Taipei City Council passed a resolution on June 21 to support a global declaration to stop forced organ harvesting that has been taking place in China for over two decades.
“This resolution represents universal values and a global wish,” said Hong Jian-yi, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Taipei City Councilor, in an interview with The Epoch Times.
Hong was the initiator of the resolution, which was endorsed and co-signed by 28 cross-party and independent councillors of the city council.
The resolution condemns the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) state-sanctioned organ harvesting, supports worldwide legislation against the inhumane practice in China, and urges the public not to go to China for illegal organ trading and transplantation….