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Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) Breaks Out in Qu County of Sichuan Province -- Corrupt Government Officials Shirk Duties and Continue the Persecution of Falun Gong (Clearwisdom.net) At the end of February 2004, Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD, an animal disease)
broke out in 18 towns and townships of Qu County in Dazhou City of Sichuan
Province. The local Government concealed the epidemic, totally disregarding the
severe FMD plague and continued to waste much manpower and resources to defame
and persecute Falun Gong. Qu County is the most notorious county for persecuting
Falun Gong in Dazhou City. Qu County is the first county in which a Falun Gong
practitioner was persecuted to death in Dazhou City.
Due to its notorious reputation, the name of "610 Office"(1) set up for the
persecution of Falun Gong has been changed to "The Leadership Group of the CCP
Dazhu County Committee for the Prevention and Handling of Cult Issues." The
group issued an official document dated March 2004 entitled "Notice: A
Well-Planned Inspection by Provincial and Municipal CCP Committees of Our
County's Rural Anti-Cult and Preventive Education Activities" asking all levels
of township CCP committees, government and relevant county level departments and
CCP organizations to form "Propaganda Groups" in respective of township CCP
committees, government and county level departments and CCP organizations in
order to carry out this nonsensical political task with special allocation of
funds. Each township would receive more than 2,500 Yuan (2) to train cadres,
disseminate materials, show anti-Falun Gong CD's, paint anti-Falun Gong slogans,
build and update propaganda billboards, utilize cars to hang up propaganda
posters and photos, engage in targeted propaganda speeches, conduct artistic
performances, seminars, etc. in Chengbei and Huang Jia Township. In the central
school, the students were forced to listen to the speeches. In small villages,
they would force the teachers to give speeches in all classrooms. The head of
the "610 Office," Li Yuexue, gathered a group for inspection work.
At the end of February, 18 Townships of Qu County in Dazhou City had
outbreaks of the serious FMD. Recently, FMD spread to Miaoba of Dazhu County,
etc. The local government had concealed the epidemic and several hundred
thousand domestic animals had been slaughtered. There was no report about it in
the newspaper. In the eyes of government officials, playing politics and
pursuing job promotions is more important than the FMD that is threatening the
lives of the citizens. (1) The "610 Office" is an agency specifically created to persecute Falun
Gong, with absolute power over each level of administration in the Party and all
other political and judiciary systems.
(2) Yuan is the unit of currency in China, where the average monthly salary
of an urban worker is 500 Yuan. Posting date: 6/6/2004
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