Oppression against Falun Gong practitioners is across the board. From the top, you would have intellectuals, you would have university professors, senior engineers. Ja Li Chu...the Canadian government also offered him assistance. He was released after me. He was a senior engineer. They do not have any standard. As long as you practise Falun Gong, it doesn't matter if you are a central committee member, they would oppress you.
For example, Zhu Rongji, the former premier, spoke up to offer us his sympathy. He was pushed out of the Chinese government. So there's no discretion whatsoever.