Appendix 2: Select Death Cases of Chinese Propaganda Officials
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Minghui Report: 97 Reported Cases of Chinese Propaganda Officials Receiving Karmic Retribution for Their Role in the Persecution of Falun Gong Appendix 2: Select Death Cases of Chinese Propaganda Officials Tang Yingwu (汤应武): Deputy Head of Guangzhou City Publicity Department in Guangdong Province Tang Yingwu was the Party Secretary and Executive Editor of Guangzhou Daily, and Chairman of Guangzhou Media Company between July 2011 and May 2014. He was deputy head of Guangzhou City Publicity Department between October 2005 and July 2011. As of December 2014, thousands of articles defaming Falun Gong had been published under Tang’s directive, with Guangzhou Daily and its online Dayang Net publishing 2,690 articles, Yangcheng Evening News and its online Jinyang Net 425 articles, Nanfang Daily and its online Nanfang Net 206 articles. He died of a heart attack on May 16, 2014. He was not even 50. Chen Meng (陈虻): Deputy Head of Central Television News Comment Department Chen Meng was one of the producers of the “Tiananmen Square Self-immolation” hoax, which has been widely used to persecute practitioners and to ignite hatred toward Falun Gong. He was also in charge of the Central Television program “Eastern Space and Time.” He admitted overseas that the self-immolation case was staged and shamelessly said, “I'll fake stories for anyone who pays me.” He suffered stomach cancer and liver cancer in early 2008 and died on December 23, 2008 after nine months of terrible suffering. He was 47. Luo Jing (罗京): Host of Central Television News Network Under the directive of China Central Television, Luo Jing had repeatedly broadcasted lies against Falun Gong after the persecution began in 1999. He was diagnosed with lymphoma cancer in early 2008 and died on June 5 at the age of 48. Chen Baoquan (陈宝泉): Deputy Head of Party Committee Publicity Department in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Chen Baoquan started work in the Publicity Department in November 1991. He then served as Publicity Section Chief Officer of the Publicity Department, Director of the Department of Press and Publication, and Deputy Inspector of the Publicity Department. In July 2016, he became Deputy Head of the Party Committee Publicity Department and Director of the External Publicity Leadership Group. He served as Discipline Inspection Commissioner in November. Chen was primarily responsible for slandering Falun Gong in Inner Mongolia. He died from multiple diseases on May 16, 2017 at the age of 54. Chen Yangrong (陈阳荣): Chief Editor of Suining Daily in Suining City, Sichuan Province Chen Yangrong was Head of the Central District Publicity Department in Suining City when the persecution began in 1999. He was responsible for slandering Falun Gong in the entire district. His wife also worked for the Publicity Department. He took the post of Chief Editor in 2002. Both he and his wife died of cancer within one month of each other in 2004. They were both about 40 years of age. Hu Jinmei (胡金梅): Head of Jiaozhou City Publicity Department in Shandong Province According to a report in the Minghui website on April 21, 2004, Hu Jinmei had made false news reports on television to slander Falun Gong. He died of cancer after a long period of suffering. His colleague Xiao Shicheng (肖世诚), Party Secretary of Jiaozhou City, also died of cancer for antagonizing people against Falun Gong. Xu Qinglin (徐庆林): Head of Gucheng County Publicity Department in Hebei Province Xu Qinglin had repeatedly slandered Falun Gong on television. He died of cancer in March or April of 2002. Liu Xiaohua (刘晓华): Deputy Head of Fangzheng County Forest Bureau Publicity Department in Heilongjiang Province Liu Xiaohua wantonly slandered Falun Gong for her personal gain. She held a meeting to criticize practitioner Ms. Zhang Yaqin in March 2001. She then set up a big banner and asked the meeting attendees to sign and slander Falun Gong. She died a few days later at the age of 40. Xu Muyong (许木泳): Head of Maoming City Publicity Department in Guangdong Province Xu Muyong was promoted to Vice Mayor of Maoming City and head of its Publicity Department in 1999. For more than ten years in these positions, he ordered his subordinates to discredit Falun Gong in the newspaper and on posters. He died of throat cancer on September 21, 2015 at the age of 68. Chen Mingquan (陈明权): Head of Gulin County Publicity Department in Sichuan Province Chen Mingquan actively participated in persecuting Falun Gong practitioners. Many practitioners were illegally arrested, imprisoned, and even tortured to death. He suddenly died from unknown diseases on September 8, 2013. Zheng Jian (郑健): Head of Yitong County Publicity Department in Jilin Province Zheng Jian was Yitong County Discipline Inspector from 2003 to 2004. He had repeatedly spread the evil theory of Communism, slandered Falun Gong, and tried to transform practitioners at the brainwashing classes held by the county in 2001. He suddenly felt his chest tighten on February 18, 2005 and died shortly after from bubbles in an artery at the age of 42. Yu Xiaodong (于晓东): head of Songjiang Township Publicity Department in Jiaohe City, Jilin Province Yu Xiaodong was given payback for participating in defaming Falun Gong. He died of lung cancer in August 2010. Yan Bo (顏波): Reporter for Jiaozhou City Radio and Television Bureau in Shandong Province When Yan Bo became Chief of the News Reporting section in the Publicity Department, he carried out the orders from the {{610 Office}} and wrote many derogatory articles against Falun Gong. He suddenly died of lung cancer in his thirties. Cao Zhenghai (曹征海): Vice Chairman of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in Anhui Province According to Hong Kong media, Cao Zhenghai had been an accomplice of the CCP in persecuting Falun Gong in Inner Mongolia before he was assigned to his new post in Anhui Province. He died from disease on May 20, 2017 at the age of 57. Tang Xiaochuan (唐笑川): Head of Sanwei Broadcasting Group Publicity Department in Linfen City, Shanxi Province Tang Xiaochuan has repeatedly slandered Falun Gong through his media company. He died of cancer in the summer of 2003 still in his forties. Shi Xingguang (石星光): Deputy Head of Gansu Province Publicity Department Shi Xingguang was Deputy Head of the Gansu Province Publicity Department and President of Gansu Daily from January 1991 to March 2005. Under his directive, the daily newspaper served as a political tool for the CCP and spread lies to brainwash people. He was killed at home by a released inmate on November 16, 2005 at the age of 60. Wang Hongbin (王洪斌): Head of Chengde City Publicity Department in Hebei Province Wang Hongbin was also Standing Commissioner of Baoding City. He had greatly discredited Falun Gong through television and newspapers. He died in a traffic accident on a highway on November 16, 2009. He was 52. Shi Guiping (石桂萍): Head of Feng City Publicity Department in Liaoning Province Shi Guiping had lectured twice in brainwashing classes. Shi also viciously attacked Falun Gong on television. One day in April 2001, Shi was killed in a traffic accident on the way to lecture at a brainwashing center at the age of 32. Zhang Fuchuan (张付川): Party Secretary of Ninghe District Politics and Law Committee in Tianjin City Zhang Fuchuan had been Director of the Ninghe District Office for years before he took this post in February 2016. He slandered Falun Gong and deceived citizens and students at meetings, and on exhibition boards, open letters, and forced petitions. He also had illegally sentenced five practitioners to prison. Zhang Fuchuan was a well-known politician in the district. He was suspended from his post and faced investigation for corruption in November 2016. Consumed by fear of what he would face, he hanged himself at home on February 13, 2017. He was 55. Zhang Xiaochuan (张小川): Director of Chongqing City Broadcasting Bureau in Sichuan Province Zhang Xiaochuan was Director of the Chongqing City Broadcasting Bureau from 1999 to 2003. He also was deputy head of Chongqing City Publicity Department. Under his directive, everyone working in the broadcasting system fabricated lies to defame Falun Gong. He was sentenced to 17 years in prison and had 50,000 {{yuan}} confiscated by the Xian Intermediate People's Court for bribery and abuse of power on July 13, 2015. His brother was given 12 years in prison and fined 350,000 yuan for bribery and tax evasion. His son died from a drug overdose. Chen Qingyi (陈清毅): Head of Xiangcheng City Publicity Department in Henan Province. Chen Qingyi had repeatedly planned and mobilized all media in Xiangcheng City to pervasively slander Falun Gong and transform practitioners. He took a business trip to Beijing. On his way home on the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival in 2004, a loose tire from a large truck crashed into his car. He was killed on the spot. Liu Bo (刘博): Director of Duolun County Archives Bureau in Inner Mongolia In September 2004, he participated in arresting a practitioner from his department and had the practitioner sent to a brainwashing center for more than 20 days. He also required that this practitioner's wages be withheld for more than 5,000 yuan, with various excuses. His wife was also involved in the ransacking of the practitioner's home. Liu Bo died on July 8, 2005 when he drowned while swimming. Cong Bo (丛波): Head of Publicity Department of Qiqihar City Board of Education in Heilongjiang Province In October 2008, Cong Bo ordered all schools in Qiqihar City to slander Falun Gong with evil documents and deceive students with the “Tiananmen Square Self- immolation” hoax.