3.31
My wife and I asked Elder Lin why the contents of the IA announcement to churches around the world regarding the termination of Preacher YM Yang’s status were different from the resolutions of the IA Executive Committee (see Evidence, pp. 10– 11).
a. On March 31, 2012, my wife and I had a meeting in Taipei church with the five IA EXCO members who live in Taiwan (Elder Yung Ji Lin, Elder FM Tse, Elder EZ Chang, Deacon Bill Tseng, and Preacher MY Chao). We asked Elder Lin why the aforementioned IA document contained such serious errors.
b. Unmoved, Elder Lin replied lightly, “The IA did this to protect Preacher Yang; it was done out of love for Preacher Yang and his family members”!
c. Suppressing the deep pain and disappointment within me, I made my solemn reply to Elder Lin and the other IA EXCO members: “In all my life, I have never seen such an unloving document than this IA announcement on the termination of Preacher YM Yang”!
d. Following my statement, at the presence of Elder Lin and other 4 IA EXCO members, I
i. analysed the differences between the contents of IA announcement to the world and the actual resolutions passed by the IA EXCO, and
ii. questioned why the IA EXCO’s resolutions were changed by the IA administrative staff?
iii. as it turned out, two following two of the three resolutions/conditions of the termination passed by the IA EXCO had been deleted:
--1) the EXCO’s decision to provide Preacher Yang with three months’ living allowance had been cancelled and
--2) the clause concerning possible reinstatement by the EXCO.
iv. This fabricated, false and manufactured IA announcement to the world was completely heartless and without love!
v. Going by this fabricated document,
--1) the IA has not only not given Preacher Yang the opportunity to return,
--2) it does not even want Preacher Yang to return!
3.32
After the analysis, I asked Elder Lin and the IA to send a letter of correction to all GAs, Coordination Boards and IA-directed churches (see Evidence, p. 12).
a. Six days later (April 6, 2012), Elder Lin sent out a letter of correction, but it was written in English.
b. Think about it:
i. When Elder Lin wishes to point out Preacher Yang’s wrongs, he announces them in Chinese (e.g. the IA announcement letter), which the vast majority of church members can understand and read.
ii. However, when Elder Lin has to admit his mistakes and/or correct mistakes that the IA has committed, Elder Lin announces them in English, which the vast majority of members cannot read nor understand.
iii. The trust I had in Elder Lin and in the IA was greatly damaged.
c. Leaving the matter of the false document aside, it would be more critical for the church to investigate:
i. Which of the administrative staff had overstepped his/her authority and modified the three resolutions passed by the IA EXCO?
ii. Why Elder Lin would put his signature to a document which differed from the IA EXCO’s resolution? Moreover why would Elder Lin send this false document to churches all over the world?
d. This incident once again reveals
--1) how serious and excessive the current IA’s administrative lapses are and
--2) how greatly it has deviated from the way of the Lord.
3.33
The IA’s termination of Preacher YM Yang’s position as IA EXCO member is in violation of the IA’s constitution and its rules and regulations. As a result, this resolution is illegal and invalid (see section 3.35 below).
a. Effective March 24, 2012, the IA
--1) not only terminated Preacher YM Yang’s office and duties as TJC preacher,
--2) at the same time; it also terminated Preacher YM Yang’s position and duties as an IA EXCO member.
b. However, according to the IA’s constitution and its rules and regulations (March 2011 edition),
i. IA EXCO members are elected by the WDC; therefore, the WDC is responsible for taking disciplinary action against IA EXCO members and their removal from office; ii. the IA Executive Committee does not have the authority to take disciplinary action against any IA EXCO member or remove him or her from office.
c. It is clear that the IA EXCO’s decision at the 6th meeting of the 10th Executive Committee held on March 23, 2012 to terminate Preacher YM Yang’s position and duties as an IA EXCO member was in violation of the IA’s constitution and its rules and regulations.
d. Therefore, the IA EXCO’s decision on March 23, 2012 to terminate Preacher YM Yang’s position and duties as an IA EXCO member is illegal and invalid.
e. I wrote to the IA Executive Committee on April 27, 2012, asking Elder Lin and the other EXCO members to rectify this serious error; I have yet to see the correction measure or receive a reply.
f. This was the fourth time during my time as facilitator that Elder Lin had foregone the opportunity to resolve the conflict between himself and Preacher YM Yang.
3.34
After a year of denial, Elder Lin finally admitted that the spurious document he had sent to the EXCO members the night before the special Forum held by the IA on March 22, 2011 had been fabricated by him.
a. In Taipei church on March 31, 2012, my wife and I discussed with the five EXCO members living in Taiwan (Elder Yung Ji Lin, Elder FM Tse, Elder EZ Chang, Deacon Bill Tseng and Preacher MY Chao) the matter of the false documents concerning the IA’s termination of Preacher YM Yang as an IA preacher and IA EXCO member. I once again asked Elder Lin why, the night before the Forum held on March 22, 2011, he had sent the IA EXCO members fabricated documents that were different from the IA documents that he and Elder FM Tse had handed over to me on Sept 16, 2010.
b. Below are the main points that were covered during the conversation my wife and I had with Elder Lin; the conversation took place in front of the other 4 IA EXCO members:
Question 1. Why was the false document you sent the night before the Forum different from the document that the IA had handed me? Elder Lin replied: “I do not recall having given you any documents on September 16, 2010.”
Note: Elder Lin’s reply reminds me of how, when adults are unwilling to admit their mistakes, they often respond with “I don’t remember”).
Question 2. Why was there such a great difference between the fabricated document and the genuine version? Elder Lin replied: “The document sent out that night was typed up by my secretary.”
Note: Elder Lin’s reply clearly proves that the false document came from his office. But, unfortunately, Elder Lin tried to shift the responsibility for it onto his secretary.
Consider: Elder Lin is a well-known hands-on, detail orientated person. In view of this, can his secretary have fabricated this spurious document?
When Elder Lin and Elder Tse handed me the 37 pages of document on September 16, 2010, Elder Lin’s secretary was not present.
Therefore, unless Elder Lin had given his secretary the documents which he himself had selected from the IA archives, Elder Lin’s secretary
--1) would not have known which documents Elder Lin had given me,
--2) would not have known which documents she was supposed to type up out of the more than 700 pages in the IA’s archives,
--3) would surely not have randomly chosen a few documents, then told Elder Lin, “These are the documents that you handed over to Bro. Michael Young a year ago.”
Having lied for more than a year, Elder Lin finally admitted his mistake. Unfortunately, he did not have the courage to bear full responsibility for it, but tried instead to blame his secretary for his own wrongdoing!
This simple example shows once again that, in order to cover up his mistakes, Elder Lin uses every possible means to shift his liability to others including wrongly and falsely discrediting and attacking others without reason or evidence.
Question 3. Elder Lin: “if what you say is true (i.e., that your secretary selected, typed up and fabricated the false document, then passed it to you), then may I ask: is it you or your secretary who is leading and directing the IA”?
Elder Lin kept silent and did not answer this question.
3.35
Reference material on who can discipline IA EXCO members: This section presents Articles in the IA Constitution and Rules & Regulations concerning the duties and election of members of the IA Executive Committee, disciplinary action against them and their removal from office
The Constitution of the International Assembly (IA) of the True Jesus Church and its Rules and Regulations (March 2011 edition) concerning this issue include the following:
a. The World Delegates Conference (herein also known as “WDC”) is the highest decision-making body of the International Assembly (= Rules/Constitution of the International Assembly of the True Jesus Church, Chapter 1, Section 4, Article 6).
b. IA will convene the World Delegates Conference once every two years. If necessary, an extraordinary WDC may be called (= Rules/Constitution of the International Assembly of the True Jesus Church, Chapter 1, Section 4, Article 8).
c. It is one of the functions of the WDC to take disciplinary action (including removal from office) against any IA Executive Committee member (= Rules/Constitution of the International Assembly of the True Jesus Church, Chapter 1, Section 4, Article 10).
d. The WDC is to be convened according to the following:
--1. WDC shall be convened once every two years,
--2. An Extraordinary WDC may be convened at any time or place if so resolved in an IA EXCO Meeting or when requested by two-thirds or more WDC delegates (= Rules and Regulations of the International Assembly of the True Jesus Church, Chapter 1, Section 1, Article 8).
e. The IA EXCO shall be made up of fifteen (15) members to be elected from among the delegates during the WDC. The first fifteen persons who have obtained at least half (1/2) of the total votes shall be taken. Otherwise, Chairmen of GAs who are not among the fifteen elected members shall be automatically added to the IA EXCO (= Rules and Regulations of the International Assembly of the True Jesus Church, Chapter 1, Section 2, Article 13).
f. The term of office of the IA EXCO members is from the date of election to the next IA EXCO election held at the WDC (= Rules and Regulations of the International Assembly of the True Jesus Church, Chapter 1, Section 2, Article 14).
g. The IA shall keep or cause to keep: 1) Appropriate and accurate books and records of accounts of the Assembly, 2) Compilation of minutes of all meetings and proceedings of the WDC, of the IA EXCO, of the Standing Committee, and other committees of the Assembly, 3) A record of all the Assembly’s member church body (unit) showing their names, addresses and types of membership (= Rules and Regulations of the International Assembly of the True Jesus Church, Chapter 1, Section 9, Article 51).
h. Inspection by IA EXCO members: Every Council or Committee member shall have the absolute right at any reasonable time to inspect and copy all accounting books, records, and documents of any kind and to inspect the properties of the Assembly for a purpose reasonably related to one’s interests as a Council/Committee member (= Rules and Regulations of the International Assembly of the True Jesus Church, Chapter 1, Section 9, Article 54).
Conclusion:
a. According to the above articles, IA EXCO members are elected by the WDC. Thus, the WDC is responsible for taking disciplinary action against IA EXCO members and their removal from office.
b. The IA Executive Committee does not have the authority to take disciplinary action or to remove IA EXCO members from office.
c. The IA EXCO’s decision on March 23, 2012 to terminate Preacher YM Yang’s position and duties as IA EXCO member is clearly in breach of the IA’s constitution and its rules and regulations. Thus, the resolution is illegal and invalid.
d. Since the above resolution is illegal and invalid, the IA ought to immediately
-i. reinstate Preacher YM Yang’s position and duties as an IA EXCO member,
-ii. send a letter of correction to all the churches worldwide explaining the matter and apologizing to Preacher YM Yang.
e. If the IA insists that it is not suitable for Preacher YM Yang to be an IA EXCO member, it should take one of the following two courses of action:
-i. convene an extraordinary WDC, submitting this proposal to the delegates of the 2011 WDC (note: the term of office of these delegates ends at the date that the 2013 WDC convenes), and asking these delegates to discuss the request of the IA and put it to a vote, or
-ii. submit this proposal to the delegates of the 2013 WDC, asking them to discuss and vote on the IA’s proposal at the March 2013 WDC to be held in Irvine church, California, USA.
f. Regardless of which course of action the IA EXCO adopts to deal with the matter, it needs to prepare for the WDC evidence and materials which are true, complete, detailed, fair, and which have been checked and verified, so that the world delegates may decide on this important issue.
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