{"id":1969,"date":"2007-01-27T14:45:00","date_gmt":"2007-01-27T14:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/01\/china-harvesting-organs-of-exe.html"},"modified":"2007-01-27T14:45:00","modified_gmt":"2007-01-27T14:45:00","slug":"china-harvesting-organs-of-exe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/01\/china-harvesting-organs-of-exe.html","title":{"rendered":"China Harvesting Organs of Executed Falun Gong Members"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is just sick!  I can&#8217;t think of anything more vile than <a href=\"http:\/\/www.religionnewsblog.com\/17300\/falun-gong-2\">China profiting from those they persecute<\/a> and of the many who would actual pay to receive the organs of those who had been killed:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>An unknown number of wealthy Albertans have travelled to China to buy vital organs harvested from executed devotees of the outlawed Falun Gong movement, says former Edmonton MP David Kilgour.<br \/>\nAnd he wants the crimes against humanity to stop.<br \/>\n&#8220;There&#8217;s no doubt people are going from Edmonton and Calgary to China to get new kidneys or new livers,&#8221; Kilgour told the Sun yesterday.<br \/>\nHe said many of the organs sell for up to $70,000.<br \/>\n&#8220;Only foreigners in places like Alberta can afford to pay for them.&#8221;<br \/>\nKilgour, former secretary of state for the Asia-Pacific region, says he has travelled to more than 30 countries while investigating allegations that an underground network of Chinese surgeons, nurses and hospital administration staff are harvesting organs for sale.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"tag_list\">Tags: <span class=\"tags\"><a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/China\" rel=\"tag\">China<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Falun+Gong\" rel=\"tag\">Falun Gong<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is just sick! 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