Human Rights: October 2005 Archives

By Li Jia - Epoch Times Staff

Mr. Han Guangsheng, the former head of the Shenyang City Judicial Bureau, said during a recent interview that the Chinese Communist Party’s legal system is deeply flawed. As a result, the connection between the government and organized crime is inevitable.

The Two-Faced Nature of the CCP’s Legal System

In an interview to discuss the Chinese government’s engagement with gangs to suppress any civic rights movement, Mr. Han said, “The CCP’s political and legal system is like a double-edged sword. Under normal circumstances, it is used to attack criminals. However, when the CCP’s interest clashes with that of the people, the sword is pointed at the common citizens.”

Mr. Han said the current political and legal system includes the police, the Department of Justice, courts, the procuratorate, and the Bureau of Security, all of which are under the control of the “political and legal commissions” at each level of government.

Mr. Han said that the government uses both soft and hard tactics when dealing with the people. “Soft” refers to using the media to deceive and brainwash. “Hard” refers to using the political and legal system to violently suppress any dissent.

“The movement to restore civic rights is inevitable given the CCP’s control. The CCP’s violent suppression is also determined by the party’s nature,” Han said.

By Gao Ling
Epoch Times Staff

TAISHI, China - On October 9, a reporter from the British newspaper the Guardian, Benjamin Joffe-Walt, and a Member of the People’s Congress, Lu Banglie, went to Taishi village, Guangdong province to conduct an interview. Around 7:00 pm, they were brutally beaten in the village. According to villagers’ reports via telephone, “they were nearly beaten to death, it was terrible!” When reporters once again asked about Mr.Joffe-Walt and Mr. Lu around 11:30 p.m. Beijing time, villagers told the reporter that they had been taken away by the local police. When a reporter called the Yuwotou police station, the officer on duty answered, “None of your business! you should listen to the news or call number 110 to check. I do not know anything and we have no right to answer any questions from overseas reporters!”