Concentration camp inmate avoids forced organs harvesting 'because she had Hep C'
Jennifer Zeng was taken into a labour camp in China's Da Xing County where she says she narrowly avoided having her organs harvested
By Milo Boyd 13:49, 28 OCT 2019 UPDATED10:01, 29 OCT 2019
A woman sent to a Chinese labour camp avoided having her organs fatally plundered because she has hepatitis C, she believes.
In 2000 Jennifer Zeng was arrested for being a member of Falun Gong, a spiritual group outlawed by the ruling Communist Party for "creating disturbances and jeopardizing social stability".
Like many thousands of others she was unceremoniously thrown into a labour camp in Da Xing County where her blood was taken.
Less than two weeks later Ms Zeng's cell mate died due to the treatment she endured at the hands of guards.
Jennifer Zeng was imprisoned for practicing Falun Gong (Image: Samira Bouaou)
“Twelve days later, my (cellmate) died as a result of forced feeding,” she told Fox News .
“Having hepatitis C might have unqualified me as an organ donor.”
Ms Zeng was eventually released, giving her the chance to flee to Sydney in Australia where she now lives as a refugee.
In 2005 she released 'Falun Gong: Witnessing History: One Chinese Woman's Fight for Freedom', a first person account of her time inside.
In the book she wrote about being physically and mentally abused, subject to brainwashing and put through electro shock treatment.
For years the treatment of prisoners inside China's labour camps have been largely kept out of mainstream consciousness, partly due to the difficultly in verifying accounts.
This changed in June however, when The China Tribunal, initiated by not-for-profit organisation International Coalition to End Transplant Abuse in China published a report into activities in the camps.
