Mar 08, 2005

Sun Wenguang, a professor of Shandong University. (The Epoch Times)

Sun Wenguang is a professor from Shandong University. This is a letter that he wrote to The Epoch Times.

There are pamphlets about Falun Gong practitioners having been persecuted to death in plenty of prisons throughout Mainland China in recent years. There are also reports that more than one thousand people have been persecuted to death. Most of them have been identified by name, address and photos.

I am not a Falun Gong practitioner, but I believe that these practitioners do have basic human rights. The right to live is one of the most basic human rights. There is an old saying, "Human life should be treated with the utmost care." If indeed more than one thousand people have died in prison, and that too without being brought to trial first, then this issue should be seriously investigated.

In a few days, the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference will be held. I suggest that they discuss these allegations at the conference.

Some people have said that "persecuting Falun Gong practitioners to death" is a rumor. If it is indeed a rumor, the authorities should investigate it using the names and addresses reported in overseas media. If these allegations are verified, they should report it to the public. If it is a rumor, the rumormongers should be held responsible for their actions.

The Chinese Communist Party authorities treat Falun Gong practitioners who appeal for justice as "enemies." They say that practitioners "fabricate rumors." If the authorities can prove this with truthful evidence - that there are no "people being persecuted to death" - doesn't it show that the CCP is really "great, honorable, and correct?" If the judiciary doesn't investigate such a serious "rumor," isn't it negligent? If the Central Propaganda Department, which controls the CCP's media, does not report on it or refute the rumor, isn't it also negligent?

The Deputies to the National People's Congress and the committeemen of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference should not ignore such serious allegations and pretend to have been uninformed for such a long time.

I am awaiting a reply on whether the aforementioned suggestion is appropriate.

My address is: 250100 Management College, Shandong University

Telephone number: 0531-8365021

Sun Wenguang in Shandong University

February 28, 2005

http://english.epochtimes.com/news/5-3-8/26854.html