It was a cool, dark evening—as mild as winter could be in South Africa. Nine people just walked out of the gates of the Johannesburg International Airport. They rented two cars and embarked on their way to the neighboring capital of Pretoria. They came with a mission: to file a lawsuit against two visiting Chinese…

Nazi Germany’s infamous Gestapo secret police are long gone but its crimes have not been forgotten. But what’s less known is that the communist regime in China also has a Gestapo-like agency whose sole mission is to brutalize and persecute innocent civilians deemed enemies of the state. The agency, called the “610 Office,” has been…

Sun Lijun, former vice minister of Public Security of the Chinese communist regime, went on trial in Changchun, Jilin Province on July 8. It’s one of China’s most high-profile cases in recent years. Sun, 53, was charged with receiving 646 million yuan (about $96.5 million) in bribe from 2001 to April 2020, when he held…

The communist regime in China has placed a former high-ranking public security official under arrest, just days before the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) holds a major political meeting. Sun Lijun, 52, was arrested on suspicion of accepting bribes during the time when he was a party committee member and vice minister at China’s Ministry of…

The communist regime in China has placed a former high-ranking public security official under arrest, just days before the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) holds a major political meeting. Sun Lijun, 52, was arrested on suspicion of accepting bribes during the time when he was a party committee member and vice minister at China’s Ministry of…

Commentary Amid Xi Jinping’s recent anti-corruption campaign that targets China’s political and legal system, many officials who were recently taken down were part of the “610 Office.” On Oct. 24, China’s eastern province of Jiangsu announced that Chen Yizhong, former deputy director of the provincial public security department, is under investigation. The announcement also noted…

The former head of the Chinese communist regime’s Gestapo-like office in Jiangsu province is under investigation for allegedly breaking the law. He, and his department, were tasked with suppressing religious freedom within China.  The Commission for Discipline Inspection of Jiangsu reported that Chen Yizhong, the former deputy secretary and deputy director of the Jiangsu Provincial…

Peng Bo, who once worked for a secretive agency that is an arm of the Chinese Communist Party in carrying out decades of atrocities, has been charged with corruption crimes. China’s top procuratorate, the state prosecutor for the communist regime, announced the charges against Peng on Oct. 11. However, the announcement did not mention what…

The corruption charges and subsequent downfall of several top officials in China’s Gestapo-like “610 Office” doesn’t mean the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is changing its ways when it comes to its disregard for human rights, says well-known rights lawyer David Matas. Fu Zhenghua, a longtime official in the Chinese public security sector, was recently placed…

The 610 Office—the “Gestapo” of China—was created by former Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Jiang Zemin. It’s used to persecute Falun Gong practitioners in China. The director of the 610 Office oversees this extra-legal organization and commands the vast resources of the public security, state security, propaganda, and education ministries in China. Yet, it is…