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China is suspected of enlisting surgeons to remove organs from living prisoners, new Australian research has suggested.
The study by the Australian National University examined thousands of medical papers from China and unveiled the nation's clandestine organ harvesting trade.
Currently, harvesting organs from executed prisoners is legal in China.
However, this new research claims prisoners were operated on while still alive.
Human rights activists said the evidence "tells a terrible tale of murder and mutilation in China" and the stories coming out of the country are "almost too dreadful to believe".