(Clearwidsom.net) Editors' Note: In both Western and Chinese culture, the principle of karmic retribution, that is, being held ultimately accountable for one's own actions, is widely accepted. The fundamental teaching of Falun Gong is the characteristic of the universe, "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance." The universe will reward actions that are in harmony with this principle, while actions such as beating, torturing and murdering people will incur karmic retribution. Stated another way, good deeds will be rewarded with good, while evildoings will meet due retribution. Articles such as this one are meant as a compassionateáreminder of this principle to those who would commit wrongdoing. While many of those who persecute Falun Gong are merely "following orders," the universal law requires that they, too, be held responsible for their actions, and that only by reversing their course of wrongdoing may they escape retribution.

1. Township leaders of Wanxi, Qianyang County, Hongjiang, Hunan Province, have virulently slandered Dafa and persecuted Dafa practitioners. They severely beat six Dafa practitioners to extort "evidence" for the town government and sent them to a detention center. They shifted blame and falsely accused Dafa practitioner Tang Jingguo by forging his handwriting on official documents and sending them to various agencies. On July 25, Party Secretary Xiao Ping, Political and Judicial Department Secretary Zhou Xigang, driver Yang Jiping, and cadre leader Zhang Yongquan were in a car accident and died on the scene. Also in the car was the Chair of the local People's Congress Yang Xiaobiao, was severely injured and left in a coma. He is scheduled for brain surgery.

2. The person in charge of public safety in Hou Village, Shenze County, Hebei Province, coordinated with higher authorities to find and arrest seven Falun Gong practitioners in the village. Three were victimized by the extortion of 3,000 Yuan each in "fines," and the other four were jailed. Afterwards, while riding a motorcycle, he injured his legs in an accident with another vehicle. Two weeks after his release from the hospital, he injured his legs again and didn't recover for several months. His wife tore down Dafa material from a utility pole in front of their door and immediately felt pain in her arms, dizziness and nausea. Afterwards, she asked her sister-in-law, a Dafa practitioner, "Could it be I'm meeting retribution?" Their family and the villagers were shocked by this incident.

3. Sun Zhaohua, who is both the vice party secretary of Jianling Village in Huaidi Town, the Yuhua District of Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, and the director of the public security committee, along with Zhang Shunze, the town political and judicial department secretary, persecuted Dafa practitioners. Twice they have sent Dafa practitioners from their village to the reeducation center in the Yuhua district for brainwashing and have searched for Dafa practitioners door to door. In early June, Sun Zhaohua suddenly contracted pleurisy and was hospitalized in intensive care. Recently he had to be admitted into intensive care again. He is now at home undergoing treatment.