Asia Cast for Sunday 07th September
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In this Bulletin…
-The Chinese Communist Party severely restricted on Muslim holy Ramadan activities in Xinjiang;
- The Chinese communist regime sends thousands of police to suppress massive conflict in Hunan province; and
- 200 people trapped under rubble after a rockslide in Egypt.
-But first, here’s our SOH focus on China
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According to Chinese resources, the Muslim Ramadan will start this week, the Chinese Communist authority has strengthened monitoring in Xin jiang province, which has caused the condemns by the overseas Uighur organizations.
Aksu Government Network of Xinjiang said on September 4 that, “Ramadan is approaching, the Communist committees government of Yingmai li county, Shaya town strictly forbids the Mosque to supply accommodation to people from other places, not allowing to broadcast audio and video tapes, to use loudspeakers, to hit Na Gela Drums and engage in activities.”
The spokesman of the World Uighur Congress, DiliXiati, said, that This restriction of the Uygur people of the Ramadan activities in this years holy month, is a serious violation of belief of freedom, and has also intensify the local conflict.”
Asia Cast for Saturday 6th September
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In this Bulletin…
- Suicide ranked as the fifth major cause of death in China;
- Blind Chinese human rights lawyer and activist has phone blocked ahead of Paralympics; and
- U.N. relief supplies reach hurricane-ravaged Haiti.
But first, here’s our SOH focus on China
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The website established by Catholic rights advocate Xing Jingsheng, “Citizens suffering injustice in Baoding”, was recently shut down by Chinese authorities. A “lack of records” was the reason cited for taking the site down.
Commentators have said that this is yet another example of the regime’s suppression of press freedom.
Xing Jingsheng began working to protect real estate rights of Catholic believers before assisting more local citizens in rights battles.
It was for conducting these activities that he was sent to a labour camp, according to Radio Free China reports.
Identity cards seized to stop Liuzhou residents protesting.
More evidence is coming to show the mass control the Communist Regime is inflicting on Chinese citizens to stop them from publicly showing their discontent. In Liuzhou, Wei Yujuan was seized from her daughter’s home and detained for involvement in a public protest. Her identity card was confiscated and she was beaten by government security while detained at a retirement village. She told sound of Hope reporters that her mobile phone and identity card were confiscated and she was beaten to the point of mild concussion.
Military soldier reveals history of savage organ harvesting by Communist officials.
With the world wide exposure of the communist governments illegal and barbaric organ harvesting from living Falun Dafa practitioners who have been jailed and persecuted for their beliefs and then subsequently stripped of their organs to be traded on the world organ trade market, many Chinese people have come forward to speak out against this latest horror act of the Regime. David Matas and David Kilgour of Canada conducted a detailed legal investigation that rocked the world and revealed the bloody truth that the regime had successfully hidden for years. Now an ex military soldier, Mr. Chen, who resides in Denmark, disclosed his experience of witnessing the crime of live organ removal from a captured ‘prisoner’ while he was serving in the Communist army back in the 1970’s.
Mass protest at Jishou Railway
On Thursday, nearly 10,000 protestors gathered at Shouji Station in Jishou City, Hunan Province. Masses of people stood on the tracks, blocking trains. According to local residents, the protest was due to illegal fund-raising by a number of local real estate enterprises, causing losses to a large number of investors.
Mainland Internet users posted images over the Internet at 1:00 pm on the 4th, showing that authorities had dispatched a large number of personnel wearing camouflage uniforms and armed with batons and shields who surrounded protestors on the rail tracks.
Veteran War General voices governmental problems
Decades on, a veteran War General who had fought against the Japanese army in Mainland China Jia Weilu still cares deeply for the environment in which mainland Chinese people currently live. During an Armed Forces Memorial dinner, veteran soldiers reminisced about the 8 long years of the Anti Japanese War, and former Taiwanese Defence Minister Jian Zhongling introduced to the group, veteran General Jia Weilu who was personally involved in the Anti-Japanese War as well as the following Chinese Civil War.
Multiple UFO sightings in Chongqing
As reported in The Epoch Times newspaper, a group of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) were seen on August 31 at about 7 p.m. in Dazu County, Chongqing Municipality. The UFOs, which were seen by several villagers, appeared frequently in the sky. A child shouted “aliens” and then ran back into his house to hide. Villagers watched the UFOs until 10 p.m. and claimed that they had never seen anything quite like it before.
Liao Yukun, a villager of Jijia town in Dazu County, saw several bright lights in the sky as he was collecting millets in his yard. He first thought the lights might be flashlights, but soon realized that they were moving through the sky, like flying saucers.
Asia Cast for Friday 5th September
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In this Bulletin…
- Two incidents of large scale unrest reported in China;
- Taro Aso formally declares bid for Japan’s presidency; and
- Talks on lifting nuclear restrictions on India enter second day.
But first, here’s our SOH focus on China
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The committee set up to investigate the Sichuan earthquake has admitted that some of the schools that collapsed could have had construction problems.
In some areas schools were the only buildings to collapse. There have been reports of widespread corruption and the use of waste from the tofu industry as a cheep alternative to concrete.
The admission could be a diversionary tactic aimed at pacifying angry parents and part of a wider cover-up.
Parents that have been active in protesting about the collapsed schools have been blacklisted by the Chinese regime and put under surveillance. Some of those that spoke to foreign groups have been sent to labour camps.
All Chinese media has been censored over the ‘tofu waste construction projects’.
Administration level of CCP accountable for obstacles in cooperation between China Eastern Airlines and Singapore Airlines
China Eastern Airlines and Singapore Airlines are waiting for The Communist regime at the administration level to declare their stance in “cooperation between China Eastern Airlines and Singapore Airlines. According to a report by the 18th Version of “Finance”, published on September 1, 2008, this has become an important prerequisite for Singapore Airlines to re-purchase China Eastern Airlines and for cooperation between the two airlines. (more…)
Bureau of Statistics: Soaring prices of commodities in China reach a 10-year high
The CCP National Bureau of Statistics issued a report on September 2 that prices of commodities in China had reached a new high in a decade. (more…)
More truths revealed about the May 12 Earthquake
Aid did not arrive for the 400 students and staff buried under the rubbles of Dongqi Middle School in Wanhan count in Sichuan’s Mianzhu city until days after the devastating May 12 earthquake. Official rescue teams had claimed on the 5th day that only those alive would be rescued. To date, parents of deceased Dongqi students have received only $9,600 Yuan in compensation. (more…)
Quazi prison set up at Communist Party School in Wuhan
It has been revealed that a large number of Falun Gong practitioners and petitioners were detained in “Legal Education Classes” set up in Chinese Communist Party Schools around Wuhan city in Hubei Province ahead of the August Beijing Olympics. One such class was in the Jiang-an district Party School and one local petitioner says that these “Legal Education Classes” are in fact private prisons of the local government to illegally restrict the personal freedom of citizens. She says many people remain in detention despite the Olympics Games having finished. (more…)
