http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3775204a11,00.html
25 August 2006
The Government should add its voice to calls for an international inquiry
into illegal human organ harvesting in China, Green MP Keith Locke says.
Mr Locke, National MP Wayne Mapp, Maori Party co-leader Tariana Turia and NZ First MP Pita Paraone yesterday met a visiting delegation which included members of the Falun Gong sect who are agitating against the alleged practice.
EU parliament vice president Edward McMillan-Scott and former Canadian minister David Kilgour are in New Zealand following a similar visit to Australia.
They said China was killing thousands of members of the Falun Gong spiritual movement. Falun Gong was banned by the Chinese government in 1999 and members claim they have been persecuted by Beijing.
A report by the men said there was clear evidence that organs have been taken from thousands of Falun Gong members detained in Chinese jails.
The group called for countries to boycott the Beijing Olympics.
Mr Locke said the men told him that Australian MPs including Opposition foreign affairs spokesman Kevin Rudd were going to push for an international inquiry and there was cross-party political will in New Zealand to get behind that.