Senior-Ranking Chinese Official Charged with Crimes Against Humanity

New York - August 28, 2001 - Today at noon, Mr. Haiying He, the plaintiff, together with the Human Rights Attorney Terri E. Marsh and New York-based supporters of Falun Gong held a press conference to disclose details of their charging a high-ranking Communist Party official with crimes against humanity for his persecution and torture of Mr. He's sister. Mr. Zhou Yongkang, the General Secretary of the Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party of Sichuan Province, has been charged with committing serious human rights abuses - including torture, causing disappearance, false imprisonment, and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment.

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published August 29, 2001

August 29, 2001

UPI: Chinese official accused of torture

Tuesday, 28 August 2001 15:30 (ET)

CHICAGO, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- A provincial Chinese [party' name omitted] Party official visiting the United States was served with a complaint accusing him of violating the Torture Victims Protection act by oppressing followers of Falun Gong in China.

Discern the Forms of Demons and Quickly Complete the Process of Transforming from Humans to Gods

A young practitioner told me something that struck me as quite important.

According to her, at present, practitioners are all very diligent in their cultivation. They are able to recognize many different forms of demonic interference and send forth righteous thoughts to eliminate them promptly. But there is one kind of demon that is especially cunning. This kind of demon pretends to very enthusiastically push the Fa-rectification process forward, and actively participates in many activities with practitioners such as group study and discussion, spreading the Fa and clarifying the truth. It creates many different false impressions in an attempt to shake the righteous beliefs of practitioners. This demon focuses its attention on the areas where the practitioners have omissions and tries to damage the Fa-rectification process. Whenever we start to feel "irritable" because of the lack of apparent results from our efforts to spread the Fa, whenever human attachments arise which cause disagreements among practitioners, whenever our hearts are in a state of "unsteadiness," this demon will immediately take over and cause interference. As a result, we have ups and downs and argue with one other endlessly. The demon is then able to divide our collective power to rectify the Fa and eliminate the evil, thereby damaging the whole momentum of spreading the Fa. The small practitioner also saw that whenever we start to get worked up and feel "restless," the demon would drag our xinxing standard down rapidly. Whenever we use strong language and stubbornly hold on to our own opinions, an environment filled with strong demonic nature is formed around us. Because of our inadequate understanding of this kind of demon, we are not able to take the initiative to eliminate it. But some practitioners ignore this demon and walk away to do the things that they are supposed to do. The demon then becomes very angry and digs out the remaining, deeply hidden human prejudices inside of practitioners that cause them to point fingers at one another, blame one another, and even be angry at one another. As a result, everyone feels unsettled and does not know what to do. When practitioners have occasionally recognized the existence of this demonic nature and pointed it out, the demon would cover up its activities by saying, "I' being responsible for the Fa. I am really worried because the practitioners have not been able to elevate themselves as a group." That is how this kind of demon has been able to escape punishment from the righteous forces.