"Resist Home Demolitions With Guns"

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• published: 14 Nov 2011
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Follow us on TWITTER: http://twitter.com/cnforbiddennews Like us on FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/chinaforbiddennews After the incident of four Chinese soldiers fleeing with guns, local authorities of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) blocked all relevant information, prohibiting media coverage. However, public appeals continued to try uncover the truth. Many netizens paid silent tribute at the four soldiers' QQ-blogs. Overseas media reported that one of the four, Yan Fan, was victim to a forced home demolition, making the statement of CCTV host, Bai Yansong, "Resist home demolitions with guns" become a reality. On November 9, four soldiers of unit 65331, stationed in Jilin, fled carrying a type-95 automatic rifle and 795 bullets. That afternoon, the taxi they were riding in was intercepted by ranger police at Qingyuan County, Liaoning. Three were shot dead at the scene and the fourth was captured with injures. The incident raised many doubts. Though CCP authorities immediately blocked online information, there were still civilians mourning the dead soldiers. They visited the four soldiers' QQ-blogs, left messages and paid silent tributes. Overseas reports say among those paying tribute, may be comrades-in-arms of the dead. Yang Fan's QQ-blog's album, "The Day of My Birthday" records many netizens' greeting messages. One netizen posted: "Living in China, everything is a myth. We ask for the truth." Another netizen wrote: "I was a solider at military company for guided missiles. I believe that squad leader Yang must have had a painful secret. In an official announcement, Jilin police required local banks and jewelry outlets to strengthen security and prevent the four's looting. However, the four soldiers fled heading forward to Yang Fan's hometown, in Fushun. The place they were intercepted is less than 100km from Yang Fan's home. Mr. Li (Army Veteran): "The domestic official reports said they went to rob banks. Holding a gun to rob banks? It is too funny. I think such an excuse is really inappropriate. If you find another excuse, perhaps I may accept. But definitely, I cannot accept such a reason." Netizens revealed that Yang Fan's home suffered forced demolition. His family members were oppressed by local authorities, triggering Yang's fleeing with a gun to "seek justice." The other three accompanied him due to personal loyalty. Mr. Cai (Former Air Force Logistics Colonel): "You demolish his family home while he serves in the army, defending the motherland. You should've taken care of his family. Instead, you forcibly demolished his house, of course he would be angry over it!" About one year ago, at a seminar in Wuxi, CCTV host Bai Yansong talked about the U.S. gun culture, saying: "In China, there is no environment and condition to allow citizens to own firearms. If gun ownership rights are allowed in China, I believe that forced home demolitions would become impossible." Bai's remarks were removed by the local authorities, but became a prophecy of a just-happened reality. Powerapple.com comments, "Only guns can resist the huge tidal wave of China's forced home demolitions." Voice of America reported about CCP, that all along. "the Party commands the gun," with very tight control over armed forces. Soldiers fleeing are a rare incident, let alone with a gun. This incident probably means big problems have occurred with CCP's control over the army. The report also questioned that over recent years, incidents frequently occur involving firearms. How were army firearms so easily stolen? Mr. Cai believes that there must exist big loopholes with firearm management in the army. He also points out that killing the fleeing soldiers cannot solve the problem. Mr. Cai (Former Air Force Logistics Colonel): "Investigations should be made to find out the officers on duty. Killing soldiers does not work. Instead, you should embark on solving problems by following regulations." Netizens also raised doubts: "They are just children. Even if they made big mistakes, they shouldn't be shot dead. What's more, they didn't constitute a real threat and commit a crime with the stolen gun. Is there any real justification to shoot them dead on the spot? Mr. Li (Army Veteran): "Individually, they overdid it. But during the whole process, they didn't harm anyone. Only based on the fact that the authorities shot them dead, the authorities certainly have obligations to justify. The four, holding a gun, hadn't done any unusual activity, but you shot and killed them first." Jilin public security's announcement revealed the four soldiers' home addresses. When reporters went there, they found that local police had blocked their houses and taken away all the family members. NTD reporters Yi Ru, Li Qian and Zhou Tian 《神韵》2011世界巡演新亮点 http://www.ShenYunPerformingArts.org/