Accounts of Criminal Acts by Officers in Colleges and Universities in Guangdong

May 15, 2001

Recently, some unlawful officers from Guangdong's Postsecondary Education System severely violated Falun Gong practitioners' civil rights and personal safety. The following is a record of their criminal offenses.

1. Ignoring the resistance from the grassroots and from the majority of those in the educational system, these unlawful officers held a mandatory and illegal "transformation class" and ordered universities to force Falun Gong practitioners to attend. The officers from the postsecondary educational system used deception and kidnapped people and put the calm campus into a constant state of anxiety. At the transformation class, the officers took away their hypocritical disguises and said openly, "Whoever does not want to be transformed will be sent to labor camps." They ganged up with unlawful policemen and persecuted a great number of people. A lecturer from Jinan University named Mr. Pan was laid off because he stated that he would continue to firmly practice Falun Gong. A few days ago, the school board for the system asked him to go to the board with the reason of "discussing the rearrangement of his job." Once Mr. Pan arrived, they immediately arrested him and sent him to this illegal "transformation class." Even his relatives and friends were not notified.

2. The officers ganged up with Guangzhou province's unlawful policemen to kidnap people on the campuses. A woman named Mei Qianfen (who is a retired professor from Huagong University) and two other people were taking a trip before January 1st and were mysteriously kidnapped. Mei's family members searched everywhere and sought help everywhere, but the reply they received was that they had "disappeared." A few months later, the missing people were found to be in the "transformation class." Because they had refused to make an "apology," the board for the education system had illegally sentenced them to one year of labor camp! The only evidence was that there were some unclear and "suspicious words" on one of their towels, which were perceived as proof of their motive to appeal [on behalf of Falun Gong]. Mysterious people threatened the family after they learned the whereabouts of these three people.á

3. The officers forced students to participate in the so-called "Million Signatures" and the "Anti-[slanderous word] Association." They threatened the students by telling them that their decision would affect their graduation and job assignments.

We appeal to local and overseas students, and to the teachers and alumni of Guangdong's colleges and universities both in China and abroad: Confront the criminal conduct of the unlawful officers in order to save the kindhearted schoolmates. We appeal to the Education and Scientific Organization in the United Nations and also to Human Rights organizations: Send representatives to Guangdong's Postsecondary Educational System of Colleges and Universities to investigate and prevent the escalation of the persecution of these intellectuals.

In the meantime, we sternly warn these unlawful officers that are following Jiang Zemin: Justice has a long arm. Good and bad will be rewarded properly. If these people continue to commit vicious offenses, they will be punished for what they have done.