A teenage high-school student in China sold his kidney for an illicit transplant operation and used the proceeds to buy an Apple iPhone and iPad, state press said on Friday.

The 17-year-old boy, who was paid 22,00 yuan ($3,500), was recruited from an online chartoom and is now suffering from kidney failure and in deteriorating health, the Xinha news agency said. A surgen and four others have been arrested and are facing charges of illeagal oragan trading and intentional injury.