Truth on "Falun Gong"

Chinese Police "Torture 'Falun Gong' Follower": Sheer Lie

Some foreign news media lately report that Tan Yongjie, an

alleged "Falun Gong" follower in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous

Region who stowed away to the US, was tortured by Chinese

policemen in Guangdong and had got a third-degree burn. But an

inquiry of related departments about this tells that no such a

man as Tan had been found in China's mainland and the

so-called self-account by this man has many doubtful points.

The reporter first turned to public security departments of

Guangdong and Guangxi for their residence files and local

census records trying to find the man out allegedly by the

name of "Tan Yongjie". However, irrespective of every possible

effort made, all had got to no avail. Experts of public

security explained that the so-called Tan Yongjie probably

used a false name after he ran a blockade to the US.

Experiences told that using false names have customarily

helped stowaways get away from investigations by security

departments in the US and present their stories of being

persecuted that has turned out to be the most favorable means

to have helped them out unscathed in the US.

Guangdong Province and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region

security departments point out that they haven't got such a

soul alleged as "Tan Yongjie". The so-called "Chinese

policeman tortured him" is a sheer lie.

Experts also thought that there are so many doubtful points in

Tan's self-account failing to justify his statement. For

instance, Tan claimed to have been "branded by hot iron par by

Chinese policemen" on June 2, and that "diagnosed as a

third-degree burn, on 13 locations, deep into the muscle, the

area of wounds is large and deep, hard to close up". But

irrespective of such serious wounds, to people's surprise, Tan

had managed to hide in a crate in a container ship on a 14-day

voyage, crossed the vast Pacific Ocean, passed through many

hands or places without any corn on hand, even not knowing a

word of English, and finally arrived at Houston and entered

hospital for treatment on July 13. The whole process takes

more than 40 days. It is unbelievable to any person with a

little common sense.

The police noted that now they are not supposed to make any

guess at the doubtful points in Tan's account and his

so-called real experience during the illegal immigration. They

hope they can get more related material and the real name of

the stowaway and conduct further investigation about the issue

so as to give a convincing answer to all good and honest

people within and outside China.

(People's Daily08/30/2001)