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According to documents obtained by Chinese-language ''[[Epoch Times]]'' (''The Great Era''),<ref>*https://www.epochtimes.com/b5/20/4/12/n12023895.htm<br>*https://www.conservapedia.com/User:RobSmith/%22Exclusive%22_internal_documents_leak_610_super_power_not_terminated</ref> the 610 Office in Fangshan District in Beijing, formally known as the Fangshan Political and Legal Affairs Commission’s “Anti-Heretical Religion Guidance Branch,” conducted an assessment titled “Status of Work in Preventing and Handling Heretical Religions” in 2019.  The document shows that despite Xi Jinping's aggressive restructuring of Party's institutions and the sacking of the central "610" and its offices since he took office in 2012, the extralegal power of the "610" has not diminished and the persecution of Falun Gong has not diminished.

According to documents obtained by Chinese-language ''[[Epoch Times]]'' (''The Great Era''),<ref>*https://www.epochtimes.com/b5/20/4/12/n12023895.htm<br>*https://www.conservapedia.com/User:RobSmith/%22Exclusive%22_internal_documents_leak_610_super_power_not_terminated</ref> the 610 Office in Fangshan District in Beijing, formally known as the Fangshan Political and Legal Affairs Commission’s “Anti-Heretical Religion Guidance Branch,” conducted an assessment titled “Status of Work in Preventing and Handling Heretical Religions” in 2019.  The document shows that despite Xi Jinping's aggressive restructuring of Party's institutions and the sacking of the central "610" and its offices since he took office in 2012, the extralegal power of the "610" has not diminished and the persecution of Falun Gong has not diminished.

 

Fangshan District 610 assessment shows that the District Anti-Cult Guidance Section is responsible for evaluating the performance of the 93 party and government organs in five departments, from the Political and Legal Commission, the Organization Department, the [[Commission for Discipline Inspection]], the Public Security Bureau, the Procuratorate, the Court, the Propaganda Department, the Finance Bureau, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Housing and Construction Commission, the SASAC, the Health and Health Commission, the Internet Trust Office, to the National People's Congress, the CPPCC, the United Front Department, the Education Commission, the Commerce Bureau, the Municipal Administration of Law Enforcement, the Landscaping Bureau, the Agricultural and Rural Bureau, and so on, almost all the party and government organs in Beijing's housing and mountainous areas are subject to "610" assessment.

Fangshan District 610 assessment shows that the District Anti-Cult Guidance Section is responsible for evaluating the performance of the 93 party and government organs in five departments, from the Political and Legal Commission, the Organization Department, the [[Commission for Discipline Inspection]], the Public Security Bureau, the Procuratorate, the Court, the Propaganda Department, the Finance Bureau, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Housing and Construction Commission, the SASAC, the Health and Health Commission, the Internet Trust Office, to the National People's Congress, the CPPCC, the United Front Department, the Education Commission, the Commerce Bureau, the Municipal Administration of Law Enforcement, the Landscaping Bureau, the Agricultural and Rural Bureau, and so on, almost all the party and government organs in Beijing's housing and mountainous areas are subject to "610" assessment.

===Suppression of human rights===

===Suppression of human rights===

 

The case of Kwon Pyong, an ethnic Korean living in northeast China, as reported by the ''New York Times'' is illustrative. <ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/16/world/asia/china-xi-jinping-xitler-tshirt-kwon-pyong.html</ref>  Kwon, who studied in the United States and went by the [[Twitter]] handle of BraveJohnny, was disappeared after posting a selfie with a T-shirt criticizing Xi as Xitler.  Kwon was charged with “inciting subversion.”  Kwon's two lawyers were excluded from defending him days before the trial when a judge demanded a letter of introduction from the attornies local bureau of justice.  One attorney commented, “That’s an impossible request and outside the bounds of the law. It’s an unlawful and unreasonable demand.”  CCP officials denied the attornies' requests to see Kwon and the case files. CCP officials had told Kwon's parents that he could expect a prison sentence of one and a half years, as long as he dropped his attornies.

The case of Kwon Pyong, an ethnic Korean living in northeast China, as reported by the ''New York Times'' is illustrative. <ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/16/world/asia/china-xi-jinping-xitler-tshirt-kwon-pyong.html</ref>  Kwon, who studied in the United States and went by the [[Twitter]] handle of BraveJohnny, was disappeared after posting a selfie with a T-shirt criticizing Xi as Xitler.  Kwon was charged with “inciting subversion.”  Kwon's two lawyers were excluded from defending him days before the trial when a judge demanded a letter of introduction from the attornies local bureau of justice.  One attorney commented, “That’s an impossible request and outside the bounds of the law. It’s an unlawful and unreasonable demand.”  CCP officials denied the attornies' requests to see Kwon and the case files. CCP officials had told Kwon's parents that he could expect a prison sentence of one and a half years, as long as he dropped his attornies.