Overriding the Law With Political Power, Jiang Zemin Ordered a 21 Year Prison Sentence for High Ranking Military Officer Yu Changxin
By a practitioner in China
December 18th, 2001
(Clearwisdom.net)
Yu Changxin, a retired professor in the Air Force Commander's College, is 74
years old, holds a deputy army commander level position in the Air Force, with a
division commander rank. He was one of the earliest pilots trained by the
Chinese Army. He flew more than 30 years, logging about 2000 flying hours.
During the past several decades prior to his arrest, he contributed a great deal
to the theories of pilot training and flying, and was awarded a Second Class
Merit. During the War for the Liberation of China (1946-1949), he took part in
two out of four famous battles. Throughout his long career he has made valuable
contributions to his country.
Predestined to Obtain Falun Dafa
In June of 1992, Yu and his wife started to cultivate Falun Gong in order to
improve their health. They learned that Falun Gong is not a common qigong,
but a way to cultivate xinxing (heart-mind nature, moral character).
Through cultivating the heart the practitioner becomes benevolent, and a person
of the highest virtue. They were overjoyed.
Not long after he started cultivation, great changes occurred. He used to
have high blood pressure, heart disease, and stomach trouble. He used to take
many medicines everyday. After cultivating Falun Gong, he became healthier with
each passing day. He became very energetic, with a sharp mind. He even walked
quickly. When he was almost 70 years old, people said he looked like he was 50
to 60 years old.
Around that time, he helped with publishing the two books China Falun
Gong, and Zhuan Falun. People respected him because he always thought
of others first, and was very compassionate to everyone. When Jiang Zemin's
police tried to find fault with him by interviewing people who knew him,
everyone said that he was indeed a very good person. Their underhanded attempt
to defame Yu backfired on them, and in fact made people find out the truth. They
could see clearly how vicious Jiang Zemin is.
Mr. Yu was Arrested and Mentally Abused
Mr. Yu lost his freedom on April 25th, 1999 [the date that
approximately 10,000 Falun Gong practitioners assembled peacefully outside the
Appeal Office next to Zhongnanhai and asked to present their case to the
government.] The Air Force Commander's College watched him. The college
officials at all levels took turns talking with him. They forced him to make a
choice: "The Party or Falun Gong?" He said firmly, "I choose
Falun Gong!" On the evening of July 1st, 1999, two people came
to his house suddenly, and took him away under false pretenses. He has been
illegally detained ever since.
In fact, Jiang Zemin planned and directed the whole process of persecuting
Mr. Yu. He ordered the formation of a "Special Case Group" of over 30
people drawn from the General Political Department, the Air Force, and the Air
Force Commander's College, whose sole business was planning the persecution of
Mr. Yu.
Right after he was arrested, they first forced him to watch their fabricated
videos that slander Master. Next, they tried every method in order to force him
to "confess." Jiang Zemin was simply abusing his political power,
using it to give vent to his hatred, and to slander as he pleased. They defamed
Mr. Yu, claiming that he had made 1 million Yuan [average monthly pay for an
urban worker is 500 Yuan] through his publishing of Dafa books. He replied,
"We Dafa cultivators do not pursue fame or profit. We only cultivate our
hearts and improve our virtue. We serve others voluntarily. That is why I did
not make one single cent from these publications." The Special Case Group
made a large-scale and thorough investigation, only in the end to affirm what
Mr. Yu had said.
Jiang Zemin and his regime also tried to force him to "confess"
about having joined the April 25th, 1999 event. Mr. Yu said,
"The practitioners of Falun Gong were simply reporting what had happened to
the country's leaders, which is not wrong. But in fact I was busy doing other
things, and could not be there." They did not believe him, and tried to
extort confessions from him. They surrounded him, shouted at him, cursed him,
deprived him of sleep, and day and night demanded that he write
"confessions." Mr. Yu could not eat, and his legs and feet became
swollen. Finally, after a huge investigation, they once again proved that what
he said was true.
Jiang Zemin Personally Ordered that Yu Changxin be Sentenced Severely
Originally, the Air Force took into account Mr. Yu's life long service to
China and their investigation concluded that his "error" was not
severe, and did not deserve a severe punishment. Just when the Air Force was
about to settle his case, Jiang Zemin suddenly ordered that Yu be sentenced to
21 years in prison.
At this time the Air Force court found itself in an awkward predicament. They
sent the entire file to the Highest Procuratorial Ministry and the Supreme
Court, and asked for their feedback. We heard that they replied: "We do not
care what you do with this case. But we do have to follow whatever the upper
levels say." The Air Force still felt uneasy. They thought that Mr. Yu was
not one of the core members of the Falun Gong Research Association, and had not
committed any specific crimes. So they found some excuses to reduce his sentence
by four years, and condemned him to "only" 17 years in prison.
After this decision was made, on January 6th, 2000, in a corner of
the Air Force Detention Center, 30-40 people gathered under tight security, and
secretly sentenced Mr. Yu to 17 years. This is a huge miscarriage of justice!
They knew themselves that they were in the wrong, and so met in secret, fearing
very much that the truth of what they were doing might be revealed.
Mr. Yu is 74 years old now, and is still jailed in the Air Force Prison. All
sorts of base means are used to try to force him to give up cultivation. He is
strictly watched, and not allowed to study the Fa or do the exercises. Attempts
to brainwash him with materials slandering Dafa continue, and he is forced to
listen to admonitory talks.
His Wife was Driven from their Home, and Their Doors are Sealed
Mr. Yu's home was searched twice after he was arrested. Each time more than
10 people came to ransack the house, going through every single nook and cranny.
On March 19, 2000, they suddenly drove his wife out of her long time home and
off of the Air Force Commander's College campus.
Chinese version available at
http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2001/12/24/21952.html
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