In July 1999, Jiang Zemin initiated a crackdown on Falun Gong, engaging in the horrific practice of harvesting organs from practitioners in an attempt to physically eliminate them. The accompanying image is an oil painting titled 'The Sin of Organ Harvesting,' created by Dong Xiqiang. (Dajiyuan Database)
[People News] Jiang Zemin's most significant folly in his lifetime was the persecution of Falun Gong, while his greatest evil was the large-scale organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners. These two actions have left an indelible mark on the darkest chapters of Chinese history. The former reflects extreme political foolishness, while the latter signifies extreme moral depravity. A man who once wielded the highest power in China had the option to choose goodness and uphold the rule of law, yet he opted for persecution; he could have defended human life and dignity, but instead allowed the state apparatus to descend into a shocking abyss.
In 1999, Jiang Zemin launched a comprehensive crackdown on Falun Gong, transforming millions of ordinary practitioners into targets of state violence. Falun Gong practitioners adhere to the principles of 'Truth, Compassion, Forbearance,' lead ordinary lives, and strive to be good citizens, not enemies of the state. Nevertheless, Jiang Zemin prioritized his political agenda over normal governance, mobilizing a vast network of public security, judiciary, and propaganda to execute a prolonged campaign of persecution against Falun Gong.
This represents Jiang Zemin's greatest folly. He believed that guns could eliminate faith, that prisons could alter a person's conscience, and that propaganda could erase a group from history. He was completely mistaken. Faith cannot be extinguished through violence, and the truth cannot be permanently buried by censorship. The more persecution occurs, the greater the blood debts left behind; the more cover-ups there are, the more historical enigmas remain. Jiang Zemin employed the full machinery of the state to confront a group of unarmed believers, and not only did he fail to achieve the so-called goal of 'elimination,' but he also inflicted an indelible wound on Chinese history.
Even more disturbing is the atrocity behind this persecution involving the large-scale organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners. In this horrific practice, Falun Gong practitioners may undergo systematic physical examinations and organ matching after being detained, becoming sources for organ transplants without their consent. This crime is not merely ordinary political persecution; it represents a profound violation of human life, body, and dignity. The fact that a living person can be treated as a source of organ donation due to their faith signifies that human life has been completely objectified by those in power.
This represents Jiang Zemin's most significant evil. The persecution of faith is already a crime, and the infliction of torture is also a crime. However, treating a person's body as a mere warehouse for organs that can be manipulated at will is an even greater evil that crosses the fundamental boundaries of human civilization. Organ transplantation should have been a remarkable achievement of modern medicine aimed at saving lives, with doctors working to rescue individuals from the brink of death, rather than reducing one life to mere organ parts for another. If someone takes another person's life for the sake of organs, then medicine has devolved from a noble pursuit of saving lives into a tool for murder.
Consequently, the investigation into the organ harvesting of Falun Gong practitioners must continue unabated; it should not be suppressed through propaganda, nor should it be postponed over time, and it certainly cannot become a taboo subject due to the involvement of political figures. All testimonies, documents, hospital records, transplant data, and the accountability of those involved must be subjected to thorough investigation. The truth must be restored to its original form; those responsible must be held accountable. There is no political immunity when it comes to matters of life, and a person's body is not property that any regime can control.
Jiang Zemin once believed that his power was sufficient to determine the fate of Falun Gong, to decide whether victims could voice their experiences, to dictate media coverage, and to control the narrative in textbooks. However, he has struggled to achieve this. Today, Jiang Zemin is deceased, yet Falun Gong has not vanished as a result of his repression. Those who were persecuted continue to share their truths, families who lost loved ones are still in search of justice, and the historical account of that persecution is still being written.
Jiang Zemin's most significant folly was transforming a matter of belief into a nationwide persecution; his greatest atrocity was the large-scale organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners that compounded this persecution. Regardless of how his political legacy is later presented, this chapter of history cannot be erased. Economic statistics cannot obscure the reality of the persecution, political accomplishments cannot compensate for the loss of lives, and power and status do not serve as a shield against accountability.
While a person may wield power to silence others during their lifetime, they cannot silence history after their death. Jiang Zemin has passed away, and history will eventually strip away the veneer of power, laying bare a person's actions for future generations. What Jiang Zemin has left behind is not dictated by the propaganda of his lifetime, but by the testimonies of those who lost their freedom, dignity, families, and even their lives due to the persecution.
This historical reckoning will not vanish with Jiang Zemin's death, nor will it reset automatically with the passage of time. The investigation into the persecution of Falun Gong must continue, the suffering of the victims must be documented, and the sources of organ donations must be thoroughly examined. Only when the truth is revealed, and justice is served to the victims, can this dark chapter of history truly be closed.
(Dajiyuan)
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