SYDNEY—On April 14, there was a person standing outside the Sydney rally supporting 20 million people withdrawing from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). He said, "As a taxi driver, I have something to say. We, as a family of three, have decided to withdraw from the CCP!" The person is Hu Fenggu. He was a leading teacher in Shanhai City.
Withdrawing From the CCP—an Unstoppable Trend
Hu Fenggu said, "We were in Sydney on that day. We saw a group approaching the CCP stand when we learnt that it was for supporting people withdrawing from the CCP and we were so excited. We as a family of three wanted to join. No one can stop this huge trend. The Communist party is too autocratic. They have guns and cannons, but we can choose to be distant from them. This is the will of the public, we cannot only be observers, we should take action."
Persecuted and Jailed for Two Years
The following is an interview with Hu.
"I graduated from Huadong Normal University as a teacher. Zhu I was a math teacher. I was also Branch Secretary of the Communist Youth League. After I had some conflicts with the school's leader, I wrote to the Communist Party Central Committee Discipline Committee to voice my opinion. I wrote about 300 to 400 letters, and they warned me not to write again and for that I was jailed for 2 years (from December 19, 1983 to December 19, 1985).
"I lost faith in the CCP after they disregarded my outstanding qualifications as a teacher. Now when I see or hear of hundreds and thousands of people being persecuted, it brings back bad memories and I am sympathetic to them."
"Whenever there was an outstanding teacher election, I was elected. But just because of my letters, I was jailed for two years. I want the Communist Party to give back the justice they took from me. I have waited for 24 years for this to happen, every time I wrote to the embassy they never responded. The special agent for CCP admitted in front of me that in China there are no human rights. We hate the CCP; their persecution and their insistence on persecution."
Why I Decided to Stay in Australia
"I came to Australia at the end of 1988. In 1989 I went to Melbourne to study English. At that time the TV at the school kept broadcasting the student democratic movement on Tiananmen Square. I understood those students' intention and sympathized with them. They hoped China could be democratic. Even though a lot of them died, their spirits will never die. Their spirits encourage us forever. Several students abroad, including me, used our limited pocket money to put advertisements in newspapers condemning the CCP and the massacre."
"I worked at a Melbourne club with more than 170 employees. I was the only Asian. I was highly regarded. Later on I went to Sydney and worked in a renowned hospital for ten years. When I resigned they awarded me a certificate of merit. I am now driving silver car taxis and am giving reliable and honest service."
Communist Spies Cannot Stop the Democratic Trend
Hu Fenggu continued to say, "I am now an Australian citizen for the past 11 years. Freedom and democracy are the basic rights of Australian citizens. I often complain about the Chinese Communist Party, and have been threatened by some special agents. They told me if I continue to do so, I would "disappear" one day. Some agents even want to bribe me. They have told me if I cooperate with them I can have as much money as I want from the embassy."
"My phone calls are monitored at home. They have threatened me by putting steel balls as big as yellow beans on my desk, even my underwear was cut. From 2005, I have had death threats at least five times. These acts are illegal in Australia. I am not the only one who is persecuted. But I dare to stand up, before me there were many people, and I believe after me, there will be more people that dare to stand up."
"I am a person with conscience. I live in Australia with freedom, but I still care about China and the Chinese people living there that don't have the democracy and freedom that I am enjoying."