Chinese Official Admits to Persecuting Falun Gong in Apology Letter

中國官員在道歉信中承認迫害法輪功

【新聞關鍵字】

1. persecute :[ˋpɝsɪ͵kjut]迫害

2. apology : [əˋpɑlədʒɪ]抱歉

3. on behalf of ~ :代表

4. forgiveness : [fɚˋgɪvnɪs] n. 原諒

5. oversee :監控

6. agent : [ˋedʒənt]n.幹員

7. interrogate : [ɪnˋtɛrə͵get]v.審問

8. scapegoat : [ˋskep͵got]n.代罪羔羊

In this letter published by the Epoch Times Newspaper over the weekend, a relative of a city-level Chinese official is writing on behalf of that official to beg for forgiveness. That official is from the 610 Office, which was set up in 1999 to oversee the suppression of the Falun Gong spiritual group.

週末在大紀元日報上刊出的一封信，一位市級中國官員的親戚，代表官員請求原諒。這位官員是來自610辦公室，610是在1999年所設立的，為了監督鎮壓法輪功團體。

The letter is addressed to two brothers. The letter says the brothers were tortured in labor camps for their beliefs. One was interrogated by dozens of agents and “deprived of sleep for 15 days and nights to the point of passing out five times.”

這封信是寫給兩位兄弟的，信中說兄弟倆因信仰在勞教所被酷刑，其中一位被數十名特警審訊，「 15天日夜被剝奪睡眠，昏迷五次」。

The brothers are sons of high-ranking communist officials. After their release, they began collecting evidence of corruption among those responsible for persecuting them. Now they’re demanding compensation for their abuse.

這兩位兄弟是高幹子弟，獲釋後他們開始收集迫害他們有責那些人的腐財證據，現在他們要求受虐賠償。

The official who apologized in the letter also urged other lower-level officials to expose the persecution, so they don’t become scapegoats for senior leaders behind the campaign.

這位在信中道歉的官員，也要求其他低階官員揭露這場迫害，他們才不會變成高階官員的代罪羊。

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責任編輯：黎薇