(Minghui.org) The suppression of Falun Gong in China remains unabated since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) launched a nationwide campaign against this peaceful mind-body practice in July 1999.
It was confirmed in 2021 that 132 Falun Gong practitioners lost their lives to the persecution that year, 1,187 practitioners (the oldest being 88) were sentenced to prison, and 16,413 practitioners were arrested and harassed for their faith.
Yet the persecution harms more than those whom it targets specifically. Many people, both regular citizens and CCP agents who were involved in persecuting innocent practitioners for their faith in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, have met with consequences over the years, including 553 reported by Minghui.org in 2021.
Among the 553 people, 384 faced consequences in 2021 and 169 in previous years. Thirty percent (166 out of 553) of these people worked in the police system (including detention centres), 117 (21%) concerned agents of the Political and Legal Affairs Committee (PLAC) or the 610 Office, and the rest worked in the judicial system (procuratorates and courts), government agencies, state-owned enterprises and institutions.
In both Western and Chinese culture, the principle of karmic retribution, that is, being held ultimately accountable for one’s own actions, is widely accepted. The fundamental teaching of Falun Gong is Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. The universe will reward acts that are in harmony with these principles, while beating, torturing, and killing people will incur karmic retribution.
Stated another way, good deeds will be rewarded with good, while doing evil will meet due retribution. Articles such as this are meant as a compassionate reminder of this principle to those who would commit wrongdoing.