Born in Hong Kong in 1947, Dr. Lau graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong in 1972 and was promoted to professor of surgery in 1993 at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). During his career, he served as an honorary or visiting professor at various prestigious universities and hospitals in China, Southeast Asia, Australia, Europe, and the United States.
Forced Organ Harvesting
Dr. Lau’s expertise allowed him to establish an extensive network of international doctors and researchers. He promoted research and cooperation with Chinese doctors and hospitals. He was a visiting professor at Sun Yat-sen University, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, the People’s Liberation Army General Hospital, and more than a dozen other medical research institutions in China, all of which were involved in hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery, according to government records.On April 30, 2014, an international multicenter clinical project and research forum was held at Nanjing Gulou Hospital in China, hosted by Dr. Ding Yitao. Dr. Lau was among the attendees, along with professor Dong Jiahong of the People’s Liberation Army General Hospital, professor Fan Jia of Zhongshan Hospital of Fudan University, professor Li Xiangcheng of the Jiangsu Provincial People’s Hospital, among others.
It is noteworthy that almost all of the hospitals and doctors mentioned above are suspected of live organ harvesting, according to investigations by the World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong (WOIPFG).
Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is a spiritual practice involving meditative exercises and moral teachings centered on the principles of truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance. In the 1990s, the practice grew by word of mouth to reach as many as 100 million adherents in China by 1999.
The Chinese Communist Party, perceiving the practice’s popularity as a threat to the communist regime’s grip on power, launched a sweeping repression campaign in 1999, vowing to eliminate Falun Gong and its believers.
The London-based China Tribunal in 2019 concluded that forced organ harvesting had been taking place in the country on a “significant scale.” While Falun Gong practitioners were the primary target group, the tribunal found that other suppressed religious communities, such as Tibetans and Uyghurs, were also victims.
On April 24, 2021, WOIPFG released a report on Nanjing Gulou Hospital and individuals allegedly involved with live organ harvesting of Falun Gong practitioners. According to the report, the hospital had a strong team of liver and kidney transplant doctors and many beds. The waiting time for organ transplants was very short. Although the hospital was unable to account for the origin of the organs, some doctors admitted to having harvested the organs of Falun Gong practitioners. Moreover, the report claimed that Dr. Ding primarily led the initiative.
Honorary Professor
Dr. Lau was an honorary professor at China’s People’s Liberation Army General Hospital, the largest military hospital in China.In 1998, Dr. Lau was a visiting professor at the First People’s Hospital of Foshan, where he trained surgeons and other medical professionals. Dr. Chen later studied under Dr. Lau at the Prince of Wales Hospital in Hong Kong in 2002 and became a leading liver transplant surgeon in China. In addition, Dr. Lau was also a visiting professor at Xiangya Hospital of Central South University and the First Hospital of Jilin University in China, according to Chinese news reports.
WOIPFG also listed Xiangya Hospital and First Hospital as suspected venues for live organ harvesting.
