SPONSOR:	Sen. Sokola & Rep. Valihura; Rep. Miro

DELAWARE STATE SENATE

143rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 41

URGING THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO DEMAND THAT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT ALLOW AN INTERNATIONAL INVESTIGATION OF ALL LABOR CAMPS, PRISONS, HOSPITALS, AND RELATED FACILITIES IN CHINA WHERE FALUN GONG PRACTITIONERS ARE BEING DETAINED.

WHEREAS, Falun Gong (Falun Dafa), a traditional Chinese self cultivation practice, based on the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance that attracts millions of people of all ages and backgrounds is practiced in over 60 countries over the world; and

WHEREAS, the Falun Gong practitioners who peacefully cultivate high moral qualities and experience increased health and well-being, have been brutally persecuted since 1999 in China; and

WHEREAS, Sujiatun, Shenyang, one of the 36 concentrations camps in China, currently is harvesting organs of Falun Gong practitioners while they are still alive; and

WHEREAS, the number of Sujiatun detainees reached a peak of 10,000 in early 2005, and the largest camp holding over 120,000; and

WHEREAS, the Chinese Communist Party cremates the remains to destroy evidence or sell the organs for profit, making all attempts to hide this atrocity from the world; and

WHEREAS, in March 8th, Clearwisdom.net and The Epoch Times exposed these atrocities to the world, and, within three weeks, before Chinese officials addressed the issue to foreign media—Falun Gong practitioners held in an underground concentration camp in Sujiatun had been quickly relocated.

WHEREAS, investigation is currently underway and it is highly probable that some of the “disappeared” Falun Gong practitioners may have had their bodies sold to several body processing facilities in Northeast of China near Sujiatun and other concentration camps, and their plastinated bodies on display in several of the body exhibitions in many cities in the world, including Philadelphia; and

WHEREAS, the Coalition to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong in China (CIPFG) has been formed in North America, Europe, and Asia to investigate activity of these underground concentration camps; and

WHEREAS, to insist the Chinese government to allow CIPFG and other international investigation teams to go to China to conduct its investigation, make provisions for the safety of each investigator, and release all practitioners being detained; and

WHEREAS, to use additional means such as satellite imaging that can provide information on the past and present activities in the concentration/labor camps to provide evidence of the persecution; and

WHEREAS, mainland China has a new form of genocide currently taking place; and

WHEREAS, a press conference took place Saturday, April 27, 2006 in Rodney Square to appeal to stop the organ-harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners and to stop the brutal persecution of Falun Gong in China.

NOW THEREFORE:

BE IT RESOLVED, by the Senate of the 143^RD General Assembly, the House Concurring Therein, that the President of the United States is urged to insist that the Chinese government allow an international investigation of labor camps of Falun Gong practitioners and call to end immediately the persecution of Falun Gong in China.