Chinese arrested in cash-for-corpse scheme
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese police have arrested members of a gang suspected of murdering more than 100 disabled or elderly people and selling their corpses in a bizarre scheme to avoid cremations, a newspaper said on Tuesday.
Burials have traditionally been seen as the most respectful way to handle the dead in China, but were discouraged after the Communists came to power in 1949 to conserve farmland and eradicate superstition.
The bodies were bought by wealthy families and sent for cremation in lieu of deceased relatives who were then secretly buried, the South China Morning Post reported.
The killers would trail their victims, usually mentally disabled or elderly people, "drag them into vehicles in remote areas and either strangle or poison them", the newspaper said.
An unnamed police officer from Puning, in southern Guangdong province, said about seven suspects were arrested three weeks ago when police discovered the gang while investigating a homicide, the Post said.
Corpses would sell for 10,000 yuan (818 pounds) each, it said, without specifying the charges against those being held.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080902/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_china_corpses
or maybe i stuff that pie on his face...!! how dare he suggest somebody here needs a new brain!! i want to know who's being referred to here!
Jammy.....................................................
Probably me, but just look at the profile..Juvenile computer geek, obviously no life.
Maybe he should..
just eat another pie
excuse me?? who the hell you referring to?
I think you should be the first to buy, and i believe that you should buy a new brain to change this sick mentality.
hmm, i wouldn't dare replace any of my parts... i like them just the way they are.. lol
So if you could buy any of the parts to replace any of your parts which ones would you, or anyone else, buy?????
just eat another pie
yeah, you're right about the selling the parts business,...they're everywhere... very lucrative... :)
I hope they sold the kidneys and the eyes first.
These would have fetched more than the corpse.
Actually, when you break something into parts the parts are often worth more than the whole.
Many agood buisness man made his fortune doing this. I would be suprised if a chinese buisness man overlooked this oportunity.
just eat another pie
corpse? sell them for what?
[img_assist|nid=12867|link=none|align=left|width=|height=0]Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.
3 minutes???
did take 3 minitues to type