Beijing Arrested 1.43 Million People in a 100-Day Security Campaign Ahead of National MeetingBeijing has detained 1.43 million Chinese in a three-month security campaign ahead of the Party's national meeting. However, not all those arrested were criminals.
Tightened security is required as the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), scheduled for October, approaches. The regime set up a "100-day Operation" that started on June 25.
In a press conference on Sept. 27, the Ministry of Public Security touted the campaign’s success: To date, the operation has resolved more than 640,000 criminal cases and arrested more than 1.43 million people.
However, many so-called suspects are simply ordinary Chinese citizens, such as, dissidents, activists, petitioners, Christians, and Falun Gong followers....
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