctors.