I sure wish these law suites had some teeth, I'm afraid they don't but at the very least they help illustrate the growing body of knowledge of how miserable the CCP is to it's citizens. CFA Thanks Jana for sharing the article.
A civil lawsuit against former leader of the Chinese Communist Party Jiang Zemin, may see the Australian courts set a precedent on the extent diplomatic immunity can protect foreign members of state.
Ms Zhang was detained in 2000 and tortured for eight months after appealing in Beijing for an end to the persecution of the spiritual practice, Falun Gong. She is suing Jiang Zemin for wrongful arrest, torture and false imprisonment.
Red China, more than most, would fall into the category of a foreign state that has little respect for the law or human rights.
Late last year, an Amnesty International report highlighted China's deteriorating human rights record across a range of areas, including freedom of speech and spiritual practice. Worse still a recently updated report compiled by former Canadian secretary of State, David Kilgour, and internationally respected human rights lawyer, David Matas has concluded that thousands of Falun Gong practitioners have been incarcerated without trial and slaughtered to service China's lucrative organ transplant business.
Showing posts with label David Matas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label David Matas. Show all posts
Friday, March 9, 2007
Thursday, March 8, 2007
China's Spring Harvest: Organs
Photo From UCLA Asian Studies
Former Canadian cabinet member David Kilgour decried "organ tourism", whereby rich foreigners go and pay for a transplant which, Kilgour said, may have cost a Chinese citizen his life.
Kilgour and lawyer David Matas presented a report they say leads to the inescapable conclusion that Falun Gong dissidents and other prisoners in China are killed for their organs.
"Once a customer arrives into China, somebody's killed for the organ, whether it's a prisoner sentenced to death or a Falun Gong practitioner, and they just have this huge supply of people in jail waiting to be killed for organ donations," Matas told reporters.
Chinese Vice-Health Minister Huang Jiefu called last November for a network to register all organ donations in what would be a step toward regulating the transplant market.
Jiefu said that most organs came from executed prisoners rather than from traffic fatalities.
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Chinese Police Officer Speaks Out on HUMAN BODY SHOP
Not that I need any more convincing or anything, but I'm always interested to read another story of the bizarre behavior coming out of a country which claims to be an equal to the U.S. Cutting out organs from prisoners is not a good place to start your path the higher living. When you look a little closer you realize China's human body shop is all about making money, and the Falun Gong are paying for it with their organs!
It claimed since 2000 almost 40,000 transplants have been carried out using body parts harvested from executed members of the Falun Gong movement.
"As far as I know during the period I was a policeman all the organs were harvested by the Friendship Hospital in Beijing."
"The Beijing Public Security Bureau would notify the Friendship Hospital before they carried out the execution of prisoners," Mr Sun said.
"The Friendship Hospital would then send an ambulance, and as soon as the prisoners were executed, the police on the spot would put them in a plastic bag and throw them into the van."
Former diplomat Chen Yonglin defected to Australia last year.
He says it was no big secret in government circles that both criminal and political prisoners were used for organ harvesting.
He says it was no big secret in government circles that both criminal and political prisoners were used for organ harvesting.
Mr Chen says it is as much for political purposes as it is commercial ones.
"In China, especially in modern time, the ethics standard is extremely low. A lot of, you can see that fake products, fake medicine everywhere in China. People just want money," he said.
Sunday, February 25, 2007
Organ Harvest: A Chinese Festival
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U.S. State Department: Sale of Human Organs in China
The State Department reported on Organ Harvesting in 2001, indicating they asked the Chinese Government stop harvesting from prisoners without their permission. At the time, the Chinese government provided an official statement that harvesting was not legal in China. Obviously they were not truthful nor did they listen to the U.S. One has to wonder how many bodies have been sliced open since 2001.... actually it's a matter of how many THOUSANDS have been murdered? The whole idea is simply sickening.
U.S. Department of State
The removal of organs from executed prisoners without proper permission from family members along with the trafficking in these organs is a serious, deeply disturbing subject that raises a number of profoundly important human rights issues. The State Department welcomes the opportunity to update the committee on our assessment of the problem and what the Department is doing to encourage China to put an end to this abhorrent practice.
A leading kidney specialist in Malaysia has estimated that over 1000 Malaysians alone have had kidney transplants in China. More recently, deeply troubling reports of Americans receiving transplants in China have been made public. American doctors, including Dr. Thomas Diflo, who will be testifying in a later panel, have reported seeing transplant patients from China in need of follow-up care. These patients have stated that they were informed by hospital personnel in China that the organs that they received came from executed prisoners.
Unfortunately, despite our efforts, as well as those of human rights activists like Harry Wu, human rights organizations, and concerned medical professionals, the practice of harvesting organs from executed prisoners continues in China. .....anecdotal and circumstantial evidence regarding the practice of removing organs from executed prisoners for sale to foreigners and wealthy Chinese is substantial, credible, and growing.
The Department of State is also aware of reports that it cannot independently confirm, of other, even more egregious practices, such as removing organs from still-living prisoners, and scheduling executions to accommodate the need for particular organs. In addition, there are compelling first-hand reports that doctors, in violation of medical ethics codes, have performed medical procedures to prepare condemned prisoners for execution and organ removal.
Sunday, February 11, 2007
Exposed: Chinese Black Operations On U.S. Soil - Part III
I've been conducting more research on the matter of Chinese Operatives working against U.S. interests on U.S. Soil. What better source to understand the problem than the U.S. Congress.
Every day we read or hear about U.S. authorities attempting to identify sleeper cells and black operatives on U.S. soil. Nearly all of this relates to terrorism. Yet, the halls of Congress are dressed with testimony that reads like a spy novel... and the enemy is China. I encourage everyone to Google search "Congressional Testimony" and "Falun Gong". You'll be amazed at what is known about Chinese covert operations within the U.S. Yet, we never see these reports in the media. Why?
Below I provide a few snippets of what is known about Chinese Covert Operations in the U.S., and what's worse, it's often directed against U.S. citizens.
Resolution 304 also specifically mentioned section 401(a)(1)(B) of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6401(a)(1)(B)):
Agents of China’s Communist Party Operating in the US
Resolution 304 calls on China’s agents in the United States to halt all operations being carried out against practitioners of Falun Gong on United States soil.
The resolution makes reference to China’s agents carrying out acts of violence and assault, property theft and destruction, illegal wire-tapping, harassment, intimidation, and persecution against practitioners of Falun Gong in the United States.
Every day we read or hear about U.S. authorities attempting to identify sleeper cells and black operatives on U.S. soil. Nearly all of this relates to terrorism. Yet, the halls of Congress are dressed with testimony that reads like a spy novel... and the enemy is China. I encourage everyone to Google search "Congressional Testimony" and "Falun Gong". You'll be amazed at what is known about Chinese covert operations within the U.S. Yet, we never see these reports in the media. Why?
Below I provide a few snippets of what is known about Chinese Covert Operations in the U.S., and what's worse, it's often directed against U.S. citizens.
Resolution 304 also specifically mentioned section 401(a)(1)(B) of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6401(a)(1)(B)):
Agents of China’s Communist Party Operating in the US
Resolution 304 calls on China’s agents in the United States to halt all operations being carried out against practitioners of Falun Gong on United States soil.
The resolution makes reference to China’s agents carrying out acts of violence and assault, property theft and destruction, illegal wire-tapping, harassment, intimidation, and persecution against practitioners of Falun Gong in the United States.
Saturday, February 10, 2007
Exposed: Chinese Black Operations On U.S. Soil - Part II
Last year a Chinese Diplomat who defected to Australia appeared before the U.S. Congress to share the horror that caused him to defect. One always must question his motivation. At the time he appeared, he had already received asylum from Australia. Inflating stories and providing a fantasy tale to the U.S. gave him no benefit. Therefore, Cover For Action assumes his sworn testimony to be factual. Moreover, his statement is in line with other reports, giving it additional credence.
In his testimony he said there are thousands of informants working covertly, against the Falun Gong. He also indicated that Embassy's (missions...consulates etc.) have "at least" one official overseeing these operations.
This is nothing short of a BOMBSHELL! What he essentially said here is that Chinese Diplomatic missions within U.S. territory are launching black operations on U.S. citizens. This is powerful on many fronts: a. Chinese Covert operations are present on U.S. soil, operating out of Embassy's. and b. Chinese Covert operatives are targeting U.S. citizens (Falun Gong).
This is like saying that KGB operatives are targeting U.S. citizens. POWERFUL. Somehow though, I think if were the KGB, the story would get more play. We treat China with such Kid Gloves.
In doing a little research for this post, I was shocked and amazed at the the vast amount of congressional testimony which exists on this topic. Since the early 2000's Congress has been discussing how Chinese Covert operatives are working on U.S. soil: Covert Break-ins, Phone Intercepts, Assaults, etc. etc. again... VERY VERY SPOOKY. I'm spooked just writing this blog.
FAIRFAX DIGITAL
Mr Chen repeated claims that more than 1000 Chinese secret agents and informants were tracking and persecuting Falun Gong members. "In each Chinese mission overseas, there must be at least one official in charge of Falun Gong affairs, he said.
By Jonathon Browde WASHINGTON, DC
Mr. Chen described the organization of Chinese missions worldwide, saying they are divided into two categories: diplomatic and intelligence gathering. Those working to gather intelligence, Mr. Chen said, report directly back to Beijing and not their local mission, allowing Beijing to
use missions worldwide as a vast spy network.
The US House passed a resolution in September 2004 condemning the CCP for spying on and harassing Americans who practise Falun Gong. The resolution listed instances of breaking and entering as well as assault and battery. Mr. Chen also told the committee that the CCP
controls most Chinese-language media in the West, including the U.S., largely through dictating advertisement revenue through Chinese-owned businesses. With this control, the CCP can re-iterate the Party line in Chinese communities throughout the US.
In his testimony he said there are thousands of informants working covertly, against the Falun Gong. He also indicated that Embassy's (missions...consulates etc.) have "at least" one official overseeing these operations.
This is nothing short of a BOMBSHELL! What he essentially said here is that Chinese Diplomatic missions within U.S. territory are launching black operations on U.S. citizens. This is powerful on many fronts: a. Chinese Covert operations are present on U.S. soil, operating out of Embassy's. and b. Chinese Covert operatives are targeting U.S. citizens (Falun Gong).
This is like saying that KGB operatives are targeting U.S. citizens. POWERFUL. Somehow though, I think if were the KGB, the story would get more play. We treat China with such Kid Gloves.
In doing a little research for this post, I was shocked and amazed at the the vast amount of congressional testimony which exists on this topic. Since the early 2000's Congress has been discussing how Chinese Covert operatives are working on U.S. soil: Covert Break-ins, Phone Intercepts, Assaults, etc. etc. again... VERY VERY SPOOKY. I'm spooked just writing this blog.
FAIRFAX DIGITAL
Mr Chen repeated claims that more than 1000 Chinese secret agents and informants were tracking and persecuting Falun Gong members. "In each Chinese mission overseas, there must be at least one official in charge of Falun Gong affairs, he said.
By Jonathon Browde WASHINGTON, DC
Mr. Chen described the organization of Chinese missions worldwide, saying they are divided into two categories: diplomatic and intelligence gathering. Those working to gather intelligence, Mr. Chen said, report directly back to Beijing and not their local mission, allowing Beijing to
use missions worldwide as a vast spy network.
The US House passed a resolution in September 2004 condemning the CCP for spying on and harassing Americans who practise Falun Gong. The resolution listed instances of breaking and entering as well as assault and battery. Mr. Chen also told the committee that the CCP
controls most Chinese-language media in the West, including the U.S., largely through dictating advertisement revenue through Chinese-owned businesses. With this control, the CCP can re-iterate the Party line in Chinese communities throughout the US.
Thursday, February 8, 2007
Exposed: Chinese Black Operations On U.S. Soil
Sounds like the stuff movies are made out of. Spend a little time reading the headlines and it wont take you long to understand there is a greater chance that not that Chinese operatives are working their MOJO on U.S. soil.
For now, their hostile operations seem to be directed at dissidents such as the Uigurs and Falun Gong. Of course, read through my previous posts and you'll get a good history of their U.S. based operations respective of Front Companies, Economic Espionage, Political Influence, and Theft of Sensitive U.S. Technology.
In an interesting article, Forbes outlines a number of Chinese black operations. With black operations comes, sleeper cells, safe houses, and spys..... the stuff spy movies are made of. Sexy stuff huh?
FORBES
Overseas Falun Gong practitioners are, for example, leading an underground campaign to hack China's Internet firewalls to counter the Chinese Communist Party's news blackout and propaganda in the Middle Kingdom. But there are many skirmishes between Chinese communism and Chinese spiritualism taking place on U.S. soil.
Last year, however, Falun Gong practitioners worldwide were themselves barraged with harassing phone calls, including death threats. Some of these campaigns involved hours of continuous and simultaneous ringing of work and home phones and private cell phones.
A few days before the July 1999 crackdown in China, Falun Gong Web sites in Canada and the U.S. began to crash. According to Ethan Gutmann, author of Losing the New China, a Falun Gong practitioner in Washington traced the "denial of service" hacker attacks through an Asia-Pacific Internet registry, to No. 14 East Chang'an Street, Beijing, where China's Ministry of Public Security is located.
The Chinese government's persecution of Falun Gong followers is allegedly run by the notorious Office 6-10, a specially created unit that has overseen a terror campaign, which survivors say includes mass arrests, imprisonment in labor camps, brainwashing, torture and, in some cases, murder, for all those who failed to renounce their allegiance to Falun Gong.
For now, their hostile operations seem to be directed at dissidents such as the Uigurs and Falun Gong. Of course, read through my previous posts and you'll get a good history of their U.S. based operations respective of Front Companies, Economic Espionage, Political Influence, and Theft of Sensitive U.S. Technology.
In an interesting article, Forbes outlines a number of Chinese black operations. With black operations comes, sleeper cells, safe houses, and spys..... the stuff spy movies are made of. Sexy stuff huh?
FORBES
Overseas Falun Gong practitioners are, for example, leading an underground campaign to hack China's Internet firewalls to counter the Chinese Communist Party's news blackout and propaganda in the Middle Kingdom. But there are many skirmishes between Chinese communism and Chinese spiritualism taking place on U.S. soil.
Last year, however, Falun Gong practitioners worldwide were themselves barraged with harassing phone calls, including death threats. Some of these campaigns involved hours of continuous and simultaneous ringing of work and home phones and private cell phones.
A few days before the July 1999 crackdown in China, Falun Gong Web sites in Canada and the U.S. began to crash. According to Ethan Gutmann, author of Losing the New China, a Falun Gong practitioner in Washington traced the "denial of service" hacker attacks through an Asia-Pacific Internet registry, to No. 14 East Chang'an Street, Beijing, where China's Ministry of Public Security is located.
The Chinese government's persecution of Falun Gong followers is allegedly run by the notorious Office 6-10, a specially created unit that has overseen a terror campaign, which survivors say includes mass arrests, imprisonment in labor camps, brainwashing, torture and, in some cases, murder, for all those who failed to renounce their allegiance to Falun Gong.
Saturday, January 27, 2007
Spy visits Cover For Action?
I'm amazed at the interest generated by a very small snippet I posted last week. The interest is over an Organ Harvesting report by David Kilgour and David Matas. After an initial challenge of the post by Anon, several others posted highlighting Anon as being the spy "Bobby Fletcher", alias of course.
What an honor! If Bobby Flether is truly a spy, we welcome him back. We have to ask, what kind of spy would be concerned with a little bit on the Falun Gong? An agent of propaganda... of misinformation?
As I said before, I appreciate comments and debate, and encourage everyone to continue posting on these issues.
As you can imagine, with an alleged spy visiting the blog, I did a little research of the so called Spy: Bobby Fletcher. Here's what I've come up with:
- Fletcher has posted on numerous other blogs and sites about the Kilgour report, the links and language appear to be identical to those which Anon posted here. From this analysis, I will assume Anon is Bobby Fletcher.
Fletcher has also posted on other issues. In Febuary of last year, he posted a rather shallow bit about Chi Mak on the Jawa Report. In the post Fletcher says:
- "It seems the prosecution have lied on so many things, it's beginning to smell like another Wen Ho Lee."
- the "prosecution have trumped up a "fake marriage" charge, insinuating she whored herself out."
Just as he did here, Fletcher provided a link to an article which did not support his claims. In this instance, it was the San Mateo Daily Journal. The article does it say the prosecution lied or "trumped up" fake marriage charges. Perhaps Fletcher is hoping you'll just take his word for it, (a type of propaganda ). Interestingly, what the article does say is the following:
- prosecutors said they found a detailed hand-drawn map of the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory, used for testing prototype nuclear reactors, at Chi Mak’s house.
- U.S. Magistrate Judge Marc Goldman set Chi Mak’s bond at $300,000 and placed him in home detention with a global positioning system to monitor his movements.
- Mak, 65, stole computer disks from Anaheim defense contractor Power Paragon, where he was lead engineer on a sensitive research project involving propulsion systems for Navy warships. Power Paragon has more than 200 contracts with the U.S. Navy, according to court documents.
- Prosecutors have previously said authorities recovered from the CD restricted documents on the DDX Destroyer, considered the destroyer of the future, that were marked “for official use only.” Authorities also allege they found two lists in Chinese asking Chi Mak to get documents about submarine torpedo technology, electromagnetic artillery systems, weapon standardization, early warning technology to detect incoming missiles and defenses against nuclear attack.
Nothing in the news article speaks to trumped up charges or wrong doing by prosecutors. When a judge sets $300,000 bail and forces you to wear a GPS monitor... that's a pretty good indication your up a creek. Stealing computer discs that have sensitive Naval research on involving propulsion, that's not so good either. Then when prosecutors find a list asking you to acquire EM system technology, sub torpedo technology and early warning system technology, you've got problems.
So the question from Cover For Action (CFA) is: what was the motivation of Fletcher's post? Why the Anti-U.S. rhetoric with no supporting documentation?
We've outlined at least two of Fletcher's post with anti-US sentiment which has little or no legitimate documentation to support it, however, we've not seen Fletcher post any concerns about China's anti U.S. machine. For example, no criticism on the other Chinese Spy cases in the U.S., China's stalking U.S. subs, China's laser attack on U.S. Sats, Chinese persecution of dissidents, etc. etc. This leaves one wondering what Fletcher is doing out there is cyber space. Could he be a spy, and Agent of influence? If so, we welcome him back.
Fletcher also listed an article from the LA Times. I could not access the article, but did find a later (June 7, 2006) official press release. Here are the highlights.
- Two Southern California family members originally from the People’s Republic of China were indicted today by a grand jury on charges of lying to the government and acting as agents of the People’s Republic of China. Fuk Heung Li, 48, and her son, Billy Yui Mak, 26, were charged with failing to register as agents of a foreign government and making false statements to federal authorities.
- Chi Mak, an engineer with a U.S. Navy defense contractor, allegedly collected technical information about the U.S. Navy’s current and future warship technologies. This information was sensitive and subject to restriction regarding its distribution, storage and handling. According to court documents, Chi Mak and his wife allegedly copied the information intended for the PRC onto CD-ROM disks, which were then given to Tai Mak. Billy Mak then allegedly encrypted the defense data onto a CD-ROM disk in preparation for surreptitious delivery to the PRC.
CFA asks: Since Fletcher's anti-U.S. posting on Chi Mak, several other news reports and indictments have come to pass and shine negative light on Chi Mak and his intelligence cell, yet Fletcher has not retracted his allegations that the U.S. lied about the Mak's. Why?
In addition, in October of 2006, new indictments were again handed down and Fletcher was silent. Military.com reported the news which included the following:
- The new indictment includes three counts of actual and attempted unlawful export of defense articles for Chi Mak; one count of possession of property in aid of a foreign government for Tai Mak
- Five members of a family accused of scheming to send sensitive information about Navy warships to China were indicted Wednesday on new conspiracy charges, prosecutors said.
More Fletcher analysis coming soon!
What an honor! If Bobby Flether is truly a spy, we welcome him back. We have to ask, what kind of spy would be concerned with a little bit on the Falun Gong? An agent of propaganda... of misinformation?
As I said before, I appreciate comments and debate, and encourage everyone to continue posting on these issues.
As you can imagine, with an alleged spy visiting the blog, I did a little research of the so called Spy: Bobby Fletcher. Here's what I've come up with:
- Fletcher has posted on numerous other blogs and sites about the Kilgour report, the links and language appear to be identical to those which Anon posted here. From this analysis, I will assume Anon is Bobby Fletcher.
Fletcher has also posted on other issues. In Febuary of last year, he posted a rather shallow bit about Chi Mak on the Jawa Report. In the post Fletcher says:
- "It seems the prosecution have lied on so many things, it's beginning to smell like another Wen Ho Lee."
- the "prosecution have trumped up a "fake marriage" charge, insinuating she whored herself out."
Just as he did here, Fletcher provided a link to an article which did not support his claims. In this instance, it was the San Mateo Daily Journal. The article does it say the prosecution lied or "trumped up" fake marriage charges. Perhaps Fletcher is hoping you'll just take his word for it, (a type of propaganda ). Interestingly, what the article does say is the following:
- prosecutors said they found a detailed hand-drawn map of the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory, used for testing prototype nuclear reactors, at Chi Mak’s house.
- U.S. Magistrate Judge Marc Goldman set Chi Mak’s bond at $300,000 and placed him in home detention with a global positioning system to monitor his movements.
- Mak, 65, stole computer disks from Anaheim defense contractor Power Paragon, where he was lead engineer on a sensitive research project involving propulsion systems for Navy warships. Power Paragon has more than 200 contracts with the U.S. Navy, according to court documents.
- Prosecutors have previously said authorities recovered from the CD restricted documents on the DDX Destroyer, considered the destroyer of the future, that were marked “for official use only.” Authorities also allege they found two lists in Chinese asking Chi Mak to get documents about submarine torpedo technology, electromagnetic artillery systems, weapon standardization, early warning technology to detect incoming missiles and defenses against nuclear attack.
Nothing in the news article speaks to trumped up charges or wrong doing by prosecutors. When a judge sets $300,000 bail and forces you to wear a GPS monitor... that's a pretty good indication your up a creek. Stealing computer discs that have sensitive Naval research on involving propulsion, that's not so good either. Then when prosecutors find a list asking you to acquire EM system technology, sub torpedo technology and early warning system technology, you've got problems.
So the question from Cover For Action (CFA) is: what was the motivation of Fletcher's post? Why the Anti-U.S. rhetoric with no supporting documentation?
We've outlined at least two of Fletcher's post with anti-US sentiment which has little or no legitimate documentation to support it, however, we've not seen Fletcher post any concerns about China's anti U.S. machine. For example, no criticism on the other Chinese Spy cases in the U.S., China's stalking U.S. subs, China's laser attack on U.S. Sats, Chinese persecution of dissidents, etc. etc. This leaves one wondering what Fletcher is doing out there is cyber space. Could he be a spy, and Agent of influence? If so, we welcome him back.
Fletcher also listed an article from the LA Times. I could not access the article, but did find a later (June 7, 2006) official press release. Here are the highlights.
- Two Southern California family members originally from the People’s Republic of China were indicted today by a grand jury on charges of lying to the government and acting as agents of the People’s Republic of China. Fuk Heung Li, 48, and her son, Billy Yui Mak, 26, were charged with failing to register as agents of a foreign government and making false statements to federal authorities.
- Chi Mak, an engineer with a U.S. Navy defense contractor, allegedly collected technical information about the U.S. Navy’s current and future warship technologies. This information was sensitive and subject to restriction regarding its distribution, storage and handling. According to court documents, Chi Mak and his wife allegedly copied the information intended for the PRC onto CD-ROM disks, which were then given to Tai Mak. Billy Mak then allegedly encrypted the defense data onto a CD-ROM disk in preparation for surreptitious delivery to the PRC.
CFA asks: Since Fletcher's anti-U.S. posting on Chi Mak, several other news reports and indictments have come to pass and shine negative light on Chi Mak and his intelligence cell, yet Fletcher has not retracted his allegations that the U.S. lied about the Mak's. Why?
In addition, in October of 2006, new indictments were again handed down and Fletcher was silent. Military.com reported the news which included the following:
- The new indictment includes three counts of actual and attempted unlawful export of defense articles for Chi Mak; one count of possession of property in aid of a foreign government for Tai Mak
- Five members of a family accused of scheming to send sensitive information about Navy warships to China were indicted Wednesday on new conspiracy charges, prosecutors said.
More Fletcher analysis coming soon!
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Boo WU
Anon posts again on organ harvesting, and I appreciate the comments.
I understand everything he/she said, and some points toe the line of making sense. But, the issue at hand transcends organ harvesting. So the State report said they offer nothing new... but we are not just talking about the report.
-Will you agree that China's human rights standards are less than acceptable?
-Will you agree that China harvests organs from prisoners? (they admitted it)
-Will you agree that China has aggressive intelligence operations within the U.S. (numerous cases go to trial every year)?
-Will you agree that the Chinese Army snipers recently killed dissidents trying to cross a mountain pass (unprovoked)?
-Will you agree a Chinese sub stalked a U.S. Battle group?
-Will you agree Chinese defectors in Australia have said China has operatives within the west (including the U.S.) who are seeking to ID and harm the Falun gong.
-Will you agree Chinese intelligence cells have been caught stealing U.S. sensitive technology.
-Will you agree Chinese hackers slam sensitive U.S. facilities on a regular basis?
Now the matter of the Kilgour report. We are basically saying we know China harvests organs... and Kilgour says they are doing if from the Falun Gong. Wu says no they are not. He said, she said. But let's not forget Wu said China has a terrible record on FORCED ORGAN HARVESTING.
When I look at China collectively (above highlights), I gotta tell ya... I believe it, as does every legit human rights organization.
But again, this is besides the point. The point is... is China good for the U.S. given all of their actions? Are they a friend or a foe?
I enjoy it when people post on these issues, but I challenge everyone to respond in a collective/global manner, rather than a single sided pot shot. Look at the big picture!
Wu Quotes:
"The Chinese military is using our money to buy weapons – submarines, ICBMs and fighter jets. Imagine what the PLA will have ten years from now. Chinese spies are all around America, especially Washington, D.C. The PLA has stolen all kinds of equipment from America, including night-vision scopes. The FBI and CIA know this. It is an open secret."
"China is the financier of most of America's enemies, including North Korea, Iraq, Libya and Iran. China is also building a new naval base in Burma and has expanded her reach into South Africa, the Panama Canal, close to the Suez Canal in Sudan and also into the Bahamas."
"Muslims in western China are looking out for their own future. The U.N. Human Rights Declaration and the basic human rights of the so-called 'separatists' must be considered. China's government calls them 'splitists.' The communist dictatorship in Beijing is using their military force – applying killing, torture – against them. If the Muslims in western China want to pick up weapons to fight against the Chinese dictatorship, well, this is not terrorism."
Wu explained that he testified before Congress about China's horrendous record of forced organ harvesting and about China's "one-child" policy.
"There is one sure way to combat China's organ harvesting. Stop the Chinese doctors who want to tend to the organ recipients from coming to America. Stop issuing them visas. Put them in jail. They are like Nazi doctors," Wu said.
I understand everything he/she said, and some points toe the line of making sense. But, the issue at hand transcends organ harvesting. So the State report said they offer nothing new... but we are not just talking about the report.
-Will you agree that China's human rights standards are less than acceptable?
-Will you agree that China harvests organs from prisoners? (they admitted it)
-Will you agree that China has aggressive intelligence operations within the U.S. (numerous cases go to trial every year)?
-Will you agree that the Chinese Army snipers recently killed dissidents trying to cross a mountain pass (unprovoked)?
-Will you agree a Chinese sub stalked a U.S. Battle group?
-Will you agree Chinese defectors in Australia have said China has operatives within the west (including the U.S.) who are seeking to ID and harm the Falun gong.
-Will you agree Chinese intelligence cells have been caught stealing U.S. sensitive technology.
-Will you agree Chinese hackers slam sensitive U.S. facilities on a regular basis?
Now the matter of the Kilgour report. We are basically saying we know China harvests organs... and Kilgour says they are doing if from the Falun Gong. Wu says no they are not. He said, she said. But let's not forget Wu said China has a terrible record on FORCED ORGAN HARVESTING.
When I look at China collectively (above highlights), I gotta tell ya... I believe it, as does every legit human rights organization.
But again, this is besides the point. The point is... is China good for the U.S. given all of their actions? Are they a friend or a foe?
I enjoy it when people post on these issues, but I challenge everyone to respond in a collective/global manner, rather than a single sided pot shot. Look at the big picture!
Wu Quotes:
"The Chinese military is using our money to buy weapons – submarines, ICBMs and fighter jets. Imagine what the PLA will have ten years from now. Chinese spies are all around America, especially Washington, D.C. The PLA has stolen all kinds of equipment from America, including night-vision scopes. The FBI and CIA know this. It is an open secret."
"China is the financier of most of America's enemies, including North Korea, Iraq, Libya and Iran. China is also building a new naval base in Burma and has expanded her reach into South Africa, the Panama Canal, close to the Suez Canal in Sudan and also into the Bahamas."
"Muslims in western China are looking out for their own future. The U.N. Human Rights Declaration and the basic human rights of the so-called 'separatists' must be considered. China's government calls them 'splitists.' The communist dictatorship in Beijing is using their military force – applying killing, torture – against them. If the Muslims in western China want to pick up weapons to fight against the Chinese dictatorship, well, this is not terrorism."
Wu explained that he testified before Congress about China's horrendous record of forced organ harvesting and about China's "one-child" policy.
"There is one sure way to combat China's organ harvesting. Stop the Chinese doctors who want to tend to the organ recipients from coming to America. Stop issuing them visas. Put them in jail. They are like Nazi doctors," Wu said.
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
David Matas and David Kilgour
A reader responded to a post regarding David Kilgour and David Matas. The crux of my post had to do with the Chinese activities against the U.S. The reader did not respond to the theme but rather only took issue with a well covered report by Kilgour and Matas regarding organ harvesting.
In his/her rebuttal the writer notes the report has been rebuked by undercover investigations by the US State Department and Harry Wu and provided links which, in essence, illustrated a lack of understanding.... both to the post and to the report. Although I appreciate the response, I'm afraid the argument was and is groundless.
The U.S. State Department did not conduct an undercover investigation. They asked to see a hospital and, I suspect, gave ample announcement to their visit. Likewise the Chinese Communist Government does not allow the U.S. to run around the country doing unannounced spot checks of their facilities. In additions, it's not in the the U.S. State Department charter to go around the world conducting undercover investigations. To further add insult to injury, the States Departments statement on organ harvesting was published before the Kilgour Matas report... meaning State did not have the data or info before they made their statement. All of these points make the argument groundless.
As for Harry Wu... not sure I call him credible. Now Wu's conducting his own undercover investigation. Most people are wondering who Wu is anyway. Harry Wu's been all tied up with an investigations on organ harvesting since the late 1990's. He clearly understand the Chinese are engage in organ harvesting, as noted from this article when he HELPED the FBI identify illegal sales of organs from prisoners:
Harry Wu In The News
Harry contacted the FBI immediately afterwards. They arranged for Wu's original contact, Harry, and an FBI undercover agent to meet with Wang again on February 20.
Wang offered even pancreases and skin this time. He was accompanied by a Chinese citizen, Xingqui Fu, who lives in Flushing, New York. They were ready to deal. The exact details will come out in the men's trial, as the FBI arrested the two on charges of conspiring to violate the federal law against selling human organs for profit.
So now WU has changed his story... first they are harvesting organs, then not... it's
a wash, and his credibility is blown as fast as a quarter in Las Vegas.
Now compare the reputation WU to Kilgour and Matas. Or compare Wu to the 20 or so human rights watch organizations who ALSO say that China is harvesting organs from prisoners.
Just for the record Mr Kilgrou's credentials:
David Kilgour was one of the two longest-serving MPs in the House of Commons for the 38th Parliament. First elected in 1979 in the riding of Edmonton Strathcona, he has been re-elected seven times, most recently in 2004 to represent the constituents of Edmonton - Mill Woods - Beaumont. Since Confederation, only two Alberta MPs have served longer terms.
In the 38th Parliament, David was Chair of the Canada-ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Friendship Group and the Parliamentary Prayer Breakfast; co-chair of the All-Party and Multi-Faith Committee on Religious-Cultural Harmony and the Parliamentary Friends of Tibet; and Canadian Chair of Parliamentarians for Global Action.
Now if only the reader would post on the Chinese Military threat to the U.S. Maybe he/she thinks the ASAT and Laser attacks were disproved by one of Wu's undercover investigations.
In his/her rebuttal the writer notes the report has been rebuked by undercover investigations by the US State Department and Harry Wu and provided links which, in essence, illustrated a lack of understanding.... both to the post and to the report. Although I appreciate the response, I'm afraid the argument was and is groundless.
The U.S. State Department did not conduct an undercover investigation. They asked to see a hospital and, I suspect, gave ample announcement to their visit. Likewise the Chinese Communist Government does not allow the U.S. to run around the country doing unannounced spot checks of their facilities. In additions, it's not in the the U.S. State Department charter to go around the world conducting undercover investigations. To further add insult to injury, the States Departments statement on organ harvesting was published before the Kilgour Matas report... meaning State did not have the data or info before they made their statement. All of these points make the argument groundless.
As for Harry Wu... not sure I call him credible. Now Wu's conducting his own undercover investigation. Most people are wondering who Wu is anyway. Harry Wu's been all tied up with an investigations on organ harvesting since the late 1990's. He clearly understand the Chinese are engage in organ harvesting, as noted from this article when he HELPED the FBI identify illegal sales of organs from prisoners:
Harry Wu In The News
Harry contacted the FBI immediately afterwards. They arranged for Wu's original contact, Harry, and an FBI undercover agent to meet with Wang again on February 20.
Wang offered even pancreases and skin this time. He was accompanied by a Chinese citizen, Xingqui Fu, who lives in Flushing, New York. They were ready to deal. The exact details will come out in the men's trial, as the FBI arrested the two on charges of conspiring to violate the federal law against selling human organs for profit.
So now WU has changed his story... first they are harvesting organs, then not... it's
a wash, and his credibility is blown as fast as a quarter in Las Vegas.
Now compare the reputation WU to Kilgour and Matas. Or compare Wu to the 20 or so human rights watch organizations who ALSO say that China is harvesting organs from prisoners.
Just for the record Mr Kilgrou's credentials:
David Kilgour was one of the two longest-serving MPs in the House of Commons for the 38th Parliament. First elected in 1979 in the riding of Edmonton Strathcona, he has been re-elected seven times, most recently in 2004 to represent the constituents of Edmonton - Mill Woods - Beaumont. Since Confederation, only two Alberta MPs have served longer terms.
In the 38th Parliament, David was Chair of the Canada-ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Friendship Group and the Parliamentary Prayer Breakfast; co-chair of the All-Party and Multi-Faith Committee on Religious-Cultural Harmony and the Parliamentary Friends of Tibet; and Canadian Chair of Parliamentarians for Global Action.
Now if only the reader would post on the Chinese Military threat to the U.S. Maybe he/she thinks the ASAT and Laser attacks were disproved by one of Wu's undercover investigations.
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Chinese Threat to the U.S. 2006 Round Up
Military:
* Theft of U.S. Military Technology: On U.S. Soil
* Kwonhwan Park, a Chinese operative smuggled Black Hawk engines to China.
* Ting-Ih Hsu and Hai Lin Nee illegially shipped Low-noise amplification chips are used with the Hellfire air-to-ground missiles that arm Apache helicopters (top). The chips also have nonmilitary applications. PHOTOGRAPHY BY CORBIS (APACHE)
* Chi Mak, Mak Tai-wing and Li Fuk-heung intelligence cell operating in Los Angeles stole material included research into silent propulsion systems for US warships -- technology that is banned from export to China.
* Lan Lee and Yuefei Ge, both Chinese operatives set up a front company backed by a Beijing venture-capital firm with links to China's military. The operatives are accused of stealing chip designs and software from NetLogic Microsystems.
* The FBI's Palo Alto office is investigated approximately a dozen espionage cases with suspected ties to China. Nationwide, the number of cases involving China has spiked more than 50 percent in the past few years.
* Chinese computer hackers penetrated the Naval War College network the computer attack was detected Nov. 15 and two days later the U.S. Strategic Command raised the security alert level for the Pentagon's 12,000 computer networks and 5 million computers.
* China operatives obtained secret stealth technology used on B-2 bomber engines from a Hawaii-based spy ring in a compromise U.S. officials say will allow Beijing to copy or counter a key weapon in the Pentagon's new strategy.
* A Chinese submarine stalked a U.S. aircraft carrier battle group in the Pacific last month and surfaced within firing range of its torpedoes and missiles before being detected.
* A former Pentagon analyst who passed highly classified intelligence to two Chinese military officers.
Human Rights
* David Matas and David Kilgour note the government of China have put to death a large number of Falun Gong prisoners of conscience. Their vital organs, including hearts, kidneys, livers and corneas, were virtually simultaneously seized for sale at high prices.
* In an amazing October report Congressional Quarterly noted the following in their SPYTALK section:
- The white van gunned into a busy Fairfax County, Va., intersection last January, turned right and sped at the line of cars across the yellow line, seeming to aim at the Hyundai Elantra waiting for the light to change.
In the car was Rebiya Kadeer, a prominent political refugee from China who has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, and her assistant. The truck careened off her door, then backed up. Its engine revved and then the van rammed hard into the Hyundai again, throwing the women back in their seats, shaking them like rag dolls.
Previously her daughter had confronted “Chinese-looking men” videotaping her ground-floor Fairfax apartment from the parking lot, she said. Before they sped off, she wrote down a license number, which was traced to a local car rental agency, and from there to China’s embassy, according to aides to Rep. Frank R. Wolf, R-Va., who discussed her case with the FBI. (An FBI source confirmed the incident on the basis of anonymity.)
Alim Seytoff, general secretary of the Uyghar American Association, says he and other rights advocates get constant telephone calls from China threatening them and smearing Kadeer.
Uyghars traveling to the United States are offered inducements such as houses and cars to spy on activists in the U.S., he and others say.
- The long arms of China’s secret police have reached into the United States, according to witnesses at the hearing, who recounted physical intimidation, beatings and even death threats against Falun Gong practitioners in Atlanta, New York and Chicago, where assault charges were filed against a Chinese consulate official.
In upstate New York, according to a congressional staffer, Chinese agents took pictures of license plates at a Falun Gong event, and then apparently traced them through their owners back to relatives in China, who started getting threats.
In Providence, R.I., activists took pictures of a Chinese man who regularly emptied newspaper boxes selling periodicals critical of the regime.
Anywhere in the U.S. that Falun Gong activists apply for protest permits or sponsor human rights-oriented events, Chinese diplomats or their agents can be counted on to pressure local officials, according to news reports and independent sources.
In a heretofore unreported incident in Austin, Texas, last year, a senior manager at a major Internet technology company with extensive business in China was pressured into resigning after getting involved in a pro-human rights art exhibit, according to two sources. With legal action pending, the persons involved were reluctant to discuss the issue further.
- Atlanta, USA - Peter Yuan Li was beaten, tied up, blindfolded with duct tape and robbed of two laptop computers last week by three Asian men who burst into his suburban Atlanta home with a gun and knife. He and other Chinese-Americans suspect it was no ordinary robbery. Li, who works for a newspaper and Web site critical of the Chinese Communist Party, is one of several people tied to China's banned Falun Gong spiritual movement who say they have been harassed and hit with break-ins in the United States by Chinese agents.
- The other cases of harassment in the United States mostly involve threatening phone calls. However, Alex Ma, a vice president for the San Francisco branch of The Epoch Times and a Falun Gong member, said his home was broken into twice last year, and in the first incident, two laptops were taken.
After the first break-in, Ma said, he got a call from an older sister in China, who rarely calls. She asked him to stop doing things the government doesn't like, he said. Haiying He, a Falun Gong member who lives outside Boston, said he has gotten threatening calls.
He also said that his father back in China once passed along a message from officials there that they were keeping an eye on him.
In another instance, Ma said, he got a message on his home phone that was a recording of a cell phone call he had had with another Epoch Times employee. Ma said he is convinced the incidents are part of an effort by Chinese government authorities to intimidate those who criticize them. ``You cannot say this is all coincidence,'' he said.
* Theft of U.S. Military Technology: On U.S. Soil
* Kwonhwan Park, a Chinese operative smuggled Black Hawk engines to China.
* Ting-Ih Hsu and Hai Lin Nee illegially shipped Low-noise amplification chips are used with the Hellfire air-to-ground missiles that arm Apache helicopters (top). The chips also have nonmilitary applications. PHOTOGRAPHY BY CORBIS (APACHE)
* Chi Mak, Mak Tai-wing and Li Fuk-heung intelligence cell operating in Los Angeles stole material included research into silent propulsion systems for US warships -- technology that is banned from export to China.
* Lan Lee and Yuefei Ge, both Chinese operatives set up a front company backed by a Beijing venture-capital firm with links to China's military. The operatives are accused of stealing chip designs and software from NetLogic Microsystems.
* The FBI's Palo Alto office is investigated approximately a dozen espionage cases with suspected ties to China. Nationwide, the number of cases involving China has spiked more than 50 percent in the past few years.
* Chinese computer hackers penetrated the Naval War College network the computer attack was detected Nov. 15 and two days later the U.S. Strategic Command raised the security alert level for the Pentagon's 12,000 computer networks and 5 million computers.
* China operatives obtained secret stealth technology used on B-2 bomber engines from a Hawaii-based spy ring in a compromise U.S. officials say will allow Beijing to copy or counter a key weapon in the Pentagon's new strategy.
* A Chinese submarine stalked a U.S. aircraft carrier battle group in the Pacific last month and surfaced within firing range of its torpedoes and missiles before being detected.
* A former Pentagon analyst who passed highly classified intelligence to two Chinese military officers.
Human Rights
* David Matas and David Kilgour note the government of China have put to death a large number of Falun Gong prisoners of conscience. Their vital organs, including hearts, kidneys, livers and corneas, were virtually simultaneously seized for sale at high prices.
* In an amazing October report Congressional Quarterly noted the following in their SPYTALK section:
- The white van gunned into a busy Fairfax County, Va., intersection last January, turned right and sped at the line of cars across the yellow line, seeming to aim at the Hyundai Elantra waiting for the light to change.
In the car was Rebiya Kadeer, a prominent political refugee from China who has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, and her assistant. The truck careened off her door, then backed up. Its engine revved and then the van rammed hard into the Hyundai again, throwing the women back in their seats, shaking them like rag dolls.
Previously her daughter had confronted “Chinese-looking men” videotaping her ground-floor Fairfax apartment from the parking lot, she said. Before they sped off, she wrote down a license number, which was traced to a local car rental agency, and from there to China’s embassy, according to aides to Rep. Frank R. Wolf, R-Va., who discussed her case with the FBI. (An FBI source confirmed the incident on the basis of anonymity.)
Alim Seytoff, general secretary of the Uyghar American Association, says he and other rights advocates get constant telephone calls from China threatening them and smearing Kadeer.
Uyghars traveling to the United States are offered inducements such as houses and cars to spy on activists in the U.S., he and others say.
- The long arms of China’s secret police have reached into the United States, according to witnesses at the hearing, who recounted physical intimidation, beatings and even death threats against Falun Gong practitioners in Atlanta, New York and Chicago, where assault charges were filed against a Chinese consulate official.
In upstate New York, according to a congressional staffer, Chinese agents took pictures of license plates at a Falun Gong event, and then apparently traced them through their owners back to relatives in China, who started getting threats.
In Providence, R.I., activists took pictures of a Chinese man who regularly emptied newspaper boxes selling periodicals critical of the regime.
Anywhere in the U.S. that Falun Gong activists apply for protest permits or sponsor human rights-oriented events, Chinese diplomats or their agents can be counted on to pressure local officials, according to news reports and independent sources.
In a heretofore unreported incident in Austin, Texas, last year, a senior manager at a major Internet technology company with extensive business in China was pressured into resigning after getting involved in a pro-human rights art exhibit, according to two sources. With legal action pending, the persons involved were reluctant to discuss the issue further.
- Atlanta, USA - Peter Yuan Li was beaten, tied up, blindfolded with duct tape and robbed of two laptop computers last week by three Asian men who burst into his suburban Atlanta home with a gun and knife. He and other Chinese-Americans suspect it was no ordinary robbery. Li, who works for a newspaper and Web site critical of the Chinese Communist Party, is one of several people tied to China's banned Falun Gong spiritual movement who say they have been harassed and hit with break-ins in the United States by Chinese agents.
- The other cases of harassment in the United States mostly involve threatening phone calls. However, Alex Ma, a vice president for the San Francisco branch of The Epoch Times and a Falun Gong member, said his home was broken into twice last year, and in the first incident, two laptops were taken.
After the first break-in, Ma said, he got a call from an older sister in China, who rarely calls. She asked him to stop doing things the government doesn't like, he said. Haiying He, a Falun Gong member who lives outside Boston, said he has gotten threatening calls.
He also said that his father back in China once passed along a message from officials there that they were keeping an eye on him.
In another instance, Ma said, he got a message on his home phone that was a recording of a cell phone call he had had with another Epoch Times employee. Ma said he is convinced the incidents are part of an effort by Chinese government authorities to intimidate those who criticize them. ``You cannot say this is all coincidence,'' he said.
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