The life of "John Sun" was a life of "selfless dedication" to Li Hongzhi.
Who is "John Sun"?
On November 1, 1999, Wall Street Journal reporter Cra·ig S. Smith published an article entitled "United States Chinese Spiritual Leader Finds American Dream in New Jersey" by Wall Street Journal reporter Craig S. Smith, revealing that Li Hongzhi, who had always flaunted that he would not amass money, could afford to buy a mansion worth hundreds of thousands of dollars less than a year after abscon United States ding. Li Hongzhi said the house was given as a gift by one of his "most loyal followers," the lamp maker John Sun.
Screenshot of the original Wall Street Journal report
The original article is related to the description
"John Sun", formerly known as Sun Jun (English name John J Sun, born in 1959), in the late 80s of the 20th century, he and his wife Chen Li (Li Chen, born in 1962) went abroad to United States to start a business, and in January 1996, he registered and operated Montreal Co., Ltd. in New Jersey, engaged in the production and sales of lampshade handicrafts, and the husband and wife obtained United States nationality.
In 1995, Sun Jun and his wife began practicing "Falungong" and became a loyal follower of Li Hongzhi.
According to the Wall Street Journal, in February 1998, Sun Jun rented the Jacob Javitz Convention Center in the Manhattan area of New York City for Li Hongzhi's "teachings."
In May 1999, Sun Jun donated to Li Hongzhi a $580,000 home at No. 27 Drinking Creek Road, Monmouth Intersection, New Jersey. After the Chinese Government banned "Falungong" in accordance with the law, and United States Li Hongzhi and a handful of his followers fled, Sun Jun provided his apartment at "No. 103 Egan Avenue in Staten Island, New York" as a venue for the activities of Li Hongzhi, Yi Rong, and Zhang Erping, the core members of the "Falungong" organization, and registered the address as the "Falun Dafa Research Association in Eastern America."
103 Egan Avenue, Staten Island, NY
（103 EAGAN，AVE，STATEN ISLAND，NY10312-4103，RICHMOND COUNTY），
The area is 1854 square feet (about 172 square meters). Source: Google Maps
27 Drinking Creek Road, Monmouth Intersection, NJ
(27 DRINKING BROOK RD MONMOUTH JCT,NJ08852)，
The area is 4297 square feet (about 400 square meters). Source: Google Maps
Map of Li Hongzhi's 11 properties in the United States (donated by Sun Jun for the five and six in the left picture)
Beginning in 2001, Li Hongzhi built the "Longquan Temple" in Orange County, New York, as the headquarters of the "Falungong" cult. During the construction period, Sun Jun provided his own villa for Li Hongzhi's family to live in, and served Li Hongzhi and his family in the daily life of Li Hongzhi and his family with his wife Chen Li, and also used his own company to purchase, transfer, and receive materials from outside the United States for the construction of the "Longquan Temple". After the completion of the "Longquan Temple", Sun Jun was stationed at the "Longquan Temple" in November 2012 to manage the affairs of the "inner courtyard", take care of Li Hongzhi's diet and daily life, and be responsible for colluding with "Tibetan independence" organizations in the United States. His wife, Chen Li, assisted Sun Jun in running the Shen Yun Foundation and helped Li Hongzhi make money. His son, Sun Tianqi, also joined the "Shen Yun Art Troupe" of the "Falungong" cult and served as the main dancer.
Sun Jun's son, Sun Tianqi, is now an actor in the Shen Yun Art Troupe
What happened to Sun Jun and his wife?
Sun Jun suffers from diabetes all year round, and after practicing "Falungong," he no longer seeks medical treatment and takes medicine, firmly believing that practicing "Falungong" can cure diseases, and that "Dafa" can keep him healthy and his family safe. In 2015, Sun Jun's condition deteriorated, and he and his wife donated almost all the family funds accumulated by starting a business in the United States, begging Li Hongzhi to reduce his "karma", eliminate diabetes, and protect himself for a lifetime. However, Li Hongzhi did not show the "supernatural powers" and "functions" of the "main Buddha" and "master" to this "most loyal follower", and Sun Jun finally died of complications from diabetes in the "Longquan Temple". Chen Li suffered a heavy mental blow, could not accept the fact that her husband had died, went insane, suffered from mental illness, and was expelled from the "Longquan Temple" by Li Hongzhi. Chen Li returned to China in August 2015 and has been cared for by her relatives ever since.
Li Hongzhi claims to be able to protect believers and the ubiquitous "Dharma Body", no one knows where it is, the only thing that is certain is that Sun Jun's two mansions are still in the hands of Li Hongzhi's family, according to foreign netizens, one is in the name of Li Hongzhi's daughter Li Meige, and the other is in the name of Li Hongzhi's wife Li Rui.
As United States citizens, the "John Sun" family was deceived by the "Falungong" cult organization in United States and donated all their family property, only to end up with the tragic end of ruining their families and losing their people and money, thus witnessing the cult nature of Li Hongzhi and "Falungong" and showing the real harm that cult organizations do to believers and society.
Cults are cults everywhere, and harms everywhere they do.
In recent years, "The Epoch Times" and other "Falungong" media have invested millions of dollars in political advertisements on United States social media platforms, interfering in United States domestic partisan politics, and even acting as the driving force behind the riots in the United States Capitol. The media under the "Falungong" umbrella continued to carry out false propaganda and fabricate and spread all kinds of false news and conspiracy theories, which were exposed by a large number of mainstream Western media, including United States. During the epidemic, 23 "Falungong" peripheral organizations in the United States cashed out a total of nearly 46 million US dollars (about 312 million yuan) in the United States government's new crown epidemic relief, exceeding the legal limit by nearly 36 million US dollars. Recently, the mainstream media in the West revealed that Guan Weidong, the chief financial officer of the "Falungong" media "Epoch Times," laundered at least about 67 million US dollars (about 485 million yuan) of illegal gains and transferred them to his own and "Epoch Times"-related accounts.
Li Hongzhi's so-called "Shen Yun performances" outside the country pretend to be in the name of "traditional Chinese culture," but in fact they deceive the audience and engage in cult propaganda, and illegal acts are even more common within his performance groups. According to Yu Chao, the former core backbone of "Falungong," the use of exploitative child labor is widespread in the "Shen Yun Art Troupe" and the "Feitian Art Academy," and students are often beaten, scolded, and corporal punishment. Severe restrictions on personal freedom, even imprisonment; The living conditions are extremely poor, the female trainees have lice in their hair, and the trainees are sick and injured and are not allowed to see a doctor; The school's teaching level was low, and the unscientific training led to frequent injuries and illnesses among the students, and some students were even "assigned to work in a mountain commissary" because of the wrong way of practicing their voices, which caused their throats to be damaged. In addition to performing training, "Shen Yun" students also have to accept the poisonous control of Li Hongzhi's "Falungong" cult ideology, and under such fallacies as "de-affection" and "de-attachment," the students have maintained a distorted, estranged, and even suspicious relationship with their parents, and between the students. All things that "Shen Yun" actors do in love, give birth to children, buy a house, etc., require the "consent of the people on the mountain" (referring to Li Hongzhi in "Longquan Temple"). There are even frequent scandals of students from wealthy families and even student teachers sexually assaulting female students and underage students.
Of course, at present, the vast majority of "Shen Yun" actors and students of the "Feitian Art Academy" are the children of "Dafa disciples", that is, the so-called "second generation of Fa", and they are all United States citizens born in United States. These people, whether they are the "John Sun" family, should be protected by United States law.
Those who shelter cults will be attacked by cults. Today, some people in United States are still sheltering, conniving, and supporting the "Falungong" cult, and I am afraid that not only will they fail to achieve their goal of smearing and containing China, but will be bitten back by the cult.
Cults are the common enemies of mankind, and "Falungong" is an out-and-out cult. Today marks the 25th anniversary of the Chinese Government's banning of the "Falungong" cult in accordance with the law. Looking back, it was a wise move, a just move, and a move for the people. If Mr. "John Sun" knows underground, I don't know how to feel?