{"id":685677,"date":"2019-08-19T16:14:23","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T16:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"36\">Similarities in the cases of two missing South Africans living and working in Vietnam have revealed a pattern that indicates a possibility that organ harvesting was involved, according to Gif"},"modified":"2019-08-19T16:14:23","modified_gmt":"2019-08-19T16:14:23","slug":"south-africa-it-could-be-organ-harvesting-gift-of-the-givers-on-missing-sa-men-in-vietnam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/19\/south-africa-it-could-be-organ-harvesting-gift-of-the-givers-on-missing-sa-men-in-vietnam\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa: It Could Be Organ Harvesting &#8211; Gift of the Givers On Missing SA Men in Vietnam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"36\">Similarities in the cases of two missing South Africans living and working in Vietnam have revealed a pattern that indicates a possibility that organ harvesting was involved, according to Gift of the Givers founder Imtiaz Sooliman.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"33\">&#8220;From everything we have seen in both these cases, it doesn&#8217;t seem likely to be anything else. We are hoping there is still a chance to save them,&#8221; Sooliman told News24 on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"30\">He was speaking about John Bothma and Mushfiq Daniels who lived in the same city in Vietnam, where they worked as teachers. Both befriended an American woman and then vanished.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"27\">&#8220;There was also an organ harvesting ring that was bust earlier this year. When I sat down and researched this, it came up as a likely possibility.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!--\/.outer-ad-container.responsive-aans-view-a-container--><\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"19\">He said that both men had strong family ties and were not wealthy enough to be taken for ransom.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"18\">&#8220;At this point, there has been no ransom and both were in constant contact with their loved ones.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"22\">Bothma was last seen in Ho Chi Minh City on May 18, while Daniels&#8217; family last heard from him on July 3.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"13\">Sooliman said they would exhausted all avenues to attempt to find the men.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"23\">&#8220;One of the families is already in that country trying to gather more information. An American woman in both stories is quite suspicious.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"22\">He was referring to a generous American woman who had established a close relationship with both men and often offered financial assistance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"41\">&#8220;The teaching gig in Vietnam doesn&#8217;t pay very well. Daniels, for example, had money sent to him so he could purchase a ticket. 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