Dear Mr. Trent Lott,
Mr. Newt Gingrich,
An old Chinese maxim "execute one to warn one
hundred". Mainland China's ruling Communist Party's
widest crackdown against dissent in at least three years.
The Communist Party has created deep anxiety among mainland Chinese
intellectuals who have pushed a lively, if careful, debate over
the need to reform the mainland's autocratic political system. For
some reasons leader's refuse to face the trouble. Such story in
Malaysia also, sacked Malaysian Finance Minister Anwar Ibrahim is
seen with a black eye when he appeared in court on Sept. 30, Malaysia's
attorney-general was quoted on Tuesday (Jan. 5, 1999) as saying
police were "fully responsible" for injuries caused to
Anwar while he was in custody.
Nevertheless; Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, who had called Anwar
morally unfit after sacking him, said the injuries might have been
self-inflicted.
Beijing, Jan. 5 ---
Mainland China on Tuesday denied a report by the Vatican news agency
that police had subjected a Catholic priest to "sexual
torture" in order to make him reveal his contacts with underground
priests. Catholics in mainland are split between the
"official" church with four million followers, which is
recognized by the state and the clandestine church which is outlawed
by Beijing but recognized by Rome.
The clandestine church is forced to hold secret masses for its
estimated 10 million members. Beijing has not had diplomatic ties
with the Vatican since 1957, as the latter recognized its rival
Taiwan.
Meanwhile; Beijing, Jan. 5 ---
An India-based Tibetan rights group has punished personal accounts
accusing Beijing of widespread torture in Tibet including the
use of electric shock aerial suspension and sexual assault.
The report related the experience of a 28-year-old nun Tenzin Choedon
who was sexually abused with electric batons. "First I was
hit with a stick all over my body, after five strikes, my body became
senseless. As I was coming back to my sense, I saw my fellow nuns
being abused with electric batons, in their anuses. They inserted
a stick into my vagina four times with full force and the stick
was rammed into my mouth" she said. "The personal accounts
of torture victims in this report represent only a fraction of the
real situation in Tibet".
We know that, in other words, mainland Chinese people needs your
help.