WOIPFG’s Investigative Report on the Alleged Organ Harvesting of Living Falun Gong Practitioners at the PLA Rocket Force General Hospital and Its Staff Members Suspected of Participation
Address: 16 Xinjiekouwai Street, Xicheng District, Beijing
Preface
The liver transplant center was officially established in July 2004 and began to grow rapidly. Published medical papers claimed that the transplant in the hospital had warm ischemia time of 0-5 min, which is suspected of harvesting organs from living people. Telephone investigations revealed that the hospital used Falun Gong practitioner donors. The first-hand evidence of the video showed that the PLA Rocket Force Hospital could find qigong practitioners as donors within a waiting time of less than two weeks.
Hospital Overview
The Second Artillery General Hospital of Chinese People's Liberation Army was established in September 1999. The hospital covers an area of 59 Mu (9.7 acres). There are 44 divisions with 1,080 beds. The hospital is now a clinical teaching hospital of the Second, Third and Fourth Military Medical Universities, and a joint training base for postgraduates from Beijing Normal University Medical Research Institute, Wuhan University Medical College and Liaoning Medical College. The hospital has 74 people with doctor degree or postdoctoral fellowship and 175 people with master’s degree. It hires 3 academicians, and more than 200 well-known experts as visiting professors[1].
I. Rapid development of the hospital's liver transplantation center
In July 2004, the liver transplant center was officially established, achieving the leapfrog development of the hospital in this field. Multiple medias such as CCTV, Beijing TV, Beijing Times etc. had reported successively [2].
II. Published Medical paper claimed that the transplantation performed in the hospital had warm ischemia time of 0-5 min, which is suspected of harvesting organs from living people.
From 2004 to 2007, the hospital performed 103 cases of liver transplantation donor excision, all of donors were healthy young people. They used the rapid donor liver excision technique with a warm ischemia time of 0 to 5 min[3]. However, if these donors were already cadavers at the time of liver resection, how could be possible the warm ischemia time was less than 5 min?
III. Telephone Investigations indicated the Hospital used Falun Gong practitioners as Donors.
Investigation Subject: Lv Wei, Associate Chief Physician of Transplantation Department, the Second Artillery General Hospital
Investigation Date: November 1st, 2014, Phone #: 011-8618910883818
Summary:
Investigator: I've heard that many of these death row inmates were Falun Gong practitioners, their organs were harvested alive and used as donors, was there such a thing? Was there?
Lv Wei: That was a long time ago [4].
(Recording 1. Download: MP3 ; Transcript Download: pdf 1)
Investigation Subject: Li Zhenkai, a hepatobiliary general surgeon at the Second Artillery General Hospital
Investigation Date: January 17, 2016 (Phone #: +86-13261914907)
Summary:
1. Quite a lot of cases were done last year.
2. Many hospitals are doing liver transplantation, but the one that does much better is Huaxi (hospital).
3. (liver sources) are all from President Zhou Dinghua, and then come here do the surgery. They have a special liver transplantation team.
4. The person in charge now is Professor Li Chaoyang, who is the Director.
5. The transplant center is managed by President Zhou Dinghua, but he is in charge of the administrative duties. The general operational work may still be managed by the Director Chaoyang.
(Recording 2. Download: MP3 ; Transcript Download: pdf 2)
IV. Videotaped first-hand evidence shows that the PLA Rocket Force Hospital was able to find qigong practitioners as donors, waiting time is within two weeks.
Yu Ming, a Falun Gong practitioner, was imprisoned in mainland China for 12 years for practicing Falun Gong. During that time, he had his blood drawn, blood tested, and bone marrow drawn for laboratory tests several times. He exposed the first-hand evidence of videos taken during these years [5].
Video 1.
Doctor: We don't have anyone to get it for you, we can't do it.
Doctor: There's a dedicated team that specializes in outreach. This requires a team that specializes in outreach and integration, with different directors, who have first-hand information and can tell you once such a source is available, so you can come over.
Doctor: If you have connections with the armed police, it’s easy to get it. Mainly armed police, Armed Police General Hospital, isn’t that the court under the control of the Armed police!
Video 2.
Investigation Object: Li Chaoyang, liver transplant surgeon at the Rocket Force Hospital
Investigator: Are you Li Chaoyang?
Li Chaoyang: Yes, I am.
Investigator: They said you could find those who practice qigong. I heard that kind of (donors who) practice qigong is better.
Li Chaoyang: Yes, depending on his condition, if he can wait then we can select the good ones. Each time, after I give you the information, if you think that one’s age is too old, you can wait for the next one. Select the best one.
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Li Chaoyang: Now the Armed Police (General Hospital) can do it. Among military hospitals in Beijing, the Armed Police (hospital) can do it now. Peking University international liver transplant is now under my charge. The Armed Police (hospital) has guaranteed the quality of its donor, and there is one available today. You are not a reporter, are you?
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Li Chaoyang: Usually for liver cancer, it can be done within two weeks. I usually schedule it in two or three weeks, one week if it's fast. I have already done two cases during the Chinese New Year holidays this year.
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Investigator: How many cases have you done?
Li Chaoyang: You are not a reporter, are you?
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Li Chaoyang: I have done 500 to 600 cases.
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Li Chaoyang: On February 11, there was one done here. The texture of this liver is very good. Look at this liver, this is the very best liver!
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V. Primary Responsible Persons
HJJZYY001 Lv, Wei
Job Title: Associate Chief Physician of Organ Transplantation Center, Doctor of Surgery
Personal Profile: Has been engaged in clinical work of hepatobiliary surgery and liver transplantation for more than 10 years. Used to be a visiting scholar at Cleveland Clinic Medical Center, USA. [6]
HJJZYY002 Li Chaoyang
Job Title: Head of Organ Transplantation Center of the Rocket Force General Hospital, Associate Chief Physician, Doctor of Surgery, Postdoctoral Fellow of Liver Transplantation, Visiting Professor of Liver Transplantation in many hospitals in China.
Personal Profile: Participated in the creation of the Liver Transplantation Division of Qianfoshan Hospital, Shandong Province in 2003. Went to work at the Liver Transplantation Institute of the General Hospital of the Armed Police in 2005, under the supervision of Shen Zhongyang, the President of Tianjin First Center. Participated in and performed more than 400 cases of liver transplantations. Helped many third level first class hospitals in 5 provinces in China to perform liver transplants of over hundred cases. [7]
HJJZYY003 Zhou, Dinghua
Job Title: Vice President of the Rocket Force General Hospital, Postdoctoral Fellow, Chief Physician, Doctoral Supervisor, Director of PLA Hepatobiliary and Gastrointestinal Disease Specialized Center.
Personal Profile: Standing Committee Member of the Army Organ Transplantation Specialized Committee, Consultation Expert of the Health Care Committee of the Central Military Commission. Presided over more than 160 cases of classical, backpack and living liver transplants since 2004. [8]
HJJZYY004 Zhao, Wei
Job Title: Associate Chief Physician of Organ Transplant Center, Clinical Master of Surgery from the Second Military Medical University.
Personal Profile: Involved in more than 100 cases of liver transplantation, experienced in perioperative management of liver transplantation. [9]
HJJZYY005 Wang, Jin
Job Title: Attending Physician of the Organ Transplant Center of the General Hospital of the Rocket Force, Doctor of Surgery
Personal Profile: Graduated from the Hepatobiliary Surgery Department of the Military Medical Advanced Training College of the PLA General Hospital, under the supervision of Professor Dong Jiahong, a famous hepatobiliary surgeon in China. Has been engaged in liver transplantation for many years. [10]
HJJZYY006 Zhou, Ningxin
Job Title: Chief physician of hepatobiliary surgery. Director of the Institute of Hepatobiliary and Gastrointestinal Diseases of the Second Artillery. Engaged in liver transplantation and living liver transplantation. [11]
HJJZYY007 Wan, Baodong
Job Title: Chief Physician of General Surgery
Personal Profile: Graduated from Harbin Medical University. Engaged in liver transplantation in recent years. [12]
HJJZYY008 Jiang, Hezuo
Job Title: Chief Physician of General Surgery
Personal Profile: Graduated from the First Military Medical University, Department of Medicine. Working on liver transplantation. [13]
HJJZYY009 Zhao, Wei
Job Title: Associate Chief Physician of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Clinical Master of Surgery from the Second Military Medical University, 15 years of clinical work in surgery. Working on liver transplantation. [14]
HJJZYY010 Yan, Tao
Job Title: Associate Chief Physician of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Member of Youth Committee of Chinese People's Liberation Army Organ Transplantation Specialized Committee.
Personal Profile: Graduated from Hebei Medical University in 2002. Received advanced training in hepatobiliary surgery at PLA General Hospital from 2007 to 2009. Went to Hong Kong Prince of Wales Hospital in 2009 to receive training on the application of da Vinci endoscopic surgical instrument control system. Liver transplantation. [15]
HJJZYY011 Zou, Lian
Job Title: Chief Physician of Urology
Personal Profile: Performed dozens of allogeneic kidney transplants and inter-relative kidney transplants. [16]
HJJZYY012 Zhang, Xiaoyi
Job Title: Associate Chief Physician of Urology
Personal Profile: M.D. in urology from the Second Artillery General Hospital of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, Ph.D. graduated from the PLA General Hospital (301 Hospital), then went to Hong Kong for further training in da Vinci robotics technology. Working on kidney transplantation. [17]
HJJZYY013 Zeng, Xiangfu
Job Title: Professor of Urology, Chief Physician
Personal Profile: Has been engaged in urology for 37 years, worked in the urology department of the PLA General Hospital for 23 years, and served as the director of the urology department of the Armed Police General Hospital for 14 years. Started working on kidney transplantation in 1977, and has completed more than 800 kidney transplants, and helped many hospitals in China and in the military to carry out kidney transplants. [18]
HJJZYY014 Wei, Lin
Job Title: Associate Chief Physician of Ophthalmology
Personal Profile: Graduated from the Second Military Medical University in 2002. Has long been engaged in ophthalmology clinical work. Corneal transplantation combined surgery, etc. [19]
Reference
[1]Website, The Second Artillery General Hospital of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, Brief Introduction
http://www.epzyy.cn/Hospitals/Main/Description
[2]Website, The Second Artillery General Hospital of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, Departmental News "A strong liver transplantation team stands out in our hospital".
http://www.epzyy.com/News/Articles/Index/1348
WOIPFG Archived Link:
http://www.zhuichaguoji.org/cn/images/nationalcriminalreports/36.png
[3]Li Yaofeng, Zhou Dinghua, Wan Baodong, Zhao Wei, Xia Qijun, Wei Bing, "Influence of surgical approach on liver function in the perioperative period of liver transplantation". Chinese General Practice, Vol. 10, No. 23, pp. 1947-1950, 2007.
WOIPFG Archived Link:
https://www.zhuichaguoji.org/cn/images/medicalarticles/60.pdf
[4]WOIPFG Report: Falun Dafa Practitioners are Still Being Killed for Organs. November 18, 2014 (Chinese version) August 24, 2015 (English version).
http://www.zhuichaguoji.org/node/45393#_4473505 (Chinese Version)
https://www.upholdjustice.org/node/299 (English version)
[5] Secretly filmed video posted on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEtrdBNBVy4
[6] Official website of The Second Artillery General Hospital, Overview of the Organ Transplantation Center
http://www.epzyy.cn/Hospitals/ResearchTechnologyClinicals/Detail/199
[7] Official website of The Second Artillery General Hospital, Overview of the Organ Transplantation Center
http://www.epzyy.cn/Hospitals/ResearchTechnologyClinicals/Detail/199
[8] Official website of The Second Artillery General Hospital, Overview of the Organ Transplantation Center
http://www.epzyy.cn/Hospitals/ResearchTechnologyClinicals/Detail/199
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http://www.epzyy.cn/Hospitals/ResearchTechnologyClinicals/Detail/199
[10] Official website of The Second Artillery General Hospital, Overview of the Organ Transplantation Center
http://www.epzyy.cn/Hospitals/ResearchTechnologyClinicals/Detail/199
[11] Website, The Second Artillery General Hospital of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, Profile of the specialist, Zhou, Ningxin
http://www.epzyy.com/Doctors/Main?siteId=295
https://web.archive.org/web/20140418002027/http://www.epzyy.com/Doctors/Main?siteId=295
[12] Website, The Second Artillery General Hospital of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, Personal Profile of Wan, Baodong
http://www.epzyy.com/Doctors/Main?siteId=357
https://web.archive.org/web/20140418002021/http://www.epzyy.com/Doctors…
[13] Website, The Second Artillery General Hospital of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, Personal Profile of Jiang, Hezuo
http://www.epzyy.com/Doctors/Main?siteId=359
[14] Website, The Second Artillery General Hospital of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, Personal Profile of Zhao, Wei
http://www.epzyy.com/Hospitals/Doctors/Index/292
[15] Website of The Second Artillery General Hospital of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, Personal Profile of Yan, Tao
http://www.epzyy.com/Doctors/Main?siteId=488
[16] Website of The Second Artillery General Hospital of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, Personal Profile of Zou, Lian
http://www.epzyy.com/Doctors/Main?siteId=244
https://web.archive.org/web/20140418001744/http://www.epzyy.com/Doctors…
[17] Website, haodf.com (Good Doctors Online), Personal Profile of Zhang, Xiaoyi
http://www.haodf.com/doctor/DE4r0BCkuHzdeKIkSHwOXKq2IWmiF.htm
[18] Website, The Second Artillery General Hospital of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, Personal Profile of Zeng, Xiangfu
http://www.epzyy.com/Doctors/Main/Detail/90
[19] Website of The Second Artillery General Hospital of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, Personal Profile of Wei, Lin
http://www.epzyy.com/Doctors/Main?siteId=428
https://web.archive.org/web/20140418001733/http://www.epzyy.com/Doctors/Main?siteId=428
