Nine hospital workers in Cambodia have been arrested on suspicion of running an organ-trafficking ring.
The director and deputy director of the military Preah Ket Mealea Hospital in Phnom Penh were arrested, along with a Chinese doctor and several people described as Chinese-Vietnamese nationals, according to The Phnom Penh Post.
They have been accused of committing and assisting "human trafficking with intent", according to The Post.
Three-to-five people had their kidneys removed at the hospital last year, The Post said.
Each kidney is believed to have been sold for about $US40,000 ($A43,278) to Chinese buyers, with the donors receiving $US5,000 each.
"The hospital director was questioned along with the others," police chief Chuon Sovan told The Post on Monday.
Last month police last week arrested a Cambodian woman who had allegedly acted as a middleman between poor Cambodian organ donors and wealthy Cambodian patients in Thai hospitals.
Trafficking human organs is punishable by seven to 15 years in prison in Cambodia.
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