(Clearwisdom.net) Editors' Note: In both Western and Chinese culture, the principle of karmic retribution, that is, being held ultimately accountable for one's own actions, is widely accepted. The fundamental teaching of Falun Gong is the characteristic of the universe, "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance." The universe will reward actions that are in harmony with this principle, while actions such as beating, torturing and murdering people will incur karmic retribution. Stated another way, good deeds will be rewarded with good, while evildoings will meet due retribution. Articles such as this one are meant as a compassionateáreminder of this principle to those who would commit wrongdoing. While many of those who persecute Falun Gong are merely "following orders," the universal law requires that they, too, be held responsible for their actions, and that only by reversing their course of wrongdoing may they escape retribution.

Jin Baolin was a staunch follower of Jiang's regime after it began to persecute Falun Gong on July 20, 1990. Jin actively planned and participated in the persecution of Falun Gong after he was promoted to deputy director of the Political Committee at the Masanjia Forced Labor Camp. He was later transferred to the judicial department in Shenyang City and continued to direct the persecution of Falun Gong. On a summer day in 2003, he died suddenly of a heart attack while working in his office. He was only 52 years old.

Ma Yuanzhu, the deputy mayor of Emei Mountain City in Sichuan Province, hated Falun Gong even before the persecution began on July 20, 1999. He prevented people from setting up exercise sites and went to the exercise sites to interfere with their activities. Recently, he suddenly developed cirrhosis of the liver. He sought help from doctors everywhere, but his condition is incurable. He is traveling to Tianjin City to have a liver transplant.

Sun Minliang was assigned to be the deputy director of the brainwashing center in the public transportation sector of Tangshan City in 2001. After arriving, he made it his personal mission to persecute Falun Gong practitioners by strictly monitoring them day and night without even going home himself. He slandered Falun Dafa and cursed its founder many times. Recently, he has developed leukemia and remains hospitalized at the Tangshan Steel Company Hospital.

Wang Lida, a person from Wangsiliang Village, Wuqiao County, Hebei Province, used to be the Party Secretary. He was very loyal to Jiang's regime in persecuting Falun Gong practitioners after July 20, 1999. He secretly reported Dafa practitioners in the village to the police causing them great suffering. He died of a sudden illness in 2003.

Zhang Jifu, former director of the Wuqiao County Trade Bureau in Hebei Province, proactively cooperated with the county "610 Office" to harass Falun Gong practitioners in his work unit. He was involved in numerous abductions of Dafa practitioners who were transferred to the detention center to be tortured. In 2002, his hepatitis became liver cancer and he died 40 days later.

Shi Jinhua, less than 30 years old, used any means he could find to persecute Falun Gong practitioners when he worked in the Gucheng Township Police Station. He developed leukemia in 2003 and was hospitalized in Beijing. It cost him more than 200,000 yuan for a bone marrow transplant.

His father, Shi Fenglow, worked in the People's Congress in Fucheng County. He died in a car accident in August 2004 while he was on his way to Beijing to visit Shi Jinhua.

November 28, 2004