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  Lawmakers accepted recommendations limiting deceased organ and tissue donations strictly to legal adults amid concerns over ethical safeguards and exploitation. Public opposition intensified after an October survey queried children as young as seven on complex donation laws. The decision impacts a nation that leads Southeast Asia in annual transplants but continues to depend heavily on living donors.

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