What the First Known Survivor of China’s Forced Organ Harvesting Reveals: David Matas

American Thought Leaders

The first known survivor of China’s state-run forced organ harvesting regime recently went public with his story in Washington.

Peiming Cheng, who was imprisoned for 8 years and brutally tortured for practicing Falun Gong, was also forced to undergo surgery in November 2004. He woke up with a foot-long scar across his side.

Subsequent comprehensive medical examinations revealed he was missing a large part of his liver and a portion of his left lung.

And in a stunning admission, the Chinese regime has recently publicly acknowledged doctors operated on Cheng without his consent—supposedly to save his life.

So what is the significance of this case? And what’s next?

In this episode, I sit down with international human rights lawyer David Matas, who was among the first to independently investigate allegations of forced organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners in China.

I also speak to Robert Destro, who served as Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor and was instrumental in getting Cheng to America; former Congressman Frank Wolf, a fierce champion of human rights in his three decades in Congress; and Nina Shea, director of the Center for Religious Freedom at Hudson Institute.

Views expressed in this video are opinions of the host and the guests, and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.