Sydney
Former Chinese diplomat Chen Yonglin, who defected recently
from the Chinese Consulate-general in Sydney, successively exposed inside stories
about the Chinese Communist regime's extensive spy network that has infiltrated
democratic western countries including Australia and persecuted and harassed Falun
Gong practitioners inside and outside of China. Inspired by Chen's defection,
former Chinese officials including Hao Fengjun (currently in Australia) and Han
Guangsheng (currently in Canada) also denounced their membership in the Chinese
Communist Party (CCP) and further exposed the CCP's suppression and harassments
of Falun Gong. These aroused the media and governments' attention of the
Falun Gong issue. Thus this reporter interviewed several Falun Gong practitioners
who shared their thoughts and feelings about Chen and Hao's expositions of
the inside stories about the harassments encountered by practitioners.
Chen Yonglin Details Evidence of the Chinese Consulate's Intelligence
Gathering
At the press conference on July 10, 2005, Mr. Chen Yonglin
exposed to the media a sample of the information that spies and informants provide
to the Chinese Consulate. Mr. Chen Yonglin revealed, “The Chinese Consulates and
Embassy in Australia have two systems, one is diplomatic and another is intelligence
system. Personnel in the intelligence system are funded independently. Many people
don't consider it a wise way to use the Embassy or Consulate to gather intelligence
information. But in reality, the CCP's important intelligence information
is usually collected through Embassies and Consulates. Therefore, many Embassies
and Consulates have intelligence systems. I was formerly the political consul
in the Chinese Consulate-general in Sydney. I was in charge of the bilateral relationship
between the Chinese and Australian governments and political issues. I was an
official in the diplomatic system. I mostly collected information through public
ways including reading newspapers, surfing the Internet and openly watching dissidents'
group events. Sometimes, I also received information from informants. Therefore,
although I didn't belong to the intelligence system, I knew some informants'
names.
  Chinese Consulate's intelligence information disclosed by Chen Yonglin draws attention from media |
Mr. Chen said, “When I worked in
the Chinese Consulate, it was as easy as turning my hand over to investigate some
people. In fact, the Consulate obtained the information from some informants.
Only a phone call to them, and they would inform the Consulate. Over the phone,
some informants directly uncover the secrets of people who are close to them.
Some hand in a written report. Some who are smarter usually request a face-to-face
talk. However, it is not safe even if they come to have a face-to-face talk, because
the conversation over phone or through interviews are all recorded through written
reports, which will be turned in to leaders. After further compiling and analyzing,
the information will be reported to the intelligence institute in China. People
in the Consulate's intelligence system directly report to Headquarters of
the General Staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army or Department of
Security.”
Chen Yonglin disclosed that the Chinese Consulate-general has a
blacklist of more than 800 Falun Gong practitioners. He has already removed most
of the names from the list. He said that this part of the name list was already
removed from the computer database. Chen said that the reason why he has sympathy
towards Falun Gong practitioners is because he indeed feels that Falun Gong practitioners
are exercising their beliefs in Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance.
Veteran Falun Gong Practitioner in Sydney: The Blacklist and the Harassments
Have Been Long-standing
The first of the three information documents
disclosed by Chen Yonglin was the name list of the Australian Falun Dafa Association
provided by an informant to Consul Du Wei. The list contained names of Falun Gong
contact persons in Sydney, Melbourne, and South Australia.
The name list provided
by the informant to Consul Du Wei stated, “This document was sent by the organization
written on the back of the envelope. After being verified step by step, it can
be included in the list for internal control (Editor's note: namely, blacklist).”
  Fax sent by the Chinese Embassy in Canberra to Consulates in Sydney and Melbourne |
The second document is the fax (see the photo above)
sent by the Chinese Embassy in Canberra to Consulates in Sydney and Melbourne.
The fax contains six pages which list more than 300 Falun Gong practitioners'
names. The fax was signed by former Chinese Ambassador Zhou Wenzhong.
Ms.
Meng Li, whose name was listed on the document told this reporter, “This blacklist
indicates that spies are around us. Quite some time ago, the CCP had already sent
spies to infiltrate practitioners and collect contact persons' names and
other practitioners' names. In May 2001, when we, the 22 practitioners, had
just arrived at Hong Kong airport's customs, we saw many police officers
waiting there nervously as if they were confronting some formidable enemies. It
seemed that they had received the information in advance and were aware of our
names and whereabouts. When we passed through customs, the officers spent quite
a long time comparing our passports and records on their computers. In the end,
an officer who carried a walkie-talkie directed a group of officers to illegally
detain all of us. They locked us in small cells individually and interrogated
us one by one. Later, we were forcibly deported back to Australia. Several male
practitioners were tied up and sacked, then carried onto the airplanes. During
the detention, they gave each of us a cup of beverage. After drinking it, a practitioner
whose last name was Zhang immediately fainted. After he went back, he felt that
his memory lapsed, and that he had no strength at all. He felt dizzy and could
not take care of his business. In the end, he had to sell his business. I have
also felt the same way since drinking the beverage. My memory lapsed and I don't
have enough energy.”
Kong Huiling: Hoping People Who Follow the
CCP Will Choose Their Conscience and a Bright Future
The third document
that Chen Yonglin disclosed was about Sydney Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Kong
Huiling's detailed personal information, including her birthday, when she
came to Australia, and the Falun Gong activities around the world she has participated
in from 1999 to 2004, as well as her parents' personal information such as
their address, passport numbers, period of validity, and their plan to apply to
visit Australia. The document even showed that Ms. Kong Huiling went to Taiwan
in 2001 to attend the Asian and Pacific Area Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference,
during which time she was assigned in the No. 11 group and what name she used.
At the end of 2000, Ms. Kong Huiling went to Macao and was barred from entering
Macao according to a blacklist. The document detailed how she was beaten there.
Ms. Kong said that she could not remember some of the details but they were recorded
on the document provided by the informants.
Ms. Kong told this reporter that
in December 2000, she went to Macao through Hong Kong. When she was in the queue
at customs to do corresponding paper work, she was called out by customs officials.
Two policewomen took her to the elevator. One policeman rushed over and hit her
on the nose. She almost felt down. After she was forcibly dragged into the elevator,
four or five police officers beat her forehead with their walkie-talkies and kicked
her in the lower abdomen. Afterwards, she was carried onto the dock and taken
to a ship destined for Hong Kong. Mr. Lin, who accompanied her, received phone
calls from CCP's department of security before he left Australia. He was
told that his plan to go to Hong Kong and Macao was known. Therefore, when Ms.
Kong and other practitioners arrived at Macao customs, they saw crowds of police
officers waiting there. Ms. Kong told this reporter that she realized that she
and other practitioners were included in a blacklist, and that informants had
already reported their itineraries to the CCP's Department of Security before
their trip.
Ms. Kong said, “Although I became an Australian citizen a long
time ago, the CCP still knew our detailed trip plans. This left me a big shadow.”
Nonetheless, Ms. Kong wishes that those who still sell information to the CCP
will awaken as soon as possible, see through the situation, and choose their conscience
and a bright future. She warned them not to leave themselves or their children
too many regrets, since when they hurt others they hurt themselves as well.”
Zhang Cuiying: It's shocking to Learn that the Australian Ministry
of Foreign Affairs Assists the CCP in Dealing with Falun Gong Practitioners in
their Lawsuits Against Chinese Officials
Mr. Chen Yonglin also revealed
that some Australian government officials had many secret deals. For instance,
the Australian Ministry of Foreign Affairs supplied ideas for the CCP to solve
its political problems and even provided several plans to assist the CCP in dismissing
the lawsuit filed by Ms. Zhang Cuiying in the New South Wales Supreme Court against
former Chinese President Jiang Zemin and the 610 Office.
Ms. Zhang Cuiying
told this reporter that over the past six years of persecution, her family and
herself have suffered various kinds of persecution and harassments from the CCP.
In 2000 when she went back to China, she was arrested as soon as entered the Shenzhen
customs. Police officers who received intelligence information from spies in advance
waited for her there and said to her, “You have finally arrived. We've waited
for you here for one entire day already.” Afterwards, Ms. Zhang was illegally
detained for eight months in a forced labor camp where she was violently tortured
both physically and mentally. Even after she returned Australia, her phone calls
were monitored and her letters were stolen. The CCP's spies even threw a
bloody dead cat at her front door and threatened that she should stop all her
activities of exposing the persecution facts.
Zhang Cuiying expressed that
as an Australian citizen, she felt shocked upon hearing that the Australian Foreign
Ministry assisted the CCP to intervene with her lawsuit against Jiang Zemin and
the 610 Office for the sake of economic interests. She hoped that the Australian
government and major media outlets will conduct investigations and expose the
CCP's manipulators behind the curtain so as to protect Australian citizens
and allow all Australian people to enjoy a safe, free and peaceful living environment.
John Deller: Inside Stories Disclosed by Chen and Hao Help Australian
Government Realize the Seriousness of the Persecution
Apart from
information disclosed by Chen Yonglin, another defected Chinese official, Mr.
Hao Fengjun, also exposed overseas Falun Gong practitioners' activity information
provided by China's 610 Office and the Chinese Ministry of Security through
different channels. For instance, Falun Gong practitioners from New South Wales
planned to hold an experience sharing conference after the Christmas. The document
listed the conference organizers' names. Mr. John Deller was described as
the coordinator who “organized” several activities that attempted to damage the
CCP authorities.
John Deller said it was really shocking to learn that Falun
Gong practitioners' activities in Australia are so closely monitored by CCP
officials who were even aware of detailed Australian citizens' personal information
to such a degree. He said that Mr. Chen and Mr. Hao are really courageous to defect.
The evidence they provided verified that the persecution and harassments encountered
by Falun Gong practitioners are all real. In the meantime, they also helped the
Australian public and government to realize that the CCP's persecution of
Falun Gong is truly severe.
Posting date: 29/Jul/2005
Original
article date: 28/Jul/2005
Category: Australian
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