By a Falun Dafa practitioner in New Zealand
(Clearwisdom.net) On the afternoon of Sept. 11, 2007, five Parliament
Members of New Zealand Foreign Affairs, Defense and Trade (FADT) held a hearing
on the CCP crime of harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners.
Canadian independent investigators David Kilgour and David Matas, victim of the
persecution of Falun Gong Mr. Huang Guohua and Falun Gong spokesman Mr. Zhang
Erping gave their testimony. Hearing Mr. David Kilgour introduces new evidence of the CCP's crime
of harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners Members of Parliament sign to call for an end to the
persecution. Five Parliament Members attended the hearing, as well as Dr. Catherine Casey,
Spokesperson for the Coalition to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong (CIPFG)
in New Zealand and several human rights lawyers. Mr. David Kilgour and Mr. David Matas introduced some new evidence they
collected regarding the crime. Mr. Zhang Erping provided some background information. Falun Gong was very
popular in China before the persecution. The Chinese government soon discovered
the health and morality benefit of Falun Gong and issued awards to Mr. Li
Hongzhi, the founder of Falun Gong. A Chinese official once said, "Falun
Gong and other forms of Qigong can save one thousand Yuan per practitioner every
year. If one hundred million people practice Qigong, one hundred billion Yuan
can be saved every year." Mr. Zhang said that the Chinese government changed its attitude after a
survey in 1998. The survey showed that seventy to one hundred million people
practiced Falun Gong. The number exceeded the membership of the CCP. The head of
the CCP Jiang Zemin felt the popularity of Falun Gong was a threat to his power
and gave orders to eliminate Falun Gong. That was the main reason for the
banning of Falun Gong in China. Another reason was the incompatibility of Falun Gong's principles and those
of the CCP. If a large group of Chinese people followed Falun Gong, it would
mean the return of traditional Chinese values. They would then turn away from
the CCP. Dr. Catherine Casey said with tears in her eyes, "As government
officials, how can we stand to see such a cruel crime? How can we allow it to
continue? I can't. My heart doesn't allow me to. Our government must step
forward!" Dr. Casey was interviewed after the hearing by News Talk ZB, the largest
radio station in New Zealand. The interview was played during prime time. Dr.
Casey said that mayors who have counterparts in Chinese sister cities should
raise the issue to the CCP. All five Parliament Members signed their names to call for an end to the
persecution. Member of CIPFG and lawyer Kerry Gore said that the hearing was a
great push to stop the persecution and investigate the organ harvesting crime.
Chinese version available at
http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2007/9/14/162656.html