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Investigative Report on the "610 Office" - City of Beijing

Committee to Investigate the Crimes of China's "610 Office" in the Persecution of Falun Gong
February 4, 2004
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Partial Name List of the Officials in the Chinese Communist CCP ("CCP") Committee, Government and the "610 Office" in Beijing Who Participate in the Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners 

Background

Beijing is one of China's municipalities that have the worst records in the persecution of Falun Gong. By February 4, 2004, 22 practitioners have been verified as being tortured to death in Beijing, second only to Chongqing city, which has the highest death tolls.

The persecution of Falun Gong in Beijing is mainly led by the "Leadership Team of the Municipal CCP Committee to Handle the Falun Gong Issues" (The Leadership Team) and its standing administrative body, the "610 Office". Publicly, the most commonly used name of the Leadership Team is called the "Leadership Team of the Beijing Government to Prevent and Handle the Evil Cult Issues."

List of the key officials in Beijing's municipal government and the CCP committee who actively participate in the persecution of Falun Gong:

Jia Qinglin, Former Secretary of Beijing's municipal CCP committee
Liu Qi, Secretary of Beijing's municipal CCP committee; former Mayor of Beijing
Qiang Wei, Deputy Secretary of Beijing's CCP committee; secretary of Beijing's Political-Legal Committee; head of the Leadership Team of the Municipal CCP Committee to Handle the Falun Gong Issues; head of the Leadership Team of the Beijing Government to Prevent and Handle the Evil Cult Issues
Liu Zhihua, Deputy Mayor of Beijing
Long Xinmin, Deputy Secretary of Beijing's municipal CCP committee
Zhang Mao, Deputy Mayor of Beijing
Ji Lin, Member of Beijing's municipal standing CCP committee; secretary of the political-legal committee of the municipal CCP committee
Cai Fuchao, Member of Beijing's municipal standing CCP committee; Minister of Propaganda of the municipal CCP committee
Jiang Xiaoyu, Former member of Beijing's municipal standing committee; Former Minister of Propaganda of the municipal CCP committee
Wu Yuhua, Director, Secretary of the CCP committee of the Beijing Justice Bureau
Ma Zhenchuan, Director of the Beijing Public Security Bureau (from 2001-9-15 to 2003)
Zhou Kaidong, Former Director of the Beijing Re-Education-Through-Labor Bureau
Zheng Zhenyuan, Director of the Beijing Re-Education-Through-Labor Bureau
Zhang Xingrong, Political Commissar of the Beijing Re-Education-Through-Labor Bureau
Liu Wei, Director of the "610 Office" of Beijing's municipal CCP committee; Director of the "Office of the Beijing Government to Prevent and Handle the Evil Cult Issues"
Zhou Jihong, Deputy Director of the "610 Office" of Beijing's municipal CCP committee
Xu Yongli, Deputy Director of the "610 Office" of Beijing's municipal CCP committee
Wang Liming: Head of the Department of Investigation and Research of the "610 Office" of Beijing's municipal CCP committee

Key evidence of the officials of the Beijing municipal government and the CCP committee who actively participate in the persecution of Falun Gong:

 

Jia Qinglin [1], Former Secretary of Beijing's municipal CCP committee (1997 - November 2002)
Member of the Politburo, Secretary of Beijing's municipal CCP committee, Mayor of Beijing (1997-1999); Member of the Politburo, Secretary of Beijing's municipal CCP committee (1999 - November 2002); Elected member of the standing committee of the Politburo (November 2002); Elected Chairman of the Tenth Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference at its first session in March 2003.

Jia Qinglin has long been considered Jiang Zemin's trusted follower. He survived the notorious "Yuanhua Case" thanks to Jiang's vigorous protection. On the political front, Jia treads on the heels of Jiang's policy of cracking down on Falun Gong. On July 20, 1999, Jiang's regime launched the crackdown of Falun Gong. Jia immediately voiced his support [2], convening an enlarged conference of the standing committee of the municipal CCP and required that the CCP organizations and members at all levels have a clear-cut stand and resolutely throw themselves into this political battle against Falun Gong [3]. Jia repeatedly stressed the battle against Falun Gong during the sessions of the Municipal Political Consultative Conference [4] and the People's Congress [5] and attacked Falun Gong at every opportunity. Jia took the lead in meeting with the National Anti-Falun Gong touring delegation to boost the morale [6]. He attended the conferences that commended the advanced units and individuals in fighting against Falun Gong and gave speeches to encourage those who were directly involved in the persecution [7]. Jia also provided specific guidelines to the investigation and research of the Falun Gong issue in Beijing [8]. In addition, Jia attacked Falun Gong at various meetings such as the Working Conference on Beijing's Political-legal Issues [9], Working Conference on Religions [10], Beijing's CCP Representatives Conference [11], and other occasions such as when he conveyed the greetings to the working forces from the public security and business society [12]. At the mobilizing conference for the Sixteenth National Congress, Jia made the persecution of Falun Gong one of Beijing's top five priorities [13]. Jia also actively participated in the persecution of female Falun Gong practitioners [14]. At the opening ceremony of the First Session of the Tenth Chinese People's Political Consultation Conference (CPPCC) - the first meeting Jia presided over after he was elected Chairman of the CPPCC, Li Guixian gave a speech that contained anti-Falun Gong sections, breaking CPPCC's tradition under Li Ruihuan's leadership [15].

 

 
Liu Qi [16], Secretary of Beijing's municipal CCP committee; former Mayor of BeijingElected Mayor of Beijing at the 2nd Session of the 11th Beijing People's Congress in February 1999; appointed Secretary of Beijing's municipal CCP committee in October 2002; representative of the 13th National Congress; alternate member of the 14th Central Committee, member of the 15th Central Committee; member of the 16th Politburo

During his administration as the Secretary of the municipal CCP committee and Mayor of Beijing, Beijing became one of the cities that had the worst records in the persecution of Falun Gong. In his governmental working report at the 3rd Session of the 11th Beijing People's Congress, Liu hailed the victories of the "three major political battles", among which the battle and attack on Falun Gong was listed as the 2nd, Beijing won in 1999. In his report Liu stated clearly that the government's policy towards Falun Gong was "zero tolerance." [17] Liu said at a meeting that in preparing for the Olympic Games, the government would "resolutely smash and crack down on Falun Gong and other evil cults." [18] As Mayor of Beijing, Liu repeatedly stressed in the "Governmental Working Report" that he made to the 4th [19] and 5th [20] Session of the 11th Beijing People's Congress and the 1st Session of the 12th Beijing People's Congress [21], the need to deepen the battle against Falun Gong. One of the 6 tasks he laid out for the Beijing municipal government for 2001 was to "intensify the attack on Falun Gong" [22]. As he laid out work for before and after the 2003 National's Day, Liu asked that the battle against Falun Gong shall be relentlessly deepened [23].


Qiang Wei [24], Head of the Leadership Team of the Municipal CCP Committee to Handle the Falun Gong Issues
Deputy Secretary of Beijing's CCP committee; secretary of Beijing's Political-Legal Committee; head of the Leadership Team of the Municipal CCP Committee to Handle the Falun Gong Issues; head of the Leadership Team of the Beijing Government to Prevent and Handle the Evil Cult Issues; secretary of the CCP committee of the Beijing Public Security Bureau; appointed deputy secretary of Beijing's CCP committee in March 2001; former director of the Beijing Public Security Bureau (up to September 15, 2001)

During his tenure as the Director of the Beijing Public Security Bureau, Qiang directly supervised the monitoring and detention of Falun Gong practitioners [25]. He was the chief commander of Beijing's "Harsh attack" action [26], in which Falun Gong practitioners were listed as key targets. Qiang attended the National Anti-Falun Gong Conference [27], commendation conference for the advanced units and individuals in fighting with the Falun Gong in Beijing [7, 28, 29], and working conferences on fighting Falun Gong and was key-note speaker at those conferences where he made lengthy speeches that attacked Falun Gong [28]. He actively participated and organized anti-Falun Gong activities in the community [30], directly manipulated and controlled the persecution at the grassroots level [31], and took part in and supported activities of the Anti-Cult Association [32]. He visited the Beijing Prison Administration Bureau to preach the transformation of Falun Gong practitioners [33], toured the notorious Tuanhe Labor Camp and Xin'an Labor Camp [34] where the persecution is most severe and personally inquired and encouraged the transformation of Yao Jie and Teng Chunyan [35]. Qiang also coordinated and took in charge of the theoretical research of the key study of the persecution of Falun Gong [36]. In essence, Qiang was the chief commander in the actual implementation of the persecution of Falun Gong in Beijing [37].

Liu Zhihua [38], Deputy Mayor of Beijing in charge of public security and law-enforcement; attended the commendation conference for the advanced units and individuals in fighting with the Falun Gong in Beijing [7].


Long Xinmin [39], Deputy secretary of Beijing's municipal CCP committee (from August 2000 to present) in charge of the propagandas for press and publications; Principal of the CCP School of the municipal CCP committee; Head of the "Leadership Team to 'Sweep Pornography' and 'Fight Crimes' in Beijing", of which one of the major tasks is to search and confiscate Falun Gong's publications and literatures.

Long addressed the need to "deepen the exposure and criticism of 'Falun Gong'" during the Conference on ideological work in Beijing [40]. He also wrote articles on the Central Committee's official publication, Qiu Shi, to attack Falun Gong and advocate Internet control [41].

Zhang Mao, Deputy Mayor of Beijing; Managing Deputy Director of the "Leadership Team to 'Sweep Pornography' and 'Fight Crimes' in Beijing", of which one of the major tasks is to search and confiscate Falun Gong's publications and literatures. Zhang represented the Leadership Team in 2003 to lay out the action items to "Sweep Pornography" and "Fight Crimes" in Beijing [42].

Ji Lin, Member of the standing committee of Beijing's municipal CCP committee, Secretary of the municipal's political-legal committee, Managing Deputy Director of the "Leadership Team to 'Sweep Pornography' and 'Fight Crimes' in Beijing" [42], of which one of the major tasks is to search and confiscate Falun Gong's publications and literatures.

On January 1, 2003, Ji toured the Beijing Female Labor Camp to show support and encouraged the police force in the front line of the persecution of Falun Gong [43]. Ji convened meetings to lay out plans of the persecution during the Spring Festival [44].

Jiang Xiaoyu, Former member of the standing committee of the municipal CCP committee, former Minister of the Propaganda of the municipal CCP committee. Hosted the commendation conference for the advanced units and individuals in fighting with the Falun Gong in Beijing on November 30, 2001 [7].


Cai Fuchao, Member of the standing committee of Beijing's municipal CCP committee, Minister of the Propaganda of the municipal CCP committee, Managing Deputy Director of the "Leadership Team to 'Sweep Pornography' and 'Fight Crimes' in Beijing.

Cai made concluding speech at the enlarged meeting of the "Leadership Team to 'Sweep Pornography' and 'Fight Crimes' in Beijing in 2003 [42], one of the group's major task is to search and confiscate Falun Gong's publications. Cai presented proclamations at the commendation conference for the advanced units and individuals in fighting with the Falun Gong in Beijing [29].

Wu Yuhua, Secretary of the CCP committee and Director of the Beijing Justice Bureau, in charge of the overall operations, responsible for the Beijing Prison Administration Bureau and the Beijing Re-education-Through-Labor Administration Bureau; former deputy secretary of the political-legal committee of Beijing's municipal CCP committee, head of the Office of the General Administration Committee for the Security of Society in the Capital. Wu shall be held accountable for the extensive torture and killing of Falun Gong practitioners in Beijing's prisons and labor camps.

Ma Zhenchuan, Director of the Beijing Public Security Bureau (September 15, 2001 to 2003), responsible for the persecution and the transformation of Falun Gong practitioners in Beijing in 2002 [45].

Zhou Kaidong, Former Director of the Beijing Re-Education-Through-Labor Bureau [46] (from February 25, 2000 to August 30, 2001. Zhou was sentence for accepting bribes. There were rumors that he died in the prison.)

Zhou was in charge of the transformation of Falun Gong practitioners in Beijing's labor camps in 2001 [47]. As a result of his participation in the persecution, the Re-Education-Through-Labor Bureau under his tenure gained a Collective Award of Merit, First Class, and Beijing's Advanced Unit in Fighting against Falun Gong [46]. The transformation of Falun Gong practitioners in Beijing was initiated in the Bureau during his tenure and was later spread throughout Beijing [48].

Zheng Zhenyuan, Director of the Beijing Re-Education-Through-Labor Bureau (from August 30, 2001 to present); former political commissar of Beijing's Prison Administration Bureau. Shall be responsible for the extensive tortures and killings of Falun Gong practitioners in every labor camps in Beijing during his tenure [49].

Zhang Xingrong, Political Commissar of The Beijing Re-Education-Through-Labor Bureau, in charge of the transformation of Falun Gong practitioners in every labor camps in Beijing [50].

Liu Wei, Director of the "610 Office" of Beijing's municipal CCP committee; Director of the "Office of the Beijing Government to Prevent and Handle the Evil Cult Issues" (2001 and 2002).

Actively organized the establishment of the Beijing Legal Affairs Training Center, a quasi-concentration camp specially established for transforming Falun Gong practitioners, and held large-scale transforming classes [51]` [52], claiming that Beijing would conduct brainwashing sessions to at least 6,000 Falun Gong practitioners within two years [53]. Liu was also in charge of the anti-Falun Gong theoretical research [36] ` [54].

Zhou Jihong, Deputy Director of the "610 Office" of Beijing's municipal CCP committee. Visited Xinan Labor Camp, one of the most notorious labor camps where the persecution is most severe in Beijing, and conveyed greetings to the police forces in the front-line of the persecution [55].

Xu Yongli, Deputy Director of the "610 Office" of Beijing's municipal CCP committee; in charge of specific trainings of the grassroots staffers in the persecution [56].

Wang Liming: Head of the Department of Investigation and Research of the "610 Office" of Beijing's municipal CCP committee [57]. Attended the "Upholding Science, Resisting Evil Cults" Popular Science Literature Creation Workshop hosted by the Beijing Science Society and the Beijing Anti-evil Cult Society.

 

References:

[1] Biography of Jia Qinglin(Back)

[2] The People's Daily, July 24, 1999, pg. 1(Back)

[3] The Beijing Evening News, July 23, 1999(Back)

[4] The People's Net, February 7, 2001, "Making extra efforts for a good beginning", Jia Qinglin's speech at the closing ceremony of the Fourth Session of the Ninth Beijing Municipal Political Consultative Conference on February 6, 2001(Back)

[5] The Xinhua News Agency, March 9, 2001, Jia Qinglin's speech to the Beijing delegation during the Fourth Session of the Ninth People's Congress on March 8, 2001(Back)

[6] The Beijing Daily, March 1, 2001. Jia Qinglin on February 28, 2001 met with the National Anti-Falun Gong touring delegation as well as the units and individuals commended by the 7 ministries and commissions for their actions in fighting against Falun Gong(Back)

[7] The Zhongxin Net, December 3, 2001(Back)

[8] Window of the Capital, On April 26, 2000, Jia Qinglin spoke at the Beijing Investigation and Research Work Forum and emphasized the fight against Falun Gong(Back)

[9] The Beijing Daily, December 22, 2000: Beijing's political-legal work conference(Back)

[10] The Beijing Daily, December 30, 2001: Working Conference on Religions in Beijing, reported by Sun Yushan and Du Jing(Back)

[11] Window of the Capital, June 12, 2002, Report by Jia Qinglin at the Ninth CCP Congress of Beijing(Back)

[12] The Beijing Daily, October 1, 2002: Jia Qinglin and Liu Qi consoled the working forces from the public security and the business society on September 30, 2002(Back)

[13] The Beijing Daily, September 7, 2002: Jia Qinglin spoke the mobilization conference to safeguard Beijing's social stability for the upcoming 16th National Congress(Back)

[14] "Annual Report on the Work of Beijing's Women's Federation in 2002." In additional, the Women's Federation organized a few women's organizations to conduct "Investigation and Analysis on Female Falun Gong Practitioners." Jia and other "610 Office" officials in Beijing made important comments on the report.(Back)

[15] Southcn.com report on March 3, 2003 based on the Xinhua Net's report. At the opening ceremony of the First Session of the Tenth Chinese People's Political Consultation Conference (CPPCC) - the first meeting Jia presided over after he was elected Chairman of the CPPCC, Li Guixian gave a speech that contained anti-Falun Gong sections, breaking CPPCC's tradition under Li Ruihuan's leadership.(Back)

[16] Biography of Liu Qi.(Back)

[17] The Voice of America, February 16, 2000: Liu Qi gave governmental working report at the 3rd Session of the 11th Beijing People's Congress.(Back)

[18] Byliner: Rep. Tom Lantos on China as Site for 2008 Olympics (U.S. State Department website:
http://usembassy.state.gov/posts/pk1/wwwh01071201.html), quoting July 8, 2001's New York Times report the mayor of Beijing, Liu Qi, informed a rally in the city that in preparation for the Games the government would, as reported last September in The Age of Melbourne, Australia, "resolutely smash and crack down on Falun Gong and other evil cults."(Back)

[19] Window of the Capital, February 3, 2001: Liu Qi made "Report on the Outline of the 10th Five-Year Plan of Beijing's National Economy and Social Development" at the Fourth Session of the Eleventh Beijing People's Congress.(Back)

[20] Chinagateway.com.cn reported on January 25, 2002: Liu Qi once again addressed the need to deepen the battle against Falun Gong at the Fifth Session of the Eleventh Beijing People's Congress.(Back)

[21] The Beijing Daily, January 13, 2003: Liu Qi addressed the need to relentlessly battle against Falun Gong in his Governmental Working Report at the First Session of the Twelfth Beijing People's Congress.(Back)

[22] The Beijing Youth Paper, February 16, 2001, pg. 1: Beijing's municipal government convened the Fourth Plenary Session on February 14, 2001. Liu Qi laid out the municipal government's 6 tasks for 2001.(Back)

[23] The Beijing Daily, September 25, 2003: On the afternoon of September 24, Beijing's municipal CCP committee convened a conference attended by secretaries of the CCP committee and the Union at all district and county levels to lay out the work for before and after the National Holiday. Liu Qi asked that the battle against Falun Gong shall be relentlessly deepened(Back)

[24] Biography of Qiang Wei.(Back)

[25] Minghui website reported on January 5, 2001: Beijing's Public Security Bureau launched a 48-hour surveillance on Falun Gong practitioners during the New Year's Holiday. Qiang Wei issued the order that the key surveillance targets can be directly detained.(Back)

[26] The Xinhua News Agency reported on May 8, 2001 that the chief commander of Beijing's "Harsh Attack", which included Falun Gong, was Qiang Wei, Director of the Beijing Public Security Bureau.(Back)

[27] The Beijing Youth Paper, March 1, 2001, reported by Tang Weiping: The Public Lecture on the Exemplary Deeds during the Battle against the Falun Gong Evil Cult was held in Beijing. Qiang Wei, member of the standing committee of the municipal CCP committee, secretary of the political-legal committee, attended the Lecture yesterday and made key-note speech(Back)

[28] The Beijing Daily, January 11, 2003, reported by Huang Xiuli.(Back)

[29] The Beijing Daily, December 12, 2003.(Back)

[30] The Zhongxin Net, February 7, 2001(Back)

[31] Report from the Department of Organization, Fangshan District, Beijing.(Back)

[32] Beijing's Science and Technology Network, July 16, 2002: Qiang Wei conducted survey at the Anti-Cult Association of the Beijing Science and Technology Society and gave a speech.(Back)

[33] China's Prison Network, reported from January 2, 2002's Beijing's Daily.(Back)

[34] The Beijing Daily, February 1, 2002: Qiang Wei accompanied Zhang Fusen, Minister of Justice, to visit the Tuanhe Labor Camp and the Xinan Labor Camp on January 28, 2002.(Back)

[35] The Beijing Justice Bureau Website (2001)(Back)

[36] Beijing's Key Investigation and Study in 2001, "On the Practice and the Theoretical Thoughts of the Battle against Falun Gong." Coordinating municipal leader: Qiang Wei; Research unit: the "610 Office" of the Beijing municipal CCP committee; Person in charge: Liu Wei(Back)

[37] Section on Falun Gong in the Zezi Project, Beijing, 2001. Person in charge: Qiang Wei; Deanline: December 31, 2001.(Back)

[38] Biography of Liu Zhihua.(Back)

[39] Biography of Long Xinmin.(Back)

[40] The Beijing Ideological and Political Work Research Society Website.(Back)

[41] Long Xinmin's article on Qiu Shi Magazine(Back)

[42] Beijing Press and Publication Bureau convened the enlarged conference of the Leadership Team to "Sweep Pornography" and "Fight Crimes" in Beijing on March 20, 2003.(Back)

[43] Beijing Re-Education-Through-Labor Administration Bureau: On January 1, 2003, Ji toured the Beijing Female Labor Camp to convey greetings and encourage the police forces in the front line of the persecution.(Back)

[44] The Beijing TV Station Beijing News on January 21, 2003.(Back)

[45] Section on Falun Gong in the Zezi Project, Beijing, 2002. Person in charge: Ma Zhenchuan; Deanline: December 31, 2002.(Back)

[46] The Legal Affairs Daily, September 5, 2000.(Back)

[47] Section on Falun Gong in the Zezi Project, Beijing, 2001. Person in charge: Zhou Kaidong. Deadline: December 31, 2001. As a result of Zhou's participation in the persecution, the Bureau of Re-Education-Through-Labor under his tenure gained a Collective Award of Merit, First Class, and Beijing's Advanced Unit in Fighting against Falun Gong.(Back)

[48] The Beijing Daily, October 25, 2001.(Back)

[49] Beijing Re-Education-Through-Labor Administration Bureau: On the afternoon of November 19, 2002, the Bureau held a mobilization conference to study, spread, and implement the gist of the Sixteenth CCP Congress. The conference was hosted by Zhang Xingrong. Zheng gave the mobilization speech.(Back)

[50] The Minghui (Clearwisdom) website reported on January 18, 2003: From November 12 to November 15, 2002, Beijing Re-Education-Through-Labor Administration Bureau held four consecutive sessions of "Brainwashing Training Classes." More than 100 policemen and the chief of each labor camp responsible for the brainwashing classes took part in the "training." The directors of the Beijing "610 Office" Liu Wei and the Bureau's political commissar Zhang Xingrong gave speeches, saying that at present it has become harder and harder to "transform" practitioners and that the number of people who are able to be forced into giving up their belief is becoming lower and lower. In addition they said that even a large number of people who have initially given up their practice change their minds quickly and return to practicing. They ordered the police to study new ways to ensure that practitioners don't have access to information that would make them change their minds once they are "transformed." The police forces were asked to pay special attention to current news and writings that come off of the Minghui website. Police were also ordered to analyze the "typical" cases of "transforming" practitioners and to launch another all-out assault on practitioners before the end of the year. The police forces were suggested to adopt corresponding means to guarantee the "rate of transformation," and to ensure that practitioners do not "turn back" on a large scale once they are "transformed."(Back)

[51] The Beijing Daily, October 25, 2001(Back)

[52] The Beijing Political Consultative Conference, May 16, 2001.(Back)

[53] The People's Net, September 7, 2001(Back)

[54] The List of the First Supplementary Projects of Beijing's Tenth Five-Year-Plan on Philosophy and Social Science. Project name: "Research on the Falun Gong Phenomenon in the Beijing Area." Person in charge: Liu Wei, Director of the "610 Office" of the Beijing municipal CCP committee.(Back)

[55] Beijing Re-Education-Through-Labor Administration Bureau(Back)

[56] The Fengtai District Science Society, February 25, 2003(Back)

[57] The Capital's Science and Technology Website, February 28 to March 1, 2003(Back)


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