Prague Daily Monitor
Prague, Nov 16 (CTK) - Organs are removed alive from imprisoned members of the Falun Gong movement in China, David Kilgour, lawyer and former Canadian state secretary for Asia and the Pacific Area, says in a report on his research he presented at a seminar in the Chamber of Deputies today.
Kilgour says in his report that people are killed during the removal of organs or immediately after it.
He will acquaint with his findings participants in a march across Prague that will end at Prague Castle tomorrow.
Kilgour mentions in his report a surgeon who allegedly removed corneas from about 2000 political prisoners.
He says that China has treated Falun Gong prisoners in this way since 2001. The Chinese government denies this practice.
He says that he has gathered some 18 proofs to support his claim.
According to Kilgour it is not possible to specify the number of alleged victims.
A number of family members of those who died in custody have spoken about the corpses of their relatives bearing surgical incisions or missing parts of their bodies, Kilgour writes in his report.
Falun Gong that has its roots in an old Chinese tradition was outlawed in China in 1999. This spiritual and meditation movement is sometimes referred to as a sect.
The movement has allegedly hundreds of followers in the Czech Republic.