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Noted Chinese dissident ], known vocal critic of the Chinese government and its human rights record, also expressed doubts about the existence of a concentration camp at Sujiatun, stating that the evidence was insubstantial, the supposed eyewitness accounts inconsistent, the facilities at Sujiatun not amenable to such a large-scale operation, and the anonymous witnesses not credible.<ref name=challenge>{{cite web | url=http://www.cicus.org/info_eng/artshow.asp?ID=6492 | title=Statement of Harry Wu about Sujiatun issue | last=Wu | first=Harry | Observechina.net | date=8 June 2006 | accessdate=2008-10-21}}</ref> Wu emphasized that his dismissal of reports about Sujiatun did not mean he was "cooperating with Beijing," and rather than more attention should be paid to the harvesting of organs from already-executed prisoners, which he believes has been conclusively proven and is more prevalent than the alleged live harvesting. Wu's criticism of the allegation was met with anger by several Falun Gong advocacy groups.<ref name=ESWN/> Noted Chinese dissident ], known vocal critic of the Chinese government and its human rights record, also expressed doubts about the existence of a concentration camp at Sujiatun, stating that the evidence was insubstantial, the supposed eyewitness accounts inconsistent, the facilities at Sujiatun not amenable to such a large-scale operation, and the anonymous witnesses not credible.<ref name=challenge>{{cite web | url=http://www.cicus.org/info_eng/artshow.asp?ID=6492 | title=Statement of Harry Wu about Sujiatun issue | last=Wu | first=Harry | Observechina.net | date=8 June 2006 | accessdate=2008-10-21}}</ref> Wu emphasized that his dismissal of reports about Sujiatun did not mean he was "cooperating with Beijing," and rather than more attention should be paid to the harvesting of organs from already-executed prisoners, which he believes has been conclusively proven and is more prevalent than the alleged live harvesting. Wu's criticism of the allegation was met with anger by several Falun Gong advocacy groups.<ref name=ESWN/>

In spite of denials by the officials and independent investigations, some Falun Gong-affiliated organizations have continued to publish reports about human rights abuses in Sujiatun; over a year after investigation by Wu and by the United States Department of State. For example, the ''Epoch Times'' reported having discovered one of the doctors involved in the organ harvesting.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.asianresearch.org/articles/3074.html | work=] | date=7 June 2007 | title=Organ Harvesting Surgeon Identified | accessdate=2008-10-21 | author=Tong Xin and Li Jia}}</ref> The CIPFG theorized that after Jin's report about organ harvesting at Sujiatun first surfaced, the government would have transferred all the detainees and destroyed all evidence of the concentration camp.<ref name=CIPFG>{{cite web | url=http://cipfg.org/en/index.php?news=230 | title=Summary: Organ Harvesting from Living Falun Gong Prisoners | publisher=] | date=1 May 2006 | accessdate=2008-10-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.asianresearch.org/articles/2869.html | work=] | title=Live Organ Extraction Continues while the Evidence Is Transferred | date=29 April 2006}}</ref>


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Location of Liaoning, the province in which the Sujiatun hospital is located

The Sujiatun Thrombosis Hospital is a public hospital located in the Sujiatun district of Shenyang, in northeast China. It attracted worldwide attention in March 2006 when the Falun Gong-affiliated journal The Epoch Times published allegations that it was the location of a "concentration camp where Falun Gong practitioners had their organs forcibly removed". The government of the People's Republic of China denied the allegations, and investigations by the United States Department of State and human rights activist Harry Wu did not find evidence to support them.

Organ harvesting allegations

See also: Reports of organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners in China

In March 2006, an unidentified Chinese journalist claimed that he had discovered a secret underground prison beneath the hospital, where as many as 6,000 Falun Gong practitioners were being held for organ harvesting. Starting on March 9, this and another account were repeatedly reported in the Falun Gong affiliated Epoch Times. Accounts also surfaced from an unidentified woman claiming to be the wife of a Sujiatun doctor who told the Epoch Times that her husband had been forced to extract organs from live detainees.

Independent reports by unaffiliated organizations generally agreed that there was no evidence of live organ harvesting at Sujiatun. The United States Department of State dismissed claims of there being a "concentration camp" at Sujiatun, According to a report by the United States Congressional Research Service, U.S. officials investigated the facility twice and found no evidence that it was being used for organ harvesting or detaining prisoners. Amnesty International stated that the claims could be neither confirmed nor denied. As the hospital is a joint venture with a company associated with the Malaysian government, Malay officials also visited the clinic and found it to be a hospital, not a concentration camp.

Noted Chinese dissident Harry Wu, known vocal critic of the Chinese government and its human rights record, also expressed doubts about the existence of a concentration camp at Sujiatun, stating that the evidence was insubstantial, the supposed eyewitness accounts inconsistent, the facilities at Sujiatun not amenable to such a large-scale operation, and the anonymous witnesses not credible. Wu emphasized that his dismissal of reports about Sujiatun did not mean he was "cooperating with Beijing," and rather than more attention should be paid to the harvesting of organs from already-executed prisoners, which he believes has been conclusively proven and is more prevalent than the alleged live harvesting. Wu's criticism of the allegation was met with anger by several Falun Gong advocacy groups.

References

  1. Gertz, Bill (24 March 2006). "China harvesting inmates' organs, journalist says". Washington Times. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
  2. ^ Callick, Rowan (14 August 2006). "Chinese dissident doubts organ harvest claim". The Australian. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
  3. Ji Da (17 March 2006). "New Witness Confirms Existence of Chinese Concentration Camp, Says Organs Removed from Live Victims". The Epoch Times. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
  4. Nordlinger, Jay (30 March 2006). "A Place Called Sujiatun". National Review. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
  5. "U.S. Finds No Evidence of Alleged Concentration Camp in China Repression of Falun Gong". Washington File. 16 April 2006. Retrieved 2008-10-21. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
  6. ^ Lum, Thomas (11 August 2006). "China and Falun Gong" (PDF). Congressional Research Service. p. 10. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
  7. Wu, Harry (8 June 2006). "Statement of Harry Wu about Sujiatun issue". Retrieved 2008-10-21. {{cite web}}: Text "Observechina.net" ignored (help)

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