The State Department has condemned the Chinese Communist Party following the death of a jailed journalist who wouldn’t give up his faith.
The victim, Pang Xun, a radio host for state-owned Sichuan Radio and Television, died at the age of 30 in December in a Chinese prison notorious for its brutality toward adherents of the spiritual practice Falun Gong—the target of the Chinese regime’s systematic persecution for more than 23 years.
At death, scars and bruises covered Pang’s emaciated body, contrasting with prison authorities’ claims that he had died of hyperthyroidism.
“Since 1999, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has sought to eradicate Falun Gong, a spiritual practice originating in China, and its peaceful practitioners and human rights defenders who have fought for their right to practice their beliefs. Extensive evidence shows the PRC government continues to repress and abuse this community to this day,” a State Department spokesperson said in a written statement to The Epoch Times, using the shorthand for the People’s Republic of China….