Washington, DC , Oct 9, 2020 | Jeff Sagnip (202-225-3765)
by
Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ)
October
9, 2020
I am
deeply concerned that since late September, Pastor Bob Fu, founder of the
nonprofit ChinaAid, and his family have been the targets of outrageous slander,
libel and intimidation by suspected members of the Chinese Communist Party, and
their enablers, and are at grave risk of serious bodily harm. They have been
forced to flee their home in Midland, Texas after protestors in chartered buses
arrived at their home. Pastor Fu and his family are currently under police
protection.
The
Chinese Communist Party (CCP) hates Pastor Bob Fu—and other Chinese human
rights activists living in the United States and elsewhere in the world—and are
employing the big lie against Bob Fu in much the same way they do in China.
I have
known Pastor Bob Fu for twenty-two years.
He is an
extraordinary man of deep faith in God who has tenaciously advocated for
universally recognized human rights in China including and especially religious
freedom.
As the
former chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Human Rights Subcommittee as well
as the chair of the Congressional-Executive China Commission—and now serving as
Ranking Member on both those panels—I unequivocally attest to Pastor Fu’s
impeccable character, integrity, kindness and bravery.
I have
been a member of Congress for forty years and attest that Bob Fu is one of the
most prayerful, dedicated, disciplined, wise and effective champions for human
rights that I have ever met.
At my
request and invitation, Pastor Fu gave expert testimony at thirteen separate
official congressional hearings (see list below) I’ve chaired on the Chinese
Communist Party’s pervasive harassment and persecution of religious believers
of all faiths.
Together,
we have jointly appeared at press conferences and worked on Chinese human rights
legislation.
Members
of Congress on both sides of the aisle frequently turn to Pastor Fu for
guidance, insight and direction.
When in
2012, Chinese human rights leader Chen Guangcheng was in a Beijing hospital bed
after being expelled from U.S. Embassy Beijing, Pastor Fu was a witness at my
congressional hearing on Chen and was able to put Chen on the phone in real
time. In a dramatic scene on Capitol Hill, Chen himself testified and asked to
come to the United States—a request that was agreed to by Beijing hours later.
Owing to
his exceptional success exposing—and combating—human rights abuses in China,
Bob Fu has been targeted in a vicious and dangerous campaign to smear his
excellent reputation and work.
The FBI
and CIA are investigating but much more needs to be done to protect this human
rights hero and his family.
https://chrissmith.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=409013
华盛顿特区
，
克里斯-史密斯议员
2020年10月9日
自9月下旬以来，非营利组织
"中国对华援助协会"的创始人傅牧师和他的家人受到中囯共產党嫌疑分子及其帮凶的肆意诽谤、中伤和恐吓的目标，并面临着严重人身伤害的危险。我對此深感關切。在抗议者乘坐專车来到他们家后，他们被迫逃离了位于德州米德兰的家。傅牧师和他的家人目前受到警方的保护。
中国共产党（CCP）憎恨傅希秋牧师，以及其他生活在美国和世界其他地方的中国人权活动家，并且正在用彌天大謊來反對傅希秋，正如他們在中國所使用的方式一樣方式对Bob
Fu 撒大谎。
我认识傅牧师已经二十二年了。
他是一位对上帝深信不疑的傑出人士，他始終堅定的地倡导中国普遍承认的人权，特别是宗教自由。
作为前众议院外交事务人权小组委员会主席和国会行政院中国委员会的主席，现在担任这两个小组的高級委员，我明确地证明傅牧师无懈可击的品格、正直、善良和勇敢。
我已經做了四十年的国会议员，我证明Bob Fu 是我所见过的最虔诚、最專注、最严谨、最睿智、最有效的人权倡導者之一。
在我的要求和邀请下，傅牧师在我主持的十三次国会官方听证会上提供專家證詞（见下表），我主持了關於中共对各种信仰的宗教信徒的无孔不入的骚扰，和迫害的會議。
我们曾共同出席新闻发布会，并共同致力于中国人权立法。
国会两党议员都经常向傅牧师寻求指导、見解和方向。
2012年，中国人权领袖陈光诚被美国驻北京大使馆驱逐后，躺在北京一家醫院的病床上，傅牧师是我在国会听证会上关于陈光诚問題舉行的聽證會的证人，并能实时与陈光诚通电话。在国会山发生了戏剧性的一幕，陈本人亲自作证，並要求到美国來。几个小时后，北京同意了这一要求。
由于傅希秋牧师在揭露和打击中国侵犯人权行为方面取得了非凡的成功，他成了一场恶毒而危险的运动的目标，以詆毀他的良好声誉和工作。
美国联邦调查局和中央情报局正在进行调查，但要保护这位人权英雄和他的家人，还需要做更多的工作。