(Clearwisdom.net) Currently, there has been much demolition and construction of buildings in Qinhuangdao City because some of the Olympic events will be held there next year. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) says it is presenting the beauty of Qinhuangdao to the world. What exactly is the beauty of Qinhuangdao, as referred to by the CCP?

From July 1-10, 2007, the International Women's Soccer Invitational Competition (preparation for the Olympics) was held in the Olympic Sports Center in Qinhuangdao City, as well as the Beijing Men's Olympic Soccer Group Meeting. In order to ensure "stability," the CCP tried to cover up the persecution facts by decorating it with a peaceful atmosphere. In reality, the CCP Hebei Province Political and Judiciary Committee Secretary Wang Qijiang (male) came to Qinhuangdao in person to plan, direct, and strengthen the persecution of Falun Gong. The Qinhuangdao City CCP Political and Judiciary Committee Secretary Yang Tai'an assisted, and many agents participated. Their specific persecution methods including the following:

1. Implicating Friends and Families

In late June 2007, the Qinhuangdao City Sports Bureau and the Olympic Center dismissed some athletes simply because they are related to people who are on record as being Falun Gong practitioners.

2. Dropping In

They claim to have revisited formerly detained practitioners because they "care," but in fact it is an excuse to force these practitioners to write a guarantee statement promising not to practice Falun Gong. For those who refused to write the statement, further mistreatment followed.

At around 10:00 a.m. on June 26, 2007, the Donghuali Neighborhood (in Haigang District) Administration Chair lead Warden Zhao (female, from the Kaiping Labor Camp in Tangshan City), Warden Yin (male, from Hehuakeng Labor Camp), and Warden Lu (male, from Jidong Prison), as well as the Haigang District CCP Political and Judiciary Committee Secretary, Neighborhood Administration officials, and others, came to practitioner Ms. Ji Yan's home. She was not in. They said they wanted to talk to her and called Ms. Ji's workplace. They also harassed practitioner Ms. Zhao Yuhuan (a teacher employed by the city's No. 7 High School) among others.

Yiguan Town Official Zheng Dapeng of Shanhaiguan City led four officials from the Hebei Province Labor Camp System. They said they were revisiting practitioners formerly in forced labor camps. They harassed practitioners Ms. Yang An'feng and Ms. Zhao Huanzhen, among others. On the afternoon of July 6, 2007, they tried to visit practitioner Ms. Gao Shuling, who had never been sentenced to forced labor. Ms. Gao's family forced them to leave.

There have been many cases of officials dropping in on practitioners in Funing County and Qinglong County, where Falun Dafa practitioners are being harassed.

3. Close Monitoring

Practitioners that the CCP believes are "focus" individuals are being followed and closely monitored.

Practitioner Ms. Ji Yan from Qinhuangdao City was arrested on April 14, 2007, and she was brutally beaten by State Security Division Leader Lu Ping (male), and detained in the Qinhuangdao Second Detention Center. On April 18, 2007, Ms. Ji Yan's heart problem recurred, and she was taken home when her life was in danger. She has since been closely monitored. When she boards a bus, there are vehicles taking turns following her. There have been people watching her switching at bus stations, and they drive to her workplace to monitor her. Ms. Ji Yan's mother is also being closely monitored.

Police from Shanhaiguan Department used a large amount of funds to establish a monitoring system near practitioner Mr. Wei Danquan's home.

Falun Dafa is a highly virtuous practice of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. Many practitioners have benefited from this practice. For example, Ms. Gao Shuling had a terminal disease, but it was cured after she started cultivation. There are so many cases. Nowadays, health care, housing, and career study are three major concerns weighing on everyone's minds. These Falun Dafa practitioners have become healthy without spending a penny and have saved medical expenses for society. Falun Gong has greatly benefited the State and people without doing any harm. It is persecuted only because of Jiang's jealousy. There have been more than three thousand practitioners confirmed to have died under persecution. There still are more than one hundred thousand practitioners being detained. The CCP's crime of harvesting living practitioners' organs for profit has been exposed. How will CCP cover these bloody historical facts?

International society is hoping that the CCP can improve its human rights with the upcoming Olympics. However, the CCP ignores this aspiration and continues to persecute Falun Gong and mistreat people. The ancients have said, "The heavens will make one demented before eliminating it." The CCP's insane behavior can only accelerate its self-destruction.

Citizens of Qinhuangdao City, please think about what good the Olympics brings us? Tall buildings? Display windows of economic development? How much blood and tears is behind this "prosperity?" The CCP is persecuting people for their thoughts. Where are our basic human rights? Now, many Chinese people have seen through the CCP's image, and they think they would "Rather Have Human Rights than Olympics." A few days ago, about 800 citizens of Shanghai City initiated, with their true names, an open letter entitled "Shanghai Urgently Calls for Human Rights Rather than the Olympics." The letter said, "The approach of the 2008 Beijing Olympics did not bring any good fortune or happiness to us. Instead, since 2006, it has pulled us down into an unprecedented human rights disaster."

Category: Perspective