(Minghui.org) On June 19, 2012, more than one hundred Falun Gong practitioners held a rally in front of the Chinese Consulate in San Francisco, California to protest the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) extension of its persecution of Falun Gong overseas. They also protested the CCP’s instigation of hatred towards Falun Gong, which have led to eight violent attacks against Falun Gong practitioners in Chinatown over the past eight months. The Chinese Consulate in San Francisco is believed to be behind the series of violence against Falun Gong practitioners.

 
Falun Gong practitioners hold a rally in front of the Chinese Consulate to protest the CCP’s extension of the persecution and instigation of hatred towards Falun Gong

The practitioners displayed evidence of the attacks, and called on the public to take note of the problem. Ms. Huang, one of the victims, strongly condemned the CCP as backstage manipulators. Ms. Huang said, “More and more Chinese people are recognizing the CCP’s violent means in instigating hatred and dividing the Chinese community.”

Mr. Wang, another victim, said, “The CCP has been manipulating China’s resources to instigate hatred towards Falun Gong overseas, and fabricating lies to deceive both Chinese and Western people.”

He also pointed out that he had been told by people in Chinatown that some Chinese Consulate officials are intimidating Chinese people, ordering them not to accept Falun Gong informational materials nor talk to Falun Gong practitioners, lest they have trouble returning to China. The consulate also uses economic interests to induce and coerce business owners and associations in Chinatown not to support Falun Gong.

Mr. Wang said, “Intimidation and enticements cannot change people’s minds. With Falun Gong practitioners’ activities in Chinatown, more and more business owners and shopkeepers are learning about Falun Gong. The CCP’s vulgar means are becoming a joke in Chinatown.”

Series of Attacks Constitute Hate Crimes

Falun Gong spokesperson Dr. Xuerong Zhang said that the recent series of attacks are “a big safety concern to Chinese people in the U.S.”

Dr. Zhang said, “In a country of democracy and rule of law, in broad daylight, people are beaten. The perpetrators must be brought to justice. These attacks are different from general attacks. These attacks are hate crimes, part of a series of hate crimes backed by the CCP regime.”

Dr. Zhang said that a common feature of the attacks was that they all targeted Falun Gong. It is believed that the hate crimes are the consequence of propaganda by the Chinese Consulate in San Francisco intended to extend the CCP’s persecution of Falun Gong overseas. Many prior attacks and false reports in Chinatown against Falun Gong were instigated, supported, or masterminded by CCP spies in cooperation with CCP-controlled media overseas.

Attacker Backed by Chinese Consulate

On two recent occasions, a man known as J.J. Chin attacked three Falun Gong practitioners at the intersection of Grant Avenue and Washington Street. In the attack on Falun Gong practitioners on June 10, Chin helped the attackers run away. He himself attacked three female Falun Gong practitioners recently. He has been harassing people in Chinatown for more than 20 years, but his remarks are highly consistent with Chinese Consulate and the CCP propaganda. For example, when Taiwan’s President Ma Ying-jeou ran for president, he spoke out against him. When the CCP stopped the propaganda against Ma, Chin immediately stopped cursing him. Someone pointed out that Chin has close relations with the Chinese Consulate and reports to the consulate every two weeks.

Instigating Hatred is Used Consistently by the CCP

After the devastating Wenchuan earthquake in 2008, people were angry at the Chinese Communist regime for its poor handling of rescue operations and for the many deaths of schoolchildren due to collapsed, poorly-constructed school buildings. To transfer the people’s focus and anger away from them, CCP Consul General Peng Keyu from the New York Consulate masterminded violent attacks on Falun Gong practitioners in Flushing, New York. For many days, Falun Gong practitioners were surrounded and attacked by several hundred thugs.

Chinese Consul General Peng Keyu was exposed in a taped phone call bragging that he had personally encouraged these attacks. The taped phone call was verified by the U.S. State Department, and is direct evidence that the Chinese consulates are involved in the persecution of Falun Gong overseas.

San Francisco is a Long-term CCP Stronghold

Peng Keyu was appointed as Consul General of the Chinese Consulate in San Francisco by former PRC president Jiang Zemin. Current Chinese Consul General Gao Zhanshen follows Zhou Yingkang in persecuting Falun Gong. For example, in late January this year, he wrote to political circles in Seattle attempting to block them from supporting the Shen Yun Performing Arts show, a show that promotes traditional Chinese culture and which exposes the persecution of Falun Gong.

Dr. Zhang said, “Falun Gong is based on Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. We ask that Chinese officials in the consulate not follow the CCP in persecuting Falun Gong.” She called on more people to step forward to help stop the CCP’s 13-year persecution of Falun Gong.