(Clearwisdom.net) Since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started persecuting Falun Gong on July 20, 1999, practitioner Mr. Lai Xiaoyun and his family have had to endure constant torment by CCP agents. The police continually harass the family in many ways, and even took Mr. Lai's computer from his home.

Mr. Lai's mother had cancer and there was no treatment that could help her, so doctors gave her one year to live. In 1997, she began studying Falun Gong. Not long after, she made a full recovery. Nevertheless, CCP officers forced her to write a guarantee statement, promising not to practice Falun Gong. They told her that if she refused to sign the statement her pension would be withheld, etc. She was so frightened that she quit practicing and the cancer returned. Ultimately, she passed away as a result of the persecution in 2001.

In May 2001, Mr. Lai was sentenced to one and a half years because he was clarifying the truth about the persecution. After he was released from the forced labor camp, the police officers, agents from political and judiciary committee 610 Office, the State Security Division, and the Neighborhood Administration Committee frequently went to his home and harassed him. On June 30, 2008, Mr. Lai Xiaoyun was arrested in Heshan City, Guangdong Province. On December 26, 2008, the Heshan City Court sentenced him to four years in prison.