Man’s Testicles Removed And Sold On Black Market During Trip To Batam

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Batam | What started as a pleasant holiday in Batam rapidly turned into a nightmarish situation when Benton Kuzmal, a 58-year old American tourist, woke up in excruciating pain to notice his genitals had been removed during his sleep. The victim was allegedly drugged unwittingly before he woke up hours later in a pool of blood in his hotel room while his genitals had been completely removed, leaving him in critical condition. Fortunately, the hotel staff were alarmed by the distress calls of the man who was quickly taken to the Batam Hospital so he could receive emergency care while the man suffered from severe bleeding that could have cost him his life.

For the past few weeks, Indonesian police have been struggling against a rise in criminal surgical aggressions against visitors whose testicles are worth thousands of dollars on the Indonesian black market.

“We are in the presence of a rapidly expanding trend of the black market for the illegal trafficking of human organs into China” said an officer in charge of operations. “Large sized genitals can fetch prices in the tens of thousands of dollars for their alleged aphrodisiac qualities when consumed as food” he says.

The health of the 58-year old man is stable and he should be out of the hospital in a few days. Thai authorities warn tourists to be very conscious when traveling alone and meeting ‘friendly’ strangers in the streets of Batam.