Facts of the Persecution

• Additional Information Regarding the Persecution of Practitioner Mr. Yu Shaoqi fromHuaihua, Hunan Province
• Additional Evidence of Crimes that Jinzhou Forced Labor Camp (Liaoning Province) Officials Have Committed against Practitioners
• More Facts about the Persecution in Jiangbei District, Chongqing City
• Cases of Torture of Falun Dafa Practitioners from Huaiyang County, Henan Province
• The Persecution of Practitioners at Siping and Gongzhuling Prisons in Jilin Province
• Additional Persecution News from China - February 20, 2007 (27 Reports)
• 57 People Declare that their Words and Deeds Under Forced Brainwashing are Null and Void

Voices of Justice

• European Parliament Continues Efforts to Rescue Falun Gong Practitioner Bu Dongwei
• Letter to International Olympic Committee from David Kilgour and David Matas

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• Philadelphia: Forum Held to Expose Organ Harvesting Atrocities (Photos)
• Ireland: New Evidence Exposes CCP Organ Harvesting - People in Ireland are Shocked (Photos)
• Washington D.C.: Falun Gong Practitioners Attend St. Patrick's Day Parade (Photo)

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• Philadelphia Weekly: Organ Harvesting and Human Rights Violations in China

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• Meditation and Xinxing Cultivation
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• The Story of Honest Yan Shu

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(Clearwisdom.net) Agents from the Huaihua City Politics and Law Committee, from the 610 Office, the National Security Bureau, and from the county National Security Division conspired together to harm Mr. Yu Shaoqi. On December 5, 2006, they ordered officials at the county Politics and Law Committee, the county 610 Office, personnel from his work unit--the Huaihua City Weather Bureau--and his parents to take him to the Huaihua City Mental Hospital, also called No. 4 People's Hospital. They threatened to arrest Mr. Yu if he was not taken to the mental hospital. In the day time, an official and a young weather bureau employee tried to take him to the mental hospital by force. Mr. Yu freed himself with the power of his righteous thoughts. He returned home in the evening. The head of the weather bureau and the Disciplinary Inspection Committee secretary called the 610 Office. They together abducted Yu Shaoqi and took him to the hospital.

The day after he was taken to the mental hospital, officials from Chenxi National Security Bureau turned his office in his work unit upside down.

Another Falun Gong practitioner was held at the Huaihua City Mental Hospital prior to Yu Shaoqi. The hospital staff treated Mr. Yu as a "special patient" and forced him to take medications four times a day, although he was completely healthy and normal. They force-fed him the drugs if he refused to take them. During the force-feeding the medical staff grabbed his hands and feet. They pried his mouth open, pinched his nose, and poured the pills and water down his throat. Mr. Yu Shaoqi was able to leave the hospital due to the support and rescue efforts from other practitioners and from his family, but he is now mentally affected. His arms and legs are weak, his feet often tremble, his eyesight is blurry and he drools constantly. It was said that the medication he was given was for mental patients and had long-term effects (most likely a drug that damages the nervous system) that resulted terrible in side effects.

The officials from the Huaihua City Politics and Law Committee and agents from the 610 Office ordered the mental hospital to report Yu Shaoqi's condition to them every two days and weekly. The National Security officials claimed he had written more than 300 articles that were published on the Minghui/Clearwisdom website and used this as an excuse to persecute him. Mr. Yu held many hunger strikes in the mental hospital. He was given injections, force-fed through a tube, and hog-tied and manhandled. He was also locked in a solitary confinement cell. His parents frequently petitioned the Huaihua City 610 Office and the Politics and Law Committee in person and demanded their son's release, but the officials gave them a hard time. They forced his parents to write guarantee statements [on Yu Shaoqi's behalf] and extorted 6,000 yuan from them for "medical expenses" before they agreed to let Yu Shaoqi go home.

Contact information for officials responsible for the persecution:

Li: Huaihua City Politics and Law Committee deputy secretary
Huaihua City 610 Office: 86-745-2724883
Yang, section head at Huaihua City 610 Office
Long, deputy section head at Huaihua City 610 Office
Huaihua City National Security Division

Xie Jingsong, Chenxi Politics and Law Committee secretary: 86-13907457165
Xie Jiuwen, Chenxi National Security Bureau deputy head: 86-745-5232680, 86-13607415299
National Security Division: 86-745-5230670
Yu Qingchang, Chenxi National Security Division head
Xie Kaiji, National Security Division deputy head
Xia Dong, National Security Division deputy head
Zhang Yaqin, National Security Division member
Zhai Xiaoming, Chenxi 610 Office head
Duan Qingyun, Chenxi 610 Office deputy head: 86-13707457282
Li Huimeng, Chenxi 610 Office deputy head: 86-13874531131
Tan Meihua, Chenxi 610 Office female deputy head
Huang Mingqiang, Chenxi 610 Office member
Luo Xiaosan, Chenxi 610 Office member
610 Office: 86-745-5229610
No. 4 People's Hospital: 86-745-2350362
Yu Huaan, head doctor
Yu Lianying, nurse, often force-fed Yu Shaoqi with drugs
Tang Changgeng, nurse, often employs violent methods in dealing with Falun Gong practitioners

(Clearwisdom.net) The crimes committed by Jinzhou Forced Labor Camp officials have previously been exposed on the website several times. The following is additional information.

The Jinzhou Forced Labor Camp clinic has for several years been used by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials for persecuting Falun Dafa practitioners. The clinic's medical staff cooperates with the guards and participates in the persecution of practitioners. They use cruel methods in force-feeding practitioners that are beyond imagination.

Practitioner Shi Zhongyan died in April 2003 as a result of force-feeding.

In 2005, in order to resist the force-feeding, practitioner Mr. Qi Mingli bit the feeding tube. Guard Shi Zhenshan pulled the tube back and forth repeatedly in and out of Mr. Qi's nose and beat him on the head.

The guards are cruel and careless whenever they force-feed practitioners; guards Sun Li and Song Yanming are no exception. If a practitioner starts bleeding from the nose, they continue their rough handling while verbally abusing the practitioner.

Some practitioners showed symptoms of illness and qualified for release for medical treatment. However, the clinic cooperated with guards in the Second Division to prevent medical release of practitioners.

Currently, practitioners Li Yong, Hu Shaowei, Shao Minggang, and Qi Mingli are being severely persecuted. The clinic guards used all tactics at their disposal to prevent their release for medical treatment. When some practitioners were sent to the clinic and had symptoms of illness, disqualifying them for admission, they were nonetheless accepted. Mr. Qi Mingli had a serious leg injury on admission. The clinic accepted him without physical examination. Later, when his family discovered that the injury might require amputation and petitioned for him, the officials dodged the request and forbade his release.

The clinic officers also work with officials at the Petroleum Hospital to persecute practitioners. Hu Shaowei and Li Yong were severely abused; they were taken to the Petroleum Hospital as a token gesture.

Clinic Manager: 86-416-4575187
Duty Office: 86-416-4575020
Emergency Office: 86-416-4575023

The Jinzhou Forced Labor Camp "Inspection Office" exists in name only. On the surface it is the organization empowered to ensure fair treatment and inspect labor camp work. However, when practitioners were treated poorly, agents from that organization merely fell in line with the CCP and colluded with other guards to continue the persecution of practitioners. The agents have never truly resolved any issue of the unlawful persecution of practitioners, ignoring even the most serious transgressions.

At the beginning of 2005, practitioners Qi Mingli, Miao Jianguo, and Hu Shaowei went on a hunger strike to protest the persecution. Inspection office manager Wang (surname) simply listened briefly to the report and did not solve any of the practitioners' issues. In addition, he worked with the guards to come down hard on practitioners.

Chen Changbin, one of the "Four-Surveillance" prisoners, bribed guard Bai Jinlong so that he could commit violent acts time after time at the Second Division. He had previously persecuted practitioners to please the guards. This time he wanted something from the practitioners. Therefore, he bribed Bai Jinlong with money and goods in order to influence the duty schedule, etc. Some guards could not put up with his tactics; they got angry but did not dare to speak out. Chen often reported everything about practitioners to Bai Jinlong and Li Songtao to please them. Similar events happened often at the Second Division.

The Second Division used the "Four-Surveillance" prisoners to restrict practitioners' freedom. The guards put pressure on the "Four-Surveillance" prisoners during monitoring periods, such as forbidding them to read or listen to the radio and so on. The "Four-Surveillance" prisoners' use of a cigarette lighter is forbidden. All "dangerous" items are forbidden. These prisoners were required to stay with Falun Gong practitioners and monitor them.

Between May and June 2006, the Second Division accepted outside handiwork for export sales to make some money. They forced practitioners to do the work. Because at that time there were few practitioners in "Da Ban" (group of imprisoned practitioners), those under strict monitoring could not work, making the "Four-Surveillance" prisoners work. Some of them went to the guards and complained, "We were forbidden to read and could not even use a cigarette lighter! Why are we now told to work with scissors?" The guards had nothing to say in reply.

On January 6, 2007, the Jinzhou Forced Labor Camp Second Division's "Da Ban" was dissolved, but the firm practitioners are still detained there. On January 10, 2007, practitioner Li Kai was sent there and held in isolation for 12 days. He was strictly monitored beginning January 22, 2007.

Practitioners who were strictly monitored, and the names of the "Four-Surveillance" prisoners assigned to them: (names in parentheses are the "Four-Surveillance" prisoners):

Li Lianjun (Zhao Hai, Wang Liang)

Zhang Pengyun, Li Kai, Liu Quanwang, Weng Hongjun (Li Gang, Wang Dejun)

Wang Zhigang, Yan Bai, Zhan Zhigang, Wang Qinglin, Li Fengtian, Liu Yuan (Fan Houcai, Wang Wuting); Shao Minggang, Li Yong, Qi Mingli, Hu Shaowei, Miao Jiangong (Pang Yuping, Sun Guoliang)

Gate sentries: Chen Changbin, Liu Jinquan, Gao Shiming

Practitioner Guo Weihuan is still held with the newcomer team.

Several guards monitor each room. Zhang Jiabin was the only one who didn't monitor the practitioners and served merely in his position as a gate sentry. The guards use the "Four-Surveillance" prisoners to maintain the Second Division and hold many meetings for them. Officials at the judicial bureau, disciplinary inspection office, labor camp, and administration section are unaware of these circumstances.

The Jinzhou Forced Labor Camp officials still have not stopped the persecution of practitioners. They had previously covered the windows of practitioners' cells with opaque adhesive tape to prevent them from seeing each other; now the officials have ripped off the lowest tape segment to spy inside. They put pressure on the "Four-Surveillance" prisoners to monitor the practitioners.

The labor camp has prevented ill practitioners from being released for medical treatment. Several imprisoned practitioners are now being severely persecuted. The camp officials deceived their families and others and concealed their health conditions. The officials reported to the related departments that once a disease inspection team concluded their report, the practitioners could be released for medical treatment. However, they used all available methods to prevent ill practitioners from being released for treatment.

Practitioner Mr. Li Yong's blood pressure was as high as 240. A doctor at the town center hospital said that was the highest he had ever seen for his age group in the hospital's history. The labor camp officials claimed that they had started the paperwork for Li Yong's release but later let it go. In August 2006, Mr. Li's blood pressure rose again. He asked for medical treatment but the camp officials ignored his request. He went on a hunger strike to protest but was force-fed.

Practitioner Mr. Shao Minggang had a blood pressure reading of 260. The camp officials also ignored him and would not even tell him the blood pressure reading following another exam.

Practitioner Mr. Qi Mingli had an injury when he arrived at the labor camp. He told prison doctor Shi Zhenshan that he was sent there because of falsified evidence. Doctor Shi ignored him and accepted him. Due to long-term imprisonment and torture, Mr. Qi's legs were numb and he had extreme difficulty walking. The camp officials simply ignored him. When a family member came to visit, the authorities just handled things perfunctorily. His family members brought the x-ray image of his previous leg injury as proof of a medical condition, but camp officials refused to release him.

Practitioner Hu Shaowei had optic neuritis (inflammation of the optic nerve, frequently associated with multiple sclerosis) and had trouble moving his legs and feet. He also has acute cardiomyopathy; however, the hospital said that they could not detect these conditions. Labor camp officials Li Fenglin, Liu Xingjiang, Li Songtao, and Qi Fang from the Judicial Bureau and others had promised Mr. Hu during his hunger strike in December 2005 that if his illnesses required medical treatment, they would release him. However, later nothing happened. Mr. Hu felt quite uncomfortable again in August 2006. He was diagnosed with serious coronary disease, fatigue, heart angina, and heart arrythmia, but the camp officials still refused his release for medical treatment. Mr. Hu had a heart attack but nobody paid attention to it. On September 9, he again went on a hunger strike but was force-fed. During his force-feeding at the Petroleum Hospital, the guards even inserted the tube into his lung and almost killed him.

Second Division supervisor Bai Jinlong of the Jinzhou Forced Labor Camp, administration section head Tang Danping, Zhang Lijun from the instruments section, and others are torturing and creating difficulties for practitioners and their families. Only a small number of family members are permitted access for the monthly camp visits. The rest have to wait outside and the allowed visiting time is half an hour. The guards are monitoring everyone. They search everyone's belongings thoroughly prior to admission and if there are so-called "unqualified" items found, the visitors are forbidden to enter and are verbally reprimanded. Those who refuse to cooperate with the search are forbidden to enter.

February 19, 2007

(Clearwisdom.net)

Ms. Wu was also arrested at the Chongqing railway station while traveling to Beijing to clarify the truth in September 1999. She was put in a brainwashing center for a month. In June 2000, she again went to Beijing to clarify the truth and was arrested and sent to the Jiangbei Detention Center, sentenced to 12 months of forced labor. Since her release in June 2001, she has fully devoted her time to practicing Falun Gong and doing the three things that practitioners should do.

Zhu Zhilin was arrested and detained for about 20 days when he went to Beijing to clarify the truth in September 1999. During the early months of 2001, Xiang Shihua, Mr. Feng and his wife, Ms. Tang, were also arrested for distributing truth clarifying literature. They were detained in the Banan Detention Center for over six months and Xiang Shihua's legs were severely injured from torture. They were later sentenced to three years of forced labor and ultimately released in 2004. In June 2006, Feng Jun again went to Beijing to clarify the truth. He was arrested and sent to the Jiangbei Detention Center where he was imprisoned for over 30 days and then sent to a brainwashing center for another month. Xiang Shihua was also sent to a brainwashing for a month in July 2000.

On February 6, Ms. Huang was sentenced to two years of forced labor and sent to Chongqing Women's Forced Labor Camp. She refused to submit to the illegal detention and escaped from the camp on February 16 with strong righteous thoughts.

(Clearwisdom.net) Falun Dafa spread to Huaiyang County (called Chenzhou in ancient times), Henan Province in 1995. Within a few years, more than thirty thousand people obtained the Fa and over one million people benefited from the Fa directly or indirectly.

Since July 1999, the evil spirit of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Jiang Zemin ganged up in persecuting Falun Gong using the whole nation's resources. This report is a collection of several cases of how Dafa practitioners from Huaiyang County were tortured, in order to let people understand the evil nature of the CCP, choose the right course of action and appeal for the just, and to select a wonderful future for themselves.

Ms. Wang Chunling, 45, was a cadre of the labor union of the Huaiyang County Cotton Mill. After the CCP started persecuting Falun Dafa, Ms. Wang Chunling and several other practitioners went to the Huaiyang County Party Committee to validate Dafa on July 22, 1999. They were arrested and locked in the Chengguan Town Police Station for a week.

In November 1999, Ms. Wang Chunling went to the Beijing Appeals Office to appeal for Falun Gong. She was arrested and sent back to Huaiyang County Detention Center. There she was forced to do intensive labor and denied sleep if she did not complete her work. She had little to eat and was frequently insulted and beaten. To rescue her, her family had to borrow money to buy a luxury suit for Deputy Director of the National Security Team of Huaiyang County Police Department Zhao Min and Deputy Political Commissar of the Huaiyang County Police Department Ren Wei. They also bought expensive gifts for policemen Zhao Jishan, Chen Jiachang and Geng Shouling and paid four thousand yuan as a fine.

After she returned home, she was frequently disturbed by the police. Once she was deceived by the police into going to the police station. Once she got there, she was arrested and thrown into the Huaiyang County Detention Center. Her family could not borrow any more money to bribe the police, so she was detained there for four months. Then her family was asked to pay two thousand yuan. Once they did that, she was released.

After she went home, the police frequently disturbed her at her home. She had no choice but to leave home and go into hiding. Sh never went home or contacted her family after that. In November 2000, the police broke into her home and ransacked the house. Her son, 13, cursed the police once when they awoke him. He was then arrested and locked in the detention center with only his underwear on for a whole night. The police also frequently monitored her parents and in-laws.

Ms. Wang Chunling kept validating Dafa when she was in hiding. She was arrested at Taikang County, Henan Province in 2003 and sentenced to ten years in prison. She was taken to and brutally tortured in the Xinxiang City Women's Prison, Henan Province.

Ms. Liu Xia, about 30, is a practitioner from the Xiazhuang Administrative Village, Chengguan Town, Huaiyang County. She was arrested and detained in Beijing for seven days after going to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong in November 2001. She tried to clarify the truth to the staff at the Henan Province Beijing Office, but they refused to listen to her. One person there taped her mouth closed. She was later taken back to Huaiyang County by police and locked at the Huaiyang County Detention Center.

During interrogation, Guard Wu Jinzhong tied her hands to her back with a rope and grabbed her hair to knock her head against the wall. When Ms. Liu held a hunger strike to protest, guard Li Degong beat her with a belt made with iron rings. Even when she was in critical condition, guard Shi Zhongjie put her in a "straight jacket," a torture instrument with long sleeves to tie the victim's arms She was bent and tied up in four folds (lower leg, upper leg, back and arms), not able to sit, stand, sleep, or go to the bathroom. Doctor Zhang Duoshu force-fed her many times. He forcibly inserted a feeding tube into her stomach and also carried her in the air and then threw her to the ground. She was whipped for over 40 days. Only until she was near death was her family informed and allowed to to take her home.

At midnight on October 30, 2002, more than a dozen policemen broke into Ms. Liu's home. Without any arrest warrant, they dragged her and her father from their beds, carried them out, and put them into police cars. They were not allowed to put on clothes. Policemen Zhao Jishan, Li Changfeng, Geng Shouling, Ren Yulin, Zhang Junmei, Zhao Min, Wu Shengli and several others were present. Ms. Liu Xia and her father were taken directly to prison. There, Ms. Liu recited Teacher's Fa lecture. Wardens put handcuffs and shackles on her and tied her hands and feet together. She was not allowed to sleep at night. She held a hunger strike for over 40 days. When she had almost no pulse or blood pressure, the police took her to the emergency room of the Huaiyang County Hospital and let her parents take her home.

On February 15, 2003, Ms. Liu was arrested at a material center at Dancheng City, Henan Province. She was beaten and kicked by the arreseting police. At the Dancheng City Detention Center, she held a hunger strike to protest. A guard used a chopstick to pry her mouth open for force-feeding. After being tortured for ten months there, she was sentenced to seven years in prison and taken to the Xinxiang City Women's Prison, Henan Province.

At the Xinxiang City Women's Prison, Ms. Liu was watched by inmates and wardens around the clock. She was deprived of sleep and forced to stand and attend brainwashing sessions.

Around 7 a.m. on April 29, 2006, practitioner Ms. Lu Guiying from Luji Administrative Village, Lutai Town, Huaiyang County, was followed by a policeman in plainclothes on her way home. She was later arrested by several policemen, including Wang Shimin and Liu Huachun from the Lutai Town Police Station. She was put into the Huaiyang County Detention Center and later sentenced to one year of forced labor without any legal proceedings. She was taken to the Zhengzhou City Shibalihe Women's Forced Labor Camp, Henan Province on June 29, 2006.

(A detailed report of the torture of practitioner Ms. Su Yujin's in 2005 can be found on the clearwisdom website at: http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2005/9/14/64894.html.)

At 10 a.m. on September 15, 2001, practitioner Ms. Su Yujing from Chenxinzhuang, Zhaozhai Administrative Village, Dalian Township, Huaiyang County, and another practitioner were arrested by people from the Wandian Township Comprehensive Management Office. The two were distributing truth-clarification materials. They were taken to the Wandian Township Police Station.

Director of the Wandian Township Police Station Zheng Xianfang tied the other practitioner with a rope and ordered policemen to pull her in the air by the rope and then drop her to the ground. Zheng Xianfang also brutally beat Ms. Su Yujing. He then took them to the Huaiyang County 610 Office, where they were handcuffed and interrogated. That evening they were put in the Huaiyang County Detention Center. Guards Wang Quandong and Wu Jinzhong fiercely slapped Ms. Su's face. The next day, guard Wang Quandong told her to go to the Guard Office. Director of the Detention Center Zheng Xianjun hit her face violently and repeatedly. She was unconscious. When she woke up, guards put a torture vest and shackles that were only for executed criminals on her for a week.

Ms. Su held a hunger strike for 23 days. Doctor Zhang Duoshu force-fed her four times. When Ms. Su refused to cooperate, Zhang Duoshu inserted the feeding tube through her nose more than ten times. They also tied her to a chair and used needles to prick her head, feet, hands and arms. When she was in critical condition, Zhang Xianjun said, "Don't be afraid if she dies. Just throw her body into a ditch and report her as a suicide. Don't let her go as long as she can still breathe." Guard Cheng Sigui used a thin bamboo stick to whip her hands, causing her great pain.

At 10 a.m. on January 5, 2005, when Ms. Su rode a bicycle passing Xiaoshizhuang Village, Dalian Township, a policeman from the Dalian Township Police Station pointed a gun at her head and took her to the police station. Then the policemen took out a few cassette tapes and CDs from their own office and claimed that they found those on her. She was then put into the Huaiyang County Detention Center. She refused to cooperate with the interrogation at the detention center. She held a hunger strike for 26 days. Guard Wang Quandong threatened not to release her. Policemen also ransacked her home twice when she was at the detention center.

The Huaiyang County 610 Office and the National Security Team took Ms. Su to the court twice. Judge Fang Roufei from the Huaiyang County Court sentenced her to six years in prison.

Practitioner Ms. Dou Zhonglan, 54, lives at the Chenzhuang, Luji Administrative Village, Lutai Town. In 2000, she was put in the Huaiyang County Detention Center for three months for going to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong. She was arrested by police from the Lutai Town Police Station in March 2002 and put into the detention center for another three months. In 2004, she was put into the detention center again and later taken to the Zhengzhou City Shibalihe Women's Forced Labor Camp for one year of forced labor.

Ms. Shi Fenglan is a practitioner from Fengtang Township, Huaiyang City. At 10 p.m. on February 21, 2003, four or five policemen broke into her home. They ransacked her home and took away a tape recorder and a copy of Zhuan Falun. She was carried by a fourth into a police car. She was taken to the Fengtang Township Police Station that night, and then to the Huaiyang County Detention Center the next day. On June 24, the police from the National Security Team of the Huaiyang County Police Department took her to the Zhengzhou City Shibalihe Women's Forced Labor Camp. The SARS epidemic was at its peak at that time and the forced labor camp refused to accept her. Then, on July 1, they tried to send her to either Xuchang City, Henan Province, or Zhengzhou City for imprisonment. Again, she was rejected. On August 13, 2003, the Zhengzhou City Shibalihe Women's Forced Labor Camp took her in for two years of forced labor.

At the forced labor camp, Ms. Shi Fenglan was forced to do intensive slave labor and listen to lies slandering Dafa. She was monitored, harassed, and beaten.

Mr. Li Chao, 45, has been illegally arrested and imprisoned three times at the Huaiyang County Detention Center for a total of one 152 days and robbed of 25 thousand yuan.

The first time he was arrested when he was on his way to work. The guards of the detention center extorted five thousand yuan from his family. The second time he was arrested when he was on his way to the market. He was imprisoned at the detention center for more than 80 days. His family gave policemen Ren Wei and Geng Shouling each two thousand yuan and also bought several dinners for other policemen. The third time he was arrested at his home. His family had more than ten thousand yuan (three thousand for Zhang Xianfang, four thousand for Li Changfeng and one thousand for Chang Yijun) extorted from them. At the detention center, Mr. Li Chao was forced to carry out intensive slave labor. He was frequently verbally abused or beaten by the guards or other inmates. When he was released, he was so weak that he could barely walk.

Practitioner Ms. Zhu Zhenying Imprisoned

Mrs. Zhu Zhenying and her husband started to learn Falun Gong in December 1996. In three days, Mrs. Zhu Zhenying's illnesses that had bothered her for many years were all gone.

On October 4, 1999, Mrs. Zhu Zhenying and her husband went to the county government to appeal for Falun Gong. Police arrested them along with four other appealers and put them in the detention center. Practitioners at the detention center did the Falun Gong exercises. Zheng Xianjun punished them by forcing them to stand against the wall for a whole night. Practitioners continued doing the exercises. Zheng Xianjun put shackles weighing several dozen pounds on them for 15 days. Afterwards, Guard Zhang Bao'an forced the practitioners to do intense labor. The practitioners refused. Zhang Bao'an cursed and beat them, then put the shackles on them again.

Once the practitioners read Zhuan Falun in their cell. Zheng Xianjun came, found the book, and took it away. Practitioner Ms. Wei Sufang asked him to return the book. He then tied Ms. Wei Sufang with a rope and put the shackles and "straight jacket" on her.

Ms. Zhu Zhenying was imprisoned eight months before she was released. Five months after, she was illegally put into the detention center again for four months.

At 8 p.m. on July 23, 2003, policemen Li Changfeng and Zhang Rui from the Huaiyang County National Security Team, Wang Shimin and Liu Huachun from a police station, and two other people ransacked Ms. Liu Zhenying's home. They took away Dafa books, a miner's light, and 80 yuan. They carried her into their police car by force. When she shouted, "Falun Dafa is Good," Zhang Rui slapped on her face and knocked a tooth out. She was able to escape from the detention center via righteous thoughts after being imprisoned there for 16 days.

Practitioner Ms. Xu Xuelan was arrested five times for appealing for Dafa and exposing the evil.

At 5 p.m. on October 10, 2000, four policemen broke into Ms. Xu's home. They took her Dafa books and tapes. Policeman her slapped her face fiercely with a Dafa book. She was imprisoned at the detention center for 41 days. She did exercises and policeman Cheng put the shackles on her for three days. Losing her care, her husband who ha,d cerebral thrombus, died shortly thereafter.

One night in May 2001, four or five policemen broke into her home again. They arrested her without any arrest warrant. She was imprisoned for seven months and 20 days.

On the night of December 29, 2002, the entire police department from the Fengtang Township Police Station went to her home. Without showing any warrant, they ransacked her home, took away Dafa books, and dragged her into a police car. She was imprisoned at the detention center for 45 days. After she held a hunger strike for 15 days, she was released.

One night in early July 2003, five or six policemen broke into her home and arrested her again. The next morning the police called her family to the Fengtang Township Police Station, asking for three thousand yuan. Her family did not have money. Several policemen then ransacked her family's home, taking away a TV set, a camcorder, and a VCR. They put her in the detention center. She held a hunger strike for a month and three days. The police were afraid for her health and released her. The National Security Team illegally fined her family one thousand yuan and the detention center extorted one hundred yuan as a "meal fee."

At 5 p.m. on November 26, 2003, she was arrested at her home and taken to the detention center again. Three days later she was sent to the Zhengzhou City Shibalihe Women's Forced Labor Camp. She was tortured by being forced to sit on a small stool and endure many other brutal and villainous methods. She was imprisoned there for two years. Her legs became numb and her back was very stiff. She has still not recovered.

After Ms. Cao Baomei from Chengguan Town, Huaiyang County, obtained the Fa in 1997, her illnesses were gone. Many of her relatives, friends and neighbors witnessed the miracle of Dafa.

After Jiang Zemin's group started persecuting Falun Gong, Ms. Cao exposed the CCP's lies to the public and told them the truth about Dafa. Around 2 p.m. on October 20, 2001, police from the National Security Team of the Huaiyang County Police Department and Chengguan Town Police Station, including policemen Zhao Min, Chen Jiachang, Zhang Junmei, Geng Shouling, Li Changfeng and three more ransacked her home. They took her Dafa books and exercise tapes. They took her to the county police department for interrogation. Around 7 p.m., she was taken to the detention center. Guard Zheng Zihua illegally searched her and pocketed her 470 yuan.

To get her out, her family spent 6200 yuan to pay policemen Ren Wei, Zhao Min, Cheng Sigui, etc. The National Security Team fined her another 4000 yuan when she was released. Zhao Min said, "Others pay 2000, she has to pay 4000."

Ms. Cao Baomei was put in handcuffs and foot shackles at the detention center. The meal was only half-cooked and not nearly enough. She was frequently disturbed during her sleep and watched by inmates around the clock. From her arrest to her release in December 2001, her family spent 11,670 yuan.

Around midnight on October 29, 2002, policemen Zhao Min, Zhao Jishan, Zhang Junmei, Geng Shouling and Li Changfeng broke into her home and arrested her. She was taken to the detention center. She asked why she was being arrested Geng Shouling said, "Because you are out on bail awaiting trial, we can arrest you any time we want to." The long period of terror made her husband very sick and he was taken to the hospital. Her parents, both over 80, kept crying at home. The National Security Team extorted 1500 yuan from her family and the detention center extorted 300 yuan before releasing her.

Practitioner Ms. Jia Hong, who lives in Chengbei Town, Huaiyang County, was arrested by the Beijing police when she went to Beijing to appeal for Dafa in 1999. She was taken back to the Huaiyang County Detention Center and imprisoned there for eight months. She was beaten brutally many times. She held a hunger strike to protest. After her family spent about 10,000 yuan, she, extremely skinny by then, was released. Afraid of being implicated themselves, her parents-in-law and her husband restricted her freedom and watched her closely. Her husband often verbally abused and beat her. Around 9 p.m. on March 22, 2003, the police went to her home, trying to arrest her. She was able to escape with righteous thoughts and went into hiding.

In 2004, Ms. Jia Hong was arrested by the police in Dancheng City. She was tortured cruelly at the Dancheng City Detention Center. She held a hunger strike for 80 days. Her family was notified to take her home when she was near death. Due to the CCP's violence and lies, her husband did not want to take her home. Instead, he asked to divorce her. She refused. But her husband bribed the police and the police told the court to approve the divorce. Finally her own parents were able to take her home. At that time she weighed less than 50 pounds. She could barely walk even after a month of rest at home. When she heard that her ex-husband was to get married, she went home to see her two daughters and told him that she had not agreed to their divorce. Her husband pushed her out the door and reported her to the police. She was arrested and put into the detention center again. There she held a hunger strike for 40 days and became so weak that she could not even move. However, the court sentenced her to five years in prison and sent her to the Xinxiang City Women's Prison. The prison refused to accept her. Huaiyang police then bribed the prison to accept her. She is currently in prison.

Ms. Chen Li, 64, worked at the Huaiyang County Chinese Medicine Hospital. She went to Beijing to validate Dafa in July 2000 and was arrested and detained at the Beijing Xicheng District Detention Center. After holding a hunger strike for eight days, she was taken back to Huaiyang County Detention Center. There she was tortured for more than a month before being released. All her family members, a total of four people, were working at the Huaiyang County Chinese Medicine Hospital. They were all laid off by the hospital after the Huaiyang County Political and Legal Committee pressured the hospital. Her family was also fined 10,000 yuan.

In 2001, Ms. Chen Li was reported to police when distributing truth-clarification materials in Qilao Township, Huaiyang County. One day on her way to pick up her grandson, she was arrested and then detained at the detention center for more than a month.

Practitioner Mr. Lei Defa was the Section Chief of the Human Resources Section in the Huaiyang County Spinning Factory. His wife struggled with several diseases for many years. At the end of 1995, he asked her to go to a Falun Gong exercise center. A few days later, her illnesses were all gone, so he started cultivation as well.

After Dafa first started being persecuted, Mr. Lei Defa went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong and was detained for several months. He was beaten by policeman Li Hengxin from Zhoukou City National Security Team, Henan Province, and other policemen from Huaiyang County National Security Team and Detention Center. On March 18, 2003, he was arrested and sentenced to seven years in prison for writing Dafa truth-clarification slogans on the street. The court sentenced him right before the October 1st long vacation (the offices are closed for seven days), so that his family lost the effective time to appeal the court decision.

Torture in the Xinxiang City Prison caused Mr. Lei Defa to become severely sick, so the prison released him on compassionate medical leave. But the local police kept going to his home to harass him.

Practitioner Ms. Liu Jinfang from Yangzhuang Administrative Village, Songji Town, Huaiyang County, has been frequently disturbed and harassed at her home by Director of Songji Town Police Station Wang Wanzhong and other policemen. At noon on March 29, 2000, two policemen deceived her into going to the police station and then arrested her. They asked her husband for 5,000 yuan, but her husband had been sick for many years and her family did not have any money. When he brought the 700 yuan that he was able to borrow to the police station, he was pushed downstairs and threatened by police officer Lei Chong, "If you don't get all the money quickly, she will be sent to a forced labor camp." The next day, her husband gathered 1,000 yuan. After begging the police many times, Ms. Liu Jinfang was released.

On January 30, 2001, Wang Wanzhong tried to deceive Ms. Liu Jinfang into going to the police station, but Ms. Liu was able to escape. She had no choice but to leave her three-year-old daughter and go into hiding. Many policemen, including Ren Wei, Zhao Min and Chen Jiachang from the Huaiyang County Police Department and Wang Wanzhong, frequently went to her home to threaten her family. They also searched all her relatives' homes. Her sister was arrested and imprisoned for nine days. She was then released after having over 1,000 yuan extorted from her.

Ms. Liu Jinfang exposed the evil and validated Dafa in Xiangcheng City, Henan Province, when she was hiding. She was arrested by the police on October 15, 2001. On April 17, 2003, she was sentenced to 15 years in prison and deprived of her political rights for five years. After being arrested, she went through many tortures: Having her feet burned by a cigarette, having bamboo sticks pressed under the tips of her fingernails, being hung up with her hands cuffed behind her back, being fed unknown medicine, being carried in the air and then slammed to the ground, and being beaten with a bamboo board or leather belt. Around November 7, 2003, the Xiangcheng City Detention Center tortured all Dafa practitioners again. The guards wrapped heavy guage wire alongside the belt and whipped every practitioner 100 times. Practitioners' hair, pieces of their clothes, and blood were flying in the air, and several inmates watching the beatings cried.

The police from the National Security Team of the Xiangcheng City Police Department took Ms. Liu Jinfang to their secret room for interrogation. They used the belt wrapped with wire to whip her for a long time. They did not stop even when the belt broke. Ms. Liu asked to go to the bathroom, but they did not let her go so she had to soil herself. However, she did not bow to the severe beating. The police then pressed toothpicks into the tip of all her fingernails. She lost consciousness due to the severe pain several times. The police poured cold water on her to wake her up so that they could continue the torture.

Mr. Lei Zhongchang is a practitioner from Xinzhan Township, Huaiyang County. He was put in a forced labor camp for two years for going to Beijing to validate Dafa in October 1999.

At 4 a.m. on April 10, 2005, six or seven policemen from Xinzhan Township Police Station broke into Mr. Lei's home. They ransacked the home and took away a copy of the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party and CDs of Dafa music Pu-du and Ji-shi. They carried him into the police car by force. He was then sent to the detention center. There, Mr. Lei clarified the truth to people and refused to comply with the officials' orders, such as wearing an inmate's uniform or performing hard labor. He held a hunger strike for 27 days. He kept doing the exercises and sending forth righteous thoughts. On the eighth or ninth day of his hunger strike, Doctor Zhang Duoshu and others started force-feeding him. They used a metal rod to pry his mouth open, breaking several teeth and causing blood to pour out of his mouth. Once when Mr. Lei was sending forth righteous thoughts, Zheng Xianjun pulled his legs apart and slapped his face several times.

On June 10, 2005, Mr. Lei was sent to Xuchang City Forced Labor Camp.

The complete story of the torture of Ms. Wang Guijin was reported on July 29, 2005:

http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2005/7/29/63367.html

Ms. Wang Guijin, in her 30s, and her husband, Mr. Song Zhenling, both from Lutai Township, practice Falun Dafa and have benefited a great deal from Dafa.

On October 3, 2000, 18 practitioners, including Mrs. Wang and Mr. Song Zhenling, went to Beijing to appeal for Dafa. They were intercepted by staff from the Huaiyang County 610 Office and policemen from Lutai Township Police Station. The next day, eight practitioners, including Mrs. Wang and Mr. Song , went through another way to get to Tiananmen Square. There they were arrested and taken to the Qianmen Police Station. Deputy Political Commissar of Huaiyang County Police Department Ren Wei and Director of Lutai Township Police Station used ropes to tied them up and take them to the Huaiyang County Beijing Office, where they were interrogated, beaten and tortured. Deputy Head of the Huaiyang County National Security Team Wu Shengli and Director of the Lutai Township Police Station forced Ms. Wang to kneel on the floor for a long time when they were interrogating her. They beat and kicked her, slapped her face, and pulled her hair. Some of her hair was pulled out and her face swelled. When Ren Wei interrogated Mr. Song and Mrs. Wang, he tied them tightly, then cuffed their arms behind their backs and kept beating them. During the second interrogation, Ren Wei took off his shoes to slap Mr. Song's face. Ren Wei also pocketed their money and did not feed them. When they were taken back to Huaiyang County on October 7, Ren Wei and other policemen Chen Jiachang, Geng Shouling and Zhao Min used torture instruments to try to force them to "confess." Mr. Song's back was bleeding after being tied up so tightly. Ren Wei took his leather shoes off to slap Mr. Song's face again. He kept slapping him until he was tired. Geng Shouling also beat Mrs. Wang brutally when interrogating her.

Mrs. Wang was then taken to the Huaiyang County Detention Center. They put shackles on her. Later she and Mr. Song were "transformed" by force at the Huaiyang County Brainwashing Center and released.

In April 2001, the police tried to arrest Mrs. Wang. She had to leave home and go into hiding. Policemen from the Lutai Township Police Station frequently visited her home to harass her mother-in-law. They would break into the house at night and use flashlights to look everywhere, leaving Mrs. Wang's mother-in-law shaking with fear.

On November 12, 2001, Mrs. Wang Guijin and her husband were arrested when they were producing truth-clarification materials in their rented apartment. They were beaten so brutally by the police that it took a week for Mrs. Wang's swollen face to recover. They were then put into a detention center, where they were tortured during interrogation. Both of them held hunger strikes to protest. Two weeks after their hunger strike, Zheng Xianjun and Li Zhaosheng told Doctor Zhang Duoshu to force-feed Ms. Wang. Zhang Duoshu inserted a bamboo tube into her throat to force-feed her. Zheng Xianjun used a sharp tool to pry Mr. Song's mouth open. His mouth was bleeding heavily. Zheng Xianjun also used a thin bamboo stick to hit his fingers and toes, which was extremely painful. Mrs. Wang and Mr. Song were released after they went on a hunger strike for 29 days and were in critical condition. Policemen Ren Wei and Geng Shouling extorted 4,000 yuan from their famil.

In February 2004, Mrs. Wang Guijin, Mr. Song Zhenling and their son were arrested in Dancheng City. Policemen Zhao Jishan, Wang Quandong and Xu Jun from Huaiyang Police Department beat them and tore Mrs. Wang's mouth when taking them back to Huaiyang.

Mrs. Wang and Mr. Song held a hunger strike at the Huaiyang County Detention Center. Zheng Xianjun ordered force-feeding again. Doctor Zhang Duoshu found Mrs. Wang was pregnant. The Huaiyang County 610 Office then let her go home subject to residential surveillance.

On April 11, 2004, police from Lutai Township Police Station went to her mother's home to arrest Mrs. Wang Guijin. They went there several times but did not find her. Her third brother called her to warn her to "be careful." The police monitored the phone call and arrested him. They extorted 6,000 yuan from him for bail. Her father was sentenced one year in prison for the "crime of concealing criminals." She was arrested on May 1, 2004, but since the law prohibits imprisonment of pregnant women, she was again allowed to go home subject to residential surveillance.

On July 19, 2004, Head of the National Security Team Chang Yijun ordered Lutai Township Police Station to take her to the Huaiyang Birth Control Center. They told her to sign an agreement for an abortion. She refused. At 2 p.m. the next day, eight evildoers, including Song Duohai, Li Guang and Liang, held her down and did the abortion by force. The almost-nine-month-old fetus was killed.

A few days later, Li Changfeng put Mrs. Wang Guijin in the detention center. Because her face was yellow and she was very skinny, the guard suspected that she was sick. Police from the National Security Team then took her to the hospital for an exam and found that she had hepatitis B. But they lied to the detention center that her contagious stage had passed already, so that they could keep her in the detention center for torture. She held a hunger strike. Zheng Xianjun and guard Huang Fan cursed her. Zheng Xianjun put four studs into the ground and tied her arms and legs to the studs. Then Doctor Zhang Duoshu inserted a feeding tube into her stomach. Since she was so weak, her skin turned purple and her eyes became motionless. Then the force-feeding was stopped. The guards tied her to a chair for an IV injection, but they could not find a blood vessel as she was too emaciated. The detention center claimed, "As long as she still can breathe, she will not be released." The torture caused her legs to become disabled and she could not care for herself. But guard Wang Xinqi told other inmates, "She is anti-revolutionary scum. No one should be sympathetic to her."

Later, Mrs. Wang Guijin was sentenced to five years in prison by the Huaiyang County Court and her husband was sentenced to ten years in prison by the Chuanhui District Court.

Practitioner Mr. Lei Bangxi, 50, lived at the Zhenguantun Administrative Village, Xinzhan Town, Huaiyang County. He had severe congenital hereditary bronchitis. After he practiced Falun Gong in 1996, his bronchitis disappeared without any treatment.

Mr. Lei went to Beijing to validate the Fa at the end of 2000. He was arrested by Beijing police and taken back to the Huaiyang County Detention Center by policemen Ren Wei and Li Changfeng. He was extremely skinny after being tortured at the detention center. After he was released, he was arrested and put in the detention center again. He was imprisoned for more than 300 days during the two imprisonments and was tortured both physically and mentally. He became extremely weak and his bronchitis came back. He died in April 2003.

Practitioner Ms. Guo Xiumei, 45, retired from the Huaiyang County Health Quarantine Station. Around 9 p.m. on September 22, 2002, she was murdered when distributing truth-clarification materials. She was found kneeling down in front of a resident's home with swelling and black extravasated blood on her face, a hollow left eye socket, and big black extravasated blood marks on her neck and chest. She was still breathing weakly when the police came, but they only videotaped her and left, without sending her for emergency treatment or conducting an investigation. Later the police department said that she died of a "heart attack and intracerebral hemorrhage."

Some people involved in persecuting Falun Gong in Huaiyang County:

The Huaiyang County Party Committee
Party Secretary Jia Shujun: 86-137038772368(Cell)
County Executive Ren Lianjun: 86-13526279966(Cell)
Party Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee Yang Yunhe: 86-13703873990(Cell)
Director of the 610 Office Liu Xijie: 86-13838623230(Cell)
Deputy Director of the 610 Office Zhu Xiyan: 86-394-2664769, 86-13137661996(Cell)
Director of the Society Stability Office Fu Junhong: 86-394-2690129, 86-13939465849(Cell)
Party Secretary of the Weilou Village, Lutai Township Wei Xuezhen: 86-394-2951965

Police Department and National Security Team
Deputy Director of the Police Department Zheng Yanfang: 86-13839463086(Cell)
Head of the National Security Team Chang Yijun: 86-13839400005(Cell)
Deputy Head of the National Security Team Li Changfeng: 86-8766785
Political Instructor of the National Security Team Zhang Rugang: 86-13839409005(Cell)
Policemen of the National Security Team
Sun Wei 86-13323877085(Cell)
Li Yan: 86-13838606777(Cell)
Wang Xingqi: 86-13838680726(Cell)
Policeman of the Xinzhan Township Police Station Zhang: 86-13938049256(Cell)

Detention Center
Director Zheng Xianjun: 86-13839463085(Cell)
Doctor Zhang Duoshu: 86-13939475596(Cell)
Guard Wang Peidong: 86-13938052733(Cell)

(Clearwisdom.net) Many Falun Dafa practitioners are brutally persecuted at Siping and Gongzhuling Prisons in Jilin Province. I am exposing only a small part of the atrocities that I have personally witnessed there.

Practitioner Mr. Li Wenbo was sent to a solitary confinement cell at Siping Prison in 2005 because he refused to respond to roll call to protest his illegal incarceration. Practitioner Fu Hongwei went on a hunger strike for the same reason and was force-fed and injected with drugs. For 27 days he was taken back and forth between solitary confinement and the hospital. Former Ward 12 head Zhao Jianfeng, political head Sun Wenlin, officials Qi, and Yin Xiaodong from the "Take the Fort" office tied Mr. Fu to a metal chair and shocked him with electric batons for an entire morning. They didn't stop until he vomited blood, became incontinent, and lost consciousness. Fu Hongwei's hands, feet, chest, back, head, face, and neck were scorched, blistered, and ulcerated. He once confronted the prison authorities. It was in regard to one practitioner who died around August 15, 2005, from brutal force-feeding after being transferred from Tiebei to Siping Prison. The guard asked, "How did you know?" and denied the whole thing. The prison authorities transferred Fu Hongwei to Gongzhuling Prison on November 4, 2005, because of his knowledge of the torture death.

Practitioner Mr. Zhang Weixi from Dongliao County, Liaoyuan City, was detained in Ward 1 of Jilin Prison, also called the Jilin No. 2 Prison, on October 23, 2002. Guard Yang assigned five inmates to monitor him. The inmates lifted him and threw him to the ground the next day because he refused to "reform." Inmate Wang He weighed more than 200 lbs. He jumped up and stomped on Mr. Zhang. Mr. Zhang was laying flat on the ground. Wang He also scratched Zhang Weixi's ribcage. Inmate Zhang Yongping hit Mr. Zhang with a wooden board until it broke. Zhang Weixi shouted, "They are hitting me!" Some guards and inmates gathered and watched the beating when they heard him.

Zhang Weixi wrote a letter to the head of prison in which he reported the incident and asked division head Kong to deliver it for him. Kong lied and said, "We already took care of the inmates who beat you." Mr. Zhang was found to be carrying Dafa articles on March 26, 2004, when he passed the security checkpoint in Ward 3. Consequently, Ward 3 head Wang Jiankong and officials from the Brainwashing Section took him to an abandoned solitary confinement cell, which they call the "Correction Center." They handcuffed him to a bed in the spread eagle position 24 hours a day. Wang had to, eat, drink, and relieve himself in bed. Inmates Niu Qingchun and Wang Junda were assigned to monitor him. Several days later his ankles had swollen and blistered. He was transferred to a new solitary confinement cell after 23 days. He was taken back to the regular cell before May 1, but his physical injuries had not completely healed a year later. He was transferred to Tiebei Prison on March 31, 2005, and to Ward 9 at Gongzhuling Prison on March 30, 2006. He is now being held in Ward 4.

Practitioner Mr. Yang Huiyong was held in Jilin Prison beginning October 16, 2002. Head inmates Nan Hanhui and Lin Qigang beat him ruthlessly many times. Mr. Yang wrote a solemn announcement in March 2003 and gave it to Wang Yuanchun, a former guard at Ward 9, who was later transferred to the Brainwashing Section. Practitioner Yang asked Wang Yuanchun to deliver it to the prison authorities. Wang Yuanchun ordered the inmates to keep Mr. Yang away from others and said to him, "From now on, I don't care whether you are dead or alive!" Mr. Yang was transferred the 5th Ward in Tiebei Prison on March 31, 2005, where political head Jiang Yongcun talked to him and told him to "reform." Political head Du Pengyu took away ten Dafa books from Yang Huiyong's dormitory room when he was in the cell. Du Pengyu gave all ten books to Jiang Yongcun. Mr. Yang asked for the books back many times but the officials refused to return them. He was told the books had been turned over to the "Take the Fort" office. The guards called Yang Huiyong to the office on March 30, 2006, where Jiang Yongcun and five inmates hand cuffed him behind his back and told him they were going to transfer him to another prison. Mr. Yang said, "Let me pack my belongings." Jiang Yongcun refused to let him and told the inmates to pack Yang Huiyong's things. They took all of his Dafa materials and an MP3 player.

During evening roll call on April 4, 2006, former political head of the Surveillance Division He Lingguo and current political head at the cafeteria in Gongzhuling Prison asked Mr. Fu Hongwei, "Why don't you call out your number?" Mr. Fu said, "I am a Dafa practitioner, not a prisoner." He Lingguo swore at him and locked him in solitary confinement in the basement for 17 days. He Lingguo and his subordinates, including group head Xu Hai in charge of the solitary confinement and other guards and inmates Qiu Liuzi and Wei, fastened Mr. Fu to a cold, bare bed in a spread eagle position and handcuffed and shackled him. There was no heat in the room, and they only gave him a thin blanket at night and removed it in the daytime. This form of torture had never been used before and was especially invented to deal with Dafa practitioners. They shocked Fu Hongwei with electric batons three times. Each time they inserted the batons into his mouth and anus. He held a hunger strike in the solitary confinement cell and was taken to the prison hospital for force-feeding. He asked to use the restroom but the guard ignored him. He had to relieve himself in his pants as he was immobilized in the bed. Fu Hongwei is currently being held in Ward 4.

Twelve practitioners were transferred from Tiebei Prison to the Prison Politics Section in Gongzhuling Prison at 2:00 p.m. on March 30, 2006. Political head Liu Haiyong and propaganda official He Lingguo ordered the inmates to search the practitioners and their belongings. They even forced the practitioners to remove their underwear. They took the covers off their quilts and permitted only one quilt per practitioner and one piece of bedding. They took away everything else. Liu Haiyong told the inmates to take away and burn everything that they could not identify. Practitioner Yang Huiyong's three Dafa books and sweaters, including a wool sweater, ten sets of envelopes and stamps, and calligraphy materials, were confiscated. Mr. Yang asked his mother to get his things back when she visited him at the prison. The prison officials said, "We don't know anything about it."

A guard at the Surveillance Division told four inmates to take Mr. Yang to a solitary confinement cell at 4:00 a.m. on April 5, 2006. Four inmates who work in shifts of two at Gongzhuling Prison watch each practitioner. The practitioners are forbidden contact with anyone. Two inmates followed him to the restroom. Mr. Yang shouted, "Falun Dafa is good" and "It is a crime to persecute Dafa practitioners." The inmates covered his mouth and carried him away. Inmates Wei and Qiu Liuzi handcuffed him to a bare bed in the solitary confinement cell. The guard told four inmates on the third day to take Mr. Yang to a hospital. Yang Huiyong refused to have his blood drawn. Political head Wang Songlin called head Gao. Ten inmates from the prison hospital arrived, pinned Mr. Yang to the ground and drew his blood. He was taken back to the solitary confinement cell. In the afternoon, inmates Wei and Qiu Liuzi handcuffed him behind his back and took him to the office where He Lingguo and two subordinates shocked him with eight electric batons. Yang Huiyong was locked in solitary confinement for six days. His hands and feet were severely injured. He developed blisters all over his body. His handcuffs and shackles were opened once in the morning and once in the afternoon.

Yang Huiyong was also savagely beaten many times by officials from Changchun Security Bureau and those from the Siping Security Bureau in April 2002.

Yang Huiyong was released on February 5, 2007, and he asked official Liu Haiyong for his belongings that were taken away. The officials said they couldn't find them, and no one cared. Mr. Yang wrote a list of items taken away from him and addressed the list to the head of prison. Gao, head of the "Take The Fort" office took the list and promised to deliver the list the resolve the issue. Mr. Yang refused to sign the release warrant on the day of his release, and the prison refused to let him go. The prison eventually released him after his mother signed it on his behalf. The guards walked him to the front gate and turned him over to agents from the Lishu County 610 Office, the police, and the street Party Committee, who then took Mr. Yang to the Chaoyang Police Station in Lishu County and photographed him. They also made him fill out a so-called "major target" form and get fingerprinted and hand-printed before letting him and his mother go home.

Many practitioners in Gongzhuling Prison are locked in solitary confinement where they are stretched on beds. For example,

practitioner Xie Guichen was transferred from Tiebei Prison to Gongzhuling Prison where he was force-fed many times. He is extremely weak, and his life is in danger.

Practitioner Liu Wentao from Shulan was held in Ward 3. He was transferred from Tiebei Prison to Gongzhuling Prison and held in solitary confinement.

Practitioner Shen Lixin was recently transferred to Gongzhuling Prison. He was in the Machine Repair Ward and has been held in solitary confinement twice. He spent the 2007 New Year there. The second detention was very long.

Practitioner Chen Mingxian was also held in solitary confinement.

Practitioner Zhang Hui was held in solitary confinement for more than two months.

(Clearwisdom.net)

Practitioner Mr. Gong Wenyi started a hunger strike on December 13, 2006 to protest the persecution. From then on, for almost two months, he has been locked up in a small cell and brutally force fed at the No. 5 Division of Changlinzi Forced Labor Camp. He is now in a life threatening situation.

Shi Yingbai, Director of Changlinzi Forced Labor Camp: 86-451-82037077, 86-451-82737856

Ms. Peng Qingqing was an employee of the People's Hospital of Wuhan University. She was illegally arrested on January 16, 2007, when she was sending forth righteous thoughts outside of Hewan Forced Labor Camp, which imprisons practitioners. She is currently detained at the Mental Health Center of the People's Hospital of Wuhan University and being treated as a mentally disordered patient. Her hands and legs are always tied and she has been given a great number of injections used to sedate mentally disordered patients. To protest the torture, Peng Qingqing has been on a hunger strike for some days.

The People's Hospital of Wuhan University: 86-27-88041911, 86-27-88043416
Lan Liqun, Director of the General Office of the Party Committee: 86-13554136253

On January 22, 2007, Mr. Tao Fu, a teacher at the Dongxin Township Central Elementary School in Nanchang County, talked to his class about the truth of Falun Gong and distributed New Year's greeting cards to the students. One of the students' parents reported this to the police and Tao Fu was arrested by three policemen from Dongxin Township Police Station on the street. His cellphone was taken away from him by the police. In the afternoon, policemen from the Politics and Security Group of Nanchang County Police Station were in the process of taking Tao Fu home to search his home. On the way there, Tao Fu seized a chance to escape by jumping from the second floor. Now he has bben forced into a homeless situation to avoid arrest.

4. [Jilin Province] Torture of Practitioners in Jilin Women's Prison

Beginning on January 24, 2007, about 100 practitioners imprisoned at various sections of the Jilin Provincial Women's Prison have been gathered together in a "study" class to be persecuted.

The wardens questioned all the practitioners and forced them to write the so-called "four statements" to renounce Falun Gong and write reports on their thinking. Whoever refused to do what the wardens demanded have been battered or tortured with the Big Hang Up (a torture method). Practitioner Mr. Zhao Jian was tortured with the Big Hang Up until he bit his tongue and made it bleed because of the pain, but the wardens did not let him go regardless.

5. [Xishui, Hubeing Province] Mr. Li Zhengwen and Other Practitioners Detained at the No. 1 Detention Center of Xishui

Currently, practitioners Mr. Li Zhengwen, Ms. Yang Yunhua, Ms. Zhou Qi and others are illegally detained in the Xishui area.

Because he was found reading electronic Dafa books, Mr. Sun Jian has been locked in a small cell at Group 1 of Nanshan Prison in Jinzhou City and has been tortured with a method called "Holding a Big Container" for more than 20 days. ["Holding a Big Container" is a method of torture. The guards put a big container that usually contains rice on a sheet of metal. The container is small at the top and big at the bottom. The guards shackle a practitioner's feet, place him on top of the container, slide him down around the container and insert his hands into the container's two ring handles. The practitioner has to sit on the sheet of metal with his hands and feet "holding" the big container.]

Mr. Liu Jianhua (previously called Li Jianxin) was arrested by police from Beisu Police Station in Wuji County on January 16, 2007. He was transferred to Wuji County Detention Center on January 29. On February 5, he was transferred to the State Security Group of the Xinhua District of Shijianzhuang City and has been detained at the No. 1 Detention Center of Shijiazhuang City ever since February 9.

8. [Linyi, Shandong Province] Mr. Zhao Lanyi Battered in Mazhan Town, Yishui County

Mr. Zhao Lanyi, a practitioner from Zhuangke Village, Yangzhuang Town, Yishui County, Linyi City, went to Zhi Village, Mazhan Town, to distribute truth clarification materials on February 4, 2007. Liu Jiman and others arrested him and battered him. He was stripped and sent to Yishui Detention Center. However, he refused to cooperate with them or to give his name to the detention center, and managed to escape on February 6.

Persecutors:

Liu Jiman, the Party Secretary of Zhi Village, Mazhan Town: 86-539-2672668
Shi Junqiang, Village director of Zhi Village, Mazhan Town: 86-539-2672553
Liu Jiyou, Zhi Village, Mazhan Town: 86-539-2672617
Liu Qingjin, Zhi Village, Mazhan Town: 86-539-2672610
Shi Juncai, Zhi Village, Mazhan Town: 86-539-2672611
Zhang Tingtai, Zhujiang Village, Zhangjia Town: 86-539-2678166

Practitioner Ms. Jiang Bo was arrested at home in Shenzhen City by the local police on the evening of April 5, 2006. She was sentenced to three years of imprisonment and transferred to the Guangdong Provincial Women's Prison located in Zhuliao Town, the Baiyun District, Guangzhou City, on February 9. Practitioners Ms. Yang Xiaolan and Ms. Yuan Xiaoling and other Shenzhen practitioners are also detained at the prison.

On February 8, 2007, Ms. Zhao Changju, a practitioner from Gulang County, was arrested and her home was searched. The family material site was destroyed. Ms. Zhao is currently detained in Gulang County.

Around 9 o'clock on February 17, 2007, practitioner Mr. Wang Xuefei, in his 30s, was arrested from his home at Building 8, Zuanjing, by policemen from Xinglongtai District Police Station of Panjin City. He was handcuffed and his home was searched.

Ms. Dong Yuying, a practitioner from Ziyang, was arrested by the police on the train from Chengdu to Shanghai. She has now been transferred by the Ziyang police back to Ziyang.

The afternoon of February 8, 2007, was the family visitation day for Group Eight of Beijing Women's Forced Labor Camp. Family members of Ms. Li Dafan registered in the second group as usual to wait for the meeting. However, they were told they were to have the meeting in the third group (very few people were in the third group) because of the "special situation" of Li Dafan.

The family meeting was arranged to be beside the stairs in the hallway, separated from other people. Group head Jia was watching the meeting from the beginning to the end with two other group heads.

The contact information on the Meeting Notice: 86-10-60278899, ext. 5819

On February 9, 2007, practitioners Mr. Han Jiping, Mr. Zhang Kegui, Ms. Li Yuhua, and Ms. Song Peiqin were reported to the police when they were clarifying the truth of Falun Gong in Xiaoyang Town, Meihekou City, Jilin Province. They were arrested, but where they are being detained is unknown.

In the evening of February 16, 2007, Ms. You Hong was arrested from her home located in Wushan, the Tianhe District, Guangzhou City. Ms. You, her husband, Mr. Sun Chang, and their 10-year-old son are all Dafa practitioners. She was arrested and sent to Huadu No. 1 Forced Labor Camp and then to Xiaodao Women's Labor Camp of Guangzhou in 2001. Practitioners Mr. Lu Pingyi and his wife from Zhuhai City were sentenced and imprisoned in 2006, and their daughter has been living with Ms. You's family ever since. The current living situation of the two children is worrisome.

After You Hong was arrested by the police from Xinghua Police Station, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, "SOS" showed up on a cellphone of one of her family members. Her parents flew from their hometown pf Guiyang to Guangzhou to rescue their daughter.

Around 7:30 in the evening of February 9, 2007, practitioner Mr. Zhang Jian was battered when he was meditating by An Baosheng and three other people. Due to the unbearable pain from being hurt, Zhang Jian bumped his head into the glass on the door of the cell, which caused three or four bleeding cuts on his head. He could not move for two hours. The wardens at Section Nine threw Zhang Jian into a small, isolated cell. However, the batterers were left in peace.

Around 11:30 to 1 o'clock in the evening of February 9, 2007, Beijing practitioner Ms. Zheng Ziling was visited by policemen from Fengtai Police Station of Beijing. They broke into her home and arrested her.

Around noon of February 10, 2007, Beijing practitioners Ms. Guo Jianghong, Ms. Dai Xiuru, Meng (from Daxing, Beijing, full name is unknown), Ms. Liu Lian (from the Olympics Village, Chaoyang District, Beijing), and Han (from Fengtai, Beijing, full name is unknown) were arrested from home. They are currently detained at the Legal Training Center of Beijing or Lugouqiao, Fengtai, Beijing.

Practitioners Mr. Gan Xinjun, Mr. Meng Qingqiang, Mr. Wang Guangping, Ms, Liu Xia, Ms. He Pingxiu, Ms. Gao Xiayun, Mr. Yuan Min and another five or six people from Jiawang District of Xuzhou City were abducted by police before the Chinese New year and are currently detained at the Jiawang District.

22. [Susong County, Anhui Province] Practitioners Ms. Zhang Chenghua, Ms. Luo Liqin, and Ms. Zheng Zaiqin Arrested by the Police before the Chinese New Year and Still Not Released

Mr. Li Jili was arrested by the police from Zongguan Police Station, Qiaokou, and sentenced to one year in a forced labor camp. He is currently detained at Group Six, Hewan Forced Labor Camp.

Practitioner Mr. Peng Yongtao has been forced to migrate and work in a city other than his hometown due to the persecution. On February 14, 2007, the police broke into Mr. Peng's home that he was renting in Zhuhai City and arrested him. They also took away his money, including 10,000 yuan for his business and a check for 10,000 yuan. At that time, he was preparing to go home to celebrate the Chinese New Year with his family, but he was arrested and robbed by the police.

Practitioner Ms. Chen Liyan has been imprisoned in Dabei Prison for over two years. She was forced to "transform" and give up her beliefs. Although her health was very poor due to the persecution, she was forced to take up heavy slave labor. Her family members have tried to set up visitations with her and have been rejected every time.

Mr. Chen Yulong, ethnic Chinese, 51, high school education level, lived on Xiyuan Street, Zhumadian City, and used to be an employee of a company in Zhengzhou City. Around 10 o'clock in the evening on September 29, 2004, he went with a friend, Yao Guoping, who was from out of town, to Liu Sunfang's home to look for accommodations in Xushui Town, a suburb of Zhengzhou. He was arrested right after he stepped in the courtyard of Liu Sufang's home by the State Security Group of Zhongyuan District. Chen Yunlong was detained at the police station overnight and sent to the No. 2 Detention Center afterwards. In March 2005, he was sentenced to six years of imprisonment, charged with "interfering with legal implementation." He is currently detained at Division 5 of Zhengzhou Prison in Xinmi City.

Practitioners Ms. Zheng Linfen and Ms. Xin Limei, who had been arrested by police from Anqiu Police Station, were recently released. However, Zhen Linfen's family (which is still poisoned by the Chinese Communist Party's lies and does not believe in the truth) had 10,000 yuan extorted from them, and Zhen Linfen's Dafa books, tape recorder, and exercise tapes were also taken away by the police. The complete financial losses to Xin Limei and her family are unknown.

February 12, 2007

(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:

• Dafa Practitioners' Solemn Statements [10/16/2006]
• Solemn Declarations by Young Dafa Practitioners [8/26/2006]
• Solemn Declarations By People Who Have Awakened to the Truth about Falun Gong [10/16/2006]

Please click here for more Solemn Declarations

(Clearwisdom.net) On February 13, 2007, Jean-Louis COUGNON, Head of Division, European Parliament, wrote a letter to Falun Gong practitioner Bu Dongwei's wife, Mrs. Lou Hongwei, informing her that the European Parliament will continue its efforts to rescue Bu Dongwei. The letter motioned that on September 7, 2006, the European Parliament unanimously passed a resolution for a report on EU-China relations, calling on the Chinese regime to release Falun Gong practitioner Bu Dongwei. The letter says at the end: "You may rest assured that the pressure is being on the Chinese authorities to give a lasting and satisfactory solution to this matter." Below is the text of the letter.

13.02.2007

Mrs. Lou Hongwei
1900 Fullerton Rd. Apt. n. 11
Rowland Heights, CA 91748
USA

Dear Mrs. Hongwei,

As you know, on September 7, 2006, the European Parliament unanimously passed a resolution for a report on EU-China relations, calling on the Chinese regime to release Falun Gong practitioner Bu Dongwei, lawyer Gao Zhisheng, and other human rights defenders.

The resolution was initiated by Charles Tannock, spokesperson for Foreign Affairs in the European Parliament; Edward McMillan-Scott, Vice President of the European Parliament; and Simon Coveney, member of Foreign Affairs Committee in the European Parliament.

The resolution stated, "The European Parliament calls upon the Chinese authorities to reveal the whereabouts of human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, one of China's most outspoken lawyers and dissidents, who is being held on suspicion of criminal activity, and to release him unless he is to be charged with a recognized criminal offense. The Parliament likewise calls for the release of Chen Guangcheng, a peasants' rights advocate who has helped citizens in their attempts to sue their local authorities for carrying out forced abortions and sterilizations and who was sentenced to more than four years in prison, and of Bu Dongwei, who has been assigned to two and a half years of "Re-education through labor" (RTL) and who is detained at an undisclosed location. The Parliament therefore urges the authorities to ensure that all human rights defenders can carry out peaceful and legitimate activities without fear of arbitrary arrest, torture or ill-treatment and that they be given access to proper legal representation in the event of arrest."

Finally, after months of pressure, we were informed of the location of your husband's detention and that he is alive.

The above resolution also stated, "...strongly condemns the detention and torture of Falun Gong practitioners in prisons, 'Re-education through labor' camps, psychiatric hospitals, and 'legal education school;' is concerned about reports that organs of detained Falun Gong practitioners have been removed and sold to hospitals; urges the Chinese Government to end the detention and torture of Falun Gong practitioners and to release them immediately..."

The resolution was a supplement to China's Human Rights report written by Hans Belder, a Dutch member of the European Parliament. The report criticizes China's human rights record and condemns China's interference in religious affairs even though China's constitution stipulates freedom of belief. The report also expresses grim concern regarding torture and labor camps in China. The European Parliament asked China to stop issuing death sentences and not to intimidate, persecute or imprison freedom activists.

Mr. McMillan-Scott publicly declared his membership in the Coalition to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong (CIPFG) during a rally in Hong Kong supporting the 13 million Chinese people that have quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliated organizations. The rally was held on the morning of August the 26, 2006. The rally was organized by the The Epoch Times newspaper and the Service Center for Quitting the CCP office in Hong Kong. Mr. McMillan-Scott also published a joint statement with members of the legislative council in Hong Kong, including Hon Chun-yan, calling attention to lawyer Gao Zhisheng, and to urge the Chinese authorities to immediately release Mr. Gao.

In his open letter to Mr. Gao, Mr. McMillan-Scott stated "The Chinese Government is, as always, inhuman, stubbornly biased, and doing everything at will."

Since last year, we have had limited developments. You may rest assured that the pressure is being kept on the Chinese authorities to give a lasting and satisfactory solution to this matter.

Sincerely yours,

Jean-Louis COUGNON
Head of Division

(Clearwisdom.net) The following letter was written by Canadian human rights lawyer David Matas and Former Canadian Secretary of State (Asia - Pacific) and Member of Parliament David Kilgour, authors of an independent investigation into allegations of organ harvesting of Falun gong practitioners in China.

The Honourable Mr. Jaques Rogge
President
The International Olympic Committee
Lausanne, Switzerland

Re: Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

We hereby request that you raise the issue of human dignity and human rights in China with your colleagues in Beijing to stop the persecution of those whose fundamental rights are being denied. We have great hopes that the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games will be conducted in true Olympic spirit. We base this statement on the following:

The Olympic Charter states in part:

"The goal of the Olympics is to place sports everywhere at the service of a harmonious development of man, with a view to encouraging the establishment of a peaceful society concerned with preservation of human dignity. To this effect, the Olympic Movement engages, alone or in cooperation with other organizations and within the limits of its means, in actions to promote peace" (Olympic Charter, article 3);

What dignities has the Chinese Government accorded the people of China with violations against the innocent still continuing after being awarded the Olympics?

In regard to these Charter provisions, the IOC media office has sent letters to those who raise concerns about human rights violations in China which state:

"We have carefully thought about what kind of role the IOC - an organization created to bring the benefits of sport to society - can play in more diverse matters. Our belief is that we must focus our work within the scope of our remit - which is to guide and assist the Games organizers to host successful Olympic Games. Within this framework of bringing sports and Olympic values to China, we are hopeful that benefits to the wider social landscape will follow in post-Games years. "The IOC is committed to bringing the Olympic Movement to China for the first time in history because we believe that examples set by the Olympic ideals have - and will continue to have - many positive benefits for China and the world."

The Charter would suggest a more direct and forthright approach.

Both past and present Olympic athletes, coaches and officials who have been made aware of and shown information regarding human rights transgressions in China are deeply concerned with China's un-kept promises.

Today, stringent human rights violations happening daily in China are being ignored. We, David Matas, Canadian human rights lawyer and David Kilgour, former MP and Secretary of State for Asia and the Pacific in the Canadian Government have released an investigative report, which states, in part:

As Olympians become informed of these inhumanities in China, how will the IOC and world governments respond?

Would the athletes, coaches and officials as a whole want to compete in a country that imposes such cruel persecution upon her people?

We further deplore the incarceration and gag order on China human rights lawyer Mr. Gao Zhisheng who on orders of the Chinese government is forbidden to speak to any media until after the 2008 Olympic Games.

Amnesty International, Human Rights in China and Human Rights Watch have noted increasingly deteriorating human rights conditions in China. We are confident that the IOC would not have awarded the Games to Beijing had they then known of the human rights abuses happening in China.

Please, consider the following:

1) How will the Games benefit China's citizenry if the IOC doesn't speak out against China's human rights violations?

2) Can the IOC assure the rights and safety of Falun Gong practitioners and members of other peaceful groups repressed by China's regime if they wish to attend the Games without fear of being arrested and imprisoned?

3) Will Falun Gong practitioners traveling from abroad be allowed entry into China without reprisal?

We urge you to please take effective action by calling on the Chinese authorities to bring an end to the ongoing persecution against millions of innocent citizens in China, and we hope that the 2008 Games will embody the principles of the Olympic Charter.

The favor of a reply is appreciated.

Sincerely,

David Matas
(Canadian human rights lawyer) David Kilgour
(Former Canadian Secretary of State (Asia - Pacific)
and Member of Parliament 1979 - 2006)

Links to further information:

-Report into Allegations of Organ Harvesting of Falun Gong practitioners in China: http://organharvestinvestigation.net/
-Amnesty International: The Olympics countdown - failing to keep human rights promises: http://www.amnestyusa.org/regions/asia/document.do?id=ENGASA170462006
-Amnesty International: Persecution of renowned Chinese human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng: http://www.amnestyusa.org/regions/asia/document.do?id=ENGASA170462006
-China 2006 Year in Review; Human Rights Watch:
http://chinaview.wordpress.com/tag/all-hot-topic/organ-harvesting

Source: http://clearharmony.net/articles/200703/38470.html

(Clearwisdom.net) On February 22, 2007, Ms. Zhang Cuiying, a renowned artist of traditional Chinese paintings from Sydney, held a press conference in front of the Supreme Court and urged the public to pay attention to the upcoming hearing in the Supreme Court of New South Wales in a lawsuit against the former Chinese dictator, Jiang Zemin, for genocide, torture, and crimes against humanity. She urged the Australia justice system to resist interference from the Chinese Communist regime and to require the court to extend the time for a summons to be served for another six months. In addition, she urged the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to deliver the summons to the defendants in accordance with the commands of the court.

 (The press conference in front of the Sydney Supreme Court)

Representatives of the Falun Dafa Association of New South Wales; the Coalition to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong(CIPFG), Australia Branch; the World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong(WOIPFG); and Dr. Wang Lian, who just fled to Australia from Hong Kong, all made comments to support Ms. Zhang.

Ms. Zhang Cuiying read from an open letter in which she announced that she had filed a lawsuit against the former Chinese dictator, Jiang Zemin, and the 610 Office for genocide and torture on September 15, 2004. However, the summons has not been served to the defendants for over one year due to interference from the Chinese Communist regime.

The plaintiff delivered the summons to the defendants by a substitute method and got a receipt, but the New South Wales Supreme Court judge ruled that Jiang Zemin was covered by "Head of State Immunity." Thus the summons should be served by a diplomatic channel rather than the substitute method. Accordingly, the Supreme Court sent the summons to the Ministry of Law through which the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade was required to deliver the summons to the defendants by a diplomatic channel. However, the Federal government did not cooperate with the court, and instead they deliberately tried to delay the application of the court order, which led to the expiration of the summons. So in February 2006, the plaintiff asked the court to extend the time for the summons to be served for a reasonable period. Only after one year--on February 26, 2007--did the court decide to hold a hearing on the requirement .

Ms. Zhang noted that, based on 21 files obained through the Free Legal Information Act, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has contacted the Chinese regime eight times since 2003. Although most of the contents of the files have been deleted, it is still clear that the Australia government made use of every possible measure in the legal system to make sure that this case would not be a "problem" in its relationship with China, and assured the Chinese government that they would take care of their "concerns". This information confirmed the reliability of the allegation by Mr. Chen Yonglin and The Australian that the Department of Foreign Affair and Trade offered legal advice and help to the Chinese government regarding this lawsuit. She urged the public to resist the interference by the Chinese Communist regime and to uphold the independence of the Australian justice system.

Mr. John Deller, director of the Falun Dafa Association of New South Wales, added that The Australian has reported that Chinese Ambassador Ms. Fu Ying went to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Canberra several times to pressure the Australian Government with economic and diplomatic issues to dismiss the case. Former Chinese diplomat Mr. Chen Yonglin also disclosed that the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade privately provided legal advice and help to the Chinese regime.

Mr. Deller further noted that illegal organ harvesting from Chinese Falun Gong practitioners is an unprecedented massacre of innocent Chinese people by the Communist regime and that Jiang Zemin was the General Secretary of the CCP and Chairman of China in 2004 when the persecution of Falun Gong hit its peak, so Jiang Zemin should be held responsible for the genocide of Falun Gong practitioners.

Mr. Deller also noted that the progress of this lawsuit is a direct test for the Australian government and legal system as to whether or not it will protect the human rights of its citizens in the face of economic pressure. "It is dangerous for everyone and every nation to keep silent about evil," he said

In a phone interview, Ms. Chu Wanchi, the chief of the Human Rights Law Foundation, Asian Branch, said that from 2002 to 2007, Falun Gong practitioners filed criminal or civil lawsuits in over 15 countries against former Chinese dictator Jiang Zemin, which caused a great stir in the world. The criminal accusations include inhuman torture and genocide, which is regarded as the most notorious human rights infringement since World War II. These lawsuits clearly prove the existence of the persecution of Falun Gong in China. They also reveal the brutality and severity of the persecution. So far, over 70 attorneys from more than 30 countries have been involved in the lawsuits against Jiang Zemin. She thought that the most significant aspect of the lawsuits is that they serve as a wake up call and constant reminder to the international community to recognize the human rights infringements behind the economic benefits when trading with the Chinese Communist regime. This infringement not only affects the human rights, lives, liberty, and property of the Chinese people, it also endangers the safety of the international community.

She said, "We hope the international lawsuits will serve as a reminder to the international community that the so-called 'Immunity' or 'Immunity protection' should not be extended to Jiang Zemin or to those who were exploited by Jiang to persecute Falun Gong practitioners regardless of loopholes in the legal system or ignorance of human rights infringement by the international community. The victims should be treated fairly and with appropriate legal assistance." She hopes the Australian legal system, with hundreds of years of tradition, will uphold justice and make an objective and fair judgment in this case.

Mr. John Fuai, the former chairman of the Australian Christian Kyros Organization, said in an address at the press conference that organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners is an appalling evil. He also said he supported and encouraged Falun Gong practitioners to defend their beliefs and bring the persecutors to justice. Senator Chris Bowen also sent his letter of support letter to the press conference.

WOIPFG notes that the lawsuit itself is not only an individual action to pursue justice, but also a start to disclose and sentence the most brutal crimes of human rights infringement in history. WOIPFG expressed its support of Ms. Zhang's legal action and urged everyone, every government, and officials in legal systems everywhere to speak out and uphold justice.

(Clearwisdom.net) Canadian renowned human rights lawyer David Matas was invited by the Ethical Society of Philadelphia and The Ethical Action Committee to make a featured speech at a forum held at 2:00 p.m. on March 11, 2007 at the auditorium of the society. The theme of the forum was "Organ Harvesting & Human Rights Violations in China." The forum was hosted by leader of the ethical society Richard Kiniry. Other speakers also included Mr. Zhang Erping, Executive Director of the Association for Asian Research in New York City, representative of the Doctors Against Organ Harvesting (DAOH) Dr. Torsten Trey, Dr. John Haas, President of the National Catholic Bioethics Center.

David Matas makes a speech at Ethical Society of Philadelphia

Richard Kiniry, leader of the Ethical Society of Philadelphia makes an opening speech

Speakers of the forum (from left): Zhang Erping, Dr. Torsten Trey, M.D., Stephen Napier, Ph.D and David Matas Esq.

Matas first addressed the audience the background of his participation in this matter. Since the Epoch Times revealed the atrocities, and after listening to the testimony of a military doctor's ex-wife and suspected arguments on this matter, Matas and David Kilgour decided to take over the investigation. At the beginning of their investigation, they actually wanted to verify that the alleged crimes against Falun Gong practitioners are untrue.

Matas stressed that the basic approach for such kind of investigation usually requires two independent witnesses to make the same judgment over the same thing. But it was impossible to do so with live organ harvesting, because the victims have their organs removed and are thereby murdered, their bodies are cremated, and they are therefore unable to testify. Doctors involved are obviously not willing to testify. Therefore, they adopted over a dozen approaches of "proof" and "disproof," to investigate this matter. Just as pointed out in the investigative report by Matas and Kilgour, all "proof" approaches revealed more profound and more direct evidence that support the allegations, and all "disproof" approaches could not provide convincing rebuttal evidence. Moreover, they made a comprehensive analysis of evidence, such as health care costs, the CCP's policy of persecuting Falun Gong, military involvement, the history of executed prisoners having their organs harvested, how 2,000 executed prisoners sentenced to death each year provides 10,000 organ transplants, why patients wait for organs in other countries, but in China organs wait for patients, forced blood tests for arrested Falun Gong practitioners, and recorded telephone conversations with hospitals in China, and so on, Matas and Kilgour concluded that the allegations of live organ harvesting are true.

Executive Director of the Association of Asian Research in New York City gave a brief account of basic information about Falun Gong and the CCP's nearly eight-year continued persecution. Dr. Torsten Trey, representative of Doctors Against Organ Harvesting presented a series of investigations conducted by the organization. He pointed out that the number of organ transplant operations made in one hospital of a city in China is more than the number of transplants in the whole of Germany. A Chinese rebutted Dr. Torsten Trey's argument by saying that many Chinese people suffer hepatitis, it is normal that there are many organ transplants. While Dr. Torsten Trey pointed out that this argument shows that because there are many hepatitis patients in China, the qualified livers should be insufficient. It is not normal to do so many transplants. Dr. John Haas from the National Catholic Bioethics Center introduced some basic principles, assumptions and strict standard for implementation on organ transplants in the United States, so as to guarantee against abuse.

The audience was deeply moved by the speeches. At the forum's end, Mr. Kiniry, leader of the Ethical Society asked all the speakers to offer recommendations "of what we, as Americans can do."

Matas suggested people appeal to congressmen, government officials and staff in medical field to widely spread the fact about "a new form of evil on the planet."

A Philadelphia journalist's mother went to China two years ago for a liver transplant, and died one year after. The journalist said that he had gone to China first for his mother's liver transplant. He also said that his 59 year-old mother might not have died so quickly if she had not had a transplant. Moreover, if they had learned that the organ harvesting atrocities were going on, they might not have gone at all.

Ms. Fang, a Chinese doctor in Philadelphia introduced to the audience that she still remembered when she received medical training in China, and when they received fresh corpses for anatomy labs, there was not the slightest respect for the body. She had made some changes and had humanitarian awareness since she came to the US to continue her study. She believes in China there is no change in the situation, and that live organ harvesting could indeed occur in China's medical field.

After the forum, many in the audience continued inquiring and discussing while surrounding Matas and other speakers. They expressed their outrage, sympathy and shock. They did not leave until Matas had to leave for the airport to return to Canada.

Joseph Lung, whose parents are from Guangdong Province in China, said that he learned from the forum that there have occurred many things that should not have happened. The Chinese government (CCP) has been too cruel. He said he cried when reading these reports. It is inconceivable that thousands of people have had their organs harvested when they were still alive. Hitler slaughtered Jews in Germany during the Second World War and China [the CCP] is killing its people right now. It is very wrong!

Dr. Wang Congshu, visiting scholar of Bioethics at the Medical Institute of the University of Pennsylvania, said that he was glad to have the opportunity to attend the forum, believing that the subject was well addressed. He had heard about organ transplants, but had never expected that the situation was so serious, and it has gone so far as to harvest organs from live Falun Gong practitioners.

Freelancer Aisha Mhmed for the University City Review in Philadelphia said that he was pondering what Americans can do to help, and how to have more people learn about the atrocities. It is very clear that this is happening, it is human rights violation. Though it was not the first time that he heard about it, the media seemed to have been drawn by other human rights issues, such as Iraq, Sudan, and so on. Live organ harvesting has not become the topic arousing wide concern.

The Ethical Society of Philadelphia is a member organization of the American Ethical Union, a religious organization. Its members are a group of humanists or humanitarians.

(Clearwisdom.net) On February 27th and 28th, 2007, invited by the Human Rights Committee of the Irish Parliament, David Matas visited Ireland. Mr. Matas is an international human rights lawyer in Canada, one of the authors of "Bloody Harvest - a Report into Allegations of Organ Harvesting from Falun Gong Practitioners in China." Mr. Matas held news briefings, met officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, held a hearing at the Human Rights Committee of the Irish Parliament and made a public speech at well known Trinity College. New evidence of organ harvesting atrocities disclosed in the report aroused great attention from all circles in Ireland.

On the afternoon of February 27th, Mr. David Matas held a news briefing at Trinity College, introduced the latest report and answered questions by reporters. Senator David Norris made a speech. Zhao Ming and Dai Dongxue, Falun Gong practitioners told about how they themselves and their family members were persecuted by the CCP because of their practicing Falun Gong.

The scene of a news briefing: David Matas second on the right, Dai Dongxue first on left, Gerald O'Connor second on the left, Zhao Ming first on the right

At the news briefing, Mr. Matas said that his visit was a followup to a visit by David Kilgour, co-author of the report, who visited Ireland last November. He said that after publishing the report on July 6th 2006, the two investigators visited over thirty countries in the following six months and interviewed those who had their organs transplanted in many countries. They have now obtained new evidence and counter evidence. Mr. Matas said, "This new evidence has reinforced their conclusion: The crime of removing organs from live Falun Gong practitioners for sale does exist in China. The military in China have extensively participated in it and tried to gain sudden huge profits from it. The report calls on all governments to discourage their people from going to China and having their organs transplanted, forbid rejection medicine for transplant from going to China and suggests that international communities should press the CCP to stop its atrocity by making use of the Olympic Games."

He continued, "The new report has added much more recording of the evidence of investigators telephoning hospitals in China and publicized statistics. M, the investigator phoned doctors specialized in organ transplant in over eighty hospitals in all over China. Doctors in ten hospitals admitted using organs from live Falun Gong practitioners; five hospitals claimed they could obtain organs of Falun Gong practitioners; fourteen hospitals admitted the organ providers were prisoners and ten hospitals said that the organ resources were state secrets which could not be revealed on the phone."

He gave an example: "The investigator phoned hospitals in China asking if they had organs, prices, how long it would take to get a one and organ resources. The reply he got was, "Yes, it takes two weeks for you to obtain the right organ. The organ is from a person who practices Falun Gong and he is healthy.'"

Mr. Matas added, "They interviewed Falun Gong practitioners in many countries in the world who used to be locked up in China. The conclusion was that all of them had ever been physically checked, their blood taken and organs checked systematically. Yet some other prisoners do not have such physical checks. Several Falun Gong practitioners were set free when they were told that their organs were not healthy.

"A new finding in the latest report is that the army in China has been involved in removing organs from live people. Many surgical operations are done by military surgeons."

Mr. Matas went on, "Although Ireland is a small country, together with the European Union, she can forbid her people from going to China and receiving organs transplant. We can not just come to conclusions and look on, we must restrain the atrocity."

Senator David Norris also participated in the news briefing. He said, "It is too cruel, too inhuman that a group of people believing in "Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance" whose organ are being removed when they are still alive, which can never be tolerated in this world. We must immediately stop the atrocity. He added, Jan Otto, MP, his colleague, gave his regards to Mr. Matas and Mr. Kilgour, and wished the visit of Mr. Matas a success!"

David Norris second on the left making a speech at the news briefing

On the afternoon of 27th February, Mr. Matas met officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. On the morning of 28th February, Mr. Matas held a hearing at the Human Rights Committee of the Irish Parliament telling about the investigation, the new evidence and the report. He put forward his suggestion to the Parliament and answered questions by members of the Parliament. Members of the Committee had a discussion of how to investigate into and how to stop the CCP's atrocity and raised suggestions such as, by legislating, checking those people going to China for organ transplant, checking organ transplant medication exports to China and making investigations into those who have already had their organs transplanted in China but they do not know where these organs resources are.

Pat Carey, MP, advised that the government could take measures influencing medical experts and other enterprises. Catherine Murphy, MP, suggested that Parliament should interview those who have been to China and had organ transplants which should be a part of the investigation. Paul Braford, chairman of the Human Rights Committee, said: Considering the seriousness of the motion, the Human Rights Committee will try their utmost to investigate into it and stop the atrocities. We will bring forward a report to the government to be elected and give a quick reply. At the same time, we will raise the question of the Olympic Games to be held in Beijing in 2008.

Mr. Matas second on the left and Paul Braford, Chairman of the Human Rights Committee in Irish Parliament the first on the right, Pat Carey, MP second on the right, Gerald O'Connor, Falun Gong practitioner the first on the left, the group photo was taken outside the Parliament

On the evening of 28th February, Mr. Matas spoke to an audience at Trinity College. People from all circles were in attendance. Many people asked questions expressing great concern over the situation.

David Matas first on the right made a speech at Trinity College

Mr. Matas' visit aroused attention from the Irish media. Media such as FM Radio, RTE National Radio, The Irish Times newspaper, the Irish Supervision and Q102 Radio Station Dublin, all reported the atrocities.

Source: http://clearharmony.net/articles/200703/38468.html

(Clearwisdom.net) On March 11, 2007, Falun Gong practitioners from Washington D.C. attended the St. Patrick's Day Parade for the fourth year in a row.

Falun Gong parade entry on Constitution Ave

106 groups attended the parade this year, some from as far away as New Jersey and Ohio. It was sunny and warm that day. The color green, seen everywhere in the parade, brought people the feeling of spring.

Falun Gong practitioners made a big green banner, which says "Falun Dafa" in both English and Chinese, for the parade. Young practitioners from different nations demonstrated the exercises in the lotus flowers on the float. Six celestial maidens dressed in green danced around the float. Dragon and lion dances attracted many spectators. The host of the parade introduced the Falun Dafa to the spectators when the group passed by the stage.

Many people expressed that they often saw news about the persecution of Falun Gong on TV, and they were glad that Falun Gong practitioners can attend the parade in this free country. Some spectators said that Falun Gong's teaching--"Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance" is very good.

Since St. Patrick's Day is always at the beginning of spring, people call the green colors in St. Patrick's Day the color of spring. Yes, the cold winter is already gone, and spring is coming.

March 9, 2007

All documents relating to why a group of more than 80 Falun Gong practitioners were prevented from entering Hong Kong four years ago were destroyed within a month of the event, the government admitted yesterday.

Daniel Fung Wah-kin SC, for the government, made the admission in the Court of First Instance after Mr Justice Michael Hartmann, who is conducting a judicial review of the affair, observed that it could appear to a bystander that some "hoovering" of evidence had gone on.

The judge made clear he was not suggesting the government had in any way attempted to hide evidence regarding why the practitioners were placed on an Immigration Department watch list. But he said it seemed odd that there was not a single document to be found anywhere about the rationale for the decision.

The practitioners were stopped on February 22, 2003, as they arrived for a conference. They were told they were being turned away for "security reasons".

The review has been brought by four Taiwanese Falun Gong practitioners - Theresa Chu Woan-chyi, Liao Hsiao-lan, Lu Lih-ching and Chang Jenn-yeu.
A Falun Gong Hong Kong chapter spokesman, Kan Hung-cheung, and the Hong Kong Association of Falun Dafa are also applicants.

They are seeking a declaration that the government acted unlawfully in preventing them and more than 70 others from entering the city and that unreasonable force was used to repatriate them.

"It seems puzzling, to put it mildly, that when this application for a judicial review was lodged just six weeks after the event, the director should possess no documents about anything that has anything to do with the matter," Mr Justice Hartmann said.

The judge remarked that even the documents the government insisted he could look at only behind closed doors contained nothing of substance regarding the events of that night.

"How can that be when 80 people are refused entry ... when the nature of the organisation in Hong Kong is [so] sensitive?" he asked. "Either the data was deleted or it was never there.

"How is it, then, that the director can then talk about a specific security risk?
"To an ordinary man on the street it would seem puzzling that there be no records anywhere in the government's archives of [this event] just six weeks after it occurred."

Mr Fung said it was standard procedure for records relating to individuals on the watch list to be destroyed shortly after the person was removed from the list, as in the case of the practitioners.

Paul Harris SC, for the practitioners, described as "incredible" the contention that all material related to the event was destroyed.

"If it really has been destroyed then they can't have been much of a security risk," Mr Harris said. "It is beyond belief that departments in Hong Kong would deal that way with information about a significant security threat."

Mr Justice Hartmann reserved his decision.

(Clearwisdom.net) After enduring 18 months of torture--including having his hands and feet bound behind him so tightly his spine nearly snapped--Gang Chen knew he was fortunate to escape his native China alive. Then he began hearing chilling tales about what the forced-labor camps are allegedly doing to other practitioners of the banned exercise/meditation cultivation practice Falun Gong. Namely, murdering them for their kidneys, livers and corneas, which are then transplanted, often into ailing foreigners, for profit.

"I didn't feel luckier when I heard this," says Chen, a 35-year-old Sicklerville, NJ, musician who got out of a Beijing camp in 2001. "I felt more worried for Falun Gong practitioners still over there."

Perhaps the worst aspect of the eight years of Falun Gong followers' persecution is that nobody seems to hear their pleas for help. You can help rectify this by listening to former Canadian Secretary of State David Kilgour and international human rights lawyer David Matas discuss their extensive report, Bloody Harvest, which lends credence to the ghastly rumors.

"The report concludes that this is really happening," says Temple doctoral candidate and Falun Gong practitioner Sharif Roach, who helped organize the forum. "There has to be an international outcry. There's no time to waste."

(Clearwisdom.net) The first time Teacher visited Hefei was in November 1993 at the Anhui Agricultural Institute Theater, where he held a seminar. Government officials from Anhui Province also attended the seminar, and the theater was full. Teacher told everybody to relax and relax more. He asked us to extend our left arms to the left with the palms up, and then he turned the Falun with his hand. He asked us whether we could feel it with our palms, and everybody replied, "[It's] turning." Then Teacher asked everybody to stomp their feet once to help cure our illnesses. After the seminar, people were signing up for Teacher's lectures.

We attended the very first lecture series. Teacher asked each of us to bring two photos. One of the pictures would be used for our graduation certificates. A member of the Qigong Association said that he'd never seen a qigong master like our Teacher, who carefully went over each certificate himself.

The first-term lecture was held at the Theater of the Anhui Educational Institute. About 600 people attended. A practitioner told me that only about 250 people were locals from Hefei City. There were many people from Wuhu City, and many more from other places who'd followed Teacher. On the first day of the lecture series Teacher was disappointed when he saw how few people attended. He seemed to be saying, "Once past this village, there is no longer an inn available." Before Teacher came to town to teach Falun Gong there was a fake qigong master who'd been visiting Hefei for several months. While he was holding seminars at the Anhui Agricultural Institute Theater, the Qigong Association distributed the introductory materials about Falun Gong outside the theater. The people promoting the fake qigong tried to interfere, but finally the head of the Qigong Association gave the permission to distribute the Falun Gong flyers. The people promoting the fake qigong gave me a free ticket to their seminar so I attended, but I didn't learn their system after all. There weren't that many people learning it anyway, and when Teacher came to Hefei the fake qigong disappeared.

I was a qigong enthusiast. When I was young my health wasn't very good, and I had several illnesses. Medical doctors and experts couldn't cure me, and the medicine I took had negative side effects, so I ended up looking for qigong masters in hopes that qigong could cure me. I practiced several different types of qigong. In the beginning my health improved a little, but I learned too many kinds of qigong, and just as Teacher said in Zhuan Falun:

"The more low-level qigong lessons you take in, and the more that gets crammed in your head, it turns out, the worse that is for you, and you'll wreck your body."

I looked ill, but after attending Teacher's lecture practitioners told me that I was getting younger and my face looked much healthier than before. I sat in the fifth row at Teacher's lecture. My comprehension wasn't good. Teacher was teaching at a high level. Because the evil party had educated me for decades with atheism, plus my previous experience with fake qigong, I doubted Teacher's words. "I've never heard anything as high level as this," I thought. While Teacher gave his lecture nobody else spoke at all. I only heard wave after wave of applause from the practitioners. There were all kinds of people from other areas--men, women, and children as well. They told me that they'd taken advantage of the opportunity to come to Hefei, and it was our great fortune to get a chance to obtain Dafa.

On the third day of Teacher's lecture I told my husband, "Today I'll ask the workers at the Qigong Association their opinion of Teacher. If they think he's a fake we won't attend the rest of the class." As soon as we entered the building we saw a practitioner we'd known for quite some time. She'd used a cane for a long time. She worked for the Qigong Association, and since it was convenient for her, she'd learned many different types of qigong, but she'd never been able to put away her walking stick. This time, however, she walked into the building without any aid at all, and only after I saw that did I finally believe in Dafa.

When the lecture was almost finished, Teacher again purified our bodies. He asked everybody to stand up, and then, with his hands turning around in several ways, he finally said, "[There was] the strong, bad scent of medicine, especially from those of you who've been taking medicine for a long time. The odor came from inside your bodies." He added, "Had you given up your attachment to medicine earlier there would have been no such smell." Everyone was coughing, and I coughed so badly that I was having trouble breathing. I've never coughed that hard. My comprehension wasn't very good. After the lecture ended we shared experiences with the other practitioners. They all said, "Falun Dafa is good!"

Back home, when I started to do the first set of exercises I recited the verse:

Shenshen Heyi
Dongjing Suiji
Dingtian Duzun
Qianshou Foli

[The Great Consummation Way of Falun Dafa]

I felt a Falun turning at my back, and the Falun in my lower abdomen. I stopped coughing immediately. It was amazing!

The second time Teacher came to Hefei was April 15, 1994, when he lectured at the Provincial Committee Party School. There were about 1,400 attendees, more than 80 from Nanjing. A female practitioner had a disease in her legs. Near the end of the lecture Teacher asked everyone to stand up to be cured of our illnesses. He asked us to relax, and then to stomp our feet on the floor. The female practitioner suddenly sat on the floor, and as soon as she got up her legs were cured. Then she ran to the front and told Teacher and everyone, "Several days before I came here I was very uneasy because my family members didn't want me to come, and travel expenses were also a concern." She said that she'd ended up catching a tour to Huangshan Mountain and was able to make the trip to Hefei. She was very happy.

A college professor said that she used to practice a type of fake qigong. One day while she was practicing she saw a light on top of her head. Afterwards she'd suddenly started to speak a strange, unknown language. Some of the other practitioners said they'd heard her speaking it in public parks before. She said she'd just happened to be in town on a business trip so she came to the lecture. When she saw Teacher she told him, "Teacher, I want to learn Falun Gong."

Teacher asked her, "Do you really want to learn?" Then he moved his hand, and since then the professor hasn't spoken the strange language.

One day my husband was hit by a motorcycle. He had trouble breathing. While the other practitioners were getting ready to go to Teacher's lecture in Guangzhou, I said, "Let's write a letter about what happened to my husband, and you can take it to Teacher." As soon as they arrived in Guangzhou they handed the letter to Teacher, and then breathing was no longer painful for my husband.

Another practitioner lived in the countryside. Teacher knew that he had financial difficulties. The practitioner was following Teacher for a while when he gave lectures in different cities, and finally Teacher saw him at a train station and said, "You should seize the time to go home and do real cultivation, and don't follow me around anymore."

How great and how compassionate our Teacher is! As soon as the practitioners saw Teacher they would surround him. Once, Teacher seemed to say, "When everyone surrounds me in the street like this other people wonder what's happening." I've never seen such a warm and moving scene, with the people in front trying to get closer to Teacher and those in back trying to move up, plus the people near Teacher taking many pictures and even more people applauding. Our kind Teacher has rescued so many of us from the brink of death or severe illness, and I was one of the many. Since I began practicing Dafa the long-term diseases I suffered from all disappeared. During a physical exam in 2005, the doctor told me that I had no health issues at all, and people in their 70's like me are rarely disease-free.

Dafa has been through many difficulties; Teacher's compassion has been enormous and powerful. I have no way to repay Teacher for my salvation, but even in my darkest hour, my belief in Dafa and my respect for Teacher have never been shaken. On the path of cultivation my belief in Teacher is firm, and I will follow Teacher closely towards consummation.

February 16, 2007

(Clearwisdom.net) During the Chinese New Year, I clarified the truth to relatives in China, but they had been convinced by the lies broadcast by the CCP-controlled media, and just could not be approached. There was no reasoning with them. They claimed that we were "involved in politics" and refused to acknowledge the ongoing persecution of Falun Gong. The majority of my relatives were benefiting economically from the CCP, and thus did not question whatever the CCP minions broadcast. As a matter of fact they spoke in support of the instigator of the persecution. Although living in Northern America, my husband also mirrored my relatives' attitude. He mouthed the same platitudes, including that we were involved in politics. His theory was that clarifying the truth, speaking to politicians, running a newspaper and distributing the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party, and so on, are all "political." I told him that practitioners' must let go of the wish to hold human power. I shared with him that our truth clarification is to stop the persecution, with no pursuit for political power. But, I could not convince him.

After Teacher published the article "Further Remarks on 'Politics,'" I felt ashamed, because I was not diligent. Why could I not see it? I always ran in circles, trying to convince others that telling the truth is not being "involved in politics." I just could not jump out of this quagmire and view it from the standpoint of the Fa. The day I read Teacher's new article, I went to the Minghui/Clearwisdom website on the computer next to my husband. I read the entire article to him, without leaving out a single word. From that day onwards he no longer said that we were "involved in politics." I again witnessed the mighty power of Dafa.

In the beginning of the persecution, one mainstream media outlet published articles that attacked Dafa. We went to see the person in charge and the writer of the articles to clarify the truth. It was difficult to make our point and move away from their degrading principles. Through studying the Fa, I was able to find Teacher's original words from the Fa, memorize them, and read these words to them with righteous thoughts in my mind. They were without words because the evil fled.

During the Los Angeles Experience Sharing Conference, I explained the truth to Chinese people. One elderly lady, who was holding the red Chinese Communist Party flag, was very ferocious. I told the truth to an elderly lady who stood next to me, and she was happy to listen to me. The other lady had a headache as soon as I spoke and did not want to let the other lady talk to me. I kindly told her: "It is not you that is ill, it is the things behind you that have fallen ill." She asked: "What things behind me?" I replied: "The bad things behind you." She said that, because of our arrival, a big bus came and blocked her from seeing the so-called parade. I told her that she should criticize the people in charge of the bus that blocked her view and not us. As a practitioner, I knew she was controlled by evil, so I sent forth righteous thoughts to help her.

I compared it to my family situation. My husband and daughter have not been willing to listen to the truth lately. My husband even refused to watch NTDTV's Chinese New Year Spectacular. After reading Teacher's new article "Disintegrate Completely All the Meddling Deities in the Three Realms that Have a Hand in Interfering with Fa-Rectification" I understood the reason. While the dark minions and rotten ghosts are being destroyed widely, the evil party is facing its downfall. These meddling deities are interfering and preventing people from knowing the truth. After I realized that, I sent forth righteous thoughts to eliminate the meddling deities.

After I came back from Los Angeles, my family situation changed greatly. My daughter actually asked me about the practice, and my husband wanted to hear all about the trip to Los Angeles. They were very happy when I told them about my opportunity to tell the truth to visitors from China. Dafa harmonizes everything and is omnipotent. Its power to eliminate the evil and destroy the chaos is beyond any challenge.

(Clearwisdom.net) In my journey to clarify the truth about Falun Dafa I realized that it is our Teacher who saves the world's people; practitioners are just following Teacher's request to help him rectify the Fa and harmonize what He wants. What Teacher sees in us are compassionate hearts that firmly believe in Him and the Fa, and care for sentient beings.

On Chinese New Year's Day in 2006 my brother (also a practitioner), another practitioner and I took truth clarification materials to our hometown and began our journey to clarify the truth. We met with aunts and uncles whom we hadn't seen for years, my grandmother's neighbors and our relatives and friends. Sometimes we stayed for hours at the homes we visited, other times we stayed overnight. We talked about the past and the truth about Falun Dafa. We brought home a list of more than 50 people who withdrew from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliated organizations.

When we talked about the truth we sent righteous thoughts at the same time, asking for Teacher's support. The effect of two people clarifying the truth as a team was excellent. We didn't go out of sentimentality, but treated each of them like any other sentient being. We talked about the persecution, the beauty of Falun Dafa, the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party, the CCP's half-century of slaughter, prophecies, how Gods are eliminating the CCP, and why one should withdraw from the party. One of my uncles withdrew from the CCP for himself and his grandson using aliases. One of my aunts and her family couldn't wait to quit the CCP. A few days later she called me and told me that her daughter and son-in-law, who'd been out the day we visited, wanted to withdraw, too.

We also went to my grandmother's neighbors. They are sincere Christians. After I told them the truth they asked, "What would you like us to pray for? What can we do for you?" I told them to explain the persecution to the people they knew so they wouldn't be against Dafa and they would withdraw from the CCP. That would be the best thing they could do. I also suggested they say, "Falun Dafa is good" every day when they prayed.

One time, when I was almost done clarifying the truth at a relative's place, a lady came to visit. I was in a real hurry to get somewhere but I wasn't done. I was debating whether to leave or stay and finish up. Then I realized that since she was there she had a predestined relationship with me and had come to obtain salvation. I had the support of Teacher and the Fa to clarify the truth. I sent forth righteous thoughts to eliminate the evil elements behind her in other dimensions. All of a sudden I felt relaxed; the evil elements were gone and I had a righteous field around me. I spoke to her as I would a stranger and asked about her job. I found out that she was a CCP member, and I told her, "Recently people in the big city I'm from are all talking about the catastrophe in the prophecies. They're discussing the catastrophe, the CCP's bloody history described in the Nine Commentaries, the June 4^th Massacre in Tiananmen, and the brutal persecution against Falun Gong practitioners." She said, "This town must be lagging behind because I haven't heard anything like that." I told her, "News like this is on every major website in the world, but you can't access these websites because Jiang Zemin spends billions of yuan every year to block Internet traffic and international TV broadcasting so we can't see the outside world. It's really bad for you to be a member of this party!" She thought about it and said, "Maybe I should withdraw from the CCP?" "Of course!" I told her. I also told her about the trend to quit the CCP. She wanted to hear about Dafa! What a pity it would have been if I'd left earlier!

We spent the first five days of the New Year in the car because most of the people we visited lived far away from one another. Sometimes we skipped meals, but we didn't feel hungry, cold, or tired even though we didn't eat or sleep enough. All we had in our minds was clarifying the truth. Most of the people we visited were close relatives and old neighbors, which made our job easier.

By myself I made a second trip back to my hometown. This time I felt the difficulty in saving sentient beings. The one who is truly providing salvation is our great and compassionate Teacher; and we merely have the desire to clarify the truth and offer salvation. Teacher has arranged the best for us at every step, as long as we have the rock-solid will to practice.

On August 20, 2006 I went back to my hometown alone on a journey to clarify the truth. A few days before I went I sent forth righteous thoughts every day, asking Teacher to help me meet people with predestined relationships and eliminate the evils that obstruct me from clarifying the truth.

I hadn't seen many of my friends for several years and had lost their contact information. I had no idea what they did or where they were. I spent all day walking the busy streets and touring department stores and shopping centers, hoping to run into some of them. I got nowhere. The weather was hot and I thought about going home, but somehow I knew I couldn't give up. Teacher said in Zhuan Falun: "When it seems impossible to do, or just hard to do, give it a try and see just what you can do." On my previous trip I'd asked Teacher every day to give me wisdom; I would send forth righteous thoughts to eliminate the evil elements in other dimensions of the city. Since I was here I had to fulfill my responsibility. With this righteous thought I felt like I was an enlightened being as tall as the sky. I knew I was doing the most righteous thing in the cosmos. All sentient beings were waiting for me to come tell them the truth about Falun Dafa, as they had for tens of millions of years!

My wisdom came to me. Since I knew their names and where they might be, I called information and obtained their phone numbers. I called one of them, but nobody answered the phone for two days. I was a little frustrated but I didn't give up. I called my other friends instead. On the third day I called the first friend again and he picked up the phone! I was very excited! With Teacher's help I found my old friend, whom I hadn't seen for a dozen years. He told me, "Normally I don't answer the phone, but I felt there was something happening today, so I sat by the phone, and that's when you called me!" I told him the truth and had him quit the CCP. It is truly as Teacher said in Zhuan Falun:

"It's hard to do, but you can do it."

"And when you can really do it, just like that worn and weary traveler, you'll see, 'the shade of willows, the blooms of flowers, a place to rest my head!'"

If I'd given up on him I would have really regretted it when the Fa rectifies the human world. I truly understood that if a practitioner has a diamond-like resolve to save sentient beings, Teacher has already arranged everything for him. We already have the ability to clarify the truth. When we are determined to save sentient beings we will be able to do it well. That's what Teacher wants, and that's what the new cosmos wants.

Next I wanted to find my childhood playmate, Hong. I knew where she might be running her business and took a taxi to the neighborhood. I never expected the taxi to stop right in front of her shop! It was a little awkward seeing her again after a dozen years. She told me, "I normally don't come here. What a coincidence! It really is our destiny to see each other." Then I knew that Teacher had arranged for her to be there waiting for me, and another family was saved!

When I left Hong's house heading home, I ran into a childhood neighbor who was getting home from work. We barely recognized each other. She was so excited that she insisted I stay at her place that night. My human notions arose. I thought that since I really didn't know her that well, it wouldn't be easy explaining the truth to her. I wanted to get home before dark. We waved goodbye, and she kept on saying as she walked away, "We rarely see each other, it's such a precious opportunity." I knew I would never have returned to my hometown if it weren't for clarifying the truth, let alone see my friends. She seemed to be yearning for salvation. Looking at her face shook me. I felt the longing of sentient beings who'd reincarnated and waited for hundreds of millions of years. Time stopped as we looked at each other. I called to her, "Auntie Li, come here. I want to tell you something." Another life was saved. She told me, "Once there was a leaflet left on my door step about quitting the CCP, but I didn't quite believe it. Now I know it's really happening." I told her I could help her husband and daughter quit the CCP, too, but she should talk to them when she got home and make sure that they really wanted to do it from their hearts. She promised me she would, saying it was the right thing to do. I left some truth material and a pamphlet with her before we parted. I couldn't stop thanking Teacher for arranging for me to catch her when she got off work. Teacher will help us clarify the truth as long as we have the heart to do it.

On my way home with a list of more than 50 people wanting to quit the CCP, my excitement was indescribable. It felt like I'd been through many lifetimes of tribulation and came back from a journey to enhance my xinxing. I'd stood under the searing sun for hours to wait for a friend; time went so slowly when I clarified the truth to the people I hadn't seen for so many years, especially when there were strangers around me and I felt so awkward. With Teacher's help, however, I passed test after test, ordeal after ordeal, and witnessed miracle after miracle. I suddenly realized that I'd matured a lot.

My fellow practitioners, we all have friends, relatives and neighbors. Let's get up and tell them the truth! Don't worry and don't doubt. Send forth righteous thoughts and remember that our great Teacher is looking after us every moment. Do what you are supposed to do and Teacher will arrange for you to save people with predestined relationships. The fact is, they are waiting for us!

(Clearwisdom.net) Formerly I thought of rectifying one's thoughts as personal cultivation. Sitting in meditation one recent morning however, I suddenly enlightened that rectifying one's every thought is also validating Dafa and saving sentient beings. Why? When Falun Dafa practitioners' every thought is rectified to be in accordance with the Fa, the righteous thought, which assimilates to the Fa, is mighty and can correct all improper conditions. Therefore the surrounding environment, ordinary people, and sentient beings will be rectified. From this perspective, is that not validating the Fa and saving sentient beings?

Teacher actually made this point clear in His lectures already, but I didn't realize it until now. Teacher said,

"As a Dafa disciple in this society, no matter what kind of setting or corner of society you find yourself in, you are playing a positive role. Regardless of whether you are clarifying the truth and validating the Fa or doing things not so directly connected to Dafa, you are nonetheless saving sentient beings and are playing huge roles (applause), and that is because your righteous thoughts and compassionate field are having a positive effect. I hope that you will do even better in the time ahead. (Applause) Everything that Dafa disciples have achieved will soon be revealed. "(Teaching the Fa at the Fa Conference at the U.S. Capital)

As Dafa disciples during the Fa-rectification period, we follow Teacher's direction:study the Fa well, look inward, validate the Fa and save sentient beings more extensively.

The above is my shallow enlightenment. I welcome fellow practitioners to point out any shortcomings.

Danger is Left Behind When Each Step Is Right

By Dafa Disciple Mingxi

(Clearwisdom.net) I have always strongly believed in our Master and Dafa. Since the persecution of Dafa began, I have never wavered. Safeguarded by Master, I walk forward with my righteous thoughts and righteous activities while validating Dafa and saving sentient beings. Sometimes there were dangerous situations when I clarified the truth and persuaded people to quit the organizations of the CCP, but every time, I was safeguarded by Master and my righteous thoughts and righteous actions.

Once, another practitioner and I were clarifying the truth and putting up truth clarification materials, when someone found us and attempted to arrest us. I immediately thought of what Master said in the article "What Are Supernormal Abilities:"

"For example, to freeze those wicked evildoers that persecute Dafa disciples, they just need to say, 'freeze' or 'stay there and don't move,'"

So I said "freeze" and that person really couldn't move. Then we walked away. I learned from this that even if "Dafa disciple's righteous thoughts are powerful," our righteous thoughts come from Dafa. We can eliminate all kind of attachments, and do the three things well, as long as we study the Fa well.

Evil Can Only Be Stopped by Our Strong Righteous Thoughts

Several days ago, a neighbor visited me at my home. She took out a packet of sunflower seeds for me. There was a note in the pack. I hesitated and wondered. The neighbor told me, "This is an offering for my home. The note is about curing illness." As she spoke, she poured some sunflowers seeds onto the table. To make her happy, I ate some with her.

That night, I woke up scared from a vivid dream: I saw my hand that took the seeds surrounded by many insects. A cloud of insects covered me. I was scared and shouted to Master. When I woke up, my face was sweating.

I learned some lessons from this experience:

1. Master said "no second cultivation way." We have to treat things seriously with righteous thoughts every time and in every environment, in our speech, our activities, and our thoughts. We cannot be oblivious or careless. Evil can only be stopped by our strong righteous thoughts.
2. When we clarify the truth, we should send strong righteous thoughts. We cannot ignore them or hesitate or forget them. With compassion we should clearly tell others about the harm and danger and fundamentally enlighten others to believe Dafa with right thoughts to eliminate all the obstacles and save sentient beings.

I started to practice Dafa in 2004. I work as a taxi driver at night. Not long ago, I drove three young men to a hotel. After arriving at their destination, one young man was going to pay me, but another didn't allow him to pay--he wanted a free ride. He saw that the first young man had already paid me, so he got angry and kicked him and also abused me.

My attachments popped up. I glared at the man. The glare included many everyday attachments--disdain, blame and competitiveness. He kicked my door and left with his friend. I didn't pay attention to the car at that time.

I later got out of the car and found a big dent in the door. I squatted down and touched the dent, thinking about what had just happened. I thought it had happened because I could not bear the young man's behavior and had reacted to it with a glare. How could I return the car to its owner in that condition? I had to repair it with my own money.

I said to Master in my heart, "Master! I was wrong. I could not pass this tribulation, so now I have to suffer the consequences." I stood up and attempted to repair the car. I closed the door and heard a loud "bang!" I saw that the dent had popped out, and the door was same as before. I was so excited and said: "Thank you, Master!" Master helped me. This represents Dafa's power.

With this I realized that Master is always by our side at any time. This made me believe in Master and Fa even more, and cultivate forward vigorously to do the three things well.

(Clearwisdom.net) In 1997, I began practicing Falun Dafa. However, because I remained attached to the sentimentality between myself and my husband, I fell behind in Fa-rectification. Thankfully, in October 2004 a fellow practitioner and former classmate of mine gave me copies of Teacher's new articles, and I then read through Teacher's other articles via the Clearwisdom website. By reading Teacher's new articles, although I could not discern all of the deeper meanings, I could easily see Teacher's vast and endless benevolence. I knew that I had fallen far behind. I wept as I read, and I sighed with emotion because I had been idle for an entire five years, and I almost missed the precious chance of cultivating within Falun Dafa. Fortunately, I could again cultivate.

For the past two years, my husband just could not recognize the value of Falun Dafa. Instead, he told me I was selfish and that I was always doing things superficially. He also complained that I could not even take care of my own responsibilities well. Each time, I tried fairly to make him believe how much better a person I was than before. And afterwards, I would strive to do more work to show him, "See how well I am now doing? If I did not cultivate Dafa, I couldn't have acted this well."

Recently, he claimed that all my absentmindedness was due to practicing Dafa. I usually left my key in the door after I opened it, and I pften forgot to bring my purse or cellphone with me when I left the house. After having practiced Dafa for 10 years, I still had not rid myself of forgetfulness. His accusation awakened me, and I was shocked that I had not fulfilled my responsibility of validating the Fa. Instead I was invalidating it. I felt so regretful that tears streamed down my face. However, this time, I did not make any excuses. I started examining myself, and I checked my internal cultivation state each day with great care.

Usually, I was very happy when my husband was away on business or had to work extra hours because I thought it was good for me to spend all my time on cultivation practice. With this attitude, I unexpectedly received the opposite result. When I picked up Falun Dafa books, I felt very sleepy. So, I either watched TV or went out for a chat with friends or neighbors. I was drifting along with ordinary people. Normally I regretted not being diligent afterwards, yet I repeated this pattern over and over again. I then thought this was rather abnormal. Why when he was at home could I focus on Fa-study and exercise practice, but I slacked off when he was away? Other practitioners became better with cultivation, but the more I cultivated, the more unnecessary problems I experienced. Was I cultivating for my husband's sake? Was I doing it to show off? Was I only doing it for his recognition? Or was I asking for his understanding and support by winning his recognition? Was I cultivating myself or validating myself? Was I really raising my level and upgrading my xinxing? Was I trying to eliminate attachments and to assimilate to the nature of the universe, "Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance"? Was I really letting go of sentimentality?

And there was one more issue that inspired me to dig out my deeply-hidden attachments. There were times when my husband asked me to read to him materials for his work, and I had to read aloud, at night. So, I had to put down the Dafa books I was studying and begrudgingly read his books to him. However, he started to talk about various matters soon after I had read only a few paragraphs, until it was almost time to send forth righteous thoughts at 12:00 p.m., and I had failed to study the Fa. Similar occurrences happened the following days. I then realized that I must have had an attachment. Teacher told us in Zhuan Falun:

"Any time some kind of interference comes along in your practice, you have to look within for the cause and find what it is you still haven't let go of."

I failed to enlighten to the attachment at that time.

Then, one night, it happened again. I tried to appear calm and serene, yet I was filled with resentment and complained in my heart. It was almost beyond my ability to tolerate it. I almost trotted out of our bedroom to yell at my husband. Yet, I suddenly realized that I never really thought of his feelings, and all the time, I was just muddling through the reading without thinking. I did it perfunctorily, for his sake, and on the surface. I never really thought of his wellbeing, I just muddled through doing my duty.

I went from being addicted to many human habits to being attached to people through whom I thought I could attain so-called happiness. I was practicing Dafa as a formality rather than cultivating and really maintaining the essence of "Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance." I maintained thoughts and habits that sustained the attachment. No wonder I am not as transcendent as others who have cultivated well within Dafa. No wonder I am always unforgiving in my heart although I have acted forgiving and lenient toward others. It is also obvious why each time I tried to "show" others, I invited trouble. The reason: I was very addicted to validating myself instead of Dafa, and that was a big loophole in my cultivation.

My way of clarifying the truth about Dafa was somewhat mixed with maintaining human attachments. I have been using human methods to prevent my deep-rooted human interests and happiness from being hurt or damaged. My focus was still on "self." I was stuck within pursuits, addicted to loss and gain, and I did not think or act from the Fa for the sake of others.

All along, I have unconsciously tried to use Dafa to hide my attachments and to prove myself right. If I was able to get others to recognize Dafa, I gained self-recognition. I now understand why I kept on repeating fellow practitioners' words while clarifying the facts, but I never felt the righteous confidence and calm inside my heart that comes with a firm belief in Dafa. I did not cultivate away my attachments in accordance with Dafa, nor did I cherish all sentient beings in my heart. Instead, I was gloating that I was so fortunate to attain Dafa so that I could enjoy a most wonderful future. I felt so much repentance and shame because I did not meet Teacher's standards. I felt unworthy of Teacher's benevolent salvation. If it were not for the Fa, I never could have recognized my selfishness and flimsiness. The attachment of demanding that Dafa bring me happiness and selfish benefits was my most fundamental and largest attachment.

I finally realized that no matter if it is an attachment to fame, self-interest, sentimentality or pursuit, they are all from the human ego, and a heart filled with self-validation is at the root of those attachments. The validating of self materializes when I want to show off how much I have let go, but sometimes I become showy even when I have not done things well. The real self is pure and natural. Freedom from desire and other attachments is not achieved by winning others' recognition or through self-appreciation. It is achieved through everlasting consideration of others. Only by validating the Fa and validating "Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance" can one be really validated.

There is no way for me to express my gratefulness toward our great and benevolent Teacher. I was enlightened to my fundamental attachment and to truly recognize myself. As a student of Dafa, I will definitely work harder and be more diligent and be responsible to Teacher. I am also very thankful for Clearwisdom for giving me this forum to validate Dafa. I also thank my fellow practitioners who greatly helped me with their assistance and their sharing. Let us all pick up our pens to write, bit by bit, about the understandings and enlightenments that we have gained through Dafa, for it is absolutely necessity for us to digest our understandings, help our fellow practitioners, and raise ourselves up at the same time.

(Clearwisdom.net)

Greetings to our Master and greetings to all fellow practitioners!

Today, I am here to share my experience about meditation and xinxing cultivation. Please correct me if there is anything that is inappropriate.

I became a Falun Dafa practitioner in 1998. At the beginning of my practice, I started with single-leg meditation as I had never done double-leg meditation before. Even so, doing the meditation was still quite a painful task. At that time, the assistant at the practice site used to start the meditation music just a short while after we had finished the first four sets of exercises. As I could not do the double-leg meditation quickly, I would always complain, in my heart, about the assistant. I blamed the assistant for not considering my plight as a beginner and starting the music before I could put my legs into position for the meditation. But after that, I remembered that Master wanted us to cultivate our inner self. So I searched myself to see what was wrong with me and I realized that I should not always be asking others to wait for me. Why couldn't I be stricter with myself and try to do the double-leg meditation more quickly? In this way, I would be able to rectify my relationship with the assistant.

At that time, there were many fellow practitioners at our practice site who could tolerate pain very well. There was one fellow practitioner who seemed to be meditating painlessly, as he always sat up straight during meditation. However, I know that he was always in pain during meditation, as I frequently heard him breathing heavily when I meditated beside him. Even so, he just sat there without moving an inch.

Besides him, there was another fellow practitioner who was eliminating his karma at that time. The skin on the inner side of his kneecap had split open and he did not treat it, except to wash it with some plain water. Despite this, that practitioner would do the meditation continuously for an hour whenever he meditated, even when there was blood and pus oozing out of his wound. He would also make himself to sit upright during meditation.

These practitioners' perseverance and spirit of not giving in to pain was a great help to beginners like me. There was a period of time when I could not calm down in my heart, thus I was not able to do the double-leg meditation for 45 minutes like I used to in the past. My meditation then could last no more than 20 minutes. Despite fellow practitioners' encouragement to persist and constantly telling myself not to give up, I just could not continue my meditation past 20 minutes. Later, I told myself to start practicing from scratch and start with a meditation time of half an hour. After persisting past that half an hour, everything was back to normal. I can do my meditation for 45 minutes again. During this whole process, not only did I receive encouragement from fellow practitioners and learn the spirit of persisting till the end, I also understood that "perseverance" is something that you cannot achieve just by talking about it constantly. It is something that can only be achieved when there is an improvement in your xinxing.

Once when I was meditating, a fellow practitioner told me not to grit my teeth. At that time, I thought to myself that we had to meditate with a space between the upper and lower teeth, and close our lips. Would I not know it myself? He must be wrong. After I went home, I still thought that the fellow practitioner was the one who had made a mistake. At that moment, I remembered Master's saying, "In one's cultivation nothing happens without a reason." So where was my problem? I realized that I tended to lean in different directions when I meditated because my legs hurt. What I then had on my mind during my meditation was to continue to the end despite all the pain. I shared the encouragement, "being painful for one hour is an hour gone, being in comfort for an hour is also an hour gone, so why not persist for that one hour" with a fellow practitioner, and based on that, we both tried to persist in our meditation for at least an hour every time. At that moment, I suddenly thought of the preparation for meditation whereby we sit with legs crossed, keep the back and neck upright, leave a space between the upper and lower teeth, let compassion arise in the heart and assume a peaceful facial expression. After I let go of the attachment in my heart, my legs were still painful, but my heart was no longer affected by it. Now I am able to have a peaceful facial expression when I meditate, despite the pain in my legs.

At the practice site, a practitioner often criticized my exercises, saying they were always faster than the others. At that point, I felt that my movements were far more accurate than his. I told him that his practice was not accurate and he too saw his own problem. However, he still continued to criticize my exercises, saying that they were much faster than others'. I recalled Master's Fa, "Immutable" in Essentials for Further Advancement:

"How could it be possible that everyone's movements are exactly the same, without any slight differences? Don't focus your mind on such trivialities."

I used this as an excuse to cover my own flaws. However, this practitioner continued to criticize me. At this point, I thought to myself that if we are just going to look at the problem based on all the surface problems, such as his criticisms of my hand movements being too fast and my criticism of his movements being inaccurate, we would just be blaming each other. What good would that do me? I cannot follow the CCP's way of thinking that Master described:

"You haven't done well yourself. Don't tell me what to do. If you want to tell me what to do, you first have to do well yourself." ("Teaching the Fa at the Western U.S. International Fa Conference")

Even if his movements were not accurate, he still could request that I do my movements accurately. All the while, I have been rejecting the criticism with such excuses. I finally saw my own problem. I should have been stricter with myself and done a better job. Since then, I no longer treated his comments as a form of criticism, but rather as something for my own good. Whenever my movements were not accurate, I would use his comments to remind myself to concentrate on my practice.

Every time when I wake up at four or five a.m. in the morning to do meditation and send forth righteous thoughts in the park, I put the Falun picture in front of me. I told myself that not only am I practicing, I am also spreading the Fa. I asked myself whether I could persist in sitting upright during meditation even when no one was watching me. The ordinary people are watching us. If we do not sit upright during meditation, what kind of impression will we give them? If we can all start with ourselves, requiring ourselves to sit upright during meditation, isn't that spreading the Fa, too? During this process, there may be some practitioners who cannot sit up straight. In the eyes of others, they indeed do not sit upright during meditation, but in their hearts, they know very clearly themselves whether they are strict with themselves and if they are trying their best to sit upright during meditation. Similarly, in our cultivation and practice process, when others see us not doing very well, is it that we are not being strict enough with ourselves, that we have relaxed in our own self-expectations, or that we are in the process of changing for the better? The answer lies in ourselves. If we only look at the problem superficially, fellow practitioners' inadequacies could become a sore point, causing division among us. Master told us at the "Fa-Lecture During the 2003 Lantern Festival at the U.S. West Fa Conference:"

"For Dafa disciples as a whole, in the process of validating the Fa, when you work together in concert, the Fa power is great."

Thus I need to ask myself if Dafa is important or if proving myself is more important. In the process of cultivation and practice, who wouldn't make mistakes? We all make mistakes. Therefore, I should be able to accept other people's mistakes, use Fa to rectify all my bad thoughts and opinions, and cherish this precious chance to cultivate and practice with Falun Dafa. All I know is that what Master gave me is the best. Did I listen to Master and do my best in my self cultivation? I often tell Master, "Master, don't worry, we will definitely do our best."

Now, with Fa rectification in its final phase, it is just like sitting in an examination where the invigilator's bell will ring at anytime. When the bell rings, everybody has to stop writing. Whatever is written after that is no longer valid. Thus, we should not be complacent, but treat Dafa with utmost importance, search ourselves for those parts that we did not do well, and then do it well. Sometimes I think about how Master has gone through so much for us but He does not want anything from us. So how should we reciprocate Master's magnanimity? Teachers in school do not want their students to pay them back for educating them. They just hope that their students can all achieve good results in their studies. Just like students in school, I think I can only try my best to cultivate myself and use my cultivation results to repay our Master for his benevolent salvation.

(Clearwisdom.net) To avoid persecution by the Chinese Communist Party, I had to live a homeless life. During that time, I got acquainted with a pure little Falun Dafa practitioner, Ling Jie (pseudonym), who is merely eight years old this year. She has a pure and shining young heart in her cultivation. To save the world's people lost in the maze, she often studies and recites the Fa, distributes truth-clarification materials, discusses with fellow practitioners, and looks inside her heart for impure human nature.

On February 22, 2007, Ling Jie gave me 20 yuan, saying that she was donating it. I asked her where the money came from and that I couldn't accept it. "You use it yourself!" I told her. She said, "The money is my birthday gift. I have over 100 yuan, so I will donate more money to be used for truth-clarification. If I donate the money all at once, my uncle would ask me where it went."

In the muddy stream in which moral standards have dissolved, many worldly people are fighting for their own interests and are hurting others with all means. A little Falun Dafa practitioner is doing what she wants to do unselfishly and selflessly, validating the sacredness and beauty of Falun Dafa. Her crystal pure and shining heart shocked me. I can't help but ask myself very seriously what I have done for Falun Dafa. As a practitioner, I saw many of my own shortcomings and my human nature because of her pure heart. From now on, I must strive forward diligently to cultivate myself in doing well the Three Things.

A Six-Year-Old Practitioner Persuades Her Grandparents to Quit the Chinese Communist Party

Lian Lian (pseudonym) is six years old. One day, her grandpa and grandma, whom she hasn't seen for three years, came home. Lian Lian asked Grandpa: "Are you a Communist Party member?" Grandpa said: "No." Lian Lian asked her mother (a Falun Dafa practitioner): "Mama, is Grandpa a Communist Party member?" Her mother said: "Yes." Lian Lian solemnly said to her grandpa: "Lying will bring retribution. Mama, What is Grandpa's name?" Her mother said: "His name is ABC." Lian Lian said: "Grandpa, how about you change your name to XYZ so you can guarantee your safety by quiting the Communist Party, Do you agree?" Grandpa said: "I agree."

Lian Lian: "Are you sure?"

Grandpa: "I am sure."

Lian Lian: "No regrets?"

Grandpa: "No regrets."

Grandpa, who had not agreed to quit the Party for over a year, was persuaded to quit the Party with a couple of sentences. Lian Lian again turned to her grandpa and said solemnly: "Do you have friends and children? Please ask them to quit the Party to save their lives."

Lian Lian brought out Zhuan Falun and asked Grandpa to introduce himself in front of Teacher's picture and say that he wanted to be a Falun Dafa practitioner. Grandpa said that he did not know how to say it. She then taught her grandpa sentence by sentence. Now both Grandpa and Grandma have started to practice Falun Gong.

(Clearwisdom.net) Yan Shu, who lived in the Song Dynasty, was kind and honest from the time he was very young. He was also bright and eager to learn. When he was only seven years old, he was able to write excellent articles. By 15 years old, he was honored as a genius and recommended to the Emperor by the county governor due to his extreme intelligence.

Yan Shu could have been interviewed or examined by the Emperor directly, but he insisted on attending the formal imperial examination for provincial governor's selection. He considered that the result obtained from the imperial examination would actually reflect his true knowledge and talents. The main examiner approved his request and let him participate in the exam.

The exam began. When Yan Shu received the exam paper, he found that the question was the one he had just practiced. He picked up his writing brush and thought for a while. He then raised his hand and said to the main examiner: "Sir, I have practiced this question at home already. If I do it again, isn't that cheating? Would you please prepare another question for me?"

The examiner heard his words and agreed to give him a different question.

When Yan Shu got his new question, he read it several times and thought for a moment. Then he picked up his brush and wrote the essay without stopping. The examiner was shocked. He thought that this student was so quick and brilliant and was a genius.

Yan Shu's requests to participate in the formal exam and receive a new test question gained people's respect because he was so honest. The news spread among the students who attended the exam and even to the Emperor's ears. The Emperor, Song Zhengzong, immediately asked to see Yan Shu himself. He praised him: "You have solid knowledge and intelligence. But more importantly, you are an honest person and don't cheat. This high moral standard is more precious."

In ancient China, the number one criterion for assigning a person to a position was to gauge that person's moral quality. It did not matter if it was to the court, as a provincial governor, to a county office or for a store or business, if a person had great capability and intelligence but poor moral standards, no one wanted to offer that person a position. Yan Shu was honored with a high level official position in the court because of his honesty.