Deprogramming or “faith breaking,” the process through which members of minority religions are confined and submitted to heavy psychological indoctrination, with various forms of violence, is a criminal practice illegal in most democratic countries. It is, however, routinely practiced in China. So far, this happened in different facilities controlled by the state. China does not deny that this is taking place, and in fact praises and defends the practice.A video by the China Anti-Xie-Jiao Association, which claims to be “the largest anti-cult organization in the world” and is the CCP’s main agency to fight against groups banned as “xie jiao,” or organizations spreading “unorthodox teachings,” confirms a new disturbing development that had already been reported to “Bitter Winter” by various sources.
The video shows a Falun Gong practitioner from Chengde, a prefecture-level city in Hebei province, detained by the police. We then see police officers arranging for his deprogramming with a Buddhist abbot who is a leader of the China Buddhist Association, the body established by the CCP to control Buddhists in the country. There are a few scenes showing the deprogramming before the propaganda happy end. The former Falun Gong practitioner is presented as having become best friend with the police officers who arrested him, who now even help him set up a small business and care for his old parents.
