Chinese Communist Party Sponsors "2006 World Transplant Congress (WTC) Latest Academic Report & Discussion Forum" with Exclusively Chinese Attendees (Photos)
(Clearwisdom.net) 1. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) holds "2006 World Transplant
Congress (WTC) Latest Academic Report & Discussion Forum" in Xining Falun Gong practitioners from Qinghai Province learned that the CCP held a
"2006 World Transplant Congress Latest Academic Report & Discussion
Forum" on September 2, 2006 at the Yin Long Hotel. More than 100 medical
experts and government officials from different parts of China attended the
forum, which lasted one day. 2. Three Chinese transplant doctors were sued during the first World
Transplant Congress in Boston Earlier in the year, more than 6,000 doctors and scientists from 85 countries
gathered at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, U.S.A. on July 22, 2006 for
the six-day World Transplant Congress. About 100 Chinese attendees, who had written about 70 scientific organ
transplant-related papers, attended the meeting. The Falun Dafa Association served two of the attending Chinese doctors with a
lawsuit on the morning of July 25, 2006 while they attended the WTC. Washington
DC-based human rights lawyer Terri Marsh submitted a criminal complaint to U.S.
District Attorney Kenneth L. Wainstein on behalf of the Falun Dafa Association.
She requested an investigation of Chen Zhonghua and Zhu Tongyu, who are
suspected of harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners, and to
issue immediate arrest warrants for these two suspects. A copy of the criminal
complaint was hand-delivered to Chen Zhonghua. Chen Zhonghua is the Deputy Committee Director of the Chinese Medical
Association, Organ Transplant Division. He is also head of the Organ Transplant
Research Institute at Huazhong University of Science and Technology's Tongji
Medical School. The other defendant, Zhu Tongyu, is Director of the Organ
Transplant Research Center at Shanghai's Zhongshan Hospital. The doctors at both
hospitals admitted through phone conversations that some transplant organs had
come from living Falun Gong practitioners. According to the first group of investigation reports recently published by
the WOIPFG, the Tongji Hospital Organ Transplant Research Institute, under Chen
Zhonghua's direction, is an important research laboratory listed by the Chinese
Department of Health. This hospital performed more than 1,000 kidney transplants
in February 2005 alone. Human rights lawyer Terri Marsh pointed out that the harvesting of organs
from living Falun Gong practitioners at the two hospitals, where the two
defendants work, directly violate the UN Convention Against Torture. U.S. law
states that a U.S. court has the right to prosecute and punish criminals guilty
of torture if the criminals are inside U.S. borders. A defendant's nationality
places no restriction on prosecution. Another criminal complaint was filed on July 26, 2006 against Boston WTC
attendee Shen Zhongyang, the Director of the Oriental Organ Transplant Center (OOTC)
at the Number 1 Central Hospital in Tianjin, China. He is the third Chinese
transplant surgeon to be sued in the U.S. within that two-day period. It was reported that by the end of 2004, the OOTC in Tianjin had performed a
total of 1,500 liver transplants, nearly 800 kidney transplants, and many cornea
transplants at the same time. The center completed nearly 900 liver and kidney
transplants in 2004 alone. Shen Zhongyang said on December 30, 2005 during a
press interview that 650 liver transplants have been carried out that year, and
as many as 53 liver transplants were completed within just two weeks, between
December 16 and December 30. Patients' families revealed that the center had
performed as many as 24 liver and kidney transplants a day. After the existence of the CCP concentration camps were exposed, the OOTC
stopped its business for a brief time before resuming kidney and liver
transplants for foreigners at the end of March 2006. All of the surgeries are
carried out at night. Terri Marsh stated on July 26 that this was just a beginning for the Falun
Gong group, to file three criminal complaints within two days. During following
days, her Human Rights Law Foundation would announce a report that will
elaborate, from the point of law, on details of the Chinese Communist regime's
crimes and each affiliated government body, from the central government to
local, county, and city governments involved in the persecution of Falun Gong.
The reports will serve as references for international human rights groups and
Falun Gong practitioners across the world to file lawsuits against the
above-mentioned individuals. This report will also expose the involuntary
harvesting of organs from living Falun Gong practitioners. Dr. Marsh further pointed out that Falun Gong practitioners and human rights
lawyers would bring those CCP officials and physicians to justice, particularly
those who do not cease their participation in the persecution. 3. The world is shocked by the crimes committed by the CCP, "a form of
evil we have yet to see on this planet" Canadian human rights attorney David Matas called the harvesting of organs
from living Falun Gong practitioners "a form of evil we have yet to see on
this planet." An independent investigation group consisting of former Secretary of State
for the Asia-Pacific Region and Member of Parliament Mr. David Kilgour and human
rights lawyer David Matas released a "Report into Allegations of Organ
Harvesting of Falun Gong Practitioners in China" on July 6, 2006. The report analysis discusses evidence regarding the unexplained source of
41,500 organs used in transplants in China between 2000 and 2005, and that they
could have come from incarcerated Falun Gong practitioners. David Kilgour and David Matas have conducted a two-month investigation. They
pointed out that the CCP harvests organs from unwilling detainees for
large-scale transplants. It is highly probable that most of these organs come
from Falun Gong practitioners. Many hospitals and prisons in China are involved
in this operation. They wrote, "we believe that there have been and
continue today to be large scale organ seizures from unwilling Falun Gong
practitioners." "We have concluded that the government of China and its agencies in
numerous parts of the country, in particular hospitals but also detention
centers and 'people's courts', since 1999 have put to death a large but unknown
number of Falun Gong prisoners of conscience. Their vital organs, including
hearts, kidneys, livers and corneas, were virtually simultaneously seized
involuntarily for sale at high prices, sometimes to foreigners, who normally
face long waits for voluntary donations of such organs in their home
countries." 4. All Chinese doctors attending the WTC in Boston received warning letters Congress chair Dr. Kecime, Surgical Director of Organ Transplants at
Massachusetts General Hospital, said that the congress and he have learned about
the allegations of harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners
happening in China and of the Canadian independent investigative report. He felt
that if the practice of harvesting organs from living individuals, which against
medical ethics is true, the congress committee and the international organ
transplant community would strongly condemn it. On July 25, 2006, the third day of the WTC, every Chinese doctor and related
medical staff attending the congress received a legal notice written by three
well-known Human Rights Law Foundation attorneys: U.S. lawyer Terri Marsh,
Spanish lawyer Carlos Iglesias and Taiwanese lawyer Chu Wan-chi. The legal
notice warns the participants involved in live organ harvesting of their
criminal and civil liabilities. The seven-page notice by the Human Rights Law Foundation is based primarily
on David Kilgour and David Mata's report, as well as a 2005 U.S. Congressional
report that states the Chinese government harvests organs from death row
inmates, which constitutes a severe violation of human rights. The notice
further warns all medical professionals currently working in the organ
transplant sector in China that if any medical workers, including surgeons and
nurses who participate in, support, encourage and assist in the harvesting of
organs from living Falun Gong practitioners, or who profit from such acts, are
violating medical ethics. These people furthermore are guilty of
"genocide" and "torture," the most severe violation against
the international criminal law as stipulated by the United Nations. These people
violate the Universal Declaration of Human rights and the International Covenant
on Civil and Political Rights, which carry severe legal implications. Taiwanese human rights lawyer Ms. Chu Wan-chi said that those suspected of
committing "genocide" and "torture" will be served with
criminal and civil lawsuits in the U.S., Spain, Taiwan and other parts of the
world. Medical personnel convicted of these charges will be held liable for
civil compensation and criminal penalties. She hopes that Chinese medical
workers will awaken to the severity of these crimes. She stated, "All Human
Rights Law Foundation lawyers working in the field of international human rights
will continue to focus on and pursue crimes of medical professionals suspected
of involvement in live organ harvesting, in order to uphold judicial justice and
moral principles." About 100 doctors and medical personnel from China attended the WTC in
Boston. Scientific articles published by Chinese doctors deal mostly with basic
research. Since the source of organs in China is suspicious, clinical reports
from China regarding organ transplant rarely appear in international
publications, a well known fact in the medical field. Some doctors registered
for the WTC under their hospitals' and work place names, but most of them
registered under their own names. According to a spokesperson for the World Organization to Investigate the
Persecution of Falun Gong (WOIPFG), since the Chinese Communist regime began the
persecution of Falun Gong in 1999, a secretive and large group of doctors
operate inside several hundred large medical facilities throughout China.
Following the CCP's genocidal policy, they systematically harvest organs from
living Falun Gong practitioners on a large scale. They sell the organs at high
prices. Several hundred thousand healthy Falun Gong practitioners have been
illegally detained as a live organ supply bank. The Communist regime has created
a highly sophisticated and organized criminal coalition of personnel from
prisons, courts and hospitals. The spokesperson also reminded the public that during the 1947 Nuremberg
Trial, 23 German physicians and administrators who conducted experiments on
prisoners held in Nazi concentration camps were charged with crimes against
humanity; seven physicians were executed. The Nuremberg Code, accepted as an
international standard, was enacted in 1948, which detailed strict guidelines
that basically state no human experiments can be done without the subject's
consent. This international decree has become a standard for the medical
profession. Many of the Chinese doctors who received the legal notice from the
Human Rights Law Foundation remained silent; a few of them showed enmity and
wariness. The WOIPFG spokesperson stated that these legal notices serve as a
warning for the participants, but more importantly serve as a statement of
facts. It is a possibility that in the future the CCP will kill participating
doctors as part of its cover-up efforts. Medical personnel would be redeeming
themselves by coming forward with the truth and helping to stop this crime. 5. "To bring such investigation, no matter how long it takes, no matter
how far and deep we have to search, to full closure" -- Excerpt from the
WOIPFG mission statement For the past five years, several U.S. lawyers, including Dr. Terri Marsh,
have assisted the Falun Gong group in filing lawsuits against numerous CCP
officials visiting the U.S., including high-ranking officials such as Zhou
Yongkang, Bo Xilai, Xia Deren, Zhao Zhizhen, and Huang Huahua, who were charged
with violation of human rights in carrying out the persecution of Falun Gong. At
least 17 such lawsuits have been filed in the U.S. alone, and 57 lawsuits have
been filed in 30 countries around the world. Falun Gong will also pursue the legal responsibilities of all CCP officials
who have participated in the persecution, and further pursue the doctors who
carry out the live organ harvesting. Right after July 20, 2006, the seventh year since the beginning of the CCP's
brutal persecution of Falun Gong, the WOIFPG published an announcement, stating
its determination to investigate and collect evidence on hospitals and
individuals suspected of harvesting Falun Gong practitioners' organs. The first list of names included more than 100 people and dozens of
hospitals, including Shi Bingyi, Cai Ming, Qian Yeyon, Du Guosheng, Dai Xin, Li
Tao and Wu Ruojun at Organ Transplant Center of People's Liberation Army (PLA)
No 309 Hospital; Guan Delin, Gao Juzhong, Wang Chen, Zhang Xiaodong, Ma Linlin, Wang Yong, Li
Ning, Chen Dazhi, and He Qiang at Beijing Organ Transplant Center Affiliated
with the Chaoyang Hospital in Beijing; Huang Jiefu, He Xiaoshun, Zhu Xiaofeng, Chen Lizhong, Wang Changxi, Fei
Jiguang, Zheng Keli, Zhu Lanying, Wu Peigen, Ji Yulian, Shen Qingrui and others
at Guangdong Province Organ Transplant Research Center, the No 1 Hospital
Affiliated with Zhongshan Medical University; Investigations show secret concentration camp(s) exist deep in the mountains
in northwest China. Several years ago, Jiang Zemin's group allocated more than
10 million Yuan to build secret concentration camps in Qinghai Province to
detain and torture Falun Gong practitioners. Right now, several thousand Falun
Gong practitioners are held at such camps in northwest China and within Qinghai
Province. Their lives might well be imminent danger. Therefore, the WOIPFG will also investigate the Qinghai Women's Forced Labor
Camp, the Qinghai Province Forced Labor Camp, the Duoba Forced Labor Camp in
Xining City, the Qinghai Province Men's Forced Labor Camp, the Haomen Prison in
Haibei, and nine hospitals within Qinghai Province. The WOIPFG vows to "bring such investigation, no matter how long it
takes, no matter how far and deep we have to search, to full closure." 6. High-ranking CCP officials make appearances at the Qinghai Province
"2006 World Transplant Congress Latest Academic Report & Discussion
Forum" After the exposure of the CCP's harvesting organs from living Falun Gong
practitioners, the Qinghai Province 610 Office heightened the
persecution of Falun Gong under the Central CCP Committee's instruction.
Starting in mid-May 2006, and especially during July and August, agents from the
Xining City National Security Bureau ransacked the homes of more than ten Falun
Gong practitioners and arrested eight Falun Gong practitioners within the
province. The Qinghai Province National Security Bureau-run Internet Surveillance
Center purchased seven pieces of monitoring equipment in June 2006, fitted with
the latest technology. Four pieces of this equipment screen Xining City, and the
other three monitor surrounding counties. The Qinghai-Tibet Railway opened on July 1, 2006. The CCP General Secretary
Hu Jintao remained in Xining City for a few days after attending the opening
ceremony in Germu City, Qinghai Province. Falun Gong practitioners in Qinghai Province found out that district
administrative supervisors in Xining City had received orders from the City CCP
Committee. They have issued documents delineating the persecution of Falun Gong.
Among these orders was one from the Shengli Road Area Comprehensive Public
Security Administration Committee that issued Document No 15 on August 3, 2006
entitled "Activity Plans for Anti-cult Targetted Strike Month in the
Shengli Road Area." Officials heading the Shengli Road Area Comprehensive Public Security
Administration Committee are Ran Xudong, head of the committee; Chen Qiulin and
Huang Haihong, deputy heads; Zou Guihai, Wang Hong, Wang Haiping, Tong Haiyan,
Wang Qingquan, Li Liuying, Song Lingning, Zhou Fanghong, and Xiao Hong are
committee members. We can readily surmise the scale of the Xining City "610 Office"
effort and the persecution of Falun Gong from the personnel assigned to the
persecution at this relatively small Shengli Road Area alone. A group of officers from the Chengdong District Police Department's National
Security Division ransacked the home of Dafa practitioners Li Xingfu and Yuan
Airong and arrested them on August 18, a month of escalated persecution against
Falun Gong. Why would the Qinghai Province authorities and personnel from the "610
Office" carry out these activities at this time? Falun Gong practitioners in Qinghai Province revealed that Jiang Zemin
secretly went to Xining, the capital city of Qinghai Province around August 10
and stayed for about one week. During his visit, two white vehicles escorted him
to Taer Temple, a sacred Tibetan Buddhist temple in Huangzhong County. It was
reported that there Jiang asked for the prolonging of his life. He took a
private special train to Tibet on August 16. According to a reliable source, on the heels of Jiang's visit, Zhou Yongkang,
Minister of Public Security, and Zeng Qinghong also paid secretive visits to
Xining City around August 23. The arrival of these two high-ranking CCP
officials who closely follow Jiang Zemin in the persecution was not reported in
the news. A Falun Gong practitioner in Qinghai Province saw a private special train
with only four cars leaving Xining again and going westward at 6:00 p.m. on
August 25, 2006. We sense a possible connection between the Qinghai September 2 "2006
World Transplant Congress Latest Academic Report & Discussion Forum"
and the unusual but concealed visits of CCP officials. We appeal to everyone to pay attention to the persecution of Falun Gong in
China and Qinghai, and to help put a stop to it as soon as possible.
The banner in the middle of the picture reads "2006 World
Transplantation Congress Latest Report & Discussion Forum."
Location of the forum, Yin Long Hotel in Qinghai Province
Chinese version available at
http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2006/9/4/137069.html
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