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Asia Cast for July 8th

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In this Bulletin…

- Organ Harvesting still being perpetrated
- CCP fail to curb democracy campaigner
- Ancient Chinese city is to be flooded

But first, here is our original SOH news direct from China

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According to sources in Shanxi province, at least 21 miners have died in an accident at the Wujio mine located in the outskirts of Datong city.

24 miners were below the mine when the accident happened. So far 21 miners are confirmed dead with 7 miners walking free and 4 miners rescued.

Analysis of the mine indicates that either a gas explosion or self-ignition of the coal caused large amounts of toxic gas to escape.

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After the latest round of talks with China, the Dalai Lama’s envoy Lodi Gyari spoke of his disappointment in the lack of progress on the issue of Tibet, during last week’s talks with the Chinese communist regime.

Gyari believes the regime is adopting a delaying tactic by engaging the Dalai’s representatives. He said that recent developments in Tibet showed the utter discontent of Tibetans over the policy of the Chinese communist regime.

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And now for the rest of today’s Asia Cast

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Two years ago, the report by two high-profile Canadian lawyers raised the horrific possibility that tens of thousands of Falun Gong practitioners in China were being killed so their organs could be sold in lucrative organ transplant deals.

Unfortunately, despite noteworthy progress, the practice is still occurring in China today, said one of the report’s authors.

The report concluded there is no known source of organs for some 41,500 transplants. The most likely source is the tens of thousands of detained Falun Gong practitioners. China’s number of transplants skyrocketed after the persecution of Falun Gong began in 1999.

According to state run media at the time, the reason for the persecution was that the values of Falun Gong, Truth, Benevolence and Forebearance, were opposed to the values of the Chinese communist regime.

The report did highlight progress from two countries, Taiwan and Israel who have made significant efforts to stop their own citizens being recipients of the stolen organs.

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Zha Jianguo , who was jailed nine years ago for “incitement to subvert state power”, has been released according to RFA reports.

 

Zha, served time for helping to found the China Democracy Party (CDP) in 1998. Zha said “ when they let me go I will continue to appeal my sentence because I feel that it was a miscarriage of justice,”.

The regime have tried to muzzle Zha and prevent him from acting as a normal citizen, suspending his political rights for another two years.

He said his democratic ideals were unaffected by his incarceration, where he was treated worse than fellow prisoners because he had refused to confess.

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The ancient city of Gongtan in southwest China, will soon disappear under the Wujiang River.

Going back 1,700 years, Gongtan is well-known for its old homes on stilts that sit along mountain slopes and its ancient roadways paved with stone slabs.

For centuries Gongtan was ideally situated between Sichuan, Hunan and Guizhou provinces, making the city a hub of trade along the Wujiang River.

Fortunately, the unique natural and man-made setting remained until now, when the new hydroelectric plant starts to function, the old city will be flooded.

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The Communist regime still persists in covering up the rape case in Guizhou. Justice is being subverted to ensure the political guilt of those thousands who protested the injustice of the young girl who was raped, and dumped in a river.

The police cover up was done in order to protect the suspects who were related to party officials.

The regime in a bid to win the debate held a second autopsy in an attempt to prove drowning. However the family have persisted in pointing out many oversights. These include bloodstains and many other contraindications that strongly suggest the girl was raped.

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