Liu says that to carry out the persecution there is a chain of command with officials at each level guilty of crimes against humanity.
“Prison guards are promoted or punished according to their success in ’transforming' Falun Gong practitioners, and given bonuses for dreaming up new torture methods. Inmates are released early for beating Falun Gong prisoners. Labour camp officials [are] promoted or demoted according to whether they meet ’transformation quotas’.
“At the top are officials who have shaken hands with heads of government overseas and become key players in international commerce.”
There are numerous officials throughout the CCP with blood on their hands, accumulated over 13 years of persecution, according to Liu. “This is one of the reasons that they fight so hard to hide the truth about Falun Gong and the persecution – because they fear facing punishment for their crimes—and why they never backed down from their goal of ‘eradicating’ Falun Gong.”
Ed Miles of Christian Solidarity Worldwide said: “We believe that not only is it a fundamental legal and political right that people should be free to choose their beliefs, but there is also a clear moral obligation upon all states to allow people to freely make decisions on such deeply personal issues.”
According to the European Friends of Falun Gong, the large numbers of people currently renouncing the Chinese Communist Party (highlighted by this newspaper) will only increase if the persecution continues.
“Their continued persecution of Falun Gong will only serve to increase this mass exodus, and the Party will eventually be forced to cave in to the power of their real enemies, truth and freedom. The CCP is an apple which is rapidly rotting from within,” said a statement by European Friends of Falun Gong.
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