(Clearwisdom.net) On February 15, 2007, the Kaohsiung County Council held the fourth and fifth scheduled conference of the 16th Council and passed a resolution proposed by Council Member Lin Liansen, condemning the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) illegal organ harvesting from living Falun Gong practitioners. So far, 18 out of 23 counties in Taiwan passed a similar resolution to condemn the CCP’s brutality.

Mayor Yang Chiuhsing and Council President Hsu Fusen pose for photo with attendees after the conference.

During the past few months, Falun Gong practitioners have clarified the truth of Falun Gong and offered detailed materials to all the council members in Kaohsiung County, including Mayor Yang Chiuhsing and Council President Hsu Fusen. The council members realized the severity of the persecution and were concerned about it.

Mayor Yang told practitioners that one of his neighbors went to Mainland China for an organ transplant, but died soon after the surgery.

Council Member Lin Liansen believes that jailed Falun Gong practitioners in the labor camps are sources of organs for the CCP's black market organ trade.

Council Member Chen Huiwen condemned the CCP’s brutality of harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners.

Council Member Lin Liansen, who proposed the resolution, told all the members the story of his sister, who went to Mainland China for a kidney transplant, but the surgery failed and his sister died. Mr. Lin said that the reason that the CCP can obtain organs so quickly is because the jailed Falun Gong practitioners in the labor camps are the sources of organs.

Council Member Li Hui Hui

Council Member Guo Sutao

Council Member Li Huihui is concerned about the organ harvesting. She has invited practitioners to talk with her friends, introducing Falun Gong and the persecution. She gave a speech at the conference and emphasized that the resolution should be carried out.

Council Member Chen Huiwen condemned the CCP’s crimes of harvesting organs. She suggested that the council should make detailed laws to prevent Taiwanese from being harmed by the CCP’s evil behavior.

Council Member Guo Sutao also condemned the CCP’s brutality.

Council members reached an agreement to call upon the International Committee of the Red Cross, human rights organizations and the World Health Organization (WHO) to conduct a comprehensive investigation of the prisons, labor camps and hospitals in Mainland China, and expose the CCP’s crimes to the public so that the organ harvesting will stop. The council will urge the City Health Department to help the local medical organization to set up relevant ethical rules and called on concerned organizations to inform those who intend go to the Mainland to receive organ transplants that they may be violating the law by receiving organs from people who were murdered. The council also suggested using both governmental and non-governmental channels to inform the public about the safety issues and legal issues regarding organ transplants in Mainland China.

It is worthy to mention that the council members highly praised Falun Gong practitioners for their upright character. Ms. Li Huihui said, "If everyone practiced Falun Gong, then the society would be much more stable."

Council President Hsu Fusen didn’t understand practitioners’ public appeals at the beginning, but once he learned the truth, he supported practitioners. He sincerely invited practitioners to demonstrate and teach the public and council members the exercises so that he and his colleagues could benefit from them.

The resolution:

1. The council calls upon the International Committee of the Red Cross and WHO to conduct a comprehensive investigation of the prisons, labor camps and hospitals in Mainland China and publish the results.

2. The council calls upon the international human rights organizations to investigate the persecution against Falun Gong, and requests the CCP to stop the persecution.

3. The council urges the City Health Department to help the local medical organization set up relevant ethical rules and called on concerned organizations to inform those who intend go to the Mainland to receive organ transplants that they may be violating the law by receiving organs from people who were murdered.

4. The council also suggests using both governmental and non-governmental channels to inform the public about the safety issues and legal issues regarding organ transplants in Mainland China.