Forced Labour and Organ Harvesting

By David Matas
May 31, 2009

Chinese doctor Wang Wenyi speaks at a press conference in Arlington, Virginia, 26 April 2006 about forced organ harvesting by Chinese authorities on live Falun Gong practitioners. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images)

China engages systematically in forced labour in all forms of detention facilities – prisons which house sentenced criminals, administrative detention for those not yet charged, and re-education through labour camps. A 1998 declaration of the International Labour Organization (ILO) commits all member states, including China, to eliminate forced labour. The Government of China reported to the ILO that its constitution prohibits forced labour and that there is a national policy of eliminating all forms of forced labour.

China is not a country with an independent judiciary and the rule of law. There is no means in China of enforcing the promises in the Constitution. What the Constitution of China says is not a reliable indicator of what is happening in China.

The Constitution of China provides:

“Citizens of the People’s Republic of China enjoy freedom of speech, of the press, of assembly, of association, of procession and of demonstration”[1].

“Citizens of the People’s Republic of China enjoy freedom of religious belief.

“No state organ, public organization or individual may compel citizens to believe in, or not believe in, any religion; nor may they discriminate against citizens who believe in, or do not believe in, any religion”[2].

Yet, these freedoms do not exist in China.

So, when the Government of China says that there is a constitutional provision, its statements may be and often are smokescreens, exercises in hypocrisy. That is true of its statements to the ILO on forced labour.

The same can be said about policy. China has many policies which diverge from reality. Indeed, the Government of China refers so often to the state constitution and Government policies when the reality is the opposite that the very Government reference to these standards should be an indicator that something improper is happening in China.

Organ harvesting

A policy area with which I am familiar is organ harvesting, the killing of prisoners for their organs to be used for transplants. David Kilgour and I have written a report that some of those prisoners are Falun Gong practitioners detained for their innocent beliefs[3].

The Government of China denies the conclusion of our report and says that those who are in prison merely because they are Falun Gong practitioners are not killed for their organs. Yet the Government does not deny that some prisoners are killed for their organs and that these prisoners are the primary source of organs for transplants in China.

Deputy Health Minister Huang Jiefu, speaking at a conference of surgeons in the southern city of Guangzhou in mid November 2006, acknowledged that executed prisoners sentenced to death are a source of organ transplants. He said: “Apart from a small portion of traffic victims, most of the organs from cadavers are from executed prisoners.”

The dispute David Kilgour and I have with the Government of China is which sort of prisoners are killed for their organs. The Government of China says that the prisoners killed for their organs are all prisoners sentenced to death. Why we disagree with the Government of China, why we conclude that prisoners sentenced to death are not the only prison source of organs for transplants in China, I put to one side for now. I invite you to read our report Bloody Harvest to see how we came to our conclusions.

The point I want to make here is that the Government of China, at the same time as it admits sourcing organs from prisoners, has a policy of not sourcing organs from prisoners. In a news release dated October 5, 2007, the World Medical Association announced at the annual General Assembly in Copenhagen that the Chinese Medical Association agreed that organs of prisoners and other individuals in custody must not be used for transplantation except for members of their immediate family.

Liu Zhi of the Chinese Medical Association’s international department said that the agreement with the World Medical Association has no legal effect. He nonetheless expressed the hope that the agreement would influence China’s 500,000 doctors and government decisions, a hollow wish as long as China does not have an organ donor system or a law sourcing organs from the brain dead/cardiac alive.

Forced labour

Chinese government hypocrisy on forced labour could not be more blatant. Forced labour in detention is not an abuse of Chinese law. It is the law. The Chinese Law on Prisons stipulates that prisons may punish a prisoner who is able bodied but refuses to work[4].

The United States signed a memorandum of understanding with China in 1992 committing the Government of China to ensure that prison labour products are not exported to the United States. The US in 1994 signed a statement of cooperation which in principle allowed US officials to gain access to Chinese production facilities suspected of exporting prison labour products. The US China Economic and Security Review Commission in its report to Congress for 2008 wrote that “the Chinese government has not complied with its commitments” under the 1992 and 1994 agreement “making it impossible for U.S. officials to conduct complete and useful investigations of such allegations”.

Speaking to U.S. journalists in November 1993, in answer to a question about the desire by rights groups to inspect prisons, then Chinese Foreign Minister Qian Qichen said, “I believe that if the Red Cross does put forward such a request…, we would give positive consideration to that request.” The Red Cross did put forward such a request, and there was no positive consideration.

Persons are routinely detained in China without charge or for long periods before a charge is laid. Forced labour occurs in administrative detention and the euphemestically labelled re-education camps as well in prisons where sentenced criminals are kept.

Once the practice of Falun Gong was banned in 1999, hundreds of thousands of Falun Gong practitioners travelled to Beijing to protest or to unfold banners calling for the group’s legalization.People came almost daily.Author Jennifer Zeng, formerly of Beijing and now living in Australia, writes that by the end of April 2001 there had been approximately 830,000 arrests in Beijing of Falun Gong adherents who had been identified.

Those who revealed their identities to their captors were shipped back to their home localities. Their families were implicated in their Falun Gong activities and pressured to join in the effort to get the practitioners to renounce Falun Gong. Their workplace leaders, their co-workers, their local government leaders were held responsible and penalized for the fact that these individuals had gone to Beijing to appeal or protest.

To protect their families and avoid the hostility of the people in their locality, many detained Falun Gong declined to identify themselves. The result was a large Falun Gong prison population whose identities the authorities did not know. As well, no one who knew them knew where they were.

There are no statistics available of practitioners who were arrested but refused to self identify. From our interviews with released Falun Gong practitioners, we know that the number of those who did not self identify is large. But we do not know how large.

Arrested Falun Gong practitioners were initially sent to administrative detention centres. Those who recanted were released. Those who did not recant were tortured. Those who recanted after torture were released. Those who did not recant after torture disappeared into the re-education through labour camps. The U.S. State Department’s 2005 country report on China[5] indicates that its police run hundreds of detention centres, with the ‘re-education through labour’ ones alone having a holding capacity of about 300,000 persons.

The Department of State’s Country Reports for 2008 state: “Some foreign observers estimated that Falun Gong adherents constituted at least half of the 250,000 officially recorded inmates in the country’s “reeducation through labour camps….”[6]

Forced organ donor banks

An extremely large group of people subject to the exercise of the whims and power of the state, without recourse to any form of protection of their rights, provides a potential source for organ harvesting of the unwilling. These detention facilities are not just forced labour camps. They are also potential forced organ donor banks.

The investigations which led to the report David Kilgour and I wrote had many chilling moments. One of the most disturbing was the discovery of a massive prison/detention/labour camp population of the unidentified. Practitioner after practitioner who eventually was released from detention told us about this population. A collection of some of their statements is set out in our report.

What these practitioners told us was that they personally met the unidentified in detention in significant numbers. We have met many Falun Gong practitioners who were released from Chinese detention. Yet, except for those detained during the early days of Falun Gong repression, we have yet to meet or hear of, despite their large numbers, a practitioner released from detention who refused to self identify in detention from the beginning to the end of the detention period. What happened to these many practitioners? Where are they?

I went to Geneva in November 2008 to meet with the United Nations Committee against Torture about the report of Government of China on compliance the Convention against Torture. The Committee, in its November 2008 concluding observations, wrote: “While noting the State party’s information about the 2006 Temporary Regulation on Human Organ Transplants and the 2007 Human Organ Transplant Ordinance, the Committee takes cognizance of the allegations presented to the Special Rapporteur on Torture who has noted that an increase in organ transplant operations coincides with ‘the beginning of the persecution of [Falun Gong practitioners]‘ and who asked for ‘a full explanation of the source of organ transplants’ which could clarify the discrepancy and disprove the allegation of organ harvesting (A/HRC/7/3/Add.1). The Committee is further concerned with information received that Falun Gong practitioners have been extensively subjected to torture and ill-treatment in prisons and that some of them have been used for organ transplants (arts. 12 and 16).

“The State party should immediately conduct or commission an independent investigation of the claims that some Falun Gong practitioners have been subjected to torture and used for organ transplants and take measures, as appropriate, to ensure that those responsible for such abuses are prosecuted and punished[7].”

We are independent from the Government of China and the Falun Gong community. The Committee against Torture did not mean to suggest anything different. What they were proposing was an investigation independent from the Government of China with which the Government of China would nonetheless cooperate by giving access to Chinese territory, documents, places of detention, and witnesses in China without fear of intimidation or reprisals.

The reaction of the Government of China to these concluding observations was this: “Some biased committee members, in drafting the observations, chose to ignore the substantial materials provided by the Chinese Government, quoted and even fabricated some unverified information. Running counter to the ethics of justice and objectiveness, they attempted to politicize the review by squeezing some unreal and stigmatized comments into the concluding observations, which China firmly opposes[8].”

The Chinese Government reaction, by referring to “some biased committee members” suggests that some members of the Committee were biased and others were not. Yet, the Committee recommendations were unanimous. Either all the Committee members were biased or none were.

The Government of China as well makes wild general accusations. It accuses the Committee of fabricating information without indicating what that information is which was supposedly fabricated. Nor does it indicate what are the comments in the Committee’s concluding observations the Government considers unreal and stigmatized.

Despite the vagueness of the reaction, it is apparent that the Government of China did not accept the concluding observations of the Committee in their entirety. When it came to the Universal Periodic Review, a procedure of the UN Human Rights Council in which the human rights record of every UN member state is reviewed periodically, the Government of China was a lot more specific.

I went to Geneva again, in January, this year and lobbied governments to raise the violations identified in our organ harvesting report when China’s turn came up at UN Universal Periodic Review Working Group. At the very least, I asked states to request China’s compliance with foundational rights, the respect for which would have made the violations we identified impossible. Many delegates did speak out for these foundational rights during the two hours of the Universal Periodic Review Working Group allocated to these speeches, but to no avail. The Government of China rejected virtually all these rights.

China rejects

The Universal Periodic Review Working Group came out with a report tabulating the recommendations of states which spoke during debate. The Government of China reaction, which followed immediately upon release of the report, gave us a clear idea of what its earlier words had meant. It accepted some recommendations, mostly from other gross violator states which commended the Government of China for its efforts and encouraged it to keep on doing what it was doing. It added that it would consider other recommendations. There was also a long list of recommendations the Government of China rejected out of hand.

At the Universal Periodic Review Working Group, Canada recommended that China implement the recommendations of the Committee against Torture. The Government of China explicitly, in writing, rejected this recommendation.

Canada, the United Kingdom, Hungary, the Czech Republic, France, Sweden and New Zealand recommended that China abolish all forms of arbitrary detention, including re-education through labour camps. The Government of China said no to this recommendation.

Forced labour is an abuse of the rights of those in detention in China. It also harms workers around the world by undercutting the prices of products free workers produce for wages, contributing to global unemployment in a time of economic downturn. And it sets the stage for organ harvesting of Falun Gong practitioners.

Allowing outsider access to Chinese places in detention is not an end in itself. It is rather a means to an end, to assess compliance with international standards, to ensure that abuses in detention are not occurring.

Something similar can be said of forced labour. Ending forced labour is an end of itself. But it is also a means to an end. Ending forced labour and allowing independent investigators to visit places of detention would be important steps towards ending abusive organ sourcing from Falun Gong practitioners.

Canada should have legislation banning the importation of goods produced through forced labour. The Government of Canada should negotiate an agreement with the Government of China committing the Government of China to ensure that prison labour products are not exported to Canada. The agreement should allow Canadian officials to gain access to Chinese production facilities suspected of exporting forced labour products.

The fact that China has not respected similar agreements with the United States is no reason to abandon the effort to stop the export of forced labour products from China. Where the efforts of one country, the US, have failed, the efforts of many countries may succeed. In any case, at the end of the day, when it comes to promoting respect for human rights, we can never rest content with no as an answer.

[1] Article 35

[2] Article 36

[3] Bloody Harvest: Report into Allegations of Organ Harvesting of Falun Gong Practitioners in China

[4] Article 58

[5] U.S. Department of State 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices – China, March 8, 2006.

[6] 2008 Report on International Religious Freedom: China

[7] Concluding observations of the UN Committee against Torture on China UN Document number CAT/C/CHN/CO/4, 21 November 2008 paragraph 18(C).

[8] Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Qin Gang’s Remarks on Concluding Observations of United Nations Committee against Torture on China’s Compliance with the Convention against Torture

This article comprises remarks made by David Matas at a Forum on Human Right in China held in Canada’s Parliament buildings on May 27, 2009.

David Matas is a Winnipeg based international human rights lawyer and the co-author, with David Kilgour, of “Bloody Harvest: Revised Report into Allegations of Organ Harvesting of Falun Gong Practitioners in China“

Last Updated
May 31, 2009

Investigation on CCP Persecuting Falun Gong Practitioners in the Name of the Winter

Universiade – Jiamusi City

March 1, 2009

The 24th Winter Word University Games (The 24th Winter Universiade, or the “Game” in short below) took place from February 18 to 28, 2009 in Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province. [1] Based on information channeled out of China, under the guise of the “Game”, a large number of Falun Gong practitioners were arrested in some cities of Heilongjiang Province.

The security arrangement for the “Game” was on a par with the “Olympics Standard”. [2] And the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) exploited the Beijing Olympics security arrangement to persecute Falun Gong. [3] Between October and December of 2008, under the command of the Political and Judicial Committee of the CCP Heilongjiang Provincial Committee, a three-month-long “Strike Hard” campaign called “Operation Autumn Wind” was carried out in the province. The official in charge at the Heilongjiang Public Security Bureau claimed that “We must win this battle. It’s not our short term, but long term goal. We must strike so hard that local criminals dare not to make any trouble for at least 3 years, and out of province criminals dare not to come to Heilongjiang to cause trouble.” [4] From December 2008 onwards, “Operation Autumn Wind” was expanded into two other Northeastern provinces and Inner Mongolia area, and merged with the consolidated operation of “Striking the fleer, Seizing the escapee, and Safeguarding the Winter Universiade”. [5]

In January 2009, vice-minister of Public Security Liu Jing (also the director of the CCP Central “610 Office”) came to Heilongjiang Province to conduct the Northeast China, Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang “Five Province Public Security Organizations Coordination Conference”, thus bringing the security arrangement of the Winter Universiade to the provinces surrounding Heilongjiang. [6] Furthermore, to safeguard the “Game”, Heilongjiang police even worked with the Russian Far East Bureau of Internal Affairs for international cooperation. [7] After six days of review and inspection, on February 17, 2009, one day before the opening of the “Game”, secretary of the Political and Judicial Committee of the CCP Central Committee Zhou Yongkang participated the “Northeastern Region Political and Judicial and Safeguarding Stability Work Conference” held in Shenyang and spoke at the conference. [8]

In Harbin City, one of the major competition sites of the “Game”, Nangang District head Ding Jian emphasized to strike “Falun Gong” harder, in his speech at the first meeting of the event leadership team. [9] Regarding the event safety, the Police Department of Wudalianchi (belongs to Heihe City) in Heilongjiang listed “10 preventions” goal, of which two targeted at Falun Gong. [10] In Qitaihe, one of the six cities that the “Game” torch passed through, Falun Gong practitioners were strictly monitored even in towns and streets. [11] In Qiqihaer, among “five major targets” of the event security concern, Falun Gong practitioners were listed at the top. (The other four types of people were: bank buyout personnel, veteran, lay-off worker, and forced-moving resident) [12] In the “Security Work Plan of Appealing Safety during Harbin Winter Universiade” of Bei’an (belongs to Heihe City), Heilongjiang, “sticking to the principle of initiating attack and striking at first appearance” was stated in dealing with Falun Gong issue. [13] Harbin custom also enhanced checking and blocking of “Falun Gong related publications”. [14]

In Jiamusi City, one of the six cities that the “Game” torch passed through, from December 1 to 4, 2008, provincial event security supervising group arrived there for inspection. [15] Just before and during the “Game”, large scale arbitrary arrest of Falun Gong practitioners took place in that city. According to Falun Dafa’s website minghui.ca, many practitioners were kidnapped including Fu Yu, Shen Guo, Wang Guizhen, Huang Weizhong, Luan Xiuyuan, Liu Xiaobin, Sun

Qinghe, Li Xiurong, Zhang Shuying, Zhou Furong, Zhao You, Tian Haitao, Zhang Peiqing, Zhang Guizhi, Song Yuzhi, Shan Yuqin, Yu Xiaoling, an so on. All of them were subject to persecution of various extent, some were tortured and some were beaten violently. [16]

Major responsible persons include:

Zhou Yongkang, secretary of the Political and Judiciary Committee of the CCP Central Committee

Liu Jing, vice-minister of Public Security, director of Central “610 Office”

Huang Jiansheng, standing committee member of the CCP Heilongjiang Provincial Committee, secretary of the Political and Judiciary Committee of the CCP Heilongjiang Provincial Committee

Sun Yongbo, vice-governor, secretary of the provincial Public Security Bureau’s CCP Committee, director of police department

Guo Yan, provincial supervising group leader, deputy secretary of the Political and Judiciary Committee of the CCP Heilongjiang Provincial Committee

Teng Xiaoguang, provincial supervising group leader, deputy secretary-general of the Political and Judiciary Committee of the CCP Heilongjiang Provincial Committee

Jiang Zhifang, vice mayor of Jiamusi City, secretary of municipal police department CCP committee and director of police department, Winter Universiade security leadership group head of Jiamusi

Qu Zhenyuan, secretary of the Political and Judiciary Committee of the CCP Jiamusi Committee

Liu Yan, deputy secretary of the Political and Judiciary Committee of the CCP Jiamusi Committee, director of city “610 Office”.

For a long time, the CCP has exploited those international business, culture and sports events held in China into human rights violation opportunities, especially toward Falun Gong. The Wo7=rld Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong (WOIPFG) raises this issue with the international community, and reminds people attending the events not to forget those who suffer persecution because of those events. WOIPFG also warns those involved in persecuting Falun Gong during those events, that every act of you has been recorded, and may eventually become evidence of your human rights violation crime. WOIPFG advises those participating in persecuting Falun Gong passively stop evildoing immediately from now on, collect and keep crime evidence of your supervisor, co-worker and subordinate, so as to ask for pardon and forgiveness from the victims.

Note: At present, the following abducted Falun Gong practitioners have been released and gone home: Zhang Peiqing, Zhang Guizhi, Song Yuzhi, Shan Yuqin, Yu Xiaoling, and so on.

References:

[1] The official website of “The 24th Winter World University Games”
http://en.harbin2009.org/

[2] The Guangming Daily, February 25, 2009, “Winter Universiade : How Much You Know about the ‘Olympics Standard’”: According to organization committee official of the Winter Universiade, the 2009 game security arrangement was conducted according to the “Olympics” standard. The mobilization scale and level of police force were unprecedented in Winter Universiade history.

[3] WOIPFG website, “An Investigative Report on the Persecution of Falun Gong by Chinese Communist Regime in the Name of Olympics”

[4] Xinhua Net, February 16, 2009, “All Security Details in Place, Heilongjiang Went All Out for the Gold of a Safe Winter Universiade”: From October to December of 2008, under the unified organization of the provincial Political and Judicial Committee, with the Public Security as the main arm, provincial wide political and judicial organizations launched the unprecedented “Operation Autumn Wind” to strike criminals. “This battle must be won. This is not a short term objective, but long term. We must strike so hard so that the local criminals would dare not to make trouble for at least 3 years, and out of province criminals will not dare to come to Heilongjiang to cause trouble.” Public Security Department official stated.

[5] Heilongjiang Public Security Net, January 12, 2009. “Four Swords to Safeguard ‘Winter Universiade’: The On the Spot Report of the Unified Operations to ‘Strike the fleer, Seize the escapee, and Safeguard the 24th Winter Universiade’ by the four provincial public security establishments in the Northeastern and Inner Mongolia Region”

[6] China Legal Publicity Web, February 15, 2009, “This ‘Gold of Safety’ is Under Our Belt for Sure”: Heilongjiang cracked down on criminals to secure a safe and peaceful environment for the Winter Universiade

[7] Heilongjiang Public Security Net, February 18, 2009, “Every Effort for a ‘Safe Winter Universiade’”: At the same time, vice governor, party secretary and director of the provincial Public Security Department Sun Yongbo led attaché group to visit the Russian Far East Bureau of Internal Affairs, held joint talks with Russian police authorities, and received strong support from them, and obtained timely information on a group of criminal suspects.

[8] Xinhua Net, February 18, 2009: Zhou Yongkang emphasized in the Northeastern Region Political and Judicial and Safeguarding Stability Work Conference…

[9] Nangang Info Net, December 4, 2008, “Comrade Ding Jian’s Speech at the First Leadership Team Meeting of Serving ‘Winter Universiade’ in the Whole District”: In the meantime, we should strike harder at “Falun Gong” and other illegal organizations, enhance interaction between departments, so as to ensure social stability during the game.

[10] Heilongjiang Economy Net, February 21, 2009, “Wudalianchi Police Department: Set ‘10 Preventions’ Goal and Ensure ‘Winter Universiade’ safety”.

[11] Qitaihe News Net, December 23, 2008, “Taoshan District Ensures Safe, Stable and Clean Environment for Winter Universiade”: Public security authorities enhance monitoring target groups, work units and positions, to ensure a complete and full coverage without omission. Specific personnel from each street and town should maintain safety well together, pay close attention to the movements of Falun Gong followers and some other illegal religious groups.

[12] Qiqihaer’s Longsha District, February 27, 2009, “Jiang’an Street Security Status on Greeting Winter Universiade”: Secretary Chen commended our focus on stability during the game while starting full construction of the street; our full construction work would also make security better, since they are complimentary and will benefit each other. The “five key types of people” to watch out (including Falun Gong followers, bank buyout personnel, veterans, lay-off workers and force-moving residents) was set complete and right. Our organization setup was tight, preparation was thorough, and plans were detailed and easy to operate. Our multi-dimensional protection would be effective because we adopted various means including joint security by police and posseman, informants, volunteers, public education and strict checkup and fixed monitoring positions, etc.

[13] Bei’an City Government Public Info Net, December 10, 2008, “Bei’an Security Plan for Appealing Safety During Winter Universiade in Harbin”: Secondly, we should spare no effort on driving public security and protection work. Set a goal of “Safe Bei’an”, increase prevention and striking power at oversea anti-forces’ infiltration and damaging activities, and stick to the principle of initiating attacks and striking at first appearance, especially work hard to stop “Falun Gong” organization and other anti-forces from using opportunity to make troubles.

[14] Harbin Custom, January 4, 2009, “Harbin Custom Actively Monitors Prints and Video/Audio Products During the ‘Winter Universiade’”: Thirdly, We perform risk analysis and enhance examine. Borrowing successful experience from Olympics safety work, we implement 100% machine screening on mails into and out of China and select mails for check from targeted nations and areas, so that the harmful political publications from overseas, “independent Tibet” and “Falun Gong” related publications or promotion materials would not have chance to enter China.

[15] Jiamusi Daily New Net, December 5, 2008, “Winter Universiade Provincial Security Supervising Group Came to Jiamusi City for Inspection”

[16] Minghui website
http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2009/3/11/105498.html
http://search.minghui.org/mh/articles/2009/2/23/195955.html
http://search.minghui.org/mh/articles/2009/2/20/195783.html
http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2009/3/2/105243.html
http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2009/3/9/105415.html

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 17 March 2009 )

WOIPFG Report: List of Hospitals and Transplant Centers in China Confirmed by WOIPFG to Harvest Organs for Transplant Operations from Living Falun Gong Practitioners

(August 21, 2008)

The World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong (WOIPFG) tracks and investigates reports of transplant operations in China where the organ donors are believed to be Falun Gong practitioners, custom-killed for their organs. Many cases have been investigated since news of these organ harvesting atrocities first came to light in 2006, with the grim results confirming that the allegations of illicit and illegal organ harvesting are true.

Many of those killed were Falun Gong practitioners who refused to reveal their identities to police when arrested. Hospital records report such donor identities anonymously, with numbers used in place of names. The evidence suggests that such illicit transplants occurred at the highest rate sometime around 2003. Information about such killings is much harder to come by today, as the cloak of secrecy has been tightened. Nevertheless, the organ harvesting atrocities continue to this day.

Renowned Canadian human rights lawyer David Matas and Canada’s former Secretary of State for Asia-Pacific David Kilgour conducted an in-depth independent examination of the evidence. (Complete report http://organharvestinvestigation.net) Their conclusion after exhaustive analysis:

“We believe that there has been and continues 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 centres 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 kidneys, livers, corneas and hearts, were 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.”

Please do what you can to help stop these atrocities. Encourage the media to report the situation. Ask your elected officials to demand that Chinese authorities put an immediate end to organ harvesting atrocities, and to allow independent investigators to enter China to document what is and has been happening. Write to the United Nations, NGOs and others who you believe can help. When enough of us stand up and cry for justice, we will be heard and the atrocities will end.

WOIPFG has compiled a complete record of evidence gathered. Please contact WOIPFG directly for more information.

List of Hospitals and Transplant Centers

This report presents a list of hospitals and organ transplant centers confirmed by WOIPFG to be involved in organ harvesting from living Falun Gong practitioners. Many more hospitals and transplant centers are believed to participate, and investigations are underway to confirm.

For each hospital listed here, the report below gives the address, driving directions, a brief description of what is known about the facility, and a transcript of the telephone call (translated from Chinese) between WOIPFG investigators and hospital officials. These telephone calls provide a great deal of evidence. Surprising as it seems, hospital officials were quite open about the source of the organs when these calls were made. The investigators making the calls posed as parties interested in arranging organ transplants.

The hospitals included in this report are:

l People’s Liberation Army (PLA) No. 307 Hospital in Beijing

l Oriental Organ Transplant Center at the No. 1 Central Hospital in Tianjin

l Zhongshan Hospital affiliated with Fudan University in Shanghai

l Affiliated No. 1 People’s Hospital at Jiaotong University in Shanghai

l Qianfoshan Hospital Liver Transplant Center in Jinan, Shandong Province

l Tongji Hospital, Affiliated with the Tongji Medical Institute of Huazhong’s University of Science & Technology

l Second Clinical Institute or Zhongnan Hospital at Wuhan University in Wuhan (formerly known as the Second Affiliated Hospital of Hubei Medical University)

l Wuhan General Hospital of the Guangzhou Military Region

l Third Affiliated Hospital of the Sun Yat-Sen University in Guangzhou

PLA No. 307 Hospital

8 East Main Street

Fengtai District

Beijing

Zip Code: 100071

Telephone: 010-66947999, 66947000, 66947120, 66947114

Public transportation Information:

(Get off at the Fengtai Qilizhuang station or the Dongdajie station and you have reached your destination)

Fengtai District Dongdajie North exit: 335, 451, 612

Fengtai District Jinyuanlu East exit: 477 (formerly 853)

Fengtai District Wanfenglu South exit: 809

Fengtai District Qilizhuang: 836, 323, 604, 957 (branch), 958, 937 (branch), 973, 739 (formerly 744 branch), 811, 822, 944 (branch), 971, 946, (Special 7)

For driving directions, please see: http://www.hospital307.com/location.asp

http://www.hospital307.com/xinneike/ReadNews.asp?NewsID=27&BigClassID=9&SmallClassID=9

Kidney Transplant Center is under the Department of Urology Surgery

Kidney Transplant Center Contact: 66947147 (Director’s Office), 66947148 (Doctor’s Office)

Brief Introduction to the Kidney Transplant Center (in Chinese):

http://www.hospital307.com/medical.asp?id=71

Hotline Telephone (010-51128318) will answer popular questions from patients concerning pre and post surgery.

Telephone Message 1

A: WOIPFG Investigator

B: Organ broker representative

A: Hello, Are you Xiao Chen?

B: Yes,

A: Are you Chen Qiang?

B: Yes, Speak

…

A: Hi, how are you? Last time I talked to you about contacting the kidney supply sources. How is it going?

B: You meant that, contacting the prison, or “that something”?

A: Yes, the source of Falun Gong practitioners, I meant.

…

A: Alright, besides it, how could you be so sure he (the source) was a Falun Gong practitioner, did you find out for sure?

B: How to positively identify as a Falun Gong practitioner, well, when the time comes — when the time comes our side, our Boss will have people showing you information, you know, he will show you the information and data, you can be sure.

A: Oh, that’s fine.

B: They have all the information and data, even including individual resumes.

A: Oh, so there were more cases around 2003?

B: Of course. There were tons of Falun Gong’s on file around 2003.

A: That is what I mean; it was much easier for you to get the organs for the operation at that time, right?

B: Ah, since 2003, I tell you the facts, I handled two cases in 2003, and I started in 2003.

A: I heard from others that, several years ago, they arrested many Falun Gong practitioners who did not give out their names after they were detained, quite a few, they detained them underground, the kind of place that was neither a prison nor a labor camp…

B: You are talking about what’s going on around 2003 time frame. I knew exactly what you were talking about. They did not reveal their name starting from 2003.

B: Last time I made some inquiries by calling around, —- Falun Gong — Later I contacted that site by phone, I asked my boss to call him, and he said they needed to obtain from inside there.

A: Oh.

B: Now they were all transferred to remotely located prisons, they need to get some from there, getting from there means the money, the money must be paid mostly to people over there, you know.

A: But I tell you, on the other hand, right now it is very stringent, and they should not ask too much. You know that several years ago, they secretly detained many Falun Gong practitioners who went to appeal but did not provide their names. There was no records, no registrations.

B: Yes. Over here, like over there it is quite normal, you know. He — did not — did not give out his name. Let me tell you, even if he did not give out his name, he would leave a code name, understand?

A: Yes.

B: Such people who did not give out names all had code numbers. I know this better than you. They had code number 8, they had —. All had codes in the record file.

A: Oh, so it is like this. If they only had the codes, they should also have the real names in the record. These should be in there, right?

B: If they could not find out the real names, they just left code numbers, you know.

…

A: Oh, OK. Just one more question.

B: We… I tell you. To tell you the truth, what we have here all belong to this kind. We have connections with government officials. There are connections to high ranking officials. You know, I will show you such material even if you don’t ask me for it. You know.

A: Oh, sure. Oh. You are saying that the policemen, the policemen over there…

B: This… I cannot tell you anything about that.

A: OK.

B: I will not tell you too much about our business. Whatever is going on high up on our side, there are rules for everything, you know.

…

A: OK.

B: I…I…I cannot, dare not say anything, you know.

A: Yes. Can I meet him before the organ transplant?

B: Sure, no problem about that…

A: OK. Ah… There is one more thing that I don’t quite understand. That is to say, these people are detained in forced labor camps or prisons. Normally, I know that they are in the police station …

B: Right now, there are fewer in the forced labor camps.

A: Really, where are they usually detained now?

B: Right now they are somewhere in the prisons. They are in prisons now. Normally, they were sent away from Beijing if they were arrested in Beijing. If they were arrested in other places, they were detained in local prisons. Normally they are sentenced to 10 years, 8 years, or something like that. There are many such cases.

A: Ah, so it’s not detention centers, nor labor camps, right?

B: It is in detention centers, it is in detention centers. After some Falun Gong practitioners were sentenced, with some sentenced to more than 10 years. They were transferred to other places for sure, you know.

A: Ah.

B: Right now it’s impossible to leave it to you. They cannot give you the material at this time, you know.

…

B: After such a thing is done, I tell you. It is not that I want to tell you something. Oh, some details such as the names of some people, I cannot tell you, you know.

A: Yes.

B: Like our boss, like the connections to the detention centers, I cannot tell you. This, when the time is right… you…Let me tell you in advance…making sure…You know, such as these names I cannot tell you, you know…Such confidential things I cannot tell you. Otherwise, we cannot do business in the future, you know.

A: I understand what you said. I only want to ask you two things. I want to know these things. First I want to see this person. I want to know where he came from. I want to make sure that he is really a Falun Gong practitioner. Another thing, the doctor who is going to get the kidney, I want to know if he really has the skills, not just an ordinary policeman. It is not acceptable if the quality is not guaranteed.

B: That’s for sure. What you said I cannot take casually. How can it be casual? We have the contacts. Since we are doing this business, we have people in every department. How can you get it done without connections?

A: Yes. I am just…

B: Such operation is like a supply line, you know.

…

A: Can you tell me how can I find you?

B: Do you know where the No. 307 Hospital of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army is?

A: No problem. I can find it. Where specifically within the No. 307 Hospital?

B: You don’t need to go to the in-patient Department, just show up at the entrance of the hospital.

A: OK.

B: Do you know where the No. 307 Hospital is located?

A: Yeah. Since we never met before, we should have a contact sign.

B: Don’t worry about it. When you arrive at the hospital entrance, call me. I will be upstairs, so I can spot you. I can recognize you when you show up.

http://www.zhuichaguoji.org/en/index2.php?option=content&task=view&id=175&pop=1&page=0

Organ Transplant Research Center at the General Hospital of Chinese People’s Armed Police Forces

69 Yong Ding Road, Hai-Dian District, Beijing

Zip Code: 100039

Tel: 68212255

Liver transplant pre-surgery consultation: Director Zang Yunjin, 13911309166

Liver transplant post-surgery consultation: Director Chen Hong, 13501115187

Kidney transplant consultation: Director Liu Hang,13910058803

http://www.wj-lti.com/list.aspx?cid=9

Brief introduction of the Organ Transplant Research Center at the General Hospital of the Chinese People’s Armed Police Forces:

The Organ Transplant Research Center at the General Hospital of the Chinese People’s Armed Police Forces was originally set up in 2001 as the Liver Transplant Center of the hospital. It was jointly established by the General Hospital of the Chinese People’s Armed Police Forces and the Oriental Organ Transplant Center. It is the largest liver transplant center in Beijing, specializing in the clinical and research field of liver transplants. The center is led by Professor Shen Zhongyang, a renowned Chinese liver transplant specialist. Under him is a team of professional liver transplant experts, including surgeons, ICU doctors, liver disease doctors, anesthesiologists, pathologists and nurses. About 200-300 liver transplants are performed in the center each year.

http://www.wj-lti.com/show.aspx?id=38&cid=9

No. 1 Central Hospital Organ Transplant Center (also known as the Oriental Organ Transplant Center)

24 Fu-Kang Road

Nan-Kai District

Tianjin

Tel: 0086-22-23626058, 0086-22-23626059
Fax: 0086-22-23682662

Bus route:

Tianjin No. 1 Central Hospital is located in the south-western part of Tianjin City. It’s at the south-western corner of the Central Loop Highway, underneath the Fukang Highway overpass. One can take the #50 or #854 bus and get off at the Wangdingti station. Or take the #847 bus, and get off at the Rongqianxili station. One can also take the #638 or #640 bus and get off at the No. 1 Central Hospital station.

The operation rooms are on the 11th and 12th floor. For visiting transplant patients there are several hotels available: The Huaxia Hotel (3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th floor reserved exclusively for patients); Tiancai Hotel (24th and 25th floor reserved for patients).

Liver Transplant Director: Zhu Zhijun, 13602083797

Kidney Transplant Director: Mo Chunbai, 13752453120

Resident Consultation Director: Song Wenli (Kidney Transplant),

Director Xue 022-23626666

Transplant Center Web site: www.ootc.net

Central Hospital Web Site: http://www.tj-fch.com/cn/

Central Hospital Contact:

022-23626600 (Main) 22-24042815 (East Wing), Fax: 022-23626199

The Oriental Organ Transplant Center (OOTC) claimed: Up to 2004, 2,248 accumulated organ transplants had been performed at OOTC. Among them, there were on average 300 kidney transplants and 600 liver transplants per year. Their yearly liver transplant volume broke the world record held for nearly 10 years by the Pittsburg University Organ Transplant Center.

At the OOTC 2005 Year End Review Conference: In the whole year of 2005, 647 home-position liver transplants, and 436 kidney transplants were performed in the center. In the category of multiple organ transplants: 21 combined liver-kidney transplants and 2 pancreas-kidney transplants were completed.

Orient Organ Transplant Center, “2005 Year End Review Conference”, January 5, 2006

http://www.ootc.net/HomePage/FileDocDetail.aspx?fileno=494

According to information revealed by the Korean Daily, the Tianjin No. 1 Central Hospital established a record of 44 liver transplants in one week in December 2004. Based on 5 working days per week, the daily average was 8.8 liver transplants.

Boxun News reported on March 26, 2006 “Upsurge of Koreans to China for organ transplants: Where did the organ come from? [Part 1, 2 and 3]

http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2006/03/200603262046.shtml

Center Director Professor Shen Zhongyang: He performed 4 liver transplants in 4 days; he supervised 3 liver transplants and 3 kidney transplants in one day; he successfully performed 4 liver and 6 kidney transplants in two days. He also successfully directed 2 liver and 6 kidney (a total of 8 organs) transplants in one day. By March 17, 2005, leading the world, Professor Shen Zhongyang completed his 1600th liver transplant. He also went to over 40 hospitals in 10 provinces and cities in China to provide consultations on transplants, and help promote liver transplants.

http://www.ootc.net/excelientTeam2.aspx

Some patients’ family members revealed to Fenghuang Weekly that as many as 24 transplants of livers and kidneys had been performed in this center in one day.

Telephone Message 2

Call time: March 15, 2006

A: Investigator

B: Doctor (Director Song Wenli, 13920128990)

Telephone company record:

Date/Time Phone Number

3/15/2006 19:23

7816485044

0118613920128990

A: Hi. Is this the Tianjin First Central Hospital’s Director Song?

B: Yes, please speak.

A: …His doctor told him that the source of the kidney is very good as [the organ supplier] practiced qigong. (Asked: “What type of qigong?”) Falun Gong, because people who practice Falun Gong have good health… [interrupted]

B: Of course. We have a similar situation here. We also have these so-called supplier bodies that are still breathing or still have a heartbeat. We also have them, of course. Um, we might have some of this type. So far this year, we’ve probably had more than ten kidneys of this kind …

http://www.zhuichaguoji.org/en/index2.php?option=content&task=view&id=168&pop=1&page=0

Organ Transplant Center at Fudan University, Affiliated with Zhongshan Hospital, in Shanghai

180 Feng-Lin Road

Xu-Hui District

Shanghai

Zip Code: 200032

Tel: 021-64041990 ext. 2355

http://www.transplantation.com.cn/

Bus routes for reaching the Zhongshan Hospital: #43, #45, #49, #104, #205, #218, #733, #806, #820, #864, #931, #957, #984, #985 and Tunnel #2 line. Also, special line to Xuchuan

http://www.zs-hospital.sh.cn/guide/yywz.htm (Map)

Eighth floor of Building B: Expert office hours (general surgery, urology, kidney transplant, thoracic surgery, senior unit, recovery unit, radiotherapy, respiratory disease)

http://www.zs-hospital.sh.cn/guide/mzksfb.htm

Fudan University, affiliated with the Zhongshan Hospital, claims: Our hospital developed one of the earliest organ transplant programs in the country. At present, we have fully developed kidney, liver, heart and lung transplants, and became the only hospital in the nation that is capable of performing transplants for large organs such as kidney, liver, heart and lungs with complete in-house resources.

Telephone Message 3

A: Investigator

B: Hospital

C: Doctor

Date/Time Phone Number

03/16/2006 03:42:34

011862164041990

A: Hello. Is this the Zhongshan Hospital?

B: Yes, transplant ward.

A: Is this the Liver Transplant Center?

B: Yes. How may I help you?

A: I want to have a consultation of my illness

B: Please wait. I will get you a doctor.

C: Hello.

A: Hi. Are you a doctor? Can you do transplant surgery?

C: Yes, we can.

A: How long do I have to wait?

C: About a week after you come.

A: Are there any organs from Falun Gong practitioners? I heard that this kind is generally very good…

C: What we have here is all this type.

A: Oh, the good ones all come from Falun Gong practitioners and they are fresh, usually within how many hours?

C: It should be OK within 24 hours, but we generally control it within 10 hours.

A: Could you tell me who should I contact with about it?

C: You need to talk to the court system.

A: Do you get them from other areas? Or you have them locally?

C: We have both.

A: I see. So you have both out of town and local supplies.

C: Yes.

http://www.zhuichaguoji.org/en/index2.php?option=content&task=view&id=168&pop=1&page=0

Liver Transplant Center at Shanghai Jiaotong University Affiliated No.1 People’s Hospital

85 Wu-Jin Road

Shanghai

Zip Code: 200080

Tel: 021-63243609, 021-63240090*3101 or 3102

Email: shtransplant@126.com

Bus routes include: #63, #13, #17, #65, #55, #21, #6, #61, #123, #231, #14, #220, #223, #910, #100 and #848.

Shanghai Jiaotong University affiliated to the No.1 People’s Hospital’s International Medical and Health Care Center

Hospital address in the southern part: 650 New Songjiang Road

Phone: 021-63240090*7551

http://www.shtransplant.com/no1/connectUs.asp (with map)

Brief Introduction: So far, 2012 kidney transplants have been completed in this hospital, with 150 cases yearly. From 2001 to January 2006, 473 liver transplants were performed. Up until now, a total of 520 liver transplants, 22 liver and kidney combination transplants, and 6 kidney and pancreas combination transplants have been completed. This is the number one hospital in the city of Shanghai.

http://health.sohu.com/20060426/n243015842.shtml

Telephone Message 4

A: Investigator

B: Hospital

C: Doctor Dai

Date/Time                          Phone Number

03/16/2006 02:19:39

011862163240090

B: Greetings. This is the No. 1 Adjunct Hospital of Shanghai Jiaotong University.

A: Hello. May I have your number of the liver transplant center?

B: Please wait while we are connecting you…

…..

C: Let me tell you, it should be OK to have a liver transplant in your case.

A: I just want to know how long we have to wait.

C: We have supplies everyday. Today for example, we are performing transplant surgery.

A: Well, I mean not just a fresh one. We need one from a live human body…

C: Sure, the organs we use are all from live persons.

A: What?

C: They are all live organs! Ours are the best.

A: Then I want to know how long you have been in operation. I want to find out your skill level.

C: We’ve done this for 5-6 years. We have performed such kind of operation for 5-6 years already.

A: Then how many do you do per month?

C: We have done 400 to 500 cases.

A: What? 400 – 500?

C: Yes, that’s right.

A: So you do 400 to 500 transplants every year?

C: No. This year we just started after the Chinese New Year, but so far we’ve done more than 10 cases, 20 to 30 cases already.  Each year we did about 100 to 200 transplants.

A: All these organs, they must come from healthy persons. We need the healthy one.

C: I’ll make sure that you’re satisfied after you come.

…

A: I heard some come from those who practice qigong. They are very healthy.

C: Yes, we have this type, but I cannot explain to you clearly over the phone.

A: If you could find me one, I will come right away.

C: Of course. Just come over!

A: Oh, you could. Then how do I find you? What’s your last name? I will look for you.

C: I’m Doctor Dai.

A: Which Dai?

C: The ‘Dai’ as in ‘dai mao’ (=wear a hat).

http://www.zhuichaguoji.org/en/index2.php?option=content&task=view&id=168&pop=1&page=0

Liver Transplant Center of the Qianfoshan Hospital, Jinan City, Shandong Province

66 Jingshi Road

Lixia District

Jinan City, Shandong Province

Zip Code: 250014

Tel: 0531-82968900 ext. Various Departments

http://www.sdhospital.com.cn/gaikuang.asp

Public transportation:

From the railroad station take the K51 bus, or from the Bus Depot take K68 that will reach the hospital directly. Or, one can take K56, K93, #79, #62, #31, #16, #64, #115, #117 or K68, getting off at the Qianfoshan Provincial Hospital station.

Map position: http://www.sdhospital.com.cn/jiaotong.asp (Map)

Zang Yunjin: Associate Professor, Deputy Physician-in-charge, Director of the Liver Transplant Department and Director of the Oriental Organ Transplant Center (in Tianjin).

Contact: 0531—82968900—2356 (alternative), 13864182288 (cell)
E-mail: zangyunjin@hotmail.com

Li Zhiqiang: Deputy Physician-in-charge. On call all day Wednesdays. Liver Transplant Specialist

Contact: 0531—82968900—2356 0531—86603809

Guo Yuan: Post Doctor Study. On call all day Fridays. Liver Transplant Specialist

Contact: 0531—82968900—2356

E-mail: guoyuan90@hotmail.com

Brief Introduction of the Liver Transplant Center:

Transplant Center Director Zang Yunjin: Physician Member of the International Liver Transplantation Society (ILTS), Associate Director of the Chinese Medical Society’s Shandong Province Organ Transplant Professional Committee. In September 2001, he joined the Tianjin No. 1 Central Hospital Organ Transplant Department and the Oriental Organ Transplant Center after returning from studying abroad. He performed liver transplants under the guidance of Professor Shen Zhongyang. He is now fully capable of independently performing transplant operations. He also successfully supervised over 100 liver transplant cases at many hospitals in Hebei, Henan and Shandong provinces. He joined the Liver Transplant Institute at the General Hospital of the People’s Armed Police Forces in January 2005, performing liver transplants. He is the Deputy Director of the institute, as well as Physician-in-charge and a Professor. So far, he has completed more than 300 cases of liver transplants and participated in the once-more liver transplant, as well as the liver-kidney combination transplant.

Telephone Message 5

A: Investigator

C: Doctor

Date/Time                     Phone Number

3/16/2006

0118653182968900

B: Hello.

A: Hello. Is this the ward of the Shandong Qianfoshan Liver Transplant Center?

B: Yes.

A: I’d like to have a consultation…

B: Please wait. I’ll get a doctor for you.

A: OK.

C: Hello.

A: Hi. I’d like to ask a few questions. How long have you performed liver transplants? Do you…

C: We’ve started since 2002.

A: From 2002 to present?

C: More than four years.

A: As for the liver supplies, usually how long do you keep them?

C: There is a rule of 12 hours. So far we haven’t exceeded 12 hours. The ones we have are all pre-checked.

A: I heard that some livers come from Falun Gong practitioners. So I want to know if you have this type or not?

C: Um. You just need to come.

A: So you mean you have this type?

C: Well, let me tell you, you just come over…er…we will surely get more of this type in April and the number of those suppliers is gradually increasing now.

A: Why will there be more in April?

C: I cannot tell you that because it involves… it doesn’t mean…Anyway, there is no need to explain this to you. This question can’t be answered.

http://www.zhuichaguoji.org/en/index2.php?option=content&task=view&id=168&pop=1&page=0

Organ Transplant Research Institute, Tongji Hospital Affiliated with the Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan City, Hubei Province

1095 Jie-Fang Ave.

Wuhan City, Hubei Province

Zip Code: 430030

Tel: 027-83662688

Fax: 027-83646605

If you take a train to Wuhan:

From Wuchang Train Station: Take the #609 bus and get off at the Hangkonglu (Hangkong Road, or Aerospace Road) station; you can also get off at the Tiyuguan (Stadium) station.
From Hankou Train Station: Take the #512 bus or #79 bus.

If you arrive by air:

Take the shuttle bus from the airport and get off at the Hangkonglu (Hangkong Road, or Aerospace Road) station, then walk towards Jiefangdadao (Liberation Blvd) and you are right there.

http://www.tjh.com.cn/jiaotong.aspx (map)

The Tongji Organ Transplant Research Institute at the Huazhong University of Science and Technology was the earliest established large scale multiple discipline research organization, engaging in organ transplant basic studies and clinical trials in China. It is now a major national laboratory belonging to both the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Health. At present, it’s capable of 16 different types of demanding and difficult organ transplants, including heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, pancreas, as well as combined pancreas/kidney, liver/intestine transplants, and many abdominal area multi-organ transplants. Among them, close to 2500 kidney transplants were performed. Since the start of heart transplant plan in 2002, 12 successful cases have been completed.

http://www.tjh.com.cn/keshi1.aspx?id=2&sub=%C6%F7%B9%D9%D2%C6%D6%B2%D1%D0%BE%BF%CB%F9

Telephone Message 6

A: Investigator

B: Hospital Staff

Tel No.: 0118627-83662688 ext. Kidney Transplant Department (or Urological Surgery Department)

March 30, 2006

A: Hello. Is it the Wuhan Tongji Hospital?

B: Yes, it is.

A: Are you the Urological Surgery Department? We need to have a kidney transplant.

B: Yes, this is the Kidney Transplant Department.

A: When did you start the large volume of kidney transplantations?

B: We are the earliest place. We started a long time ago.

A: How many operations do you do each year?

B: Our hospital is the place where the largest amount of transplants have been done. In the whole Hubei Province area, our department is the most productive one. We’ve done a lot because we have ample organ supplies.

A: From a patient’s perspective, a live kidney source is preferred. So we are looking for live organ transplantation from prisoners, for example, from those who practice Falun Gong. Is it possible?

B: Sure, it’s not a problem.

A: So do you get enough supplies of live organs from prisoners such as those who practice Falun Gong?

B: Yes, sure, no problem. When you are ready, you can come over directly and we will discuss it in detail.

http://www.zhuichaguoji.org/en/index2.php?option=content&task=view&id=168&pop=1&page=0

Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University / Second Clinic Institute (formerly the Second Affiliated Hospital of the Hubei Medical University)

169 Donghu Road

Wuchang District

Wuhan City, Hubei Province

Zip Code: 430071

Tel: (027) 67812999 or 67812888
Fax: (027) 67812892
Email:webmaster@znhospital.cn

http://www.znhospital.cn/page/muneInfo.asp?menuid=30

Department of Urology, Phone: 67813104

Bus Route: (Zhongnan Hospital Station) Take bus #14, #701, #709, #108, #578, #411, #552

http://www.znhospital.cn/page/muneInfo.asp?menuid=32

Hospital location map: http://www.znhospital.cn/page/muneInfo.asp?menuid=31

The Surgical Department of Urology is a major academic department within the Wuhan University, equipped with kidney transplant capabilities.http://www.znhospital.cn/page/muneInfo.asp?menuid=50

Telephone Message 7

A: Investigator

B: Hospital Staff

City: Wuhan, Hubei Province (No. 2 Affiliated Hospital of Hubei Province Medical University

Tel No: 0118627-67813104 ext. 2960 or 296

April 2, 2006

A: Hi. Is this the No.2 Affiliated Hospital of the Hubei Province Medical University?

B: Yes.

……

A: What about kidney sources from prisoners who practice Falun Gong at your place?
B: I would say not bad. Maybe you can ask the General Hospital of Army…the General Hospital of the Guangzhou Military Region

A: Hold on for a second…, General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Region …

B: It is also called the Wuhan General Hospital. We share with each other.

http://www.zhuichaguoji.org/en/index2.php?option=content&task=view&id=168&pop=1&page=0

Wuhan General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Region

627 Wuluo Road

Wuhan City, Hubei Province

Zip Code: 430070

Tel: 027-68878888 ext.

E-mail:info@whzyy.com.cn

http://www.whzyy.net/p7.aspx

The Surgical Clinic of the Department of Urology has its own Kidney Transplant Center. Currently, it performs on an average 100 transplants annually. According to the introduction to the Center, its Chief Surgeon Dr. Rao Zuoxiang is an experienced and seasoned professional in the field of kidney transplants. Dr. Xie Sen, Associate Chief Surgeon and MD had been involved in surgical urology and transplant work for over 10 years, and he is very talented in the kidney transplant procedures. During the past few years his kidney and liver transplants between family members obtained a high degree of survival rate. http://www.whzyy.net/show.aspx?id=655&cid=97

Department of Urology Address: Wuhan General Hospital, Residence Hall, Front Building 3rd Floor.

Department of Urology Phone: 027—68878541

Ward (201 phonecard) Phone: 87654259

http://www.whzyy.net/show.aspx?id=655&cid=97

Bus Routes passing by the hospital (Hongshan):

The hospital is located at the foot of Hongshan (Hong Mountain) in Wuchang district of Wuhan City. Many city wide special bus lines such as #804, #608, #806, #703, #518, #540 all can reach the hospital entrance. http://www.whzyy.net/p6/page-6-a.htm (map)

Report Prepared by:

World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong
Telephone: 347-448-5790; Fax: 347-402-1444
Address: P.O. Box 84, New York, NY 10116, USA
Website: http://upholdjustice.org/, http://zhuichaguoji.org

Last Updated ( Sunday, 24 August 2008 )