Li Hongzhi Is Very Interested in Politics

By Zhen Yan

Li Hongzhi has always said that he is ``not interested in politics.'' However, after I watched the relevant news released by CCTV, my conclusion is: Li Hongzhi is very interested in politics.

According to one news item, the public security organs cracked a case of stealing and revealing state secrets recently, and all the suspects are members of the ``Falun Gong'' organization. It has been proved by investigations that, in accordance with the purposes and planning of Li Hongzhi and his ``Falun Dafa Research Society,'' the culprits spied out and stole 59 secret documents of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the Chinese Government within several months, including 20 top-secret documents, 24 confidential documents and 15 classified documents; and sent 10 secret state documents abroad.

On April 25, 1999, after the illegal gathering organized by the ``Falun Gong'' organization outside Zhongnanhai, Li Hongzhi and the ``Falun Dafa Research Society'' instructed the local ``Falun Gong'' organizations to steal relevant documents so as to ``know the enemy and know yourself,'' and continued to plan, organize and incite ``Falun Gong'' practitioners to purposely oppose the Communist Party of China and the Chinese Government. For instance, on April 29, ``after Ge Xiulan, a practitioner, listened to a speech made by a leader of the CPC Central Committee on how to handle the `Falun Gong' issue,'' she sent the relevant minutes to Yao Jie, a core member of the ``Falun Gong'' organization. Yao Jie lost no time faxing the contents to the ``Falun Gong'' organization and Li Hongzhi's trusted followers in the United States. In May, in accordance with the instructions of Li Tianmin, head of the Weifang ``Falun Gong'' instruction center. Sun Xiaomei, a core member of the ``Falun Gong'' organization in Weifang, Shandong Province, asked others to steal the document on ``Falun Gong'' printed and issued by the office of the CPC Shandong Provincial Committee. Upon receiving the document, Li Tianmin had it printed and distributed far and wide. In addition, the Weifang ``Falun Gong'' instruction center drafted ``An Open Letter to the Highest State Leader.'' In mid-June, Chen Ling and Liu Jinghang, two practitioners in Beijing, received the minutes of the speeches made by CPC Central Committee leaders on handling and solving the ``Falun Gong'' issue and stolen by a practitioner named Liu Yu, and hand-carried them to Yao Jie. In addition, according to Yao Jie's instructions that ``upon receiving the document of the CPC Central Committee, you should immediately send it out through the Internet,'' Chen Ling asked Feng Lei, another practitioner, to send the minutes out through the Internet. Meanwhile, instructed by Duan Rongxin, a leader of the Shijiazhuang instruction center, Feng Xinmu borrowed the document of the CPC Hebei Provincial Committee on handling the ``Falun Gong'' issue three times, and in accordance with the contents of the document, he drafted ``An Open Letter to the Disciples of the `Falun Dafa' in Shijiazhuang." Both the document and the letter were sent abroad through the Internet. In late June, Liu Ying, a practitioner in Sichuan, faxed the circular of the Leshan Military Sub-region on ferreting out ``Falun Gong'' practitioners and solving the ``Falun Gong'' issue to Yao Jie and the core members of the ``Falun Gong'' organization in Australia, Haikou, Chengdu and the United States, as well as to Li Hongzhi. In June, the ``Falun Gong'' organization also stole the ``Important Press and Publication Conditions'' from the Press and Publication Administration and other confidential documents from the Ministry of Public Security.

What did Li Hongzhi and his ``Falun Gong'' organization do after receiving these confidential documents? They misrepresented the meaning of these internal documents, and then spread them widely through their contacts and the Internet, thus inciting a large number of practitioners who did not know the truth to provoke incidents (they constantly besieged and attacked press units, harassed Party and government organs, and even organized large-scale gatherings), and disturb public order. They tried to create a situation in which "laws were helpless and orders could hardly be carried out in the face of a large number of opponents," so as to put pressure on the CPC and the Chinese Government. For instance, after Li Chang and other core members of ``Falun Gong'' stole the ``Important Press and Publication Conditions,'' they compiled the ``News in Brief from the Falun Dafa Research Society'' to incite practitioners, and organized 21 well-known personages, experts and scholars to jointly write a letter to CPC Central Committee leaders and persons in charge of the State Physical Culture Administration, accusing press units of making ``unjust reports'' on ``Falun Gong,'' trying to provoke an incident. After they stole the secret documents from the Public Security Bureau, Li Chang compiled another ``News in Brief from the Falun Dafa Research Society,'' saying that the circular of the Ministry of Public Security ``has set a precedent for rumor mongering and mudslinging in the form of a document and infringing upon the legal rights and interests of citizens throughout the country,'' proposing that ``if necessary, a `Falun Gong' hearing to be attended by people from all walks of life should be held in Beijing,'' and organizing ``Falun Gong'' practitioners to submit a petition. Li Chang made a special report on the matter to Li Hongzhi, who urged him to ``write the petition immediately.'' In accordance with Li Hongzhi's instruction, Li Chang gathered Wang Zhiwen, Ji Liewu, Yao Jie and other core members of the ``Falun Gong'' organization to discuss how to write the petition to CPC Central Committee leaders. Li Chang said, ``Now the government has determined the nature of `Falun Gong,' and is collecting evidence of its crimes. We should organize retired cadres and famous personages from scientific and technological, cultural, law and educational circles to sign a petition to the CPC Central Committee.'' Then, the ``Falun Dafa Research Society'' organization had more than 100 celebrated figures from scientific and technological, cultural, law and educational circles and some retired cadres sign the petition. Li Hongzhi received the people who signed the letter in person, and made a speech to ``encourage'' them. Later he said proudly that ``it was really well done.''

According to mass media reports, from April 1998 to April 25, 1999, under the leadership of Li Hongzhi and the ``Falun Dafa Research Society,'' ``Falun Gong'' organizations throughout the country besieged Party and government organs and media units several dozen times. On April 25, 1999, they incited more than 10,000 ``Falun Gong'' practitioners to besiege Zhongnanhai, pointing their spearhead directly at the Party Central Committee and the State Council. After April 25, the ``Falun Gong'' organization stirred up trouble all over the country, and organized incidents more frequently. In less than three months, over 300 such incidents occurred.

This shows that Li Hongzhi and his ``Falun Gong'' organization are not only very interested in politics, but also have a clear political agenda.

(Compiled by New Star Publishers, Dec., 1999)