Example 5:
Elder Lin has set up roadblocks so that petitioners and whistle blowers have no channels
through which they may express their views; this mistake / deficiency has ruled out
opportunities for the IA to make improvements to itself (see Evidence, pp. 41–44).
a. When Elder Lin receives petitions from church members who please him, Elder Lin often responds
and solves their problems very promptly (within a few days or one to two weeks).
b. In contrast, when he comes across petitions which he does not like or does not wish to face, Elder
Lin
-1) does not bother replying to those who made the suggestions,
-2) creates innumerable obstacles,
making up unrealistic and impracticable rules so that the petitions have no way of getting their
messages across, and
-3) consigns the admonitions and petitions to administrative oblivion through
man-made means.
c. Case Study 1:
In October 2010, when I asked Elder Lin to honour his commitment of providing additional IA documents to me, Elder Lin first told me he was too busy and will get to it. Later he changed his mind and through Preacher MY Chao, the IA instructed me that if I have any request to
the IA, I must follow the rules to communicate with the IA. Specifically, I must first submit my
request to my local church board, secure local church board’s approval then forward the request to
the next church hierarchies (i.e. the U.S. General Assembly). After securing USGA’s approval then
to the next hierarchies the U.S. National Church Conference (US NCC); then to the IA’s Western
Hemisphere Department of World Missions. Only after my request/suggestion had been discussed
and approved by these 4 entities, could it be presented to the IA.
-i. As this instruction clearly states, the IA and Elder Lin can talk to me on any issue
whenever they liked. Their instructions and documents would be delivered to me in less
than a minute through the Internet.
-ii. But if I were to have any question or suggestion regarding the information or documents I
had received, I would have to comply with the IA’s requirements, and first have my
questions and suggestions reviewed and approved in meetings by the above four
organizations (i.e. local church, the USGA, US NCC, and IA’s Western Hemisphere
Department of World Missions). Note: these requirements may take more than two years
or even forever, since some of these bodies hold meetings only once a year, or do not
even have the administrative authority to assist me in the matter) before my question and
suggestion can be brought before the exalted Elder Lin and the IA!
-iii. As an organization whose original and primary function is to coordinate the work of the
ministry, how did the IA, under the leadership of Elder Lin, become so bureaucratic, self important
and arrogant?
-iv. How are the fault-ridden administrative operations of the IA going to improve under such
an arrogant, one-sided bureaucracy?
d. Case Study 2:
After the IA EXCO meeting held on March 23, 2012 in Seoul, Korea, Elder Lin
specially emphasized in his second fabricated letter (i.e. IA #12-033) to me: “Henceforth, should you
have any suggestions for the IA, please process them in accordance with the administrative
procedures of the GA to which you belong.” (see Evidence, p. 43)
-i. Having received this letter, I innocently and dutifully complied with Elder Lin’s instructions
and rang the USGA. A board member of the USGA told me that the USGA bylaws did not
provide/stipulate any administrative procedures concerning such matters. Therefore, even if
the USGA wishes to help but were unable to do so.
-ii. I also consulted a board member of my local church; the board member similarly replied that
the local church bylaws did not include information on the administrative procedures
concerning such matters. Thus, my local church was also unable to help.
-iii. After having been passed around like a ball, I finally realized that Elder Lin had in effect
relegated me to an administrative no man’s land so that there would be no channel for my
complaints and nowhere for me to appeal.
-iv. I later learned that Elder Lin often quoted this rule to petitioners whom he declines to
accommodate so that these members’ suggestions and petitions would not get resolved and
they would have nowhere to turn for help. This mode of operation suggests that Elder Lin
and the IA are not at all interested or willing to accept advice.
e. The facts above portray directly and in detail the IA’s mentality and actual mode of operation, its
over-inflated ego and conceitedness, its refusal to accept others’ suggestions and lack of desire for
progress, its attitude that everyone should obey its instructions in all things and that it is always
correct, and so on.
Example 6:
Elder Lin insists that he has made no mistakes whatsoever during his tenure as leader of the
IA; he has repeatedly rejected mediation, causing a dispute that could originally have been
resolved to turn into something much worse and severe. The IA’s self-conceited mentality
and its refusal to admit its mistakes have long been the primary reason why the Pr. YM
Yang Incident has not been resolved (see Sections 3.16; 3.18; 3.21 and 3.33).
a. After perusing the more than 700 pages of IA files concerning the Incident of Preacher YM Yang, I
discovered not only that all the administrative deficiencies of the IA described in this report have
been manifested in the course of the dispute between Preacher YM Yang and Elder Lin, but that they
have often been manifested with an even greater severity.
b. Elder Lin knows in his heart of how greatly he has erred in his handling of the incident of Preacher
YM Yang (note: he previously said as much to one of his close co-workers), but it is unclear why
Elder Lin continues to claim that he has made no mistakes whatsoever.
c. The more than 700 pages of IA files show that Elder Lin thinks that there is no need to sit down and discuss matters, since he has the power to issue IA directives at will, present a distorted view of
Preacher YM Yang and discredit and attack YM in any situation and at any time.
d. The IA’s self-conceited, self-righteous and self-important mind-set and its reluctance to admit its
mistakes has led Elder Lin to forgo many opportunities to communicate with Preacher Yang and to
work out a solution so that both of them can better understand and forgive each other.
e. When one of two parties involved in a dispute refuses to talk and try to come to an agreement with
the other party, neither of them will be able to resolve the dispute.
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