{"id":9761,"date":"2001-06-27T10:25:00","date_gmt":"2001-06-27T17:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9761"},"modified":"2020-09-12T16:17:43","modified_gmt":"2020-09-12T23:17:43","slug":"testimony-of-wang-guoqi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9761","title":{"rendered":"Testimony of Wang Guoqi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Former Doctor at a Chinese People&#8217;s Liberation Army Hospital<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>United States House of Representatives                         <br>Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Introduction<\/strong><br> Wang Guoqi was a doctor at a Chinese People&#8217;s Liberation Army Hospital who willingly participated in organ harvesting from executed prisoners. However, after a particularly gruesome experience he experienced a conflict of conscience and tried to avoid further involvement in the process. His initial attempt was rejected and he was met with various forms of pressure to continue his participation. He eventually left China and appeared before a subcommittee of the US House of Representatives, where he provided the following testimony.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p> My name is Wang Guoqi and I am a 38-year-old physician from the People&#8217;s  Republic of China. In 1981, after standard childhood schooling and  graduation, I joined the People&#8217;s Liberation Army. By 1984, I was studying  medicine at the Paramilitary Police Paramedical School. I received advanced  degrees in Surgery and Human Tissue Studies, and consequently became a  specialist in the burn victims unit at the Paramilitary Police Tianjin  General Brigade Hospital in Tianjin. My work required me to remove skin and  corneas from the corpses of over one hundred executed prisoners, and, on a  couple of occasions, victims of intentionally botched executions. It is with  deep regret and remorse for my actions that I stand here today testifying  against the practices of organ and tissue sales from death row prisoners. . . [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.consciencelaws.org\/background\/\/procedures\/organ002.aspx\">Full text<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Doctor at a Chinese People&#8217;s Liberation Army Hospital United States House of Representatives Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights Introduction Wang Guoqi was a doctor at a Chinese People&#8217;s Liberation Army Hospital who willingly participated in organ harvesting from executed prisoners. However, after a particularly gruesome experience he experienced a conflict of conscience &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9761\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Testimony of Wang Guoqi&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5432,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557,5,844,3163],"tags":[3836],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-9761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-china","category-ethics","category-execution","category-organ-procurement","tag-wang-guoqi"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Testimony of Wang Guoqi - Protection of Conscience Project News<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9761\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Testimony of Wang Guoqi - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former Doctor at a Chinese People&#8217;s Liberation Army Hospital United States House of Representatives Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights Introduction Wang Guoqi was a doctor at a Chinese People&#8217;s Liberation Army Hospital who willingly participated in organ harvesting from executed prisoners. 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