Words From the Heart of A Chinese Government Official

On August 22nd, 2006, my attention was drawn to a disturbance happening outside my office door. I went out to investigate and saw that the Gestapo like 610 Office* was packed with people with the 610 Office chief Gou Dewei shouting at the top of his lungs. This occurred in the office building of the Politics and Law Committee in Qiannan County, Guizhou Province.

After asking around, I got to know some of the details as described below:

Starting on June 20th of this year the Politics and Law Committee's 610 Office in Qiannan County, in order to carry out policy from higher level authorities, discussed and carried out secret plans to arrest Falun Gong practitioners. They held urgent meetings with the heads of different work units that have Falun Gong practitioners and treated these good people who practise the principles of Truthfulness, Benevolence, Forbearance as "class struggle enemies" in a new wave of persecution. The targeted Falun Gong practitioners included Wei Tianlan from the Bureau of Sanitation in Qiannan County, Liang Zhengfeng from the governmental boarding house of Qiannan County, Zhou Yun from the Travel Agency of Dujun City, Huang Guixian an editor from Qiannan County TV Station's News Division, and an unknown practitioner from Guiding County.

On June 20th, the above mentioned practitioners were deceived out of their work units, arrested and secretly sent to a brainwashing centre in Lannigou, Guiyang City. This centre has no public signs on the outside of it, as authorities fear the public finding out about its role in the persecution. The Qiannan County 610 Office is the only authority in the whole province of Guizhou that sends Falun Gong practitioners to this brainwashing centre for persecution.

After being sent to the brainwashing centre, Wei Tianlan's blood pressure rose to around 220, yet the 610 Office would not release her. The authorities at Wei's work unit lied to her son, saying that his mother was sent to do some studying in a quality hotel and there was no need to worry about his mother. Later on, after her son got to know the actual situation, he became worried about his mother's well-being. Her son's old illness returned and he was on the verge of death. Only when they saw Wei Tianlan's son in this terrible state, did they allow Ms. Wei to go back home and see her son. Sadly, Ms. Wei's son passed away two days after her release.

Ms. Liang Zhengfeng was persecuted in the brainwashing centre and became extremely emaciated. She has been detained there till now. Zhou Yun was persecuted beyond recognition and has been detained there as well. Ms. Huang Guixian's work unit deceived her in the name of checking her salary, while they actually planned to arrest her as soon as she arrived at work. Ms. Huang Guixian saw through the fraud and escape arrest.

After the above persecution happened, the families of the persecuted practitioners went to the 610 Office and demanded the immediate release of their family members. Hence came the scene that caught my attention on August 22nd.

I witnessed how the 610 Office chief Gou Dewei roared at Falun Gong practitioners' families when they reasoned with him based on the constitution and the criminal law.

In the past 7 years since the persecution started on July 20th, 1999, there have been several hundred Falun Gong practitioners who were arrested, sentenced to prison terms and forced labour camp terms, detained and forcibly brainwashed by the Qiannan County's Politics and Law Committee, Dujun City's Politics and Law Committee, and the 610 Office together with the Public Security Bureau. Among these practitioners, many were persecuted to death, and there is suspicion that some practitioners might have been victims of live organ harvesting.

As a matter of fact, I know these Falun Gong practitioners, and I know they are all good people acknowledged by their peers. Aren't they just doing exercises, improving their health, assimilating to the principles of Truthfulness, Benevolence, Forbearance, and upgrading their moral standards to better serve society? It is a good thing. It is beneficial to everyone and harmful to no one. These practitioners would not disturb the social order or threaten others' safety. On the contrary, they follow the principles of Truthfulness, Benevolence, Forbearance, dare to give up their own fame and fortune in order to choose their principles, and have no fear in facing prison, torture, being homeless and losing freedom. They are comfortable simply living to safeguard their beliefs. These practitioners have gained respect and admiration from all people, including myself.

* 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.