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 under investigation for suspected “serious violations of discipline and the law” according to an Oct. 2 statement issued by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the CCP department that polices corruption. Prior to serving as justice minister from 2018 to 2020, Fu headed the 610 Office, a secretive agency created by former CCP leader Jiang Zemin to co-ordinate and implement the persecution campaign against Falun Gong adherents that began in 1999. Matas, an international human rights lawyer based in Winnipeg, says the downfall of Fu and other high-ranking members of the 610 Office in recent …