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(Clearwisdom.net) Zhang Hong is thirty-one years old, and the pharmacist of the Number Four Hospital of Harbin City. She lived near the arboretum in the Dongli Section of Harbin City. Because of her firm persistence in practicing Falun Dafa, she was illegally sentenced to a forced labor camp. On July 22, 2004, she was once again illegally sentenced to Wanjia Forced Labor Camp in Harbin City and died from cruel persecution on July 31.
Under the high frequency and extremely long, cruel persecution, numerous Falun Gong practitioners have been persecuted to death in Wanjia Forced Labor Camp. The Wanjia Forced Labor Camp tries to force every Falun Gong practitioner to write the "Three Statements." They will torture, force to squat, hang up by their arms and electrically shock practitioners. Some practitioners were badly burned by electric batons--it was unbearable to watch.
On the morning of July 22, 2004, Falun Gong practitioners Zhang Hong, Di Lihua and another practitioner, were forcibly taken to the training unit of the Wanjia Forced Labor Camp (the women's training unit is run by four male captains). Immediately, the captains and policemen tried to force them into writing the "Three Statements." Zhang Hong and Di Lihua refused this unreasonable demand. The instructor of the forced labor camp punished them and forced them to squat down and did not allow Zhang Hong to eat lunch. Other Falun Gong practitioners brought back a very small portion of left over rice and soup from the canteen for her. After lunch, the instructor, other detained prisoners, and the training class instructor, Zhang Quiyun, handcuffed Zhang Hong to a bed with both hands stretched out horizontally until the next day.
On July 23, the police claimed that Zhang Hong had "heart problems" and planned to give her an injection. Police continued to try to coerce her and the other practitioners to write the "three letters." Zhang Hong refused to take the injection, so police pushed her onto a bed (there were no bed covers or mattress, just the bed board), handcuffed her to the head of the bed with her hands over her head and tied her feet to the end of the bed. They then forcibly gave her the injection. This treatment caused Zhong Hong to wet the bed.
Zhang Hong was handcuffed to the hard bed board from July 23 until July 30. The window was opened at night and Zhang Hong only wore a short sleeve blouse, even though it was very cold [The labor camp is in northern China. It is cold in late night and early morning during the summer]. They were not allowed to put on covers or clothes. One night, it was very cold. With Zhang Hong and Di Lihua's request, the other practitioner who was on night-duty gave them some cloths. The next day the disciplinary guard, Wu Baoyun, scolded the practitioner who was on duty.
On July 24, Zhang Hong had gone on a hunger strike and on the 26th she was force-fed. The police claimed that they did that to save her life. Actually they had added a large amount of salt to the corn soup. This type of force-feeding causes severe damage to the body. Captains Zhao Yuqing and Yao Fuchang refused to let Zhang Hong drink any water.
Later, they force-fed Zhang Hong three times a day. Every time during the forced feeding, the disciplinary guard, the head of prisoners in the cell Zhang Quiyun and others would pull Zhang Hong's hair, press down her head, insult her with vulgar language and force the feeding tube into her stomach.
While Zhang Hong tolerated the extreme pain both physically and mentally, she tried to tell the facts of Falun Gong to the police and reason with them. The police wrapped her mouth with plastic tape to stop her from speaking.
Due to the persecution by the police, Zhang Hong became unconscious. However, disciplinary guard Li Changjie told captain Zhao Yuqing that she had faked her painful look. Zhao Yuqing threatened that he would "take care of her" (which meant he would use an electric baton to torture her).
On the afternoon of the 30th, Zhang Hong was forced to sit in an iron chair. Her head was covered with many white adhesive bandages and her hands were handcuffed behind her back. She looked very skinny and her legs and feet were very swollen.
At 8 a.m. on the 31st, Zhang Hong cried out, " I do not want to die, I want to go home"
Around 1 p.m. on the 31st, two policemen wearing masks lead four forced labor camp prisoners carrying Zhang Hong away on a stretcher, claiming that they were taking her to the hospital and they also sterilized the room she had been in. Later police section chief Zhao tried to cover up the evidence and said Zhang Hong had died from renal failure due to a heart attack.
When a relative saw Zhang Hong's body, her eyes were wide open, her mouth was open and she had lost thirty to forty Jin (over 40 lb). She had also soiled herself. Forced labor camp personnel demanded her relatives cremate her body as quickly as possible.
Zhang Hong's family is now trying to appeal and does not agree with the postmortem examination and cremation. They will follow legal procedures to appeal.
The criminal's that participated in the persecution of Zhang Hong are, among others;
Male instructors: Captain Wu Hongxun, Zhao Yuqin, Yao Fuchang, Jiang Chao
Female instructors: Deputy captain Yang Guohong, Nuo Zhongbo
Instructors: Wu Baoyun, Li Chunzia, Li Changjie
Also: Zhang Quiyun (the English Teacher of Shitauhezi Middle School in Zhang Zhi City), Chen Lingling, Liu Hiujun (from a village in Bin Township)
(Clearwisdom.net) Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Wei Hongying from Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province went to Beijing to appeal for the third time in July 2000. She was abducted and sent to the No. 2 Detention Center in Qinhuangdao City, where she was tortured until she was on the brink of death. She passed away in August 2002 after she was released.
Ms. Wei Hongying, 56 years old, lived at No. 24, Building 16, Division 2 in Tiexinli, Qinhuangdao City. She was a retired worker at Qinhuangdao Knitting Factory. She started practicing Falun Gong in 1995. Her heart disease was cured, and she became very energetic and healthy after practicing Falun Gong. Ms. Wei's temper also improved and her family grew closer.
In early September 1999, she went to Beijing to clarify the truth. Police from Qinhuangdao arrested her and sent her back.
On December 30, 1999, she escaped from the surveillance of family members and the blocking off from the police, took a bus to the Beidaihe Train Station and went to Tiananmen Square to validate Falun Dafa. Police from north Qinhuangdao City abducted her and sent her to the No. 1 Detention Center in Qinhuangdao City for one month, during which time she was tortured severely. The perpetrators released her after extorting money from her family.
After she returned home, she thought she should help more practitioners to step forward and to speak up for Falun Dafa. She discussed this with fellow practitioners and convinced them to step forward.
In July 2000 she went to Beijing for the third time to appeal. The police and perpetrators from Qinhuangdao City "610 Office" sent her to the No. 2 Detention Center in Qinhuangdao City, where she was interrogated, beaten, tortured and starved. Ms. Wei held a hunger strike to protest the persecution. Seventeen days into the hunger strike, the guards force-fed her. They pried her mouth open with bamboo sticks and force-fed her concentrated salt water. They scratched and bruised her mouth in the process. They also forced her to drink dirty wash water, which caused intestinal problems that nearly killed her. The perpetrators then sentenced her to two years of forced labor, but the labor camp refused to take her. The perpetrators were afraid she would die in the detention center and sent her home.
Wei Hongying didn't recover from the torture, and often suffered shortness of breath and swelling of her body. In spite of her condition, perpetrators from the street committee, her work unit and from the police station often monitored, harassed and threatened her. Furthermore, they extorted nearly 10,000 Yuan from her family, which plunged her family into a very difficult financial situation. Her family was deceived by Jiang and his followers' lies on TV and resented Falun Gong.
A hospital examination revealed later that Wei Hongying had internal injuries and blood poisoning as a result of being force-fed salt water and dirty water, which eventually led to leukemia. Wei Hongying died in August 2002. Before she passed away, she asked her family not to resent Falun Gong, because certain police officers and Jiang's group are the ones who deprived her of her life.
(Clearwisdom.net) Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Yang Lirong in Dingzhou City, Baoding, Hebei Province was persecuted because she persisted in her belief. Her deceived husband abused her and murdered her in early morning of February 9, 2002.
Ms. Yang Lirong, 34 years old, lived on Beimen Street, Dingzhou City, Baoding, Hebei Province. She began practicing Falun Gong in 1998. In October 1999, she went to Beijing to validate Falun Dafa and clarify the truth. Xiao Fudi, a police officer from Dingzhou City, arrested and held her in a detention center for two months. The authorities extorted 5,000 Yuan before releasing her, and the police constantly harassed her after she returned home. Her husband was worried that he may lose his job and often physically abused Yang Lirong. Yang Lirong conducted herself according to Truth-Compassion-Tolerance and treated her husband with kindness. The perpetrators later arrested her and sent her to a brainwashing class. Because she refused to give up her belief, she was sent to this class three times. Her husband grew furious and blamed Yang Lirong for the persecution.
In the evening of February 8, 2002, the perpetrators again went to Yang Lirong's home to search for Falun Gong materials. Early the next morning, while Yang Lirong's parents were away, Yang Lirong's husband strangled her to death with his hands. She left behind their 10-year-old son. Her husband immediately called the police after the murder.
Yang Lirong's husband is a driver for the Bureau of Measurements and Standards.
(Clearwisdom.net) Rao Chaoyuan, 40, lives in Guangdong Province. He is the brother of Falun Dafa practitioner Rao Zhuoyuan, who died from being tortured. After being illegally held for over one year, Rao Chaoyuan was sentenced to eight years in prison in January 2003. Right now he is being held at Sihui Prison in Guangdong Province, and one of his legs has become disabled from beatings and other torture.
  Rao Zhuoyuan, brother of Rao Chaoyuan, was tortured to death at around 8 p.m. on August 5, 2002 at the No. 1 Forced Labor Camp in Guangzhou City. |
On December 14, 2000, police tailed Rao Chaoyuan, Huang Jinhua, and several other practitioners while they were on their way to validate Falun Dafa. Eight practitioners, including a female practitioner, were arrested at the same time and sent to the Tianhe District Detention Center. Rao Chaoyuan was held in Room 112. These eight practitioners were illegally tried at 8:30 a.m. December 12, 2001 at the No. 1 People's Court in Tianhe District, Guangzhou City.
Rao Chaoyuan's trial ended without a verdict. He was held at Tianhe District Detention Center until January 14, 2003, when the persecutors illegally sentenced him to eight years in prison. He was transferred to Division 1, Ward 10 at the Sihui Prison, where he is currently being held. With no court verdict, the perpetrators at Sihui Prison sent a notification letter to Rao Chaoyuan's family, telling them about the prison sentence. The address of the prison is Jiguangtang Town, Sihui City, Guangdong Province, Zip code 526237.
On July 18, 2004, when Rao Chaoyuan's family went to visit him, they saw that one of his legs was crippled from the torture.
Rao Chaoyuan's brother, Rao Zhuoyuan, was tortured to death at around 8:00 p.m. on August 5, 2002, at the No. 1 Forced Labor Camp in Guangzhou City.
Rao Chaoyuan's parents are suffering tremendous pain, as the persecutors from Guangzhou City "610 Office" constantly threaten them, even as one of their sons has died and another is being tortured.
(Clearwisdom.net) Jinan Women's Prison guards in Shandong Province use a multitude of methods to brutally torture Falun Gong practitioners. On the surface, the prison's propaganda projects itself as a civilized place, but underneath the façade are crimes against humanity. The prison does not allow any records of their crimes to be kept so that the world would not be able to know.
In 2000, Jiang Zemin's secretary visited the prison. This was the time when the persecution was most severe. If a practitioner did not write the "four statements" to renounce her belief, that practitioner would be forced into a brainwashing program. The brainwashing program directors Li Shuqin, Wang Haixia, and Xiu and two other guards were the main ones involved in the persecution.
Some Falun Gong practitioners refused to write the "four statements" to renounce their beliefs. As a result, they were tortured by the collaborators (1). The collaborators pinched the practitioners, leaving yellow and purple bruises on their bodies. The practitioners were forbidden to tell others what happened to them. Because they persisted in practicing Falun Gong, many practitioners were tortured by being forced to squat down in a painful position for hours. A Falun Gong practitioner in the sixth ward was sent home after she was tortured nearly to death. Another Falun Gong practitioner, Ms. Lu Xiufang (from Huashan Township in Jimo, Qingdao City) in the fourth ward, was severely tortured and sent home; she died less than one hour after being sent home.
Ms. Hui Xuemei had a serious heart problem and underwent major surgery for her heart. With her condition, she should not have been accepted into a prison. Yet, she was detained in the third ward. She had a heart attack in jail. We do not know whether she is still alive or not.
Ms. Shao Ziying was abducted and sent to the prison on August 10, 2001. She was sent to a brainwashing program three times, where she was physically and mentally abused. She went on hunger strikes twice after she was pressured to write the "four statements" to renounce Falun Dafa and locked in the special confinement room for 14 days.
For those who refused to write the "four statements," the lawless guards and policemen would do the following: force practitioners to squat down in a painful position, beat, kick and pinch practitioners, verbally abuse them, deprive practitioners of sleep, lock them in small cells, and restrict their meals by giving them only one small steamed corn bun per meal. If they continued to refuse to sign, electric shock batons and the electric chair would be used. Some Falun Gong practitioners vomited blood from squatting down in a position for too long. However, they were still forced to stay in the squatting position by having two guards or collaborators support them on each side. Because Shao Ziying did not give up Falun Gong, her older sister, in her 70's and from Yunnan Province (over 3000 miles away), was not allowed to see her when she came to visit. She left in tears. Recently, Shao Ziying was locked in the special confinement room.
Ms. Zhou Youngmei went on a hunger strike for six days, and she was force-fed with a tube for four days. She was forced to wear handcuffs and shackles and her activities were monitored. She was constantly followed and watched closely.
Ms. Xu Mei refused to renounce Falun Dafa and was locked in the special confinement room for 15 days with only one small steamed corn bun for food. She was slapped in the face four times by the guard leader Li Shuqin.
Ms. Wang Cuiping had a mental breakdown after being persecuted in a brainwashing program. She would not wear any clothes. We do not know her current situation.
Ms. Su Cuihua, was illegally locked in a small cell and tortured by an electric torture instrument.
Ms. Guo Zhongmei experienced electric shock torture twice.
Ms. He Xiuhuan refused to write the "four statements," and was tortured simultaneously with several electric batons by the guards.
Ms. Teng Derong was not allowed to see her family and relatives and was sent to the special confinement room.
Ms. Liang Mingfeng, because she refused to give up Falun Dafa, was not allowed to see her son, who had come all the way from Guangzhou City.
Ms. Wang Guixiang experienced severe torture, such as being shocked with an electric baton, and was not allowed to use toilet paper when she used the bathroom.
Note:
(1) Collaborators: Former Falun Gong practitioners who renounced the practice under brainwashing and torture. They are oftentimes forced to participate in brainwashing and torturing the practitioners who have not given in.
(Clearwisdom.net) Many articles have been posted on Clearwisdom about the persecution. Regrettably, I have noticed for quite some time that very few articles are posted about the persecution in Beijng's forced labor camps. What does that mean? Is there less evil in Beijing's forced labor camps? I believe it's quite the opposite.
Many forced labor camps in other areas adopted brutal methods of physical torture. Nevertheless, the persecution in Beijing's forced labor camps is more sinister and ruthless. The spiritual persecution and manipulation in these labor camps are beyond imagination. For this reason, the persecutors have transferred some Falun Dafa practitioners who refused to be "transformed" in other forced labor camps to Beijing's Tuanhe Forced Labor Camp and Beijing's Women's Forced Labor Camp. Practitioners are being subjected to and indoctrinated by more vicious and venomous lies in these Beijing labor camps than anywhere else.
In fact, if a practitioner remains firm in his or her belief for a long time in one of Beijing's labor camps, they will also suffer physical punishment and brutal torture. These tortures are most often carried out in the training center's guard chamber or in various teams' unit headquarters, behind closed doors, or inside a room solely for the use of the "Intensive Brainwashing Team." In such hidden environments, the practitioners are subjected to torture, mostly during the night and closely monitored by collaborators (1). Consequently, there are no witnesses to the torture beyond the perpetrators and the victims themselves.
The persecution of practitioners in the labor camps of Beijing is more devious than in camps outside of Beijing. They are trying to destroy the practitioners' will and spirit from within. Physical tortures are only part of the persecution. To me, the fundamental goal of the persecution against Falun Dafa practitioners is to destroy their will and spirit. The perpetrators use physical torture to try to reach that goal, yet physical tortures can rarely change one's mind: people will often comply on the surface but disagree in their heart when they are subjected to physical torture. However, the spiritual persecution goes deeper into the psyche of the abused and is much more sadistic. It causes practitioners to unconsciously let down their guard and become less diligent in their cultivation. Think about it. What could be more evil than making Fa-rectification practitioners willingly give up doing the three things Teacher has asked them to do? That would mean the destruction of those practitioners and all the sentient beings involved.
Once I clarified the truth to an ordinary person, telling her about the brutal physical torture a practitioner was subjected to in the Dalian Forced Labor Camp. I described the cruel torture the practitioner had to suffer. I told her that bones in the practitioner's arm were fractured and that her body was covered with scars. The person I talked to immediately responded, "Those police officers from outside Beijing are not as cruel as the Beijing police. The others commit their crimes openly, while the police in Beijing are more devious. They use rubber batons to beat people, leaving no marks on the body. Then they wait for the practitioners' internal injuries to heal before releasing them, so no evidence of torture remains."
Many practitioners have not yet grasped the viciousness of the spiritual and mental torture. They should not concede that they have "broken" any law when their freedom is taken away and they are imprisoned for a long time. They should not accept those poisonous lies. They should not willingly obey those "rules" in labor camps and prisons. They should not consent to being treated as slave laborers. They should reject exploitation. No matter what form it takes, one fundamental fact remains: any persecution that a Falun Dafa practitioner has to suffer, including being sentenced to prison or a forced labor camp, is a miscarriage of justice. A birdcage made of golden wires does not change the fact that the bird is being denied its freedom. While ordinary prison inmates are allowed some activities inside the jail, Falun Gong practitioners in the labor camps are forced to say "report" even before they step out of their cells. Their basic human rights have been taken away.
Some practitioners detained in Beijing's forced labor camps have recorded the facts about the persecution they suffered. Yet, the information is general in nature, and basic data, such as the practitioners' names, the policemen's names, which team they belonged to, and where the persecution occurred, is missing. Those police guards committed crimes and atrocities without hesitation. Why are we now afraid to let people know their identities and their criminal acts? Behind the different excuses for not reporting the full facts we can find practitioners' fear. Their fear has protected the perpetrators and allowed them to continue their persecution of other practitioners.
The ones who should be afraid to let people know the truth about the persecution are actually the persecutors. For example, the practitioners in one group in a forced labor camp disclosed the persecution facts in great detail. As a result, the superior officers examined the police team more closely. One of the labor camp guards called a practitioner that used to be detained in that particular team and said fearfully, "Someone brought a lawsuit against us, saying we beat practitioner A. Do you know who filed the lawsuit?" The practitioner replied righteously and sternly, "I don't know who filed the charges against you, yet I also saw you beat practitioners. We will all be witnesses if the court hears the lawsuit. You have conducted yourself better than other guards in the team and I hope you won't participate in the torture again." Over and over again the police guard said, "Yes, yes."
Other practitioners are afraid that they won't be able to write a good article. Actually, articles disclosing the persecution do not need to be written by someone with good writing skills using fancy words. Recording the facts plainly is good enough. Plus, practitioners who submit the articles will help polish it and the capable editors of the Minghui website can ensure its quality. Yet without the precious facts, no one can "create" a persecution-disclosing article.
I feel that some articles on Minghui are simply great. I can tell that the practitioners who write the articles are very simple people and not used to expressing themselves, yet their persecution-disclosing articles carry a great deal of weight. I think the important thing is our heart, not the language skills.
At this time, when the persecution is still going on, I hope that all the practitioners who have been detained in Beijing's forced labor camps write down their experiences. They need to tell of their persecution in the labor camps and have these articles published. Beijing is the main battlefield, and the forced labor camps are dark dens of evil. Let us disclose the evil and eliminate it with greater resolve and more diligence. At the same time, we can provide practitioners both inside and outside of China with more basic and truthful information, so that we can fulfill our mission together.
Note:
1. Collaborators - Former Falun Gong practitioners who have gone astray as the result of torture and brainwashing.
(Clearwisdom.net) According to a report on June 7, 2004, Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Zhang Jianbo, a 30-year-old Zhejiang Provincial Industrial University graduate student, has been on a hunger strike since March 29, 2004, at the Shiliping Forced Labor Camp.
The photos below show the tube used to force feed him. When Zhang Jianbo's
family went to visit him, they saw that this feeding tube to his stomach was
still in place and requested that it be removed. The tube is 110 cm long. A
piece of tape near the 45-55 cm mark shows that the length of tubing inserted
inside a person's body is 50 cm.
In 1997 Zhang Jianbo was a graduate student at Zhejiang Provincial Industrial University. He was sentenced to four years in prison for his unwavering faith in Falun Dafa and was dismissed from the University.
On March 29, 2004, Zhang Jianbo was explaining the truth about Falun Dafa to a storeowner named Li in the Heli Village Industrial Garden of Yangxunqiao Town in Shaoxing County, Zhejiang Province. He also gave Li a VCD that shows the true situation about Falun Gong. He was reported and arrested, and went on a hunger strike to protest. On April 29, he was sentenced to two years in a labor camp. Zhang resolutely refused to give in and never signed his name to anything. Along with more than 30 male Falun Dafa practitioners, he is now detained in Shiliping Labor Camp located in Longyou County, Zhejiang Province.
Responsible persons and their phone numbers:
Zhejiang Provincial Labor Camp Bureau Director Xu Yanji (male), 86-571-88089031 (Office)
Zhejiang Provincial Longyou County Shiliping Labor Camp mail code 324402
Director Xue Yongxin (male), 86-13905705955(Cell), 86-570-7066002 (Office)
Education Department Chair Wang Zongliang (male, specifically in charge of Falun Gong matters), 86-570-7066038 (Office), 86-570-7066310 (Home)
Political Director Hu Jianhong (male), 86-570-7066005 (Office), 86-570-7066118 (Home), 86-13706705157 (Cell)
Other officials in the labor camp: Deputy Ward Leader Zhu (male), Deputy Director Yu (male, in charge of Falun Gong persecution), Deputy Director Ye (male), and Deputy Director Sun (male)
Shiliping Labor Camp Hospital (where force-feeding is conducted) Director Zhu (male) Director Duanmu (female), 86-570-7066250 or 7066106
(Clearwisdom.net) To ensure that the Masanjia Forced Labor Camp's employees keep their jobs and do not get laid off by the government, they continue to subject the prisoners to extensive tortures, using various methods. One hundred or more Falun Dafa practitioners have recently been captured and jailed, in addition to the 600 practitioners already there. Because some of the regular criminal inmates have completed their jail sentences and are to be released, in order to meet productions quotas, the labor camp officials will issue orders to arrest and bring in more Falun Dafa practitioners from all over the country.
Falun Dafa practitioners in Masanjia are forced to perform more than ten hours of labor every day and even to work overnight sometimes to create profits for Masanjia. The food at the labor camp is absolutely terrible. A weak soup is the only food practitioners have every day. Recently, the camp administrators announced their intent to arrest another group of Falun Dafa practitioners around October 1st.
The leader of the Second Section at Masanjia Force Labor Camp's Third Division is Zhang Lei.
(Clearwisdom.net) Within two days at the end of October 2000, the No.1 Station of Jinan City Women's Forced Labor Camp received 400 to 500 Falun Gong practitioners. At that time the labor camp held more than 1,000 practitioners. Most were sentenced to three years of forced labor. Every day camp authorities forced these practitioners to study the official political propaganda and to slander Falun Gong. The camp officials also forced practitioners to work as slave laborers. The illegal profit they made from the practitioners' labor was used to build three new office buildings.
Many factories in Shandong Province have standing orders for items from the No.1 Women's Station. The biggest buyer is Changyi City's Weaving Factory. Over the years its many orders have contributed to the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. The practitioners are forced to work day and night. Some are not allowed to sleep until 3 a.m., and they have to get up at 5:30 a.m. to start working again. Everyone, regardless of their age, has to work under these severe conditions.
The following are my recollections of what has happened in the No.1 Station in Jinan City Women's Forced Labor Camp.
Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhang Yanyuan is from Jinan, Shandong Province. She has a bachelor's degree in Chinese language. In March 2001, she was detained in the No.1 Women's Station of the Women's Labor Camp. Over the past three years, she has spent most of her time on hunger strikes. Because she refused to give up Falun Gong, the guards tied her arms and legs to the bed for seven months. During that entire period, she would not eat anything. Camp personnel force fed her through a feeding tube threaded through one of her nostrils. The extended time she was confined to bed caused the skin on her back and legs to deteriorate badly. Even under this extremely painful torture, she kept her righteous thoughts and refused to cooperate with the torturers. Later the guards tied her up and left her hanging in the air for two days and nights. During her detention, her husband divorced her. Her six-year old daughter was left without proper care. The labor camp authorities did not allow her to see her family. During those three years, Zhang Yanyuan suffered all kinds of inhuman treatment. She was released in March 2004. However, she still could not return home safely because she would be harassed and further persecuted. Now she has to move from place to place.
Practitioner Ms. Liu Aizhen was from Dongzhuang Village in Dawenkou Town, Taian City. She firmly believes that Falun Dafa is great. One day, the police suddenly abducted her from her home and robbed her family of all their stored grain. Her already-poor family situation became even worse. After she was sent to the labor camp, her husband and child suffered tremendously.
Practitioner Shi Dongmin and her husband Li Fengjun are natives of Xinji Township in Guang County, Shandong Province. For their Falun Gong practice, Li Fengjun was sentenced to three years of forced labor and sent to Wangcun Labor Camp. Police ransacked Shi Dongmin's home and emptied their grain storage. They also forced her to pay 8000 yuan as a fine. Even after all that, they still sentenced her to one year in the labor camp. The police said that, if it were not for the 8000 yuan, she would have to serve three years. The family was already in debt. This disaster is like adding salt to a wound. Their 17-year old daughter had to quit school and go to work to make enough to pay her younger brother's school tuition. Children are having to suffer life's hardships at such a young age.
Practitioner Ms. Ji Yongzhen, 50, is from Mengyin County. She is being detained in the No.1 Women's Station in Jinan City Women's Forced Labor Camp. At the time of her arrest, several policemen came to her house and forcefully took her away. Several other policemen stayed behind and searched her home. They took her bank certificate of over 10,000 yuan, her life savings. They also confiscated all their clothes and grain. Without money, her 17-year old son had to quit school and go to work. Her 20-year old daughter had to shoulder family responsibilities and support her imprisoned mother. In the labor camp, Ji Yongzhen was very determined to cultivate Falun Dafa. She never cooperated with the jailers.
Ms. Liu Fenghou and Ms. Zhou Guihua are practitioners from Duozhuang Town in Shandong Province. In 2001, Zhou Guihua was sentenced to three years in the labor camp. In 2002, Liu Fenghou was also sentenced to three years in the labor camp. Their homes were searched. The police took whatever they saw, clothes, grain, household items, door and window frames, and even furniture. They made the practitioners' families suffer tremendous hardship. Because of his belief in Falun Gong, Liu Fenghou's husband was also detained and sentenced to 13 years in prison. Their 19-year old son and 80-year-old mother now live a miserable life.
Practitioner Ms. Gong Ruijuan was a schoolteacher. She was detained in October 2000 and sentenced to three years. Because she refused to give up Falun Gong, her sentence was arbitrarily extended every year. She is still being held in the labor camp. Her quarters now are a temporary shelter near the stairways. She is hardly allowed to sleep. In 2002 her husband was forced to divorce her and was given custody of their daughter. She was required to pay 60 yuan child support per month. Gong Ruijuan lost her job because of her detention and has no income, so her mother has to pay the child support. Her mother lives in the country and was already very poor. The 60-yuan per month child support only adds to her hardship. Her mother suffers from poor health. She could only visit Gong Ruijuan once a year. During the most recent visit, the heart-broken mother was so upset to see her daughter in such terrible shape that she passed out several times. She didn't know if she could ever see her daughter again. Gong Ruijuan is determined to keep her mind righteous at all times.
All of the above is what I know about the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in the No.1 Women's Station of Jinan City Women's Forced Labor Camp in Shandong Province. It is only the tip of the iceberg, and more cases will be exposed.
People responsible in the No. 1 Women's Station of Jinan City Women's Forced Labor Camp:
Director Jiang Lihang, in her 50's
Deputy Director Wang, in her 50's
Deputy Director Liu, about 55
Political Director Diao, male, in his 50s
Deputy Division Leader of the Second Division: Cao Dongyan, about 34, in charge of production. This individual abuses practitioners physically and mentally every day and forces them to do slave labor.
Administrative Section Chief Tian, about 35
Deputy Section Chief Yang, about 32
(Clearwisdom.net) A "solemn declaration" is a person's public statement declaring to the world that whatever he or she has done or said under duress or deception that was against Falun Dafa is null and void. Most of these statements have come from Falun Dafa practitioners in China who wished to express regret that, in the face of physical torture and brainwashing, they had signed documents renouncing Dafa and guaranteeing not to practice again. Also, as more and more people in China learn the truth about how they have been deceived and lied to by the Jiang regime, many non-practitioners are also submitting "solemn declarations."
Here are some examples of the Solemn Declarations:
Please click here for more Solemn Declarations.
(Clearwisdom.net) September 10, 2004, marked the 20th "Teacher's Day" in China. The Ministry of Education issued a notice recognizing Teacher's Day 2004. Respect for teachers is a universal virtue and all good teachers should be respected.
On October 31, 1993, the "Teacher's Law of the People's Republic of China" was passed at the fourth session of the Standing Committee of the Eighth National People's Congress. This was done to improve the work, life, and academic and career development of teachers in China.
Have teachers' legal rights really been protected during the decade following the law's enactment? The reality is that a large group of excellent teachers have been deprived of their rights, and some have even been deprived of their right to life. This group of teachers is hard working, conscientious and responsible to society, the schools and to students. They are good teachers by any standard, but they have been illegally fired, detained, and tortured, and some have even died from abuse and mistreatment under the persecution. They have been persecuted only because they believe in Truth, Compassion and Tolerance. They were good teachers precisely because they had such a belief.
Zhou Chunmei
Ms. Zhou Chunmei, 62, was a teacher with a "special provincial classification." She and her daughter Sun Xiabo, also a teacher at Furong Elementary School, lived together in the Shihuyuan Residential Area, Weicheng District, Weifang City, Shandong Province. She died as a result of torture on July 27, 1999. The Weicheng District Education Bureau and local police officers are responsible for her death. She had suffered from 11 illnesses. One month after she began to practice Falun Gong, she became healthy and walked with a light step. More importantly, she improved her ethical behavior and character, and lived a better and happier life.
Because of her belief in Falun Dafa, the perpetrators dragged her into a police van and in the process bruised her arms. The police also monitored her outside her home for seven days.
Mr. Mou Naiwu, a teacher at the Weifang Institute, died as a result of the persecution. Mou Naiwu, 41 years old, lived in Gaomi City, Weifang. He worked at Weifang's Textile Technical School, where he taught physics, electrical engineering and computer science. Before he practiced Falun Gong, he had high blood pressure and other intermittent heart problems, stomach trouble, severe near-sightedness and other health problems. Treating one disease often led to the worsening of another. Even though Mou was young, the school knew him as a "chronic invalid." The torment of diseases led to a desperate outlook on life, and Mou gradually became highly irritable with coworkers and family; but after he started practicing Falun Gong in 1997, everything changed for the better. Soon his illnesses went away, and he experienced complete health for the first time in years. Mou only needed four or five hours of sleep each night, yet he was fully energized during the day. His anxious and irritable temperament disappeared. He became a very good-natured person and was on friendly terms with everyone around him. Mou accomplished more and did better at work, and was honored as an "outstanding teacher" several times. He was even made head teacher for the instructional and research groups. Many people remarked that he became a new person after practicing Falun Gong.
In January 2000 Mou was illegally sentenced to three years of forced labor and was detained at the notorious Weifang City Changle Forced Labor Camp. During that time Mou Naiwu's blood pressure increased to 240 because of the work overload assigned to all Falun Dafa practitioners at the camp. Fearing that he would die in their custody, the labor camp authorities allowed him out on bail to seek treatment.
Mr. Wang Dayuan, 36 years old and a lecturer from the School of Computer Sciences and Technology at Harbin Institute of Technology, was a Falun Gong practitioner.
At the end of October 2002, police searched his home and arrested him. He refused to give up his belief while in police detention, resulting in his being detained indefinitely. Wang Dayuan, a well-liked young man, was illegally sentenced to eight years in prison in the summer of 2003.
Wang Dayuan was first sent for "concentrated training." From the first day of this brainwashing technique in Harbin Prison, the prison guards made everyone sit still on a foldable stool all day long, until midnight, for several days. The guards forced them to write "repentance letters" (a statement that the writer promises to break with Falun Gong, guarantees not to practice again and expresses regret about practicing Falun Gong in the past). Some practitioners experienced muscle degeneration in their hips from this forced, extended sitting. Later, several camp police officers savagely beat Wang Dayuan and numerous fellow practitioners before sending them to small cells for solitary confinement. The guards handcuffed and shackled them, linking them together with a chain and fastening them to the ground. They could neither stand up nor lie down. In addition, the guards assigned two persons to monitor them around the clock. Their job was to keep the practitioners awake by beating them. The practitioners were not allowed any food. This is what the guards did to try to force them to write "repentance letters."
Ouyang Ming
Falun Gong practitioner and schoolteacher Mr. Ouyang Ming of Huanggang Industry School in Huanggang City, Hubei Province, was in his 30's or 40's. Officials looked upon him as one of the most "dangerous" practitioners in terms of his ability to expose the persecution. Police detained Ouyang Ming four times altogether. The guards and inmates beat and tortured him during his detentions. They broke several of his teeth during force-feeding. One of his legs was broken when he resisted the mistreatment and abuse. He refused to give up the practice of Falun Dafa. In April 2002 he was unconditionally released from the Shizishan Forced Labor Camp in Wuhan City. One month later, the perpetrators from Huanggang City Police Department abducted him once again and sent him to Huanggang City's No.1 Detention Center for over a year. Later, the police sentenced him to two years in the Shayang Forced Labor Camp. He was tortured until his health collapsed and he sustained a punctured lung. He died on August 20, 2003.
Bai Xiaojun
Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Bai Xiaojun was a thirty-five-year-old former Northeastern Normal University lecturer with a master's degree. Because he persisted in practicing Falun Dafa, he was repeatedly held at the Chaoyanggou Labor Camp, where he was severely tortured. He was eventually diagnosed with tuberculosis, lost consciousness and was then sent to a hospital. There was severe deterioration in both lungs. He passed away in early July 2003.
Mr. Wang Jiguo, 40 years old, was a staff member at the Mudanjiang City Teachers' College in Heilongjiang Province. He was sentenced to three years of forced labor in 2000. In August 2000, due to the severe persecution, Wang Jiguo was on the verge of death in the labor camp. He was diagnosed with liver cirrhosis and other abnormalities of the liver and malfunctioning kidneys. The labor camp authorities had to agree to let him out on bail for hospital treatment. In December 2000, only three months after Wang Jiguo was released from the hospital, the authorities from Mudanjiang City Teachers' College ignored the fact that he was still urinating blood and had almost lost all sight in both eyes. They sent him back to the labor camp. Later, Wang Jiguo was sentenced and held in the Mudanjiang City Prison. There he was again abused to the brink of death. When he was sent to a hospital again, it was too late to save his life. He passed away in September 2003. Wang Jiguo's wife, also a Falun Gong practitioner, is currently being detained in a labor camp. Their child is only eight years old.
Mr. Zhang Chuansheng, an associate professor at Chengdu University, 54 years old and a Falun Dafa practitioner, died from being beaten and strangled on February 15, 2002. Perpetrators were the police at the Chengdu City Detention Center. Deep, purple-green marks the width of two fingers were seen around his neck, but the police claimed he died from heart disease.
Li Baifan
Mr. Li Baifan, around 40 years old, was a lecturer at the East China Normal University. Because he insisted on practicing Falun Dafa after the July 1999 ban, Mr. Li was detained at the Dafeng State Farm in Jiangsu Province and then transferred to the Qingdong State Farm in Shanghai. He was not allowed to see his family for two years. Because he refused to cooperate with the authorities and renounce his belief, at the end of this April police officers threw Li out of a tall building. Mr. Li died from the injuries he sustained. The responsible parties are claiming that Mr. Li committed suicide.
Zhao Xin
Ms. Zhao Xin was born June 28, 1968. She was a lecturer at Beijing's University of Business and Industry. On June 19, 2000, when Zhao Xin went to do the Falun Dafa exercises in Zizhuyuan (Purple Bamboo) Park, she was arrested and detained in the Qinghe Detention Center in the Haidian District. On June 22 she was beaten until three vertebrae in her neck were fractured. Zhao Xin miraculously survived, but her injuries left her paralyzed. She could only move her head. After six months of suffering in unimaginable pain, Zhao Xin passed away on the evening of December 11, 2000, at the age of 32.
Ms. Wu Yao, 57 years old, was a retired English teacher from the middle school affiliated with the Beijing Medical School. On September 10 (Chinese Teacher's Day), 2002, she and her husband Yang Zhanming were arrested while clarifying the truth about Falun Gong to people. They were later detained at the Fengtai District Detention Center, Beijing. She was sent to a forced labor camp on June 11, 2003, and on June 22, 2003, calling it a "sudden death," the authorities told her family that Wu Yao had passed away.
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There are many other teachers who are currently being persecuted in China. They are good people who have contributed to society. Thousands of Chinese teachers practice Falun Gong, and all of them are deprived of their rights to different extents. They have no way to appeal, and their right to make a living is being blatantly stripped away.
People who were and are being manipulated by Jiang's government cronies and who assist in the persecution are also victims. Some teachers have signed Falun Dafa-slandering documents and have asked innocent students to oppose Falun Gong. Jiang's lies poison the minds of all, particularly innocent children.
My wish on Chinese Teacher's Day is that young children no longer be forced to sign a Falun Gong-slandering document and to "take a stand" against Falun Gong; also, that the filthy lies that Jiang and his minions dish out would no longer pollute the schools.
On Chinese Teacher's Day, I wish to pay respect to and commemorate the Falun Dafa practitioners in China who upheld their freedom of belief with their lives!
(Clearwisdom.net) In late September, while the 59th United Nations
Summit is held in New York City, Falun Gong practitioners from all over the
world have come to New York, to hold anti-torture exhibitions and raise
awareness about the persecution of Falun Gong. Many New Yorkers have learned
about the persecution and have taken action against it. Some of them said they
would call their government representatives and tell them about the persecution
in China. Some have expressed their opposition to the persecution.
Truth clarification Falun Gong practitioners send forth righteous thought at a financial center New Yorkers sign a petition to call for an end to the persecution
After Learning the Story of Falun Gong, People Said, "The World Needs
Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. Everyone Needs It."
More and more people learn Falun Gong
Many people have heard about Falun Gong and learned about the persecution through the practitioners' intensive truth-clarification activities. A passer-by told a practitioner, "The world needs Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. It isn't just for China, but for the whole world. What Falun Gong practitioners are doing is great! How could such peaceful people be tortured? You are so peaceful and calm. It is from the bottom of your hearts. You have a peaceful light from within. The world needs this. Everyone needs it."
A Passer-by Feels the Pain of the Torture Victims
A woman feels the pain that a Falun Gong practitioner endures The woman sits next to a Falun Gong practitioner playing a torture victim The woman helps hold the banner
The reporter noticed that a woman gently stroked the hand of a female Falun Gong practitioner who was playing the role of a torture victim. She looked very concerned. She was trying to feel the pain of the torture victim. She kindly asked the Falun Gong practitioner if she felt cold and gave her a hug. The woman said, "It is too cruel to torture people for doing exercises!" She sat down next to the Falun Gong practitioner demonstrating the torture method of being confined in a small cage and tried to feel his pain. She said, "How can someone treat his fellow countryman like this?" Finally, this kind woman walked to the banner with the words, "This Is Happening in China," and helped hold the banner.
"The One Who Persecutes Good People Must Be Crazy. It Has to Be Stopped."
People are concerned about the persecution Visitor at the exhibits Visitor at the exhibits
A Westerner told Falun Gong practitioners that he thought Falun Gong was beautiful. The persecution of Falun Gong was like the persecution of Christians, he said. The Chinese leader who was responsible should step down. He said, "He must be crazy. He is a madman like Hitler. It has to be stopped. Has to be stopped... we know about various persecutions taking place, but none of them is as harsh as this one." When a Falun Gong practitioner told him the persecution had been going on for five years, he said even five days would have been too long. He wished the practitioners good luck.
Agent at New York Mercantile Exchange: "It Shouldn't Have Happened."
Falun Gong practitioners held an anti-torture exhibition and photo exhibit at Broadway and Liberty. It was close to the financial center of Manhattan. Many employees of financial companies go to have lunch there.
A gentleman who works in NYMEX said, "The persecution shouldn't have happened. Many people don't know things like this are still happening in China."
One woman said, "The persecution is so wrong. Everyone should have the freedom of belief. I also do meditation. People shouldn't be persecuted for meditation or having a belief. Everyone should have the freedom of speech. If you torture people like this in New York, you would be tracked down, arrested and punished." This woman signed her name on the appeal letter and took some truth-clarification materials to put in her restaurant.
"The Media Should Let Everyone Know about the Persecution"
A passer-by said, "The United States hasn't shown much concern about the persecution in China. I will ask the media to report about it. It is ridiculous that all the media focus on only Iraq. They should focus on this persecution also, let everyone know about it and help stop it."
A T-shirt vendor took some truth-clarification materials. He said he would help us distribute them at his booth.
A Woman from New Jersey: "The Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners in China Is a Tragedy."
At the photo exhibit at Broadway and Spring, three bicyclists from France said they had heard about Falun Gong and the persecution in China. All of them signed the appeal letter. One of them works at an institution studying Chinese forced labor camps. She knew about the prisoner abuse in Chinese forced labor camps. They wished us success.
On Union Square, a woman from Princeton, New Jersey, told the reporter that she had heard about Falun Gong in New Jersey. There were Falun Gong practitioners in Princeton. She had read some materials about the persecution in China. She said, "I think the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China is a tragedy. People there can't have the freedom of the belief." She signed her name on the appeal letter.
Falun Gong Practitioner from Houston: "Many people are willing to support Falun Gong."
A practitioner from Houston said many people understood Falun Gong's situation. They were willing to help distribute materials to their friends and to call their Congressmen to ask for support for Falun Gong. Many people had signed the letter to call for the stop to the persecution. Three or four pages were filled up on his signature book within three hours. A woman took one book to her school so that teachers and students could sign too.
Many moving exchanges are taking place in New York City every day, as people are coming to know Falun Dafa and the persecution.
(Clearwisdom.net)
Slave labor in forced labor camps Photo exhibition Reenacting methods used to torture practitioners Some UN representatives came to view the exhibition, many of them said that
they didn't know the extent of the persecution Some media came to do reports Practitioners from all over the world appealed in front of the UN
headquarters Clarifying the truth about Falun Gong and the persecution to a police
officer on duty Media reporting on Falun Gong The brutality of the persecution is evident with only a glimpse Several media reporting on the event
(Clearwisdom.net) While the 59th annual UN conference is being held in New York City, practitioners from around the world have come to New York in order to clarify the truth about Falun Gong and the ongoing brutal persecution in China. In front of UN headquarters and on many Manhattan streets, practitioners are holding activities such as anti-torture exhibitions and signature campaigns to call for international action to end the persecution of Falun and to bring Jiang to justice.
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  Onlookers viewing posters with photos explaining the severity of the persecution |
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Sending righteous thoughts in front of UN headquarters
A secretary of the chairperson of the UN Security Council said that he had received fliers on street and thus learned about the persecution of Falun Gong in China. He said that he would for sure pass signatures in support of the global trial of Jiang Zemin to the Chair of the UN Security Council.
When seeing the anti-torture exhibitions and the photo exhibition, many passersby stopped to learn about Falun Gong and sign the petition. One lady remarked that the person who persecutes Falun Gong must be quite a bad person and should be brought to justice.
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(Clearwisdom.net) On the evening of September 18, the Falun Gong Club at the
University of Otago was invited to the annual cultural dinner hosted by the
School of Medical Sciences.
Before performing the Lotus Dance, a western practitioner briefly introduced Falun Dafa, from its spread around the world with more than 100 million practitioners, to Jiang Zemin's persecution of Falun Gong since July 1999. She said that the lotus symbolizes purity and peace, and the lotus dance is dedicated to the practitioners' firm belief in "Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance" under such a harsh and brutal persecution. At the end of the party, practitioners sang "Coming for You" for the guests and the event ended with the song "Falun Dafa is Good" playing in the background.
The Falun Gong Club was formed in the beginning of this year as a student organization and its goal is to spread the beauty of Falun Dafa and expose the persecution.
(Clearwisdom.net) On September 18, 2004, Norwegian and Swedish Falun Dafa practitioners held an anti-torture exhibition on Karl Johan Street in Oslo city centre. This activity attracted a lot attention from the Norwegian people. Although it was raining, people still stopped one after another, asking for information, signing petitions and expressing their support for the practitioners. Lots of people said, "You have done well. I hope the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners will soon end."
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(Clearwisdom.net) From September 18 to 19, the annual "Mid Autumn Festival" Garden Party, organized by local Chinese residents, was held at Memorial Park in Cupertino, northern California. It was estimated that nearly 100,000 residents from the Bay Area came to this event. To help more people know about Falun Gong, local practitioners participated in the two-day event and it was clear that more and more people wanted to learn Falun Gong after they knew the truth.
 Practitioners clarify truth during the celebration |
The party featured many cultural programs and up to 100 booths, which attracted many people. Practitioners came very early in the morning every day to set up the Falun Gong booth. They used a TV to play truth-clarifying video programs continuously. Some practitioners demonstrated the exercises, some distributed fliers, while the rest talked with people and answered their questions.
While distributing materials, practitioners encountered many people who wanted to learn Falun Gong. One young man came to the booth and took a CD, and then asked: "Do you have any stories about cultivation and exercise instruction CDs?"
A middle-aged gentleman accepted a Chinese CD from a practitioner and asked: "Do you have English CDs? My children don't know much Chinese."
There were also a group of children who surrounded practitioners and asked for the truth-clarifying CDs. One of them read the "Falun Dafa is Good!" banner loudly.
When presented with a copy of the book, Falun Gong, a middle-aged gentleman was very excited and said: "I am so lucky!"
(Clearwisdom.net) On September 18, the City of Newark in northern California held the annual City Day Parade to celebrate its 49th birthday. Local practitioners have participated in this parade five years in a row and their participation this year was once again warmly welcomed.
While some practitioners displayed giant "Falun Dafa" and "Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance" banners, others demonstrated the exercises and traditional Chinese waist drumming.
Many local residents have learned the beauty of Falun Dafa over the past five years. As soon as the practitioners' procession passed the stage this year, many spectators started to applaud.
  Practitioners' procession led by a giant "Falun Dafa" banner |
  Distributing fliers along the parade route |
  Demonstrating the Falun Gong exercises |
  Traditional Chinese waist drumming |
(Clearwidom.net)
Facts of the Persecution
Dalian Forced Labor Camp policewoman Yang Shengsheng beat up Falun Dafa practitioners. She pinched their arms, kicked the lower parts of their bodies, dragged them by their hair and then knocked their heads against the walls, and sent them to individual cells to be tortured. Wan Yalin, the assistant team leader of the women's team, encouraged criminals to abuse steadfast practitioners. The criminals used various methods, including making practitioners squat for a long time, splitting them apart, poking their private parts with a brush, handcuffing their hands behind their backs while making them stand for several days and depriving them of sleep, opening up doors and windows in the wintertime to expose practitioners to the freezing cold, and hitting their legs with a stick.
The No. 1 Division of Fushun City's Public Security Bureau (its criminal police team) uses cruel punishments against Falun Dafa practitioners. Methods including "split up legs" and "hung up with hands cuffed behind the back" have caused many practitioners to become severely injured and disabled. They have been tortured to the point of being incapable of walking, causing unbearable pain and suffering. "Hanging up with hands cuffed behind the back" is hanging up practitioners by their arms, which have been cuffed behind their backs, causing tremendous pain and even permanent injury to both arms. Policemen handcuffed practitioners to metal chairs, deprived them of sleep for the entire night, and then tried to force them to give up Falun Gong. In addition, police from Zhanqian Police Station hammered bamboo sticks into practitioner Miao Shuqing's fingernails.
Zhao Yonghua, a farmer from Suzigou Town in Xiuyan County, Anshan City, Liaoning Province, was illegally detained and cruelly tortured many times because he insisted on being a good person and following "Truth, Compassion, Forbearance." In 2001, Zhao was illegally sentenced to two years of forced labor. Within one year after he was released in November 2003, the police arrested him again. It is believed that he has been illegally sentenced to three years in Anshan Forced Labor Camp.
On August 22, 2004, Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Guo Zhi of Nongan County in Jilin Province was riding a bicycle when a white minivan purposely knocked him down. Five police officers jumped out of the vehicle. They held him down on the ground and kicked and punched him. Then they covered his head with a hood, tied it tightly around his neck, and forcefully carried him into the minivan. At about 7 pm, practitioner Mr. Zhou Yongpin was kidnapped on the street in the same way. Both of them are now being illegally detained at Nongan Forced Labor Camp. The police also ransacked a truth clarification material-printing center. Zhou Yongping went on a hunger strike to protest his arrest and suffered brutal forced feeding. He wasn't released until he became really sick.
Tumuji Forced Labor Camp at Laite Qi, Xing'an Meng in Inner Mongolia has escalated their persecution of Falun Dafa practitioners. On August 6, 2004, when practitioners resisted persecution, the police beat them up. As a result, some of them were injured and sent to isolated cells. On August 10, Mr. Sun Hongguo, Zhang Yanfeng, Liu Yonglin went on a hunger strike to resist the persecution and were subjected to forced feeding.
On the night of August 27, practitioners Yang Chunlan and Liao Yuanmei of Hecheng District in Huaihua City, Hunan Province, were abducted when they were clarifying the truth about Falun Gong on Hongxing Road in Huaihua City. Their place of detention is unknown.
Since August, four practitioners have been kidnapped in Zhucheng City, Shandong Province. When practitioner Song Mingzhi was handing out flyers, police kidnapped and detained him in Zhucheng City Detention Center for 11 days and fined him 5,000 yuan. Ms. Sun Qimei was abducted and illegally detained in Zhucheng City Forced Labor Camp for 13 days. The police forced her family to pay 5,000 yuan in cash. Ms. Wang Wenqin continues to be illegally detained. On September 2, her family was told to pay 5,000 yuan in cash; otherwise, she would be detained at the forced labor camp for three years. On September 3, Ms. Liu Shuhua's home was ransacked, and she was taken to the Jianguo Management Committee Brainwashing Session.
Yu Zhenghong, a 42-year-old female and a resident of Siqian Village in Songcun Township, Wendeng City, Shandong Province, tells her own story:
"After I started practicing Falun Gong, my uterine cancer, breast cancer, and migraine headaches were all healed. On July 20, 2000, when I went to Beijing to appeal to the government to stop persecuting Falun Gong, I was illegally detained. After that, I was detained and tortured many times. As a result, my body has become extremely weak and uncomfortable. On October 14, 2003, the police abducted me to Wendeng Forced Labor Camp for detention. I went on a hunger strike to resist but was sent to the hospital for force-feeding. Excessive torture caused me to vomit blood for three days. On the eighth day, unconcerned whether I would survive or not, the police transferred me to Jinan Forced Labor Camp and then to Zibo Forced Labor Camp. These labor camps would not admit me after they conducted a medical exam, so the police had to release me and let me go home. But they often come to my home to harass me."
Ms. Zhang Meimei is a nearly 60-year-old teacher at a high school in Chongqing City. In September 1999, she went to Beijing to appeal to the government to stop persecuting Falun Gong. In November 1999, she was detained at Jianbei District Forced Labor Camp in Chongqing City for one month. In March 2000, she opened up a banner at Tiananmen Square. This led to her detention at Shimen Forced Labor Camp in Chongqing City, where she got out with her righteous thoughts. She was then sent to Maojiashan Women's Forced Labor Camp at Chongqing City for one year, but her term was extended for an additional six months. At the end of 2001, she went back to her home in Chongdu City. Since April 2003, no one has known her whereabouts. Zhang's husband said that she has already been missing for over a year.
Dafa practitioners Ms. Xiao Yixiu and Xiao Yizhen are sisters. They live at Wanfeng'er Village in Wulidian in the Jiangbei District of Chongqing City. In early March 2004, they were reported while clarifying the truth to local people. As a result, they were kidnapped by police and detained at Wusheng County Forced Labor Camp in Guang'an City.
Dafa practitioners Mo Chengbi, 52 years old, Shun Qinghua, 78 years old, and Xu Dishu, 55 years old, from Chuanxing Village in Hengshan Town, Suining City, Sichuan Province, were kidnapped on May 15, 2003, while they were handing out truth-clarification materials in Baoshan Village. They were first detained in Anjv Forced Labor Camp. Later they were transferred to Lingquansi Forced Labor Camp for 39 days, and Wujiawan Forced Labor Camp for 15 days. Each of them was blackmailed. On November 25, 2003, policemen from Anjv Police Station forcefully arrested Mo and abducted her to Nanmusi Women's Forced Labor Camp in Zizhong City, Sichuan Province, for one year.
(Clearwisdom.net)
College Signature Drive Ignored
In a famous northeastern teacher's college located near Changchun City, a long row of tables were set up just outside of the cafeteria during lunch time. Each of the tables had a long white cloth covering the top and a lot of pens and markers for signing the tablecloths. There was also a propaganda bulletin saying that the petition was against Falun Dafa. It is a new campus that is yet to be completed with about 6,000 people using this one cafeteria. You can easily imagine the amount of traffic going in and out of the place.
However, very few people signed the cloth. A student in charge decided to start dragging people in and out of the cafeteria to sign, but many people were disgusted instead and many of them openly refused. This signature drive from set-up to clean up lasted only half an hour. The white cloth pretty much remained a white cloth.
A Joke at High School Signature Drive
At a northeastern town's experimental high school, another signature drive was taking place. Every class was to send 4 students to sign. Based on prior experience, these 4 students are the best in the class in terms of grades and obedience to teachers. There should have been no problem at all. To everyone's surprise, many signatures were in the names of some famous singers and actors from Hong Kong and Taiwan. The school authorities had no other choice but to turn these kinds of signatures in.
Children Refuse Listen to Pressure or Propaganda
Children who understand the truth employed unique means to resist signing. For instance, a third or fourth grade student from a northeastern town's experimental elementary school was asked by a teacher to sign her name against Falun Dafa. This student knows that Falun Gong is good. She was not going to sign, however, she didn't want to disobey her teacher's order either. She got an idea that if she broke the tip of her ballpoint pen on her way to school, then her pen would not write. It was a bit chaotic with activity around the scene and she decided on the spot that even if she makes a mark, she wouldn't write her name. When her turn came, she scratched into the white cloth "Falun Dafa is Good." More surprisingly, many children left marks on that piece of white cloth and the words they wrote were "Falun Dafa is Good!"
(Clearwisdom.net) Exhibition boards are effective, because they can accurately deliver information within a few seconds. Generally, a few pictures with brief, descriptive words are attractive and allow people to quickly understand the purpose of the board.
Westerners are encouraged to think independently from a young age, and do not like to be indoctrinated. If we keep talking when meeting them and ignore their reactions, they will feel uncomfortable and walk away. If we greet them first and politely ask if we can answer any questions they may have, this will give them an opportunity to think and choose the information they want to learn about. Quite often, they start asking questions very quickly.
For example, we can use an anti-torture picture with the words "Happening in China NOW" instead of "China: stop persecuting Falun Gong," as some Western practitioners often like to say. China is not persecuting Falun Gong! Jiang Zemin and a few perpetrators are; so it is not correct to target the whole of China as the culprit, and it's easy for people to misunderstand us that way. We can also say, "Help Stop the Persecution of Falun Gong in China." We also have a picture of a Western practitioner doing the meditation exercise, so people will know that Westerners are also practicing Falun Gong. Furthermore, we can add some brief English explanations to tell people what Falun Gong is, such as "Falun Gong, Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance."
The two illustrations will form a sharp contrast, as one shows the persecution and the other one introduces Falun Gong. People can see this immediately, and the effect is very good.
Of course some Westerners have never heard of cultivation or Falun Gong. They might think Falun Gong is a person, or he is the person in the picture doing meditation. So, some practitioners write on the board "Falun Gong: Meditation - Relieves Stress." This positive introduction also works well.
We should not crowd the board with information to make sure that our core message gets across.
Main transportation mode in New York -- Subway
Some practitioners divide into teams of two and hold up boards. They buy a daylong seven-dollar subway ticket. If they don't leave the subway station, they can buy a two-dollar ticket to travel on subway trains all day long. At the station and inside the train, people approach practitioners on their own to read the boards, and almost all of them accept our flyers and newspapers. The number of people who read our information throughout the day adds up to a lot. If two practitioners work together and one practitioner holds up the sign while the other distributes flyers and answers questions, the results are even better.
Some practitioners did the same thing at intersections. By doing this we reduce the chance of people throwing our flyers away.
Help fellow practitioners from outside New York
Fellow practitioners sometimes take the wrong bus or subway train because they are unfamiliar with the public transportation system in New York. Local practitioners should help them out and provide exhibition boards and materials they need. Practitioners from out of town: please take note! New Yorkers sometimes refuse to take a flyer because they often encounter people giving out flyers promoting a business or asking for donations. If we ask them to read it and learn about the current situation, it's more likely that they will take the flyer.
We should not wait for or depend on others to take the initiative. Before we arrive in New York or come to the demonstration spot, we should have prepared the schedule, directions, the required exhibition boards and a small volume of materials, so that we can give them to people who may have an interest in the topic when we go from place to place. That way, we will not waste time in transit.
Exhibition board design should consider fellow practitioners who can not speak English
Falun Dafa cultivation also requires us to be serious in our work, and to be considerate of others in every respect. If we would really work seriously, and make real efforts in the design of the content and the hardware (e.g., display boards, torture demonstration devices, etc.), we could make ourselves more efficient. Meanwhile, it is great support for those senior practitioners who do not speak English, but who have been actively involved in clarifying the truth in the Manhattan area.
It has been proven in practice through our collaborative efforts, the sharing of helpful experiences and repeated discussion that the pictures and text on the exhibition boards can become our most effective tools.
The importance of our mindset
We should frequently send forth righteous thoughts and maintain focus on our purpose: We are coming here to help people become aware of the truth. We should not be affected by whatever attitudes people may hold toward us, nor by difficulties and unexpected situations. We should stay rational and clearheaded at every moment, maintaining the mindset of a Falun Dafa practitioner.
In addition, practitioners can get very tired due to going around to so many places, so we should pay heed to fatigue and rest appropriately when we get tired, so as to guarantee mental clarity for our Fa study and discussion. Meanwhile, we should pay close attention to our image whenever we take a rest in public areas, because whenever we are out among the public, we may be observed by many others at any moment. To them, the image that we project is part of clarifying the truth to them. If we project a positive impression while actively clarifying the truth, but leave a negative impression while taking a rest, what will people think of us when they see us and hear us speak? If their overall impression is negative, it may result in an unnecessary obstacle.
Provide direct access for those who want to help
We should provide direct opportunities to people who wish to help us stop this persecution. The petition signature list is a convenient way for many people to help stop the persecution If we can provide phone numbers and email addresses of government officials and the news media, we will be able to clarify the truth in more ways, to suppress the evil and offer people salvation.
Importance of personal grooming
New York is well known as a center for fashion and finance. Many New Yorkers are used to assessing a person according to their outer appearance. Therefore, tidy and appropriate appearance, the overall image of hair, apparel and behavior, are important to ensure leaving good first impressions with people in a short period of time.
In places where there are group activities such as torture exhibitions or parades, some practitioners wear tidy yellow t-shirts, which really attract people's attention. The characters on the yellow T-shirts also pass on some information to people to a certain degree. However, if we all wear yellow T-shirts, the effect may not be so good because those who are well dressed in a suit and tie or professional attire may feel too distant from us.
Actually, the yellow T-shirt is only an identifier, and not a "Falun Dafa suit" or "Falun Dafa uniform" as some practitioners have referred to it. (Dafa has no uniform; no fixed form of any kind. It is the "Great Way without form.") There are many situations in which wearing the yellow T-shirts would not be recommended, where they would seem strange, inappropriate or not serious. However, this does not mean we should not have a way to identify ourselves. For example, some practitioners designed buttons for themselves of varying size, and wear them at appropriate occasions. (Many stores can make them for you. You just need to choose the words to be printed on them.)
The contents of the button is similar to that of the portable exhibition board, the main point is to write clearly "Falun Gong" and in English, "Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance," "Beneficial to Body and Mind" or "Stop Persecuting Falun Gong in China," so that people will know at a glance what you are doing here.
(Clearwisdom.net)
Greetings Master, Greetings Everyone,
My name is Yan, and I am from Tamworth in West Midlands. I first learned about Falun Dafa in March of 1997. During my cultivation, I have come to understand the importance of Fa-rectification cultivation, clarifying the truth, and personal cultivation.
Today, I would like to share my cultivation experiences during our car tour through Scotland in June of this year. Please kindly point out anything inappropriate.
After the Edinburgh Easter parade in April, I overheard a Scottish practitioner talking about a car tour through Scotland and that they needed a driver. They were concerned, as no one had shown any interest. I decided on the spot that I would join the car tour and drive the car. I was given a positive response when I asked my boss for a week off, and on May 29, I was off to Scotland as part of the one-week car tour.
There were four of us in the actual car tour, but many practitioners who were unable to ride with us were a great help during the preparations. They searched websites and set up a database. They called the media, Members of Parliament (MP's), non-governmental organizations (NGO's), etc. They made appointments for us. The foundation for our truth clarifying effort was already laid before we were off on the car tour.
I spent much time reading the Fa before I left home. Some sentences in the book were imprinted on my mind. I thoroughly read the new articles, from "Knowing Heart" to the most recent ones. The reading helped my mind to become very clear.
In each of the six cities where we stopped, we attempted to meet with as many people as possible. I strongly felt and understood that "Everything through the ages has happened for the Fa." ("Just a Play") Those sentient beings have been waiting for this, life after life, just for this moment. They were waiting for us to come and tell them about Falun Dafa. It was all pre-arranged through the ages. We met two mayors. One mayor opened a heavy door for us when we struggled to enter the town hall. We talked to him, thinking that he was a receptionist. Another mayor, who was attending a local meeting, rushed back to his office when he noticed us in the hallway. He came to greet us and shook our hands. It was as if we were being reunited with a family member.
We made sure to know the locations of the local media, libraries, city councils and police stations in every city. We immediately headed for these places after arriving in a given city. We did not have time to make an appointment, so we just dropped by to talk to them. When the Western practitioners talked to the receptionist, I always sent forth righteous thoughts to assure a positive atmosphere. In my mind I also spoke with those people who were there. I believed that their knowing side was eager to help us. The cosmos is in the process of rectification, even a little effort to help us would be recorded in the history of the cosmos. Their attitude miraculously changed. First they asked us to write a letter requesting an appointment. Then they called to find the people we wanted to meet.
Also during the car tour, my attachments were exposed. I had a bad impression of one the practitioners. From the beginning of the tour, his attitude confirmed my belief that he was not genuinely cultivating himself. I felt that his heart did not want to save sentient beings. I felt he was not genuinely part of us, so I hardly talked to him and seldom shared experiences with him.
Fa rectification work is important. Our clarifying the truth was successful, but the process could not be separated from self-cultivation. There was a disturbing element. How could that have nothing to do with me? Master told us, "When your mind cannot get over something, isn't it caused by your attachment?" ("Further Elimination of Attachments" in Essentials for Further Advancement)
I just could not enlighten to this Fa principle at that time. Another practitioner often reminded me in a gentle way, but I stubbornly believed that she was protecting that practitioner too much and was not showing me any support. I stayed away from her, using a tactful way to reject her opinion and insisting that I was right. When we stopped at a local practitioner's house, she shared her understanding. She said that some practitioners would over-react to protect themselves, but she saw that I defended myself tactfully. In fact, both attitudes are essentially the same.
These words made me think hard for a long time. Actually she was right. Nobody had pointed this out to me. I never realized it, because it had already become part of me, part of my cells. Saving face is too important for me. If I jumped up and down, it would be too obvious for others to see. I was not going to lower myself. Everyone would say I had not cultivated well if I did that.
In the last city of the car tour, she and I shared a room. We talked all night until dawn. We talked very openly. She kindly said that I should change myself first. At that moment, I really appreciated her frank words, but at the same time I felt they were difficult to accept because I thought I had done nothing wrong. If the other practitioner had behaved better, automatically my bad impression of him would not exist. We could have done better during this car tour. Together we would think only about how to clarify truth and to save sentient beings. Maybe most practitioners would also agree with me. He should change and not me. But when I thought about it over and over again, I realized that these thoughts were not correct under the Fa principles. Cultivation is the cultivation of ourselves, not others. Only wanting others to change but not ourselves, isn't that thinking the same as the old forces would think? I couldn't sleep, tossing and turning. I knew she was right. I concluded that I had to change myself, with no conditions attached. But to fully accept the fact that I was wrong and should change was like a knife cutting my flesh. It was very painful. I almost shouted out in pain just to help me feel better. I cannot remember having had such feelings at any time during the past seven years of cultivation. I told her how I felt and that I also realized that I was in the wrong. Without touching the root of these feelings, I wouldn't feel such a pain. I now realized that using my own notion to judge the other practitioner allowed for that root to fester. It had become deeply embedded and could not be easily uprooted. I no longer wanted to have this notion. Master told us in "Teaching the Fa at the 2004 Chicago Conference," "...in the extreme microcosm at the material formed by what your mind is attached to, [you'd see that] they are mountains, huge mountains, made of hard, granite-like rock," This rock exists in all of us, and it won't disappear on its own. We have to eliminate it. Thinking about this, I finally fell asleep.
Next morning, my body felt lighter and I knew that the block of karma was eliminated. Surprisingly, that practitioner also changed drastically. He seemed very kind all of a sudden, just like a completely different person. We had an appointment with a journalist. They wanted to interview him about his experiences in the labor camp in China, so he wanted us to talk about what to say. He seemed to lack confidence. He felt his English was not good enough. But I believed that he would do very well and told him that it would touch people's hearts if he just described his experiences of how he was treated in the labor camp. Most importantly, I told him, do not forget Master. Later on, the newspaper published almost a full page about the interview.
After he returned from the meeting with the journalist, the Westerner practitioner and another practitioner had an appointment with an MP. He and I remained on a busy street, telling people about Falun Dafa and the persecution. The wind was very strong and blew away our table and materials. We collected the materials and fixed the table. He was very caring. He wanted to give me his coat. He was very positive and actively approached people, telling them about Falun Dafa and the persecution. I felt his true self had awakened and his Buddha nature had come forth, shining in ten directions. When the other two practitioners returned, I was meditating and playing the Falun Dafa music. He was handing out flyers. They were very pleased to see this harmonious sight. All four of us went together to an appointment with a Scottish Member of the Parliament (SMP). The SMP asked us some questions and took some notes. We talked about our own experiences concerning the persecution inside and outside of China. The meeting went very well.
At the end of the car tour, when saying our goodbyes, both of us felt that the trip was too short. Once we had established a righteous field, everything went smoothly and the environment was harmonious. It was not that others had changed. It was that I had let go of my notion and attachment, which had been hidden deeply within me. I also understood "After passing the shady willow trees, there will be bright flowers and another village ahead!" (Zhuan Falun)
I hope every practitioner present can share their uplifting experiences and show how, when we have different opinions and disagreements, we should not be attached to other people's attachments. Actually, we need to change our habit of looking for other people's shortcomings. We have to look within, find our own attachment and let it go. The process of "looking within" is the most essential and also the hardest. But it is also the most precious for practitioners. Ordinary people cannot do this. We can. Once we find what is deeply rooted within, we will experience the wonderful and wordless feeling of letting go. There will be a harmonious and righteous atmosphere. All conflicts will disappear without any problem. Then the Fa rectification work will be smooth and the whole body will make a leap forward.
During the car tour, I deeply felt that everyone was looking forward to listening to the facts about Falun Dafa. I also understood the importance of the three things required of the Fa rectification disciple: studying the Fa, sending forth righteous thoughts, and clarifying the truth. Master has arranged for us to cultivate ourselves during the Falun Dafa work, looking inward and improving our Xinxing level. During the final period of the Fa rectification, we need to do well on our paths.
Thank you, Master! Thanks, Everyone!
(Clearwisdom.net) On August 19, 2004, the Qiaoxi Court in Xingtai City, Hebei Province held an illegal trial to sentence Falun Dafa practitioners Tang Hui, Wang Chengbiao, Li Yueran, and Gong Shuangqin for broadcasting facts about Dafa by tapping into cable TV during the Spring Festival. The courthouse was heavily guarded during the trial.
During the trial, Dafa practitioner Tang Hui shouted, "Falun Dafa is good!" Her steadfast belief in Dafa and awe-inspiring righteousness is what "Spirits and ghosts fear the most" (from "Mighty Virtue" in Hongyin) and is what the perpetrators of the persecution dread. Since the persecution of Falun Dafa began in 1999, Tang Hui has been illegally detained many times. In September 2001, she left a detention center after going on a hunger strike. Ms. Tang was forced to leave home and go from place to place in order to avoid further persecution. She was abducted again on the first month of the lunar year in 2004 and has been detained since.
Sources say that Dafa practitioners Wang Chengbiao from Shijiazhuang City and Tang Hui from Xingtai City were sentenced to 12-13 years of imprisonment.
The Qiaoxi Court will soon try practitioner Wang Yan from Baoding City. He has been on a hunger strike for more than 100 days and cannot stand up by himself because of all the brutal tortures he has suffered. The lawless court officials may go to the First Detention Center in Xingtai City, where Wang Yan is held, and hold a trial there.
(Clearwisdom.net) The head of the evil has stepped down. Hearing the news, many fellow practitioners could not refrain from feeling happy, but they immediately realized, "I should not be as happy as such. I should not leave a loophole for the evil to take advantage of. Otherwise, the evil will make trouble for us again." This mentality can also be put this way, "If we feel happy, the evil will then make trouble for us. If we do not feel elated, the evil will not make trouble." It seems to these practitioners that they, by acting this way, are treating this issue with their righteous thoughts, as if our cultivation practice revolved around the evil. We should not have this mentality whatsoever. We should not have the concept of being happy or unhappy. It was inevitable that the evildoer would step down, and this event has nothing to do with what we Dafa practitioners should do.
Walking our path correctly is a criterion that Dafa has for Dafa disciples, and is a stage in our progress as enlightened beings that Master wants us to reach. It has nothing to do with what the evildoers and evils in other dimension have exhibited, as the evil beings' nature is to take advantage of loopholes. We should not view this issue with a human mentality. "Remaining unaffected" is a state of the enlightened beings, as well as a criterion, that Dafa has for Dafa disciples. It does not refer to one's forcing oneself to reach a certain state or inhibiting oneself from falling into a certain state, nor is it a superficial method that one uses to achieve a certain state.
Master told us in his new article,
"What's happening is that the cosmos is going through Fa-rectification. [What is taking place in] the human world is merely how low-level beings act when gigantic cosmic bodies are being impacted by the Fa-rectification. What could human beings possibly do to gods? If there were no outside factors, would humans dare to do anything to gods? How human society unfolds is nothing but the outcome of high-level beings controlling things." ("In Fa-Rectification Your Thoughts Have to be Righteous, Not Human")
(Clearwisdom.net) I am 69 years old in 2004. I am a traditional Chinese medical doctor working as a chief physician at a hospital in China. I started to practice Falun Gong in 1996. Since Jiang Zemin started to openly persecute Falun Gong practitioners on July 20, 1999, I have been trying to explain to my fellow Chinese people the truth about Falun Gong. The staff from the local Public Security Bureau, local police stations and the neighborhood administration office in my community, as well as my patients, have repeatedly asked me the same question: "You are a trained medical professional. You are supposed to believe in science. Why do you believe in such superstition?" As I have explained to them before, I can testify based on my personal experience of studying Falun Gong books and practicing the exercises that Falun Dafa is supernormal and not a superstition.
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I was born in a prestigious family, where nearly all of my family members are traditional Chinese medical doctors. My father was a chief physician and my elder brother and younger sister are both deputy chief physicians. Despite my prestigious background, I had been tormented with many terminal illnesses for decades. My father and my siblings were capable of providing me with the first-class medical care, but they were unable to treat my illnesses.
First of all, I suffered from menorrhagia (excessively heavy or prolonged uterine bleeding), which caused chronic anaemia (deficiency of red blood cells) for many years. Despite the blood transfusion, the massive bleeding and severe anaemia had even caused hypovolemic shock or oligemic shock (characterized by the loss of fluid from the circulating blood volume, so that adequate circulation cannot be maintained to all parts of the body.) In women, the total hemoglobin (hemoglobin gives red blood cells their color and carries oxygen) concentration is typically 12 to 16 grams per deciliter (dl), but my typical hemoglobin concentration was 5 - 6 g/dl. It had even dropped to 2.7 g/dl at one point. Due to my severe chronic anaemia, my heart continued to enlarge and I constantly suffered from shortness of breath, palpitation, angina (chest pain because the heart is weak) and swelling in the legs (oedema). I had to avoid touching the left side of my chest because of the pain. I felt weak and frail all the time, and I could not have babies.
Secondly, I was diagnosed with vulvar dystrophy. My gynecologist, the Chairman of the OB/GYN department in a hospital, recommended that I have vulvectomy, but I decided not to have the operation. Instead, I was given Fluocinolone Acetate (A topical glucocorticoid used in the treatment of eczemas) ointment to stop the itch. Over the years, it spread to my vagina, anus, groin and the lower abdomen. The itch was unbearable. Eventually, the vulvar dystrophy developed into cancer, which then spread to other areas in my body. In the end, I could even feel a hard issue in my stomach, but I didn't have the courage to go under the knife. In the end, my weight dropped from 152 to 100 lbs.
Vulvar Dystrophy (Vulval Leukoplakia): refers to a spectrum of vulvar eruptions consisting of white atrophic papules, including lichen sclerosus et atrophicus, squamous cell hyperplasia (hypertrophic dystrophy), or a combination of these (mixed dystrophy). Lichen sclerosus is the most common of the vulval dystrophies, and may represent an autoimmune disorder. It primarily affects the vulva but in 20% of cases, affects other sites such as the thighs or perineum. Patients are usually aged 45 - 60 years. Symptoms include vulvar pruritus, superficial dyspareunia, or lesions that may be white, red, pigmented, raised, or ulcerated. Fissures, cracks, and bruising of the skin in this region are not uncommon. It is remarkably that the malignant changes in this region will probably grow into cancerous disease in 5-10% of the patients with vulvar dystrophy. And 50% of the patients with vulvar cancer have a history of being affected by chronic vulvar dystrophy. It is, therefore, also called pre-cancer changes clinically. Treatment with a potent topical corticosteroid may be useful. In females, vulvectomy is not advised, as recurrences following surgery are common.
Thirdly, I suffered from tuberculosis in my early years. After I recovered from tuberculosis, the disease had left me with frail lungs. Each and every winter, I would be inflicted with colds, coughing, and shortness of breath. I took both traditional Chinese herbal medicine and western medicine for many years, and I was under the medical care of famous doctors, but I was still haunted with illnesses. How could I possibly have any pleasure when I had to take medication following each meal each day? I tried to practice many Chinese qigong (a form of traditional Chinese exercise which cultivates qi or "vital energy"), but none of them helped me combat my illness or improve my health.
In 1996, I had the great fortune to learn Falun Gong. Since then, I concentrated on my cultivation practice wholeheartedly. All of the aforementioned illnesses that had tormented me for decades went away without a trace. Before I started to believe in Falun Gong, I I expected that medical science would provide a solution to my terminal illnesses. However, I was repeatedly left disappointed. Over the decades, my illnesses had never improved; they merely deteriorated. I believe in Falun Gong because it actually got rid of all of my terminal illnesses. My skin texture has also improved and I now have a rosy complexion. I have become very fit and can walk for a long distance without feeling tired. My voice has become loud and clear instead of whispering and weak. Although I am approaching 70, I have been repeatedly told that I look like I am in my 50's. Each time the staff members from the local Public Security Bureau, police stations and the neighborhood administration office in my community came to see me and tried to make me renounce Falun Gong, I would share with them my personal story of becoming perfectly healthy because of Falun Gong. At the end of the story, I would ask them, "I have been practicing Falun Gong for eight years. In the past eight years, I have been perfectly healthy and did not need to take any medicine or get a shot. Even for a young man such as yourself, can you honestly say that you have never been sick and did not have to take medicine or take any shot at the hospital in the past year?" Then they became speechless.
I think the complete transformation of my health is testimony that Falun Dafa is the most extraordinary science and not a superstition. We all know that everyone has to go through the inevitable cycle of birth, aging, sickness and death. When I was severely ill and halfway to death, neither Chinese traditional medicine nor western medicine was able to save me. It is Falun Gong that cured my terminal illnesses and prevented me from having any illnesses. Isn't it a most miraculous phenomenon? Isn't Falun Dafa extraordinary?
(Clearwisdom.net) I am a thirteen-year-old practitioner from China. The only thing I can say is, "Thank you, Master and Falun Dafa for saving me when I was on the verge of death."
According to my grandmother, I started showing signs of illness when I was 4 years old and even after six months of medical exams, the doctors still did not know what I had. Only later, did we discover that it was "bone tuberculosis." My family was very poor at the time and my father had tuberculosis and needed injections continually. He was hospitalized many times, which cost a lot of money. We borrowed from many relatives and friends. Despite all the treatment, my father died a few years later. When I was five years old, according to my grandmother, I had three surgeries to remove growths; the first one was on my back. However, not long after, there was another growth on my shoulder, so a second surgery was necessary. Not long after that another one appeared on my foot, which led to yet another surgery. Although three surgeries were performed, it was not over. I had a bleeding infection that drained continually. A lot of money was spent. The hospital had discovered that it was an incurable disease after its original diagnosis, yet performed the surgeries, without telling us! We borrowed money from all of our relatives and friends, two of whom were Traditional Chinese doctors, who also said that the condition was incurable.
I was brought home to live out the rest of my remaining life. Because my father died, and now I was dying, my mother could not handle the pressure and left home with my sister. My sister and I are twins. I heard that my mother left with tears in her eyes. Ever since then, I have lived with my grandmother and grandfather.
They both looked everywhere for folk medicines, but nothing worked. Grandmother couldn't sleep or eat well and both she and grandfather cried every day. They didn't want to see me die, but who could save me?
One day in March of 2000, my grandmother met a kind person who practiced Falun Dafa. She told my grandmother, "Why don't you practice Falun Dafa? Only Falun Dafa can save your whole family. If you truly practice Falun Dafa, the disease will be cured." This is how my grandmother and I started to practice Falun Dafa.
At the beginning, I couldn't even stand up or sit up to listen to the Fa. We received 14 audiotapes of Master Li's lectures. Because my grandmother and I could not read at the time, we listened to the lectures every day. After listening for a while, I could sit up. Then my grandmother borrowed a copy of Zhuan Falun from a fellow practitioner, who also taught me how to read and use a dictionary. My grandfather also taught me how to read. Within six months, my illness was cured.
It was Master Li who saved me! Master Li and Falun Dafa saved my whole family.
Grandfather brought me to the hospital to determine the condition of the bone tuberculosis, but they were unable to find anything wrong with my body. The hospital gave permission for me to return to school.
Right now I am in second grade, because I don't know that many vocabulary words. I can't write any deep understanding of Falun Dafa, but I just want to thank Master and thank Falun Dafa.
I want Falun Dafa to be treated fairly, but such a good practice is persecuted in China. Falun Dafa teaches people to do good, avoid doing bad deeds, help people and always think of other people first. Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance are what Master teaches us!
I will do the three things, which are studying the Fa, sending forth righteous thoughts and clarifying the truth, that Master requires us to do, and I will continually improve myself.
Fellow practitioners, please point out any errors in my understanding.
(Clearwisdom.net) According to Radio France Internationale's report broadcasted in Mandarin to Metropolitan Paris and Asian and Pacific regions on September 20, 2004, after the news regarding Jiang's retirement from his post as chief of the nation's military was published, the Global Coalition to Bring Jiang to Justice immediately released a statement. The statement said that Jiang's totalitarian era has ended and an era to bring Jiang to justice has begun.
The statement said that a campaign to bring Jiang to justice has long been in the works. A petition requesting to remove Jiang from his post has received supportive signatures from more than 10,000 organizations and individuals. The statement pointed out that the effort to bring Jiang to justice would not be stopped his stepping down.
(Clearwisdom.net) According to Central News Agency's report on September 19, in response to the Chinese government's announcement about Jiang Zemin's retirement from his last post as chief of the nation's military, Hong Kong Falun Gong practitioners expressed that they would not give up their effort to bring Jiang, the chief perpetrator in the persecution of Falun Gong, to justice. In addition to filing lawsuits against Jiang in international courts, practitioners hope that the new Chinese leaders would not persecute Falun Gong any more and return justice to them.
Kan Hung-cheung, spokesperson for the Hong Kong Falun Dafa Association, said during an interview with Central News Agency, that since July 20, 1999 when Jiang and his followers started suppressing Falun Gong practitioners, at least 1049 practitioners have died as a result of the persecution, more than 6000 practitioners were sentenced to prisons and 100,000 practitioners imprisoned in forced labor camps.
He said that whether or not Jiang retired from his post or not, he must be held accountable for his persecution of Falun Gong from the perspectives of law, morality and conscience. Therefore, Falun Gong practitioners all over the world will continue to file lawsuits against Jiang in international courts. So far, Falun Gong practitioners have filed legal complaints in ten countries and regions against Jiang and his followers.
Mr. Kan Hung-cheung hoped that no matter who is in power, the persecution of Falun Gong will be stopped and justice be upheld, so that people in Mainland China would have the freedom to believe in and practice Falun Gong.
(Clearwisdom.net)
The French newspaper L'Union en Ligne reported the following on September the 8th 2004:
Falun Dafa is attracting more and more disciples from all over the world and it will come to Reims soon. The method of relaxing body and mind from Mainland China, is now banned by the Chinese Government.
The method is suitable for all ages without any side effects. The five simple sets of exercises are practised with music and tens of millions of people in the world are practising Falun Dafa.
Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is a method of sitting in meditation together with special exercises similar to Yoga and Tai Chi. It originates from Chinese traditional culture and was introduced to the general public in 1992. Deng Bo explains that Falun Gong is not a religion but a method of relaxing body and mind.
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The bright smiling girl explained that Falun Gong is a method of meditation and has no political agenda or religious rituals. Everybody can learn it without membership or hierarchy. All classes are free of charge. All materials are available on the Internet for free. Deng Bo has lived in France for a year and half. Is she going back to China? She is not considering it at the moment.
The method of meditation was banned in her motherland in 1999. The success of the method among the people frightened the Chinese Government. "This method of relaxing the body and mind is non-political, neither do we seek money or fame." Tens of millions of Chinese people had been practising Falun Gong before it was banned. "Many people have been put into prison since it was banned and the situation of some other practitioners is even worse now due to the brutal persecution."
Mr. Li Hongzhi is the founder of Falun Gong. He now lives in the United States where there are a lot of practitioners.
Falun Gong is the method of self-meditation refining the body and mind. Many people can be seen practising Falun Gong in the Jardin du Luxembourg and Parc des Butte Chaumont in Paris. Numerous Falun Dafa practitioners are practising together. The exercises, including sitting meditation, are easy to learn and they can make you feel relaxed and increase your energy levels. The main Dafa books introduce in steps how to learn the practice. (You can download the book from the Internet at www.falundafa.org)
Deng Bo is not thinking of settling down in France. " I hope that I will go back to my motherland one day because the truth can not be covered up forever."
Translated from http://www.lunion.presse.fr/semaine/2004.0908/loc/20040908.UNA1879.html
Source http://www.clearharmony.net/articles/200409/22089.html