Imagine this: a heart transplant scheduled weeks ahead, not because someone offered to donate, but due to the predetermined execution of a prisoner.
Jan Jekielek, senior editor at Epoch Times and author of “Killed to Order,” reveals that this is currently a reality in China.
He describes it as perhaps the most extreme instance of organ trafficking known, emphasizing that it occurs on a massive scale. This isn’t like the typical scenario where a transplant relies on the chance of a tragic accident to provide an organ donor.
“Typically, someone needs to suffer a catastrophic accident. We have to assume they won’t recover. An ethics team usually makes that call,” Jekielek states. He notes that the organ donation protocols in the U.S. faced decertification just last year because the criteria for such decisions became too lenient.
“If you’re transplanting into someone who might recover, you’re essentially killing them,” he concerns.
In the U.S., matching donors with recipients requires compatibility to prevent rejection. “But in communist China, it’s a whole different ballgame,” he continues, noting a case from his book involving a transplant surgery professor who had a patient express frustration at the waiting period.
“In 2005, one patient said he was fed up with the delays. They set up a heart for him, scheduled to be ready in just two weeks,” he recalls.
Jekielek points out that this “catastrophic accident” is actually pre-arranged. The first warning sign comes from the fact that such a rapid match is possible.
“How can they find an exact match in just two weeks?” he questions. He explains that various groups in China have been stripped of their humanity and imprisoned for resisting “re-education.”
“There are all sorts of facilities like prisons, labor camps… this creates a unique scenario for this horrifying trend of ‘killed-to-order’ organ harvesting,” he elaborates.
“They can find a match quickly due to the sheer number of inmates. They start assessing blood types, tissue compatibility, and organ health on these prisoners,” he explains. “So when a transplant tourist arrives with bags of money to buy a new heart, they can provide it in that short timeframe because the ‘donor’ is simply an innocent person wrongfully incarcerated and already matched.”
With this intricate system in place, those unsuspecting individuals can be eliminated when needed.
