Taiwanese singer Tank (Lu Jianzhong) made a high-profile announcement on Weibo on April 7th, stating that he had successfully undergone the first-ever “heart-liver simultaneous transplantation” surgery in Asia in China. He revealed that he was able to be saved thanks to the selfless organ donation from a brain-dead donor. In response to this, popular internet celebrity “486 Mr.” (Chen Yanchang) raised questions on Facebook on April 8th, asking why organs could be matched so quickly.
Born in Taitung in 1982, Lu Jianzhong had previously created several hit songs such as “Give Me Your Love,” “Exclusive Angel,” “Moonlight in the City,” “Thousand Years of Tears,” “Only You Belong to Me,” and “Romance of the Three Kingdoms.” He had taken a step back from the music scene for five years due to congenital heart disease.
According to reports from Chinese state media like “People’s Daily” and “Xinhua News Agency,” on November 21, 2024, a generous individual who had suffered severe brain damage leading to brain death selflessly donated their organs. Lu Jianzhong underwent the “heart-liver simultaneous transplantation surgery” at the Second Hospital of Zhejiang University under the coordination of Professor Wang Weilin for liver transplant, Professor Dong Aiqiang for heart transplant, Professor Yan Min for anesthesia, and Professor Huang Man in the intensive care unit, with the surgery lasting for 12 hours before being deemed a success.
On April 7th, Lu Jianzhong held a press conference at the Second Hospital of Zhejiang University in Hangzhou and was discharged on the same day. However, neither in the press conference nor in the reports was detailed information provided about the heart and liver donor.
Subsequently, Lu Jianzhong posted a lengthy message on Weibo, stating that he had long been struggling with familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and was on the brink of death. He mentioned that last November, a brain-dead donor selflessly donated their organs, and after a 12-hour surgery, he was reborn. He expressed gratitude to his homeland and to Hangzhou, considering them as the strongest support that helped him overcome the biggest challenge in his life. This statement not only raised questions among many Taiwanese netizens about the source of his organs but also led to suspicions of him being targeted by the Chinese Communist Party.
On April 8th, Taiwanese internet celebrity “486 Mr.” (Chen Yanchang) posted on Facebook, questioning how organs could be matched so quickly. He also pointed out the issue of Tank allegedly making donations and bluntly stated, “This is essentially buying organs with money, and then in China, they can immediately find a match for organs, and this person willingly donates organs.” He further questioned, “If Taiwan is taken over by China (the CCP), will it become a place where people from other countries come to buy organs?”
“486 Mr.” exposed the brutal practices of the Chinese authorities, including their possession of a “primary brainstem injury impact device.” He explained the cruelty of this “invention,” detailing how a round metal ball is directly used to impact the skull, creating shockwaves that penetrate the brain, causing instant brain death.
In his post, “486 Mr.” also referenced a statement made by Lee Seong-won, the President of the Korean Organ Transplant Ethics Association and a surgeon, from a 2017 documentary on TV Chosun titled “Investigative Report 7,” where he said, “There is no other purpose for inducing brain death in people except for organ harvesting. Who would allow someone to be brain dead?” This was clearly intended to draw a connection between Tank’s heart-liver transplantation and these disturbing revelations.