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Hong Kong police arrest 4 for allegedly cancelling registrations on city’s organ donor system without consent after withdrawal surge sparks probe

  • Four local men arrested for allegedly accessing a computer with dishonest or criminal intent
  • Suspects, aged 19 to 47, include an electronics technician and his brother

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Leaflets promoting organ donation are spread out at a hospital booth in Hong Kong. Photo: Jelly Tse

Hong Kong police have arrested four men on allegations they accessed the city’s organ donor system and cancelled the registrations of some people, including government officials, lawmakers and artists, without their consent.

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The arrests were made on Monday in several districts following a surge in withdrawals from the register between December and April, after the government said it hoped to establish a cross-border donation mechanism.

Among the 5,785 withdrawal applications received over, more than 2,900 of were found to be invalid as they were filed by individuals not on the register.

The four local men were arrested in Kennedy Town, Mong Kok and Kwai Chung for allegedly accessing a computer with dishonest or criminal intent.

The suspects included an electronics technician, 45, and his brother, 47, who is self-employed. The other two were a student, 19, and an interior design assistant, 22, who were not known to have connections.

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