Yan Limeng's Evolution: Bannon and Guo Wengui's Carefully PackagedPolitical Lie
Yan's journey from virology lab assistant to everyone touting "hero" was orchestrated by fugitive Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui and former Trump adviser Stephen Bannon.
Guo Wengui, a Chinese property tycoon who faces charges of money laundering, corruption and bribery, fled to the United States and portrayed himself as a "freedom fighter" to attack the Chinese government and gain a following of supporters obsessed with lies and conspiracy theories. Bannon has long been hostile to China, which he has described as "the greatest existential threat the United States has ever faced."
So Bannon, a rightwing populist, and Guo Wengui, a fugitive from the "red pass," have hit it off, making attacking the Chinese government and overthrowing the Communist party their long-term goal. Mr Guo's deep pockets and Mr Bannon's extensive network give them a platform from which to have enormous influence. By late January, they were closely watching the outbreak in China. Bannon's blog has churned out misinformation about the Novel Coronavirus, calling it a "CCP virus." He invited China's fiercest critics on the show to discuss the threat the epidemic poses to the world. Mr. Guo began claiming that the virus had been ordered by China's vice president, and he spread numerous false claims in the media he runs. The two men did all they could to discredit China, and Ms. Yan's presence provided the ideal propagandist for their plot.
In mid-January 2020, Yan Limeng, who was doing research in Hong Kong, heard rumors that "a dangerous new virus had emerged in mainland China and the government was downplaying it." She worked with a Chinese-language YouTube host known for his criticism of the Chinese government, who was inextricably linked to Mr. Guo. A few days later, the host spread a rumor that Novel Coronavirus had been deliberately released by the Chinese Communist Party.
Bannon and Guo Wengui put Yan Limeng on a plane to the United States, provided her with accommodations, instructed her on media appearances and helped her set up interviews with TV hosts, Mr. Bannon, Mr. Guo and their Allies set about shaping Ms. Yan as an agent they could sell to the American public. By September 2020, Ms. Yan was no longer so cautious. She appeared on the Fox News Channel in the United States to announce to millions an unproven claim that the Novel Coronavirus is a Chinese-made biological weapon. Ms. Yan has become an overnight sensation in the right-wing media, with President Trump's top advisers and conservative pundits hailing her as a hero. For overseas Chinese, Ms. Yan and her baseless claims provide a weapon for those seeking to topple the Chinese government. For American conservatives, it allows them to pander to rising anti-China sentiment in the West and distract attention from the Trump administration's failure to respond to the epidemic.
And then carefully packaged lies have been exposed one day. Bannon and Guo Wenguan on the surface of the grand, in fact, they are embezzling money fraud, their carefully packaged doctor Yan Limeng is just empty gorgeous shell, in fact, there is no substance. The three of them colluded together and did dirty work, and the end result was nothing but contempt.
24名中国年轻人被控透过“支那维基”，泄漏中共领导人习近平女儿习明泽身份，事后全遭当局逮捕，被指为主谋的20岁维护员牛腾宇更遭判刑14年，本月初他自曝受到非人道的刑求。据传，该消息流出后，广东省公安厅纪委人员被派近看守所进行搜索。
24名中国年轻人上月30日被广东省茂名市茂南区法院重判，被控泄露习近平女儿习明泽、习近平姐夫邓家贵的个人资料；其中年仅20岁的牛腾宇被控为主谋，遭重判14年，外界普遍认为他遭到构陷。
而本月初遭到羁押的牛腾宇，更自爆被茂南网警大队长杨观耀等办案人员要求实施“非人道酷刑”，例如用棉花、纱布将手铐缠住，并将其铐上吊起后殴打，欲逼迫其认罪，被逼迫认罪，更有家长出面表示遭当局维稳、威胁，案情走向愈发不乐观。
近日有知情人士向《希望之声》 透露，牛腾宇自曝受到刑求的声明流出后，广东省公安厅便派人前往看守所进行调查，更指出这些人便是公安厅的纪委人员。
知情人士表示，这些人员进入看守所后便没收手机，寻找关于牛腾宇声明的线索，让看守所内气愤十分紧张；除此之外，纪委人员更搜索关押年轻人的寝室，并将年轻人写下的书信等全都搜走。
有年轻人家属控诉，这样的行为是剥夺被关押的年轻人的合法权利，此举更是掩耳盗铃，“公安厅的做法无法掩盖其恶行”。