Investigative Report on the "610 Office" Changchun City
Partial Name List of Officials of the Changchun City Party Committee and "610 Office" Who Persecute Falun Gong Practitioners
Preface
Changchun in Jilin Province is the first city in China where Falun Gong was introduced to the public. It is also one of the worst cities in China in the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. It has been confirmed that, by December 22, 2003, 41 Falun Gong practitioners had been persecuted to death in the city [1] (note 1), giving it the second highest death toll of a single Chinese city in the persecution of Falun Gong (note 2). The highest death toll is 51 in Haerbin City of Heilongjiang Province.
In Changchun City, the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners has largely been carried out by the city Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Committee's "Leadership Team to Deal with Falun Gong Problem" and its affiliate "610 Office." The Leadership Team also uses the following names: the Leadership Team for Preventing and Handling the Evil Cult Problem of the Changchun city government, the Leadership Team for Maintaining Stability of the City CCP committee.
The officials actively involved in the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in Changchun:
Du Xuefang ---------- Secretary, CCP Committee (CCPC) of Changchun
Chang Xiaoping ---- Deputy secretary, CCPC of Changchun, in charge of the city "610 Office"
Meng Dexi ----------- Vice head of the People's Congress of Changchun, former Director of the Organizations Department of the city CCPC
Tian Zhonglin ------- Assistant Mayor and Director of the City Police Department
Yin Linong ----------- Member of the Standing Committee of the CCPC of Changchun, Director of the city party's Propaganda Department
Liu Yuanjun --------- Assistant Mayor and the Secretary of the City Political and Judiciary Committee of the CCPC
An Li ------------------ Assistant Mayor
Zhan Yuechang ----- Vice-Chairman of the Changchun Political Consultative Committee, former Deputy Secretary of the Changchun CCPC
Fan Xinzao ---------- Vice-Chairman of the Changchun Political Consultative Committee, Director of the City United Front Line Bureau of the CCP, former Secretary of the CCPC in Chaoyang District, Changchun City.
Sun Wansheng ------ Director of the Changchun Middle Court
Mi Fengjun ---------- Former Secretary of the Changchun CCPC, head of the City People's Congress
The main facts about the city party and government officials involved in the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in Changchun:
Du Xuefang
She is the Secretary of the Changchun CCPC (from June 2001 to now), alternate member of the CCPCC of the 16th National Congress, member of the Standing Committee of the city's Party Committee, and former member of the "610 Office" of Jilin Province [2]. After being assigned as the Secretary of the Changchun CCPC, she repeatedly asked that "(we) must increase the intensity of persecuting Falun Gong" [3]. She ordered and emphasized the persecution of Falun Gong in the meeting of the City Leadership Team for Maintaining Stability [4] and during an inspection of lower level government offices [5].
Chang Xiaoping
He is the Deputy Secretary of the Changchun CCPC. He is also in charge of the city's "610 Office" [6]. He hosted the anti-Falun Gong "Workshop for Maintaining Stability" [7] and the (expanded) meeting of the Leadership Team for Maintaining Stability of Changchun City [4].
Meng Dexi
He is the Vice-Chairman of the People's Congress of Changchun and the former Director of the Organizations Department of the city CCPC. During his term as the Director of the Organizations Department, he was actively involved in persecuting Falun Gong. He was under the internal investigation for taking bribes [8].
Tian Zhonglin
He is the Assistant Mayor of Changchun and the Director of the City Police Department. He is also one of the heads in charge of the "610 Office." He has illegally arrested and detained hundreds of Falun Gong practitioners [9].
Yin Linong
She is a member of the Standing Committee of the CCPC of Changchun city and the Director of the city party's Propaganda Department. She is in charge of the intelligence work inside the "610 Office" [2]. She co-organized the Social Science Popularization Propaganda Week of Changchun City [10]. One of the major topics of the activity was the anti-Falun Gong campaign.
Liu Yuanjun
He is an Assistant Mayor and the Secretary of the City Political and Judiciary Committee of the CCPC. After Changchun Falun Gong practitioners broadcast the truth-telling program over the TV cable system, he slandered Falun Gong practitioners' activities in CCTV's program Focus [11]. When discussing the report at the 8th CCP Jilin Provincial Congress made by the Party Secretary Wang Yunkun, Liu Yuanjun re-emphasized deepening the struggle against Falun Gong [12].
An Li
She is an Assistant Mayor and in charge of the "Crackdown on Pornography and Unlawful Actions." Under her command, Falun Gong publications are treated as the most important target of the "Crackdown on Pornography and Unlawful Actions" campaign in Changchun city [13, 14].
Zhan Yuechang
He is the Vice-Chairman of the Changchun Political Consultative Committee and a former Deputy Secretary of the Changchun CCPC. He attended, signed his name and gave a slanderous talk at the "Ten Thousand Signatures for the anti-Falun Gong Campaign" event [15]. He hosted a "meet the members of the Political Consultative Committee with internet goers" program on a BBS to attack Falun Gong [16].
Fan Xinzao
He is the Vice-Chairman of the Changchun Political Consultative Committee, Director of the City United Front Line Bureau of the CCPC, and former Secretary of the CCPC in Chaoyang District, Changchun City (until August 2002). He was awarded the Jilin Provincial Model Individual designation in the struggle against Falun Gong on September 25, 2001 when he was the Secretary of the CCPC in Chaoyang District, Changchun City [17].
Sun Wansheng
He was the Director of the Changchun Middle Court. He approved all the jail sentences in the cases of Falun Gong practitioners in Changchun city. He is under internal investigation for taking bribes [18].
Mi Fengjun
He was the former Secretary of the Changchun CCPC and head of the City People's Congress. During his term as the Secretary of the Changchun CCPC, he was actively involved in persecuting Falun Gong. He was under internal investigation for taking bribes, corruption, and other charges [8].
References
[1] Minghui Net The distribution of persecuted-to-death cases by province and city(Back)
[2] Minghui Net reported on October 13, 2001: The name list of those who persecuted Falun Gong practitioners in Changchun city: Du Xuefang (former head of "610 Office" in Jilin province, now re-assigned to Changchun), Li Shu (Mayor of Changchun), Zhan Yuechang, Yin Linong (head of the Propaganda Department of the Changchun CCPC and in charge of the intelligence work of the "610 Office"), and Tian Zhonglin (Assistant Mayor and the Director of the Police Department of Changchun city).(Back)
[3] Minghui Net reported on February 1, 2002. Heizuizi and Chaoyanggou forced labor camps are truly living hells, .... Recently appointed Secretary of the Changchun CCPC, Du Xuefang (female), took the position of her notorious predecessor Mi Fengjun and shouted continuously, "(We) must increase our power to persecute Falun Gong."(Back)
[4] Xinhua Net Jilin Channel quoted from the Changchun Daily October 10, 2002 issue, "Prepare for the Party's 16th National Congress with a Stable and Harmonious Social and Political Environment": On October 30, an expanded meeting of the Leadership Team for Maintaining Stability was held in Changchun. The meeting re-organized the work of maintaining stability. The Party Secretary Du Xuefang asked that all departments and units do a good job specifically in the following areas: First, firmly maintain political stability and strike hard on Falun Gong practitioners' activities. The Party deputy secretary Chang Xiaoping hosted the meeting. The city leaders Yin Linong, Liu Yuanjun, Wu Dayong, and Wu Zhenchang attended the meeting.(Back)
[5] Changchun Science and Technology Information Net reported on March 11, 2002, "Changchun Party Secretary Du Xuefang Doing Investigation and Research at Dehui City": Finally, Du Xuehui emphasized that we must deepen our struggle against Falun Gong. All levels of the Party organizations must treat the struggle against Falun Gong as the current political task. We must create high pressure (on Falun Gong)....(Back)
[6] Chang Xiaoping, party Deputy Secretary of Changchun. He is in charge of party organization and political and judiciary committee work. His assignments are the Organizations Bureau, the Political and Judiciary Bureau, the "610 Office" of the CCPC, the Youth League Committee, the Women's Association, and the Appeal Office.(Back)
[7] Chronicle of the Civil Affairs Bureau of Changchun 2003, June 4, 2003, "The deputy secretary of the Changchun CCPC hosted the meeting on the "Maintaining Stability Project". The director of the Civil Affairs Bureau Li Yang attended the meeting."(Back)
[8] Minghui Net reported on April 14, 2002(Back)
[9] Minghui Net reported on March 26, 2002(Back)
[10] Changchun Science and Technology Information Net (http://www.ccst.gov.cn) reported on May 13, 2002, "The Opening of the Social Science Popularization Propaganda Week"(Back)
[11] CCTV on Focus reported on July 11, 2002(Back)
[12] Changchun Daily reported on May 22, 2002, "Changchun Representatives Discussing the Report at the 8th Provincial Party Representatives Conference by (Party Secretary) Wang Yunkun"(Back)
[13] Excerpt from the speech on the City "Crackdown on Pornography and Unlawful Actions" Working Meeting by the Mayor Assistant An Li: (We must) work hard on striking publications on Politics, "Falun Gong" and pornography. This is the most important part of our work in the "Crackdown on Pornography and Unlawful Actions".(Back)
[14] The speech on the meeting of the main leaders of the Cultural and Educational System by Assistant Mayor An Li.(Back)
[15] Xinhua Net reported on February 5, 2001 from Changchun, "The Ten Thousand Signatures Collection for the 'Anti-Cult and Defending Human Rights' Campaign in Changchun".(Back)
[16] Changchun Science and Technology Information Net (http://www.ccst.gov.cn) reported on April 1, 2002, "Fifty Thousand Residents Chat with the Members of the Changchun Political Consultative Committee to Discuss City Development Plans".(Back)
[17] Xinhua Net Jilin Channel reported on September 29, 2001 (reporter Li Yabiao): Jilin Province Awards for the Model Units and Individuals in the Struggle against Falun Gong.(Back)
[18] Minghui Net reported on October 8, 2003.(Back)
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Note 1. Just when we finished this report, we heard that another Changchun Falun Gong practitioner, Liu Chengjun, was persecuted to death. Liu Chengjun was one of the practitioners who broadcast the truth-telling program through the cable system in Changchun in March 5, 2002. After one year and nine months of jail torture and suffering, he passed away in Sino-Japan Friendship Hospital, Jilin University in Changchun at 4am, December 26, 2003 (Friday). This makes the confirmed persecuted-to-death cases in Changchun City total 42.(Back)
Note 2. Changchun City includes six districts (Chaoyang, Kuancheng, Erdao, Nanguan, Luyuan and Shuangyang), three lower level cities (Jiutai, Yushu and Dehui) and Nong'an County.
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