21.   In the United States and other nations where such lifesaving operations are routine, organs are taken from brain-dead donors.

22.   The organs were taken out for medical reasons, although the specifics were not made public.

23.   To make up for the shortage, doctors are taking organs from accident victims without getting permission from relatives first.

24.   Under the law, organs may be taken only from bodies that have been declared brain dead by two doctors.

25.   The Sunday Morning Post report came a day after Amnesty International called on China to halt the practice of taking organs from executed criminals without their prior consent.