French MP Appeals to Foreign Minister to Rescue Falun Gong Practitioner Mr. Ma Jian

Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Ma Jian, general manager of the French PCM Pump Company for China and the northern Asian region, was arrested in his Beijing office by Chinese police on February 28th 2007. It was reported that police took Ma Jian to a brainwashing centre. This serious incident is a gross abuse of citizen’s rights and severely affected the operation of the French Company. The French people and political circles are very concerned.

On March 23rd, Mr. Jacques Pelissard, MP for the Province of Jura, Mayor of Lons le Saunier, and Chairman of the French Mayor’s Association that represents over thirty five thousand five hundred mayors across France, wrote a letter to the French foreign minister, Mr. Philippe Douste-Blazy, expressing his strong concern about Ma Jian’s safety, as Mr. Ma's life could be in danger and his organs could be harvested. He appealed to the Foreign Minister to use necessary means to get Ma Jian released as soon as possible. The letter is as follows:

Mr. Minister,

Please allow me to urgently raise your most compassionate and urgent attention about a Chinese citizen who is a representative of a French Company in China. The relevant information was provided to me by a member of my constituency.

On February 28, a representative of the French PCM Company in China, Mr. Ma Jian, was arrested by plainclothes police in Beijing. Since then his family and colleagues have lost contact with him. This arrest looked more like an abduction. As a result his family, colleagues and friends are all gravely concerned.

Mr. Ma Jian is a Falun Gong practitioner. The Falun Gong organization said that its members in China have been frequently abducted, and their organs have been forcibly taken for lucrative organ transplantation. Therefore it is very worrying for Mr. Ma’s life and physical safety.

I would be very pleased if you could use the most suitable means to activate necessary legal procedures with the Chinese government and ask them to release Ma Jian as soon as possible.

I thank you in advance for your personal efforts in this case. Mr. Minister, please accept my kind respect to you.

MP and Mayor

Jacques Pelissard (Signature)

P.S. I am very concerned with this case. Best regards