President of Transitional Government issues orders to military
On December 22, President Wu Fan of the China Transitional Government issued a third decree to Mainland military and armed police forces, requesting the Chinese troops, armed police officers, soldiers and policemen to refuse to open fire to suppress commoners, when receiving superior orders or instructions. If the higher level officials order you personally to implement massacre, you have the right to shoot the superior officers.
The decree points out that, given the current situation of China’s rapid economic recession, (growing social contradictions and conflicts) the inclination of public wanting changes has spread across the country. To cope with the deteriorated situation and to maintain a strong dictatorship, the Chinese authorities most likely will take extreme actions to order military troops and armed police to open fire to suppress the public’s appeals for justice, in a vain attempt to repeat the Tiananmen massacre.
The decree states that for any justified disobedient action in self-defense, China Transitional Government must pardon your innocence, and will offer you a double honor in fame and material when the Transitional Government take office in Mainland China; if you can follow the suit of uprising to raise the anti-communist flag, the honor would be issued in accordance to the contents of the 2nd 2008 presidential decree.
Conversely, if you aid the vile Communist Party to open fire at ordinary people in protest in repeated fashion like that of Tiananmen Massacre, China Transitional Government or the interim government will hold them responsible for serious punishment when the Chinese Communist Party disintegrates.
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Chinese Communist regime intensifies crackdown on House Churches
With Christmas just around the corner, Chinese Communist officials have pointed their spears at China’s House Churches, with the organiser of the China House Churches Federation, Pastor Zhang Mingxun being abducted on Sunday in Inner Mongolia. Also, gatherings at the Liang-Ren Church in Guangzhou were interrupted by dozens of officials sent by local authorities on Monday.
Rights organisation China Aid reports that Pastor Zhang was arrested by national security officers while he was at the Wulanhaote city of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region to conduct a sermon. Pastor Zhang’s current whereabouts is still unknown.
Reporters tried contacting Zhang’s wife, she said her husband has been out of contact since Sunday morning, and suspects he was taken from his car by officials.
On November 28, Pastor Zhang was abducted and taken to the Nanyang Trade Union building. He says over 20 officials claiming to be from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Henan Department of Civil Affairs, the Bureau of Public Security and the Ministry of Religious Affairs made a decision to ban China’s House Churches Federation.
Yang Jia’s mother receives notice of his ashes
On Monday, Sound Of Hope was contacted by the father of Yang Jia, a Beijing resident who was secretly executed on November 24th by Shanghai law officials after he killed six police officers. His father said Yang’s mother received notification two weeks ago from officials regarding her son’s ashes, and that she would need to wait a few more days.
Yang’s mother was contacted by the neighbourhood committee and the police station two weeks ago about Yang’s ashes and was told to wait a few days. She says officials from the Beijing Politburo contacted Shanghai officials to secure the ashes.
Yang’s father says that since her return on November 24th, their home has been under 24 hour surveillance by guards on rotating shifts and she is followed when she goes out, even if it’s just to for grocery shopping.
Yang’s father says his mother was affected by the incident involving her son and was then forcibly sent to a psychiatric ward for four months. She still needs time to recover from her ordeal. He passed on a message from Yang’s mother thanking all those who’ve thought of her and wished her well.
Economic survey turns up forged results in Nanjing villages
In the face of the economic crisis, one county in China has resorted to faking the results of a survey aimed at gauging the economic wellbeing of its residents. Desperate to appear economically strong, Shiqiao County in Pukuo district of Jiangsu province, have handed out ‘model answers’ to residents for a survey conducted by the province’s Bureau of Statistics. Students were reportedly given a day off to answer questions on the phone at home, and residents were promised they would receive 2000 Yuan if they answered the survey ‘correctly’.
Nanjing Morning News reports that Pukou district officials have applied for the district to receive an ‘overall well-off’ standard, a standard which shows the districts residents are economically ‘well-off. To verify this, Jiangsu Bureau of Statistics carried out a phone survey to Pukou residents, and in Shiqiao County, over 96% of residents surveyed gave satisfactory responses.
Villager Hu Zhangjun from Shiqiao County says village officials handed out ‘model answers’ about 20 days ago, which had 16 questions and corresponding responses. He says officials promised that if they answer the survey accordingly, they would receive 2000 Yuan encouragement bonuses.
Another village official admits the County government asked each village official to ‘vouch’ for 30 villagers, and to pay a ‘guarantee fee’ which would only be returned if their villagers ‘passed’ the survey. If they didn’t pass, the money might not be returned, and the village officials might even lose their posts.
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Former Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun meeting the US president. His brother faces several charges of corruption. (Courtesy of AP)
Population control becomes money-spinner
China’s one child policy is now being used as a money-making tool by local Communist officials who impose excessive fines for those who breach the rules. They even force some ‘offenders’ into retirement, according to local residents.
Ms Wang says many Communist officials have more than one child themselves, but will still impose fines on the public if they breach the rules. She says these fines are not reported to senior officers, but are instead kept in the hip pockets of local officials.
Ms Wang says the low level governments of the Chinese Communist Party have two separate citizenship registers. The real one is apparently hidden from the superiors. The purpose of this is twofold: it shows senior officials favourable statistics, and it allows local officials to easily control what fines are imposed. Ms Wang says no one knows China’s actual population figures.
She says fines imposed by these officials are not only paid in lump sums, they can be paid in instalments, and can include ‘gifts’ given to birth control officials. She says as time went by, officials increased the fines imposed for those breaching the birth control regulations.
Ms Wang says the fines in Hebei are on an increasing scale, $10,000 Yuan for a second child, $20,000 for the third child and so on. Usually fines are more often imposed in wealthier areas, and less in poorer regions.
Family guards home against demolition
On December 20th, seven members of the Hu family living in Beijing’s Fentai District have armed themselves with petrol, lighters and pesticides on the roof of their home. They’re protesting against officials trying to demolish their house for development. The home was left behind by their ancestors and the family of Hu Daqiu are prepared to guard it with their lives after developers tried to proceed with the demolition before starting negotiations with the family. The demolition team, consisting of over 100 people, retreated after United States and other foreign journalists arrived at the scene.
Before the demolition, banners appeared all around Hu’s house showing the family’s determination to fight to the death. One banner says: ‘No Human Rights, Lives are threatened; A Happy family is forced onto the path of death.’ Another said: ‘Weak villagers fight strong forces with their lives, who will value the seven lives?’ Hu says no agreements have been reached with the developers. He says the developers are colluding with officials, and they’ll demolish the home first then sign agreements later. He says agreements are only binding on the public, and when the government breaks the law, the agreement is nothing but a scrap piece of paper.
Hu says officials disguise the demolition work as urban renewal, when in fact the work is for commercial development. He says the compensation offered to them is at market rates from 2001, and with the rising real estate market in Beijing, they cannot afford a new place with a 2009 market price value.
At the time when foreign journalist arrived at the scene, court officials, city patrols and public security officers in uniform quickly withdraw from the area. Only five trucks and three earthmovers and a few workers remained. Hu Daqiu was interviewed by the Associated Press, prompting the village chief to accept an interview. Hu says the village chief believed it was legal to demolish the house without having signed an agreement with the owners.
Yang Shiyi of Beijing’s ZhenYuan Demolition and Removal Company who was in charge of the demolition of Hu’s residence, told journalists he couldn’t answer any questions about the matter because it wasn’t up to them whether the demolition goes ahead. He says they are just responsible for negotiations, and the actual process is not their concern.
The director of Huanghe Project Bureau murdered
On December 23rd, a murder took place at the Huanghe Project Hydrology Department in Inner Mongolia. The director of the Bureau was knifed to death by an employee. The head of Human Resources was also injured.
According to the Beifangxinbao newspaper, the attack took place at the Huanghe Project Bureau of the Provincial Hydrology Department located at Jiankang Street, Sahan District. From 9:45 to 10am on December 23rd, an employee of the Bureau, Mr Ya, a male of 46 years, came to the office of the Bureau’s director. He wanted to discuss salary related issues with Mr. Jin, who was on the third floor of the building. Ya got into an argument with Jin. During the exchange, Ya stabbed Jin eight to nine times in the chest with a single-edged knife that Ya prepared ahead of time. Jin was 58 years old.
Subsequently, Ya went to the Human Resources Department on the first floor and stabbed the head of Human Resources, Mr. Guo in the chest and left arm once. Mr Guo is 46 years old. Later, Ya was brought under control by other employees who rushed to the scene upon hearing of the incident. Jin died on the way to the hospital. The attacker Ya injured his hand during the attacks.
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