I believe you met Daniel Suidani. His is a very sad case.
I'm going to explain this in English because this is actually a little emotional and breaks my heart.
He was the premier of Malaita Province when the Solomon Islands switched from Taiwan to China. The thing about the Pacific Islands is that if you understand how China operates in the Pacific Islands, it's like a mini version of how they operate globally. It really helps you understand the mechanisms that China uses.
In 2019, when the Solomon Islands switched from recognizing Taiwan to China, he stood up for his people and said that he did not want Chinese companies operating in his province, and they targeted him as a result. He came to the U.S. to try to gain an understanding. He also came here and met with members like you.
I don't know if you know what happened to him. They hounded him through lawfare. He became very ill. This was just last summer. He had kidney failure and went to the hospital in Honiara. The only dialysis machine in that hospital was donated by China. The person who decided who would get medical care was a Chinese person who answered to the embassy. Daniel Suidani did not get medical care and he died.
We're increasingly starting to see across the Pacific Islands the use of medical care by China to export the social credit system to exert leverage on locals.
Thank you so much for mentioning Daniel Suidani and his fight, which I hope will continue.