Chinese surgeon should not keep award, academics say
By Amy Corderoy
A Chinese doctor accused of overseeing the harvesting of organs from political prisoners for transplantation should be stripped of an honorary professorship awarded by the University of Sydney, academics say.
But the university and the international Transplant Society say Dr Huang has been the "foremost leader" in reforming organ donation in China, calling for less reliance on organs from executed prisoners.
Sydney University academic Maria Fiatarone Singh, whose open letter to the university was signed by the Nobel peace prize-nominated anti-harvesting expert David Kilgour, said Dr Huang and the Chinese government had only payed "lip service" to stopping it.
There was a time in our country where we would not do business with human rights abusers, sweat shop labour and so on. Now it seems our government is happy to overlook all in the name of Chinese investment ! No sanctions here ! We dare not offend the Chinese, in fear they take their cheque books elsewhere. Is this what it has come too in Australia ?
The honour awarded to transplant surgeon Huang Jiefu, who was until recently China's vice-minister for health and now oversees its organ transplant committee, has split university staff and transplant experts.
Sydney University academic Maria Fiatarone Singh, whose open letter to the university was signed by the Nobel peace prize-nominated anti-harvesting expert David Kilgour, said Dr Huang and the Chinese government had only payed "lip service" to stopping it.
There was a time in our country where we would not do business with human rights abusers, sweat shop labour and so on. Now it seems our government is happy to overlook all in the name of Chinese investment ! No sanctions here ! We dare not offend the Chinese, in fear they take their cheque books elsewhere. Is this what it has come too in Australia ?
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