(Clearwisdom.net) Editors' note: In both Western and Chinese cultures, the principle of karmic retribution, that is, being held ultimately accountable for one's own actions, is widely accepted. The fundamental teaching of Falun Gong is the characteristic of the universe, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. The universe will reward acts that are in harmony with this principle, while doing things such as beating, torturing and murdering people will incur karmic retribution. Stated another way, good deeds will be rewarded with good, while evildoings will meet due retribution. Articles such as this one are meant as a compassionate reminder of this principle to those who would commit wrongdoing. While many of those who persecute Falun Gong are merely "following orders," the universal law requires that they, too, be held responsible for their actions, and that only by reversing their course of wrongdoing may they escape retribution.

Fang Weidong was a cadre of the Security Section of the Dongdianer Company of Dalian. He was diagnosed with lung cancer and died within a year. He was less than 55 years old. Fang had closely followed the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) persecution policy on Falun Gong practitioners. Sometime around 2005, Fang waited outside of practitioner Liu Qingming's home to try to arrest Liu, but was unsuccessful. In January of 2006, Fang collaborated with officers from Gaojiacun Police Station in Dalian to illegally arrest practitioner Liu Xiuying. Later, Liu Xiuying was detained for more than two years in Masanjia Forced Labor Camp.

Zhang Zhenfu was another employee of the Dongdianer Company of Dalian that was involved in persecuting practitioners. He died of diabetes and vasculitis in 2009. He was under 55 years old as well. Zhang briefly practiced Falun Gong, but quit after the persecution began in July 1999. In the beginning of the persecution, Zhang was the manager of another employee, practitioner Ding Defu. When Ding Defu was released after being interrogated and tortured, Zhang locked Ding Defu up in a small room and sent someone to monitor him around the clock. The company later dismissed Ding Defu. When Zhang was the director of the Retirement Office in the company, he followed the CCP's persecution policy and withheld salaries of five retired workers for one year to three years just because they practiced Falun Gong. In 2002, Zhang was diagnosed with diabetes and soon could no longer take care himself.

The deputy chief of Jinhu County Public Security Bureau in Jiangsu Province, Yong Changhong, was in charge of the Criminal Investigation Team and the Domestic Security Division. He actively persecuted practitioners and is one of the main perpetrators in the persecution of practitioner Chen Handong. Towards the end of 2007, he signed an order to "illegally arrest" Chen Handong.

Three days after Chen Handong's arrest, Yong Changhong was arrested and charged with supporting a crime syndicate.

Jia Zhenjie was the head of Shiqiaotou Village, Zhaoba Town, Shenze County, Hebei Province. Many times he participated in the persecution of practitioners and destroyed truth-clarification posters. During May 1, 2007 and the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008, he actively persecuted practitioners. On November 28, 2008, Jia Zhenjia died of lung cancer.