“After surviving what she described as torture while in a labor camp and a prison in China, she advocates on behalf of her imprisoned husband, Ma Zhenyu, who has endured months of torture because he refuses to renounce his Falun Gong beliefs,” he said.
Zhang was repeatedly imprisoned and suffered torture in China for a combined period of 7 1/2 years before escaping to the United States in 2015.
She was among 27 survivors of religious persecution to meet with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office last July. Zhang told Trump about the plight of her husband, Ma, imploring the president to take action. She feared Ma would have his organs harvested by the communist regime.
“Forced organ harvesting still exists, so we should take action,” Zhang said at the time. “Words don’t work.”
Evidence of this grisly practice has mounted since allegations first emerged in 2006. An independent people’s tribunal in 2019, after a yearlong investigation, found beyond a reasonable doubt that the CCP has—and continues to—kill imprisoned Falun Gong practitioners for their organs for sale on the transplant market.
FDIC spokesperson Zhang Erping applauded the U.S. support for the group’s “cause for freedom of conscience, association, and expression.”
“His [Pompeo] press statement and longstanding support will inspire tens of millions of Chinese people to continue their struggle for freedoms,” Zhang said in a statement.
“We call on the international community to follow America’s lead and help end this two-decade-long, horrific persecution of Falun Gong in China.”
From The Epoch Times
