Police claim the doctor also ran a prostitution service from the institute
Guangdong police have arrested the director of a psychiatric hospital who allegedly drugged his patients and sold them, state media reported yesterday.
Wang Chaoying, director of a privately run mental hospital in Huazhou in Guangdong province, has reportedly sold as many as 20 of his patients for several thousand yuan each since 1998, the China News Service reported.
It is also alleged that Dr Wang ran a prostitution service from the hospital, although the full details of the allegation remain unclear.
Ruan Rongzhi, a police officer in Huazhou, confirmed to Reuters that Dr Wang had been arrested and that the case was still under investigation.
'He was arrested for selling women. The case is still under investigation,' Mr Ruan said.
Officers of Shiwen Public Security Station, which polices the area, declined to comment, saying repeatedly that they needed their supervisors' approval before they could discuss details of the case.