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Wednesday, March 17, 1999 Published at 09:47 GMT
World: Middle East
Egyptian body parts scandal
Some 25 orphans died in three months
Egypt's general prosecutor is investigating allegations that an organisation charged with caring for homeless children has been killing them, and selling their body parts for profits.
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The members of parliament, who are from the same area, became suspicious when 25 out of a total 32 children in the home died in the past three months.
They said the children were sent to the hospitals for between 30,000 and 100,000 Egyptian pounds ($9,000 to $30,000) each for their organs to be given to wealthy transplant patients.
According to Egypt's Middle East News Agency, the minister of social affairs told parliament on Sunday that a panel set up in June to investigate the association found evidence of "financial and administrative irregularities and that the children's deaths were the result of gross negligence" on the part of the association's administrators.
The politicians allege that these illegal deals, involving large sums of money, occur with the knowledge and collaboration of certain powerful figures.
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