On September 20, Ibrahim, the Sultan of Malaysia, visited China and met with Xi Jinping in Beijing. Malaysia’s most influential Chinese-language media, Sin Chew Daily, reported that Ibrahim expressed gratitude to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for arranging a liver transplant for his son Tunku Abdul Jalil, the Johor prince, during his visit to China for medical treatment. Ibrahim noted that Beijing had granted special exemptions to his son, who was a foreigner.
According to Malaysian media, Tunku Abdul Jalil was diagnosed with liver cancer in 2014 and successfully received a liver transplant at the First Hospital Affiliated to Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou in November of that year. However, he succumbed to cancer recurrence in December 2015, at the age of 25.
Another Malaysian Chinese-language media outlet reported that Ibrahim shed tears while discussing his son.
After the news of Ibrahim’s thanks to the CCP spread on overseas Chinese social media, netizens questioned, “Where did the liver come from?” Comments criticized the CCP’s organ transplant diplomacy, alleging that it takes organs from the poor (resulting in loss of life) to “gift” foreign dignitaries in exchange for political benefits.
Source: Epoch Times, September 24, 2024
https://www.epochtimes.com/gb/24/9/24/n14337110.htm