ORGAN trading syndicates and middlemen face stiffer punishment if the proposed changes to the Human Organ Transplant Act (Hota) are approved by Parliament.
They can be fined 10 times more than the current $10,000 penalty, or a maximum of a year's jail, or both.
The new penalties are among several changes to the law to make it possible for kidney donors to be compensated by the recipient or a voluntary organisation.
