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Jiang and His Followers' State Terrorism Displayed in South Africa Shooting By Lin Zhanxiang (Clearwisdom.net) On the evening of June 28, 2004, during Zeng
Qinghong and Bo Jilai's visit to South Africa, a shooting of Falun Dafa
practitioners occurred, which shocked the world. The shooting resulted in one
Falun Dafa practitioner from Australia having both of his feet wounded, with the
bones in one of his feet being shattered. Many overseas media reported the
incident. South African police have begun an investigation and have designated
the case as an "attempted murder." David Liang, the victim, said to media, "When I was in Australia, my
car's rear window was smashed several times. [Before that] I had stuck a ‘Falun
Dafa' sign on the window. Nothing was stolen from the car during these
incidents. I felt I was being persecuted in Australia, and I felt my life was
threatened. Three years ago, I went to Hong Kong, and I was one of more than 20
Australian practitioners denied entrance. Customs detained me for one day, then
deported me back to Australia. I know my name is on the Party's blacklist."
When he was asked, "Who would possibly want to try to kill you like
this?" He said, "Probably Zeng Qinghong. He is afraid because we came
to sue him for his crimes." Jiang and his followers' method for dealing with Falun Dafa practitioners is
to "destroy them physically." This secret order passed down by the
regime includes "deaths can be counted as suicide," and "shooting
can be used to kill [them]." They even passed down a "death
allowance" in each labor camp. According to a Clearwisdom report, before
the 2002 Spring Festival, one of the main perpetrators in Jiang's persecution of
Falun Dafa, "610 Office" Director Liu Jing, held a meeting in Nanhu
Hotel of Changchun City, Jilin Province to coordinate the persecution of Falun
Dafa. He was enraged and criticized Jilin Province for doing a bad job, and gave
an order to "thoroughly eliminate" Falun Gong, and this directive
included the order to "shoot to kill." Soon after, many reports
surfaced of Falun Dafa practitioners being shot by Chinese authorities for
handing out flyers or putting up posters to expose the persecution. In the past five years, Falun Dafa practitioners have been through a lot of
hardships. The shooting in South Africa displays Jiang's state terrorism to the
whole world. In order to clearly understand the state terrorism of Jiang and his
regime through this specific case, it is necessary to know the whole picture of
the persecution of Falun Gong. Jiang and His Group's Core Members Jiang initiated the persecution of Falun Gong suddenly without discussing it
with the People's Congress or the Procurator, and without an open investigation,
or a trial before a court. He used his dictatorial powers to push forward the
persecution, and trampled citizens' right to freedom of belief, which is
protected by the Chinese constitution. Usurping the name of the people and the
government, he used the power of the Party to carry out state terrorism. Since 1999, Jiang has been the main perpetrator (the Party Secretary, the
Army Chair, and the State Chair) in the persecution of Falun Dafa. His main
helpers have been Luo Gan (Politburo Member, the Party Political Judiciary
Secretary), Zeng Qinghong (Deputy Politburo member, the Party Personnel
Minister), and Li Lanqing (Politburo Standing Committee member, Vice Premier) to
name but a few. Before the persecution started, six out of seven Politburo
Standing Committee members did not agree on persecuting Falun Gong; out of 22
Politburo members (including seven Standing Committee members), only Jiang and
Luo Gan were eager to persecute Falun Gong (Zeng Qinghong was only a deputy
Politburo member). But under high pressure from Jiang Zemin, most Politburo
members and high-ranking officials have chosen to remain silent on Falun Gong
issues and look the other way as Jiang and his regime commit crimes; some have
even helped Jiang. Zeng Qinghong is Jiang's friend and confidante, and is in charge of the
Party's internal personnel system. He is also in charge of China's Internal
Information System. When Jiang runs into problems with persecuting Falun Gong
from inside the Party in terms of party members having differing opinions and
theoretical objections, Zeng helps resolve the issues. Zeng is known as the
"dark faced killer" inside the Party. He plays a critical role in
Jiang's regime and in managing the Party, the government, the army, the media,
and foreign diplomacy. The spying activities of the Party have fully demonstrated its cruel nature
and its willingness to gain political power through shedding blood and
destroying lives. Shooting Falun Dafa practitioners is one of the means utilized
in Jiang's acts of state terrorism. This shooting aimed at Falun Dafa
practitioners which happened in South Africa is an extension of Jiang's
persecution overseas. Jiang's State Terrorism Jiang's state terrorism has aimed at "eradicating" Falun Gong
practitioners both physically and mentally, using the Party's organization and
the Chinese government. Jiang's state terrorism was truly manifested in his
secret order to "ruin their reputations, bankrupt them financially, destroy
them physically," which has resulted in deception, torture, and cover ups. In terms of specific conduct, Jiang's state terrorism is based on: -strict information blockade -poisoning people's minds with lies and fabrications -coercing officials, police, and common people to work for them by paying
them off with promotions and financial benefits, or by threatening them -suppressing Falun Dafa practitioners by putting them under house arrest,
arresting them, ransacking their homes, harassing them, putting political and
financial pressure on their friends and family members, giving them prison
terms, putting them through forced brainwashing, injecting them with nervous
system damaging drugs, subjecting them to extremely cruel torture, and killing
them. Currently, more than 100 brutal torture methods have been exposed, at least
several thousand practitioners have been sent to mental hospitals to be drugged,
and at least 996 practitioners of "Truthfulness, Compassion, and
Tolerance" are verified to have died as a result of the government's
persecution, although the actual number is much higher. One of the most common methods Jiang and his followers use in the persecution
against Falun Gong, is spying, through the use of direct monitoring, bugging
phones, tailing, and so on. They use these inside China and overseas as well.
Spying activities have resulted in many practitioners being arrested, sentenced
to prison terms, or even tortured to death. For foreign practitioners in China,
many incidents have been reported. For instance, Canadian citizen Fan Ziyu was
harassed in Tianjin City. A Taiwanese man named Lin Hsiaokai was cornered and
arrested by Shanghai State Security police, and threatened. As the Party Head of
the spy agency, Zeng Qinghong cannot escape culpability. Jiang's State Terrorism Extends Overseas According to overseas media reports, after June 4th, 1989, the
Party exported a large amount of spies to monitor many dissident students
abroad, and this has led to Chinese spies' becoming more active abroad. Starting
from the persecution of Falun Dafa in July 1999, most of these spies have begun
to target Falun Dafa practitioners, and many spies focused specifically on Falun
Dafa have been added. Embassy and consulate employees, together with these spies
spread many of Jiang's lies overseas, and they threaten and harass overseas
Falun Dafa practitioners. After Falun Dafa practitioners clarified the truth to
local people and governments, these threats, harassment, and spying activities
have been condemned by many countries' people and their governments. The result
has been that inside the United States and Canada, where legal systems are
relatively effective, the harassment and threats from Chinese embassies and
spies are getting restrained. As the Australian government has been seeking economic benefits from Jiang
and his followers, the Chinese spies have been active in Australia. After the
South Africa shooting, Falun Dafa practitioners and the victims' family members
in Australia held a press conference. Mr. Li went to South Africa together with
David Liang, the victim of the shooting. His wife Li Ying revealed to the media
that her husband received threatening phone calls several days before leaving
for South Africa. He was going to try to compassionately persuade the caller
that such devious tricks were not good. But the caller again called two hours
later, so they reported it to the police. Their van had visible Falun Dafa signs
on it, and was damaged two months earlier near the Chinese Embassy. Its four
tires were all slashed, all its windows were smashed, and the body was spay
painted. Currently, the world is watching this shooting in South Africa. Since Zeng
Qinghong is the director of China's spy agency, it may be difficult for local
police to solve this crime, especially as some individuals within the South
African government have a close relationship with the Party. We hope the
international community fully considers these factors and works together to find
the perpetrator, and bring him to justice. We should seize this opportunity to
eradicate terrorism form the whole world, and let justice reign. Posting date: 7/8/2004 |