US Silent on China's Organ Harvesting Ahead of Election: Ethan Gutmann

	US Silent on China's Organ Harvesting Ahead of Election: Ethan Gutmann Author, investigative journalist and Adjunct Fellow of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, Ethan Gutmann recently spoke about forced organ harvesting in China with NTD's Simone Gao for our Zooming In program. Allegations first surfaced in 2006 that imprisoned Falun Gong practitioners and other prisoners of conscience in China were being killed for their organs. When Chinese police chief Wang Lijun fled to the US Consulate in February this year, some believed he had revealed evidence of organ harvesting to US officials. In October, 106 US Congress members wrote a "Dear Colleague" letter to US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, urging the State Department to release any information it may have obtained on forced organ harvesting. Ethan Gutmann has carried out his own independent investigation into the allegations. He believes it is likely that the US State Department is staying silent on this issue because the Obama administration is concerned about the economic ramifications of bringing it up during the elections. The following is an excerpt from Zomming In, which aired last week: [Ethan Gutmann, Author & Adjunct Fellow Foundation for the Defense of Democracies]: "There is a letter out there. This Dear Colleague letter has been passed around Capitol Hill that suggests that a lot of people share this view, that the State Department knows something. Do I know that they something some thing? No of course I don't. There's no way to really comment on that. All we can <b>...</b>	From: NTDTV Views: 27 2 ratings
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