At a McDonald's restaurant in Zhaoyuan, Shandong,
Zhang Lidong and other suspects assaulted a woman to death.
Three days after this occurred,
before the case could even be heard by the court,
the CCP quickly qualified the case in public through its forms of media,
framing The Church of Almighty God.
It propagated the distorted facts to the world
and frantically condemned The Church of Almighty God
to sway public opinion toward banning and eradicating The Church of Almighty God,
escalating the suppression and persecution of the Church nationwide.
On August 21, 2014, when the case was heard,
and when several suspects were interviewed by reporters,
they repeatedly stated they were not members of The Church of Almighty God.
Zhang Fan said,
Lyu Yingchun said,
"Zhang Fan and I are the only true spokespersons for Almighty God.
The state cracks down on Zhao Weishan's Almighty God,
not the Almighty God that we believe in."
The suspects made these statements in their own words.
So why did the CCP judge play dumb and turn a blind eye?
In open court, under watchful eyes,
why did the CCP judge contradict the suspects' confessions
and claim they were followers of The Church of Almighty God?
What kind of earthshaking conspiracy was hidden behind this case?
What are the identities of the killers?
How did this case come about?
Was it masterminded by someone else?
The case still stirs doubts.
So what is the truth behind it?
Those who may be concerned about this case must urgently understand these things.
Three years have passed since the Zhaoyuan Incident,
and while Zhang Lidong and Zhang Fan have been executed,
this case's influence is wide,
just as Marx's atheism, Darwin's evolutionism,
Mao Tse-tung's thought, "To fight against Heaven and earth is a joy,"
as well as his theory of promoting lies, violent revolution,
ideas of rebellion, and seizing political power by armed forces,
are deeply rooted in the hearts of the Chinese people.
These influences have caused the Chinese people to alienate and deny God,
and become arrogant, freewheeling,
and falsify, deceive, and sin at will.
This has caused more chaos in Chinese society
and brought disasters to all the Chinese people.
And now, the Chinese people have somewhat awakened
to see that humanity without faith is sad humanity.
But the CCP's influence is far from being purged.
The impact of this case's lies and falsehoods, like pernicious influences,
still entraps those who do not know what really happened.
Many people are eager to know the truth behind this case.
Therefore, we must clarify the facts thoroughly
and reveal the truth behind the Zhaoyuan case.
So now, let's revisit this case today.
To see the truth behind the Zhaoyuan case,
there are four points we must cover.
These are the questions we must figure out.
Let's take a look at a video
to see if those suspects were really members of The Church of Almighty God.
Lyu Yingchun said,
"I found that other than Zhang Lidong, Zhang Hang, and Zhang Duo
who truly believe in Almighty God,
the others are cheats."
"Only Zhang Fan and I, the firstborn sons,
represent the true Church of Almighty God.
Zhang Fan and I are the only true spokespersons for Almighty God.
The state cracks down on Zhao Weishan's Almighty God,
not the Almighty God that we believe in.
Theirs is the false Almighty God,
and we are the true Almighty God."
Zhang Fan said,
"In the organization of Almighty God,
Lyu Yingchun and I have the highest positions,
and we both are God Himself.
My father, sister, brother, and Zhang Qiaolian are all chief priests.
I now think that only my father, brother, sister, Lyu Yingchun, Zhang Qiaolian, and myself
are true believers of Almighty God."
We can see that
the main suspects of the Zhaoyuan Incident had personally admitted:
"I never had contact with The Church of Almighty God."
"Only Zhang Fan and I represent the true Church of Almighty God."
"The state cracks down on Zhao Weishan's Almighty God,
not the Almighty God that we believe in.
Theirs is the false Almighty God, and we are the true Almighty God."
From their words, we can determine that
the suspects did not belong to The Church of Almighty God.
They had nothing to do with the true Church of Almighty God.
The prosecutor, the judge, and others who were there heard it clearly.
In the testimonies of the suspects at the scene,
they stated that they were not members of The Church of Almighty God.
Why, in that case, did the CCP insist that they were members?
Is there factual basis, or legal basis?
When the judge heard the case,
why didn't he listen to the confessions?
Why didn't he investigate for the truth?
Why didn't he think to ask The Church of Almighty God
whether the suspects ever belonged to the Church,
but instead insisted on calling them members of The Church of Almighty God?
There's too much room for doubt.
In the absence of any kind of conclusive evidence,
the CCP judge turned a deaf ear to the statements
and ruled them believers of The Church of Almighty God.
Isn't this an attempt to frame The Church of Almighty God?
Why did the CCP impose these people on a church they didn't belong to?
What was their ulterior motive?
Had this case been brought before the International Court of Justice,
according to the suspects,
it would have been impossible to link them to The Church of Almighty God.
So why did the judge openly contradict the statements made by the criminal suspects
and claim they belonged to The Church of Almighty God?
What exactly was the intention of the judge?
What conspiracy does it serve?
The judgment of the CCP judge is a travesty of the facts and deception.
It is a crime against the people and tramples on the law.
This case proved once again,
with the lack of judicial independence, judges do not adjudicate based on facts.
They just process cases on the will and behalf of the CCP government.
The CCP's courts are not the people's courts.
They suppress justice and religious beliefs by CCP's command.
And the CCP uses media as its evil instrument.
We can see the CCP court's ruling on this case is not valid at all.
They even publicized the trial which was absurd and full of legal loopholes,
and used mass media to deceive and fool the public.
And so, the CCP's crackdown on religion,
persecution of Christians, and resistance of God's appearance and work
have reached the level of hysteria,
and the CCP has no shame.
By this point, anyone discerning would be able to see
Zhang Lidong and other suspects made it clear
they were not members of The Church of Almighty God.
They had nothing to do with The Church of Almighty God.
From the trial's video,
we could also tell the suspects were incoherent and delirious.
Now then, let's watch the video again
to find out whether the mental states of the suspects were normal
and whether they had the thinking of normal people.
Do these people really have mental competency
to stand trial in a court of law?
Zhang Lidong said,
"On numerous occasions, Zhang Fan and Lyu Yingchun
mentioned about how they had to depart from the earth,
and that God's person would return to heaven.
They called upon us to boldly give our mobile phone numbers
to those who we have a feeling toward
and lead them to accept the guidance of God's Spirit
after they depart from the earth."
Lyu Yingchun said,
"I have known that I am God Himself since I was a child."
Zhang Fan said,
"God Himself means that my essence is God.
Lyu Yingchun's essence is also God.
The relationship between Lyu Yingchun and me is two bodies and one soul,
and the two of us are each other's avatar."
From their confessions above we can easily see that
their confessions in court made no sense to people.
No one could tell what they were talking about.
They never stated any true facts.
It was difficult to understand.
What they said was just nonsense.
They said that they were God, God Himself.
It's a ridiculous claim.
We all know that God is the Spirit.
He's never publicly testified He's God even as the incarnate God.
He only expresses the truth and the Holy Spirit's word,
doing God's work while hiding among men.
If someone claims openly that they are God but cannot speak the truth,
this person is mentally ill.
A religious community would call this possession.
The suspects in this case were incoherent, delirious.
They continued to repeat deranged words that were weird, absurd, and puzzling.
After seeing this footage, most people can see that
the mental states of these suspects were abnormal and void of reasoning.
People would question
if this act is a homicide committed in a state of insanity or delusional state.
This is highly likely.
The priority of the judge was to find guilt beyond reasonable doubt
or find them incompetent,
and determine if they were capable of bearing criminal responsibility according to the law.
One thing that seemed incredible:
The CCP judge seemed so oblivious and still proceeded with a public trial,
irresponsibly hyping and publicizing the court proceedings.
There's something we're not being told.
Since the suspects were all mentally incapable,
then why didn't the court conduct a psychiatric appraisal on them before the hearing?
Why weren't their confessions ever truly verified?
Without an investigation on their statements,
how can the judge possibly make a fair ruling?
A legitimate court would not accept a case involving criminal acts by the mentally ill.
If a mental patient has violated the law,
they would not be held responsible for criminal liability.
This is a known fact.
However, the judges of the CCP conduct public hearings on the mentally ill,
with the gall to announce their actions and disregard any questions.
It's another "miracle" by the CCP courts.
They don't even show leniency to offenders with mental illness.
As we all know,
there are political overtones behind any case run by the CCP courts.
The May 28 Zhaoyuan case hides behind it a huge political conspiracy.
You should know this conspiracy and what lies behind it.
From the footage we saw,
we know the dialogue between the suspects and the prosecutor.
Did the judge have no idea at all that the suspects were incoherent?
Did he not understand their nonsense could not stand as real testimony?
This is questionable.
Are the prosecutors and judges of the CCP really just that ignorant?
Unlikely.
Unless this was a designed and premeditated major case that was consciously enacted.
What is false is always false.
No amount of embellishment can make it justified.
So then, it was inevitable that some loopholes would be brought to light eventually.
From these two doubtful points we already know this:
Zhang Lidong and them were not members of The Church of Almighty God.
Not to mention they were mentally unstable people.
In that case, why did the CCP still have public hearings?
It is clear.
The Zhaoyuan case was made deliberately to frame The Church of Almighty God.
But who then premeditated the case behind all this?
Who was the mastermind of this case?
To uncover the truth,
let's look at a suspicious man in green at the scene of the homicide.
Let's take a look at some video footage.
From the footage
we can clearly see when the altercation erupted between Zhang Lidong and the victim,
a man in green appeared on the side.
He was there from the moment the crime began
until the police blocked off the scene for evidence,
and even as police left.
The entire time, the man in green calmly entered and exited the crime scene.
It arouses suspicion.
He was neither a suspect nor a police detective.
Why was he able to walk freely in and out the scene
without anyone stopping him?
Many commentators online suggested that
the man in green was an undercover policeman of the CCP.
Let's take a closer look at this mysterious character.
In the footage,
we can see that this person was wearing a green short-sleeved T-shirt,
army green trousers, and white shoes.
When Zhang Lidong violently assaulted the victim,
the victim screamed continuously
while onlookers looked on in horror.
Only the man in green appeared to be at ease, arms folded across his chest.
Judging from his cool and calm expression,
he seemed accustomed and not at all surprised by the scene.
Even more incredible is this:
When the man in green saw the suspect Zhang Lidong viciously kill the victim,
you can see a hint of a smile actually appear on his face.
In the post-incident footage,
we were surprised to find that the man in green was free to enter and exit the scene
that was tightly guarded by the police.
Anyone with basic legal knowledge knows
that non-essential personnel are forbidden to enter a crime scene.
Other than the police,
the only people allowed to enter the scene are emergency personnel.
And during the trial itself, the man was never seen.
Why would such an important witness be overlooked?
Is this just the police's negligence,
or was he planted there by special arrangement?
What is the identity of the man in green?
The facts will give us an accurate answer.
Everyone who has watched the footage agrees that the man in green is suspicious.
For the CCP police to do this,
they had to be commanded from higher up for the police to be so blatant.
Take a look at how Zhaoyuan police spoke about this case later.
On July 16, 2014,
when the Zhaoyuan police interrogated a member of The Church of Almighty God,
one was blatantly saying this:
This man's words revealed the truth behind this, both the case and the CCP.
It shows the CCP definitely instigated the Zhaoyuan case.
We know, the CCP caused this tragedy to happen.
Consequently, it's easy to see
why the man in green at the crime scene exhibited such suspicious behavior.
And so, the facts confirm our doubts,
and we have brought to light the truth.
The Zhaoyuan case is a misuse of the justice system by the CCP,
made to slander The Church of Almighty God,
though the CCP attempted to convict the Church by public trial,
spreading reports with wrong facts and lying about The Church of Almighty God
in order to sway the public in favor of suppressing The Church of Almighty God.
This is the reason the CCP created the Zhaoyuan case at all.
The deception and harmful influence this has had
made it one of the largest fraudulent cases
engineered by the CCP in recent years.
Let's look at our fourth doubtful point.
Three days after the crime,
before any concrete evidence was presented,
and before the case was even heard by the court,
the CCP's mouthpiece, CCTV,
could not wait to broadcast the interview with Zhang Lidong in the Focus Interview,
and in doing so, immediately framing The Church of Almighty God.
This alone is highly questionable.
Why did the CCP not follow legal procedure?
Were they able to bypass the law arbitrarily?
What was the CCP's intentions with these actions?
Let's discuss.
In our first point, we clearly saw this fact:
All the suspects were not members of The Church of Almighty God.
This case had nothing to do with The Church of Almighty God.
But with insufficient evidence and an unavailable court decision,
why did CCTV, mouthpiece of the CCP, frame The Church of Almighty God?
Isn't this a willful violation and disregard of the law?
As we know, the court is the state's judicial branch.
Only with total conclusive evidence
can a court determine a sentence after following all legal procedures.
The media's role is to objectively report and to disseminate the facts.
How is CCTV, mouthpiece of the CCP, able to usurp the court?
Who gave the CCP media power above the judiciary?
Don't you see a problem here?
This is no less than an outrage,
a hijack of public opinion, a deception.
Is there any sense of professional ethics left in the media?
This is evidence of a total disregard of the law
and persecution of religious beliefs.
It's not only preposterous but laughable for a nation to allow its media to do this,
to openly convict The Church of Almighty God before there is even a trial
and announce this to the world.
It begs the question:
Does the law hold any value in China at all?
For whom is the law enacted and intended to use?
Whose rights does it protect?
And why do the CCP believe they are above the law?
Are they truly bigger than the law?
Why does the CCP lack fairness and equity?
The CCP government claims it rules with law.
This is the biggest joke in the world.
The CCP exploited the Zhaoyuan case
in attempt to smear The Church of Almighty God and deceive the people.
But the public won't be fooled.
The obvious use of deceptive propaganda by CCTV caused an uproar online.
Many Chinese people posted comments online,
pointing out inconsistencies with the case.
They saw that the CCP was engineering a false case to suppress religious beliefs,
revealing their true intentions.
The CCP has been creating falsehoods for decades,
and the people aren't quick to forget.
You don't have to be a genius to disbelieve the propaganda of the CCP.
The CCP feared the exposure of the truth and the public's accusations.
They even more so feared a public awakening.
So they deleted any posts online that questioned or denounced the CCP.
They believed if the posts were deleted fast enough,
they could conceal the facts.
However, in doing so, they created even more public outrage.
People feel the CCP is a lost cause.
They are more certain than ever:
The CCP is an evil political party that endangers the country.
From the CCP's propaganda on this case,
we can ask ourselves a sensitive question.
Why was CCTV able to condemn The Church of Almighty God with such haste,
before the case ever had a chance to go to court?
Don't you see the problem?
Why didn't the CCTV's propaganda go by the court's decision?
Why did the CCTV so brazenly and openly distort the facts
before any court hearing or ruling had occurred on this case?
Why did they condemn The Church of Almighty God without basis?
Many people started to ask these key questions of them.
There's one even bigger question.
Each of the suspects had clearly stated
that they were not members of The Church of Almighty God.
Why did the court identify them as members of The Church of Almighty God?
Where's the logic in that?
Was it lawful for them to do that?
And even worse,
when people posted their doubts about the case online,
why did the CCP delete their posts?
I believe our friends in the audience already know the truth about the Zhaoyuan case.
This case is the basis of public opinion
made by the CCP to suppress The Church of Almighty God.
The CCP imposed a group of suspects
who had nothing to do with The Church of Almighty God on them.
This is injustice and false.
Only the CCP is capable of such an evil act.
If you know the CCP's history,
since they took power,
they have brutally suppressed religious groups,
the democratic movements of ethnic minorities, dissidents, and activists,
suppressed the June 4 Student Movement,
the Falun Gong, and the people's demonstration.
To prevent any public uprising,
the CCP has even organized their riot police and armed police on standby.
Before every violent crackdown,
the CCP took efforts to distort the facts and to frame others,
and resorted to fabricating and instigating others
in order to frame the oppressed.
They paved the way for suppression of public opinion.
The CCP does this often.
Now then, let's go over some of the tricks
used by the CCP to make false cases and frame others
in cases of violent suppression of the public.
The June Fourth Movement that took place in 1989
was originally a patriotic campaign for anti-corruption, democracy, and freedom.
However, the CCP actually had some unidentified people infiltrate the students,
to attack, rob, and burn, even overturning military vehicles,
in order to intensify the conflict.
The CCP recorded all the crimes committed by these fake students,
and attributed them to the rest of the student movement.
Immediately after,
the CCP used the People's Daily, CCTV, and other media outlets
to cover the stories closely.
The CCP falsely labeled the student's democratic movement as a riot,
swaying public opinion to see the students as violent rioters.
In the early morning of June 4, 1989,
the CCP mobilized its army with armored vehicles, tanks, and machine guns
to carry out atrocious attacks on the unarmed, peaceful students.
Thousands of innocent students and citizens died
at the hands of the heavily armored CCP.
The atrocities of this massacre of innocent students shocked the world.
In March 2008, in Lhasa, Tibet,
hundreds of monks marched in demonstration,
asking the government to grant them religious freedom.
But they were arrested and beaten by the CCP's armed police.
This brutality prompted tens of thousands of people to protest in the area.
To suppress the Tibetan protests,
the CCP ordered armed police disguised as Tibetans
to incite violence and burn Han and Hui shops.
Some innocent Han people were even murdered.
After the government recorded this footage,
they used media hype to further their agenda of suppressing public protests.
In this matter, the CCP transformed itself
into "the forces of justice" to "maintain social stability,"
while the Tibetans were labeled "insurgents"
and faced even further violence at the government's hands.
As a result, their oppression was rationalized and justified.
On March 1, 2014, on the eve of the CCP's Two Sessions,
officials incited gang violence at the Kunming Railway Station
in order to gain more power.
Police disguised as mobs from Xinjiang committed assault and murder at the train station.
The government reported only 31 deaths at this incident.
However, inside sources confirm the number of deaths was at least two hundred.
After this tragedy, the CCP used their same tricks,
blaming the acts on Xinjiang separatist forces,
specifically blaming Uighurs for the violent murders,
which launched suppression of the Xinjiang Uighurs.
These horrible incidents can confirm,
before implementing crackdowns on a group,
the CCP creates accusations so that they can sway public opinion
and let it become legal foundation.
This was all to deceive the public
and pave the way for ensuing suppression.
To suppress and ban The Church of Almighty God
and ban all house churches in the country,
they did the same thing
and created the Zhaoyuan case to sway public opinion.
That is the CCP's plan in engineering this case.
Anyone discerning can see what they're trying to do.
Unsurprisingly,
after the case occurred,
the CCP launched an escalating and comprehensive, brutal operation,
suppressing The Church of Almighty God.
So now, let's go over the facts that prove this.
Barely three days after the crime took place,
even before the case could make its way to court,
the government mobilized their propaganda machine,
maniacally engineering public opinion through CCTV and other outlets,
framing and smearing The Church of Almighty God.
This launched the nationwide One-Hundred-Day Battle,
an operation that cracked down on The Church of Almighty God.
Documents relating to the One-Hundred-Day Battle reveal the following:
Conduct a massive investigation into cults such as "Almighty God,"
and make sure not to miss a single person or household.
The 610 Office has allotted ten million RMB
to award outstanding units and individuals.
All provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities
should take corresponding measures to accomplish this goal.
After this was issued,
the One-Hundred-Day Battle came into full force.
Banners arose around cities and towns,
with slogans such as "Troops Won't Be Withdrawn Until the Ban Is Done"
and "Fight Against Eastern Lightning."
In many communities, villages, and schools,
the CCP launched special investigations to suppress The Church of Almighty God,
even mobilizing armed forces
to arrest and persecute Christians of The Church of Almighty God.
House churches in mainland China were not exempt from brutal oppression and arrests.
Some Christian pastors and elders were caught and sent to prison.
Even the Three-Self church faced some degree of destruction.
More than a thousand crosses were dismantled in the Zhejiang area.
Many churches were forcibly closed or even demolished.
An untold number of Christians were arrested.
According to statistics, during the CCP's One-Hundred-Day Battle,
the Chinese Communist media publicly reported
that 1,858 Christians of The Church of Almighty God had been arrested.
According to a report by an overseas human rights organization,
since the end of the Cultural Revolution,
2014 was the year when Christian churches and Christians in mainland China
suffered the most severe persecution.
The large-scale atrocities committed by the CCP to persecute religious beliefs
made tens of millions of Christians in mainland China suffer devastation and torture.
The brutality and cruelty of this persecution brought strong condemnation
from many human rights organizations, democratic people, and overseas media.
In regard to the persecution of religious belief in China,
one pastor said,
"Sinicization of Christianity is part of Xi Jinping's Chinese Dream,
whose purpose is to convert Christianity into a communist and socialist version,
an instrument of the CCP, which will ultimately be destroyed in China."
These words are completely true.
Their persecution of The Church of Almighty God started in 1991,
when Almighty God began to speak and began to do His work.
On May 8, 1991, the CCP dispatched armed police forces
to conduct a large-scale arrest operation on the Yongyuan Church in Northeast China.
In the following years,
they repeatedly issued top-secret documents,
in an all-out effort to attack The Church of Almighty God
and to arrest its leaders.
In the two decades since then,
the CCP has never stopped its persecution of The Church of Almighty God.
Some of you might ask:
After all the persecution and attacks on The Church of Almighty God over the years,
why deliberately conduct the Zhaoyuan case?
It's because the CCP was clear
about the outcome of their attack on The Church of Almighty God
for the past two decades.
Not only has The Church of Almighty God continued to expand,
it has also extended overseas.
All the words expressed by Almighty God have been posted on the Internet.
The Church of Almighty God has posted all kinds of movies and musical videos
that have become widespread.
This has caused the CCP to panic.
For they fully knew
what it would mean for them if Almighty God became accepted in every country.
So then, the CCP conspired to engineer the notorious Zhaoyuan case
to deceive various people,
trying to smear the name of The Church of Almighty God.
They believed that
it was the way to limit the rapid spreading of the gospel of Almighty God.
But the wings of a crow cannot obscure the rays of the sun.
The Zhaoyuan case happened three years ago.
Many human rights organizations and religious groups
have already expressed doubt on the CCP propaganda, and this case in particular.
And so, their evil deeds and prolific illusions have been revealed by many.
Only fools would believe the CCP's nonsense.
Lies will always remain lies.
The truth is always the truth.
No matter how often a lie is told, it will never become or replace the truth.
Who is righteous and who is evil will all be revealed soon.
Justice is in the heart.
That's our program for today.
Thank you for watching.