Taiwan: High Ranking Government Officials Are Concerned about the CCP Organ Harvesting (Photo)


By a practitioner from Taiwan

(Clearwisdom.net) On October 10, David Kilgour, former director of the Asia Pacific Division of Canada's Foreign Affairs Ministry and member of the Canadian independent team that investigated allegations of organ harvesting atrocities in China, arrived in Taiwan. He will conduct an investigation of cases of Taiwanese having organ transplants in Mainland China. At press conferences held in Kaohsiung and Taipei on October 11, Mr. Kilgour presented the evidence that he has collected in the last several months, which undeniably verified the allegations of organ harvesting. He pointed out explicitly that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) crime of harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners does indeed exist.

Wang Jin-pyng, the president of the Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China, met with Mr. Kilgour. Kilgour appreciated the fact that the Legislative Yuan has proposed a bill to the Executive Yuan to allocate funds for educating the public about the CCP organ harvesting. He gave a copy of the investigation report on the organ harvesting to Mr. Wang and hoped that Mr. Wang would pay attention to the ongoing investigation.

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Mr. Kilgour meets with Mr. Li Jinyong, the Deputy Minister of the Justice Ministry of the Republic of China

On October 12, Kilgour met with Mr. Li Jinyong, the Depuy Minister of the Justice Ministry of the Republic of China. Mr. Kilgour called upon the Justice Ministry to educate the public about the organ harvesting and remind the public of the problems that they could encounter if they seek organ transplants from illegal sources.

Kilgour told Mr. Li that since the report of his and human rights attorney David Matas' investigation was published on July 6, he has visited 15 countries. The report has shocked the international community. Mr. Kilgour voiced hopes that Taiwan would work with Canada to take actions to stop the organ harvesting.

Mr. Kilgour suggested that the Taiwanese government educate the public and warn potential medical tourists so that Taiwanese people would not accept illegal organs for transplant. They should understand the problems they would have to face if they were to accept illegal organs.

Mr. Li said that the Taiwanese government takes the report very seriously. As a member of the international community, the Taiwanese government would not ignore this problem and will condemn the CCP's brutality. Currently, the Taiwanese government and other non-governmental organizations are taking actions to stop the organ harvesting. The Legislative Yuan has proposed a bill to the Executive Yuan to allocate funds for educating the public about the CCP's organ harvesting. The media and the Falun Gong Association have also reported and exposed this issue.

Mr. Li said that the Taiwanese government will have more detailed plans, such as making laws and promoting the collaboration between the Legislative Yuan and Executive Yuan on this issue. Based on the information collected, the Ministry of Health will consider not issuing public health insurance to those who have organ transplants in Mainland China. Mr. Li said that the Taiwanese government doesn't want Taiwan to be the biggest organ market for Mainland China and doesn't want to help the Chinese Communist Party to harvest organs from living people.

Mr. Cai Tsing-hsing, an officer from the Ministry of Justice, said that Taiwan has very strict laws about organ transplants. The hospital must have the signatures of the donor and two of the donor's family members before the surgery. The patient also must be a close relative of the donor. Most important is that organ selling and buying are forbidden in Taiwan.

Before coming to Taiwan, Mr. Kilgour and Mr. Matas have already visited 15 countries and areas, calling upon governments to take actions to stop the CCP's crime. Mr. Kilgour also called upon the government to boycott the Olympic Games, which will be held in China in 2008, if the CCP doesn't stop the crime of harvesting organs.


Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2006/10/13/140094.html

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