Tempted by $80,000 Worth of Kidneys

On Tuesday (10/1/2023) a white flag was raised on the gate at Jl. Batua Raya 7 in Makassar, signaling the death of 11-year-old M. Fadil Sadewa while ending his family’s search that began on Sunday evening (8/1/2023).

KOMPAS/RENY SRI AYU ARMAN

Neighbors visited the funeral home for the family of a child kidnapping and murder victim, namely M Fadil Sadewa (11) on Jalan Batua Raya Makassar, Tuesday (10/1/2023). Dewa becomes a victim of kidnapping and murder by perpetrators who are also underage.

Dewa, as M. Fadil Sadewa was called, was found dead in the early hours of Tuesday (10/1) by officers of the Rappocini Subdistrict Police in Makassar, South Sulawesi. His body was found in a plastic trash bag, his hands and feet bound.

The discovery of Dewa’s body was shocking. However, no less shocking were the juvenile perpetrators of Dewa’s kidnapping and murder and the motive for the crime. Two teens, Al, 17, and FA, 14, had kidnapped Dewa because they wanted to sell Dewa’s organs. They had been lured by the price of US$80,000 for human kidneys.