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The Papua New Guinea Doctors Association says stories about kidnappers harvesting organs in Port Moresby are highly unlikely.

Stories about kidnappers harvesting organs in Port Moresby are highly unlikely, the Papua New Guinea Doctors Association says.

Another reason is the wild rumours circulating Monrovia, such as one about doctors harvesting organs from unconfirmed Ebola cases.

And the UN's Human Rights Council has been told China is forcibly harvesting organs from some of the detainees.

In recent weeks, social media in PNG has been awash with posts about kidnapping for the purpose of harvesting organs.

A social commentator in Papua New Guinea says widespread fear of kidnappers harvesting organs may have been whipped up to foment civil unrest.

Many patients have also traveled abroad for transplants, notably to China, which has been accused by rights groups of harvesting organs from executed prisoners.

But officials have recently spoken out against the practice of harvesting organs from dead inmates, saying it "tarnishes the image of China".