Chen Yunfei, a small-business owner in Sichuan, was placed under house arrest after putting an advertisement for the June 4th Movement in the Chengdu Evening News . When he regained his freedom on December 3, 2007, he went to the Chengdu Evening News offices to apologize to the staff members who were implicated during the incident.
He was interviewed by The Epoch Times on December 5 and said that he had no regrets about his actions, although he was placed under house arrest by the authorities due to the advertisement. However he felt badly for the media staff who were implicated during the event.
During the interview, he made a public statement that he would quit the Communist Youth League in support of the thirty million people who had quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliated organizations. He said, “I can start my life anew and become a true person, an awakened person, a reasonable person and a person with a conscience.”
Leaders in the Newspaper Office Demoted Due to the Advertisement
June 4, 2007 was the 18th anniversary of the June 4th Movement, a student movement that sought democracy in 1989. An advertisement in the classified section (page 14) of the Chengdu Evening News , caused strong repercussions in media circles at home and abroad. It said, “Salute all the mothers of the victims of the June 4th Movement.”
