No prisoner corpses in Venetian Macao body show, organiser says
Art chief denies claims that corpses of executed mainland prisoners are used in Macau show
The man behind an exhibition of preserved cadavers in Macau that claims to show the "inner beauty" of the human body has denied the corpses of executed mainland prisoners were used.
Tom Zaller, president and chief executive of American company Imagine Exhibitions, brushed off ethical and legal concerns raised about the Human Bodies Exhibition.
He said the show, which opened at the Venetian Macao Hotel on the Cotai Strip on October 25, was an "incredible educational experience".
Doubts have been raised over the sources of the corpses, first displayed in the US.
Macau Legislative Assembly member Ng Kuok-cheong, of the pro-democracy New Macau Association, asked whether the organisers possessed documents proving the preserved bodies were voluntarily donated.
A voluntary group called Macau Conscience, led by Jason Chao Teng-hei, also said organisers had failed to give the public an adequate explanation about the sources of the bodies used.
Chao cited an ABC News programme broadcast in February 2008 that speculated executed Chinese prisoners were among the unclaimed bodies.
