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China's President Blocks Media Channels to Deprive People of their Right to Know the Truth (Clearwisdom.net) The United Morning News reported that a
"Special Executive Meeting to Administer TV Satellite Dishes in
Beijing" was held on December 12, 2001. The meeting stipulated that
"any work units or individuals who have installed satellite TV dishes
without the government's prior approval must immediately dismantle the devices,
and those who are broadcasting overseas satellite TV programs through enclosed
cable systems must immediately stop doing so."
Jiang XX's regime also decreed that any work units or individuals who fail to
dismantle the satellite TV dishes and continue to broadcast overseas satellite
TV programs through enclosed cable systems before December 30, 2001 will be
subject to "confiscation of the illegal equipment and fines of up to 5,000
Yuan for individuals or 50,000 Yuan for work units."
According to Xinhua News Agency, Hu Zhanfan, Associate Director of the
Chinese National Radio and Television Broadcasting Bureau, who is in charge of
administering the directive, claimed that the special task of supervising TV
satellite dishes is "important for social stability, for controlling
information and for shaping public opinion."
The report also cited the words of Jiang Xiaoyu, Chief of the Propaganda
Department of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee, that broadcasting overseas
satellite TV programs through enclosed cable systems "seriously undermines
social stability."
Recently, the Jiangxi Province government dispatched military personnel to
Wanzai County in order to block the news about a heavy explosion which occurred
there on December 31, 2001. According to reports from news media in Hong Kong
and Mainland China, after the serious accident, Jiangxi Province government
officials mobilized over a thousand police and military personnel to stop
Chinese and foreign reporters and others who came in flocks, trying to view the
disaster area. Guard posts were set up over 10 kilometers away from the disaster
scene. Some Hong Kong reporters were even directly "invited" to the
police department as soon as they got off the train.
In the meantime, the Changchun City Fengman District Court sentenced two
Falun Gong practitioners, Qiao Hui and Pan Zhaorui, to 5 and 10 years in prison
respectively in the first round of their trial. The "crime" they
committed was revealing the truth about Falun Gong. Qiao "posted over 530
copies of Falun Gong flyers and other materials." Pan printed "over
30,000 copies of adhesive Falun Gong stickers," and "installed
speakers outside the city labor camp wall" to broadcast a tape clarifying
the truth about Falun Gong.
It is not difficult to see that Jiang XX (labeled a "human rights
scoundrel" by Amnesty International) and his followers are exploiting all
means to deceive the Chinese people and the world for their self-interests. They
have blocked the dissemination of all factual news in order to cover up their
crimes. They have been duping and deceiving the unfortunate common people in
Mainland China with no regard for the law or social morality. All that people
can see or hear is filtered through the official government media-control
system.
Falun Gong practitioners have great compassion. They spend their own savings
to print truth-clarifying materials and distribute them at the risk of being
arrested, tortured, sent to labor camps or prisons, and even killed. Their wish
is to save people who are not aware of the truth from doing evil deeds, to help
people live dignified lives, and to help all living beings have a better future.
In today's society, which is driven by material interests, only Falun Dafa
practitioners have such great courage.
Let us all stand up against the Jiang XX regime. Together we can break
through the information blockade and lead dignified and truthful lives.
Posting date: 1/12/2002
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