Epoch Times: Pro-Communist Group Attacks Participants of Korean "Quit the CCP" Rally (Photos)

With the 60th anniversary of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) rule approaching, a group of pro-communist Chinese attacked participants of a "Quit the CCP" rally on Sept. 13 in South Korea's Ansan City.

The incident recalls last year's violence in Flushing, New York, when participants of a "Quit the CCP" parade were attacked by pro-communist Chinese. Only this time the attacks took place in South Korea and a large group of Chinese numbering over 100 suddenly showed up and attacked participants of a parade that celebrated 60 million Chinese who have quit the CCP and its affiliated organizations.

The assailants, who usually are afraid of police, behaved aggressively in the presence of many policemen. (Jin Guohuan/The Epoch Times)

More than 10 participants of the parade were reported to have been injured by the assailants, who also damaged participants' equipment, banners, and posters.

We Are Not Afraid

At around 2 p.m., soon after the parade broke up, more than 100 assailants suddenly showed up and ravaged the site where the gathering was held. Some carried weapons such as a three-section staff, attacking whoever they came in contact with and damaging the parade participants' banners and posters.

They did not stop the violence even after police were called to the scene. Many witnesses told The Epoch Times that some of the assailants shouted, "The Chinese Embassy is behind us and we have nothing to be afraid of. The Korean police cannot do anything about this."

Pro-communist men harass a parade organizer. (Chen Zhangkun/The Epoch Times)

Three men were arrested and taken to the Ansan police station at around 3 p.m. One of the men, who is a Chinese claimed, "It does not matter if I'm detained for 10 or more days. I'm not afraid if I will be extradited back to China. I want to contact the Chinese Embassy."

Mr. Zheng, who was attacked, said he saw the man use his cell phone to contact the Chinese Embassy and have a brief conversation with someone in the embassy.

Many participants felt that the assailants were very aggressive and their violence pre-meditated. One witness named Shen said, "Usually, most Chinese are afraid of the police because of their illegal immigration status. Yet many of them did not even blink an eye in the presence of so many policemen. This is very unusual."

Shen also said he recognized one of the men as one who also stirred up violence back in February when there was a parade in Ansan to celebrate 50 million Chinese quitting the CCP and its affiliated organizations.

'Attack Whoever Practices Falun Gong'

Another witness, Ms. Cui, 43, recalled that some of the assailants carried weapons and that they were obviously organized and their attack premeditated. "When they closed in on the park, three men in black outfits carried something like three-section staffs to smash the posters."

Posters torn down by pro-communist men -- a reenactment of last year's violence in Flushing, New York. (The Epoch Times)

Zheng said, "Judging from the way they attacked, they seemed to have some sort of training. They did not attack areas like the face [which can easily leave traces of evidence]. They mainly attacked the chest area and whatnot."

Ms. Kim who was at the scene said a man shouted, "Never mind if it's a man or woman. Just attack whoever practices Falun Gong." The man also asked her if she was a Falun Gong practitioner.

Mr. Kim, who is Korean, told The Epoch Times, "One man shouted this when he was attacking a Falun Gong practitioner, 'Last time when Li Changchun [a member of the Polituro Standing Committee of the CCP and propaganda chief of the CCP] visited Korea, he told the Korean government that he wanted to extradite all Falun Gong practitioners back to China and kill them.'"

More than 10 Falun Gong practitioners were reported to have been injured in the attack. One Korean Falun Gong practitioner surnamed Li suffered a severe ankle injury and his clothes were torn apart.

Participants who were injured were taken away by police for further observation.

CCP Dispatches Thousands of Spies before its National Day

Mr. Park, Division Director of the Global Service Center for Quitting the CCP, Korean Division, pointed out that it was the Chinese communist regime that manipulated the violent attacks from behind the scene. Mr. Park said, "According to inside information, the Chinese communist government dispatched large numbers of agents to different countries before the 60th Anniversary of the so-called 'National Day.'

Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Shen also said that recently in the Anshan district, a lot more Chinese people joined the mob to attack the Global Service Center for Quitting the CCP. On September 12, the day before the rally to support 60 million people who have withdrawn from the CCP, the projector for showing the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party was damaged by Chinese communist thugs.

Korean Version of the Violent Flushing Incident

"Defying Korean laws and people's constitutional rights, more than 100 Chinese people attacked a legal rally of Korean attendees," said Korean Falun Dafa Association spokesperson, Wu Shilie, "They must have received orders and a detailed plan from a force behind the scene."

Poster torn down by pro-communist men. (Jin Guohuan/The Epoch Times)

Mr. Wu said this incident is of the same nature as the violent Flushing incident which took place in New York last year. In the Flushing incident, it was proven that the Chinese consulate in New York brought in Chinese to attack the Flushing Service Center for Quitting the CCP.

It was also similar to the group attack by Chinese overseas students when the Olympic Torch came to Seoul in May last year. Under the manipulation of the Chinese Embassy in Korea, Chinese overseas students brutally attacked Korean citizens and injured many. The incident seriously damaged the image of Chinese overseas students.

A Chinese citizen who happened to witness the attack said, "As a matter of fact, everyone knows the Chinese communist regime is extremely corrupt, and that the CCP has never done anything good for the people. It is obvious the perpetrators today have obtained some benefits from the CCP; otherwise, how did they dare to commit such a crime without any constraint in a democratic country?"

This witness has worked in Korea for three years, and he indicated he wanted to remain anonymous.

He recalled how the CCP mistreated Korean minorities in China in the past and became outraged, because the CCP felt threatened that they would tell relatives in Korea the truth about the CCP. "We Koreans had to be very sensitive to the CCP's temperament. If someone had a relative or a family member in South Korea, he would be labeled counter-revolutionary. Countless people committed suicide because of this. Their families were torn apart."