新華社日內(nèi)瓦4月12日電 參加聯(lián)合國(guó)人權(quán)委員會(huì)第56屆會(huì)議的中國(guó)代表團(tuán)特別顧問(wèn)劉京12日在這里舉行記者招待會(huì)，介紹中國(guó)政府依法處理邪教“法輪功”的有關(guān)情況，并回答了記者提出的有關(guān)問(wèn)題。
劉京首先介紹說(shuō)，對(duì)于利用邪教戕害生靈，世界上任何一個(gè)負(fù)責(zé)任的政府都不能放任不管。邪教“法輪功”從事了大量違法犯罪活動(dòng)，中國(guó)政府根據(jù)刑法第300條等有關(guān)懲處利用邪教犯罪和其他犯罪活動(dòng)的規(guī)定，依法對(duì)給社會(huì)造成嚴(yán)重危害的邪教犯罪分子以懲處，這得到了全社會(huì)的擁護(hù)，完全是合法的、正當(dāng)?shù)?。中?guó)司法機(jī)關(guān)對(duì)邪教教主李洪志發(fā)出了通緝令，對(duì)觸犯刑律的邪教“法輪功”骨干分子李昌等人追究刑事責(zé)任，完全是依法進(jìn)行的。在法律和事實(shí)面前，李昌等人在法庭審理中已表示認(rèn)罪服法。
參加記者招待會(huì)的有《紐約時(shí)報(bào)》、美聯(lián)社、法新社、共同社、新華社和中國(guó)中央電視臺(tái)等新聞媒體的記者。在回答一位記者關(guān)于“法輪功”對(duì)社會(huì)造成了什么危害的問(wèn)題時(shí)，劉京說(shuō)，據(jù)不完全統(tǒng)計(jì)，因癡迷“法輪功”而自殺和拒醫(yī)拒藥致死者達(dá)1559人，致精神障礙者651人，殺人害命者11人，致殘者144人。他說(shuō)，“法輪功”還使成千上萬(wàn)的家庭失去了以往的和睦和幸福；其頭目大量非法聚斂錢財(cái)；非法組織圍攻對(duì)“法輪功”有不同看法甚至稍有微詞的新聞機(jī)構(gòu)、學(xué)校、科研單位、政府機(jī)關(guān)，達(dá)300多次，嚴(yán)重?cái)_亂社會(huì)公共秩序，嚴(yán)重侵犯他人權(quán)利和人身安全。
有記者問(wèn)，中國(guó)處理“法輪功”組織是否影響宗教自由。劉京回答說(shuō)，最早揭露“法輪功”邪教真實(shí)面目的正是中國(guó)宗教界的一些人士。依法打擊邪教就是為了保障中國(guó)一億多信仰不同宗教的人士的宗教自由。
當(dāng)有記者問(wèn)為什么在中國(guó)會(huì)有那么多人練習(xí)“法輪功”時(shí)，劉京回答說(shuō)，同世界上其他邪教一樣，邪教“法輪功”的教主李洪志也編造了一套邪說(shuō)來(lái)欺騙“法輪功”練習(xí)者，對(duì)他們進(jìn)行精神控制。個(gè)別西方國(guó)家對(duì)中國(guó)的指責(zé)也是以一些謊言，特別是以“法輪功”組織編造的謊言為依據(jù)的，這是根本站不住腳的。李洪志為虛張聲勢(shì)，抬高身價(jià)，編造說(shuō)“法輪功”有一億練習(xí)者。事實(shí)是，曾經(jīng)練過(guò)“法輪功”的人只有約200萬(wàn)，而且他們中絕大多數(shù)人現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)擺脫了“法輪功”的精神桎梏，過(guò)上了正常人的生活。對(duì)所有一度迷戀“法輪功”的人，中國(guó)政府和社會(huì)各界對(duì)他們的關(guān)心、幫助是真誠(chéng)的，負(fù)責(zé)任的，也是成功的。
劉京還舉例說(shuō)，“法輪功”組織曾炮制了一份所謂中國(guó)政府鎮(zhèn)壓“法輪功”的報(bào)告，匯集了他們一再引用的所謂“法輪功”練習(xí)者受迫害的事例。中國(guó)有關(guān)部門對(duì)這份所謂的報(bào)告中涉及的103個(gè)事例進(jìn)行了調(diào)查。結(jié)論是：其中屬捏造事實(shí)的33例，占32％；屬歪曲事實(shí)的58例，占56．3％；屬具體情節(jié)嚴(yán)重失實(shí)的10例，占9．7％，查無(wú)其人的2例，占2％。也就是說(shuō)，沒(méi)有一例是真實(shí)的。“法輪功”組織被取締后，一些“法輪功”癡迷者到北京的一些公共場(chǎng)所企圖進(jìn)行非法聚集，有關(guān)部門對(duì)這些人予以勸離或帶離并遣返回家，這在一個(gè)時(shí)期內(nèi)總共涉及約3．5萬(wàn)人次，而“法輪功”組織卻編造說(shuō)，有3．5萬(wàn)多人被逮捕。
劉京強(qiáng)調(diào)說(shuō)，“法輪功”為編造謊言，動(dòng)用了他們所有的想象力，這并不奇怪，因?yàn)樾敖叹褪且灾e言、邪說(shuō)起家的，離開(kāi)了欺騙他們就無(wú)法生存。一些西方國(guó)家以此指責(zé)中國(guó)，不能不令人驚訝，使人憤慨。
China's handling of Falun Gong according to law just for safeguarding of human rights
By Liu Jing, Chinese Delegate to the 56th Session of the U.N. Commission on Human Rights
"Falun Gong" is a kind of cult that has emerged in some parts of China over recent years.
Like other cults in the world, the founder of "Falun Gong," Li Hongzhi, concocted and propagated a set of lies and heretical fallacies to instill them into practitioners of "Falun gong," so as to control them spiritually. In order to make its heretical fallacies clearly known to the public, we patiently extract them as follows:
-- "The practitioners of Falun Dafa are forbidden to go to see a doctor, otherwise you no longer belong to Falun Dafa." Medicine is a dirty thing."
-- "The laws formulated by human beings restrict and isolate people in a mechanical way."
-- "None of the existing religions, whether Buddhism, Protestantism, Catholicism or Judaism, can save people from torment any more. They are all on a low plane." "Most of the religions emerging in this century, including many new religions emerging in various places of the world in the previous centuries, are fake."
-- "The Earth serves as the rubbish heap of the universe," "It is an apple which has been rotten off thoroughly." Therefore, "the human beings on our Earth now may experience catastrophe." "We have found that mankind has experienced 81 great calamities in the past, and there were only a few people who survived."
-- "More than three million Chinese were killed in the Nanjing massacre. That is nothing to us." "Hitler killed a lot of people, and many people died in World War II. All these were caused by changes of astronomical phenomena."
-- "Now I am the only person in the world who can spread the orthodox Law of Buddha. Therefore, I am doing a deed never before done by our predecessors."
-- "I have countless law-bodies. I can protect you wherever you go, even if you go to the moon." "I can look after as many people as I want to, even the entire human race."
-- "Science is developed from a wrong basis." "The law of universal gravitation is wrong." "Darwin is the greatest disgrace for Europe."
-- "I am the oldest man in this universe, even my parents are made by me."
The above-mentioned fallacies are just conveniently extracted from Li Hongzhi's speeches, records, videotapes and books. People with the slightest common sense can see through them at once. Now Li Hongzhi tries to deny them. But he will never succeed in doing so in front of these irrefutable evidences. It is with these fallacies and such lies as "truthfulness, benevolence and tolerance," "dispelling karma," "leading to a higher level of cultivation" and "achieving all-round fulfillment" that Li Hongzhi deceives, benumbs and controls the practitioners.
Actually, it was some people in the religious circles who were the first to disclose the true features of "Falun Gong" as a cult. The media and some relatives of the victims of "Falun Gong" also continuously disclosed and accused it with facts of its harm to people's mind and health.
Lu Xingchong's wife became obsessed with "Falun Gong" in 1995. She was so possessed that although suffering from serious illness, she did not dare to take medicine regardless of advice from her family. She devoted herself wholeheartedly to "Falun Gong" wishing to ascend to Heaven. As a result, she couldn't suffer anymore and her mind collapsed. On January 23, 1998, she committed suicide by cutting her throat. From then on, Lu Xingchong has been unceasingly accusing "Falun Gong" of its evils to the public and requesting the government to outlaw "Falun Gong." On April 10, Lu delivered a speech of accusation at the 56th Session of the U.N. Commission on Human Rights.
The "Falun Gong" cult has already caused serious damages to society. Incomplete statistics show that 1559 people have died of suicide or refusal to accept medical treatment as a result of crazing for "Falun Gong," 651 people led to psychological distress, 11 people killed others, 144 people became disabled, and thousands upon thousands of families lost their previous harmony and happiness. Furthermore, the "Falun Gong" organization has amassed enormous illegal funds and engineered more than 300 incidents involving besieging and attacking news agencies, schools, scientific research institutions and government organs holding different views from "Falun Gong," seriously disturbing social order and violating other people's rights and personal safety.
Any responsible government will never take a laissez-faire attitude toward a cult and allow it to injure people's life. It is just because "Falun Gong" has massively committed illegal activities that its criminals having caused serious damages to society were punished in accordance with the provisions formulated in Articles 300, etc of the Criminal Law related to the punishment for offenses in the name of a cult. This action is fully legitimate and justified and therefore has won support from society at large. The Chinese judiciary body has put the cult founder Li Hongzhi on the wanted list and prosecuted its key members including Li Chang for their criminal responsibility. All these actions were carried out strictly according to law. Before the law and facts, Li Chang and other criminals had to plead guilty in the court.
The majority of the "Falun Gong" practitioners didn't see its true features as a cult. They were taken in as victims, and were innocent. We carried out a policy of persuasion, education and protection toward them. To this end, the relevant authorities of the Chinese government and people from all walks of life showed the utmost tolerance and patience toward them by helping them to break away with the spiritual control of the cult without any discrimination or exclusion against them. Li Hongzhi and his followers have claimed again and again that there are 100 million "Falun Gong" practitioners. Actually this has been exaggerated by 50 times the actual figure just for bluffing and raising their social status. In fact, there are no more than two million people who have practiced "Falun Gong." Up till now, over 98% of them have broken away with the mind control of "Falun Gong" and are now living normal lives. The Chinese government and society at large are sincere, responsible and successful in caring for and helping those indulged in "Falun Gong."
Some Western countries launched accusations against China on the issue of "Falun Gong." This is thoroughly unwarranted. They describe the handling of the "Falun gong," which has caused serious harm to people's lives and health and their families, as violation of human rights. This is down-right confusion of right with wrong. It is indeed a mockery of human rights and should be condemned by the international community. Despite the fact that "Falun Gong" has jeopardized society and its true features as a cult have been fully revealed to the public, some Western countries still try to absolve it from guilt and exercise double standards on the issue of cult. Obviously they do all this with ulterior motives.
The accusations launched by those Western countries are based on lies, including those fabricated by "Falun Gong." Therefore they are not tenable. "Falun Gong" has concocted a report on 103 cases of so-called persecution of "Falun Gong" practitioners and massive violation of human rights by China. However, investigation by the related authorities over all those 103 cases reveals as follows: 33 cases are make-up stories, accounting for 32% of the total number; 58 cases distorting the facts, 56.3%; 10 cases clearly inconsistent with the facts, 9.7%; and 2 cases without any evidence, 2%. That means none of those cases is true. After the outlawing of "Falun Gong," some infatuated practitioners held illegal assemblies in some public places in Beijing. They were persuaded to leave or led away or sent back home by the related authorities. That involves totally more than 35,000 persons. However, "Falun Gong" spread the lie that more than 35,000 people were arrested. In order to fabricate lies, "Falun Gong" has stretched its imagination by the farthest extent possible. This is natural because cults invariably build themselves up by lies and heretical fallacies; they cannot survive without cheating. It is astonishing and exasperating that some Western countries should base their accusations against China upon such lies.
Cult is a common scourge in the world today. The Branch Davidians, the People' Temple, the Aum Shinrikyo, the Solar Temple, The Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God as well as "Falun Gong" have all caused serious harm to human rights. In order to protect human rights, researches should be carried out as to how to prevent cults from harming the life, health and mind of mankind. In this context, all countries should enhance cooperation to fight against cults together. China would lie to learn other countries' helpful experience and contribute with its own experience to the global effort for the prevention of and the fight against cults -- the social narcotic drug.
(April 12, 2000)