A businessman and his wife are continually persecuted and their wealth has been confiscated.

 

Mr. Long Guande is well-known in Zhuhai City and owns a residential renovation business. In the past, he accumulated quite a bit of wealth as a result of hard work. However, his physical health was deteriorating. He had various illnesses, and he almost died from bronchitis. He always had to take medicine with him wherever he went.

In the spring of 1995, Mr. Long started to practice Falun Gong. From then on, all his illnesses disappeared, and he also had changed as a person. Not only did he have good health, but he had also changed into a person with high moral standards. Following the principles of  "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance", he was very considerate of others and also eliminated his previous bad habits when doing business with others. His wife, Ms. Zhan Xuemei also became a Falun Gong practitioner.

Since Jiang Zemin's regime started the persecution of Falun Gong on July 20, 1999, Mr. Long and Ms. Zhan Xuemei have been repeatedly arrested and taken to the local brainwashing center. They have been threatened and harassed frequently. They stayed firm in their belief and continued to clarify the facts about Falun Gong. Officials from the police department once issued a reward of 50,000 yuan for Mr. Long's arrest and used all kinds of means to try to arrest him. His residence in Zhuhai City was searched and ransacked numerous times, and his relatives were questioned and monitored as well. Furthermore, his relatives' residences were searched, and the water and power supplies were cut off. His elderly parents and young children were affected. 

For seven years, Mr. Long  has been destitute. During this time, he has successfully avoided arrest many times.

In August 2001, Ms. Zhan Xuemei's brother's phone was tapped. She and her brother communicated on the phone and arranged for him to go to the checkpoint at Shangchong (at the border of Zhuhai; Chinese people need a special permit to enter Zhuhai) to pick up Mr. Long's family. Mr. Long's nephew happened to be in Zhuhai for business that day, so Mr. Long and his family rode in the nephew's car. But the police were already there waiting for them. They had followed Ms. Zhan's brother's car. Mr. Long and Ms. Zhan were arrested. Their two little children were horrified at what they had to witness, and to this day, they still run away whenever they see police cars. The nephew's car was confiscated, and Ms. Zhan's brother's bank balance, in the amount of over 30,000 yuan, was seized, as well as more than 10,000 yuan in cash and his cellphone.

The day after their arrest, Mr. Long was transferred by armed policemen to the 1st Detention Center in Zhuhai City. Chief Song had known Mr. Long before he started practicing Falun Gong. He knew very well what kind of person Mr. Long was. On their way to the detention center, Mr. Long asked to stop by his brother-in-law's house to take care of some business. At first, Song did not dare to stop because Mr. Long was regarded as an important criminal, and whoever caught him would be rewarded 50,000 yuan and be promoted as well. Likewise, whoever let Mr. Long escape would be punished and lose his title. After consulting with his supervisor, Song allowed Mr. Long to stop by his brother's home, where Mr. Long's relatives and Song started to quarrel. They asked Song to release Mr. Long. The other police officers watched them intently. Taking this opportunity, Mr. Long escaped from his brother's home. For a long time, the policemen did not even notice. Afterwards, they sent out over 100 officers and search dogs to look for him, but it was too late. After that, Mr. Long's relatives went to the police department to get their cars and other personal property back, but the officers refused to return anything. On the contrary, they demanded that his relatives turn Mr. Long in.

The CCP's financial persecution of Mr. Long and Ms. Zhan has been severe. Their bank account was mysteriously closed, and their bank savings and cars were all confiscated. In addition, a contractor who owed Mr. Long several million yuan and whom Mr. Long had treated very nicely before, denied owing a debt. 

When Mr. Long and Ms. Zhan became destitute, their life changed dramatically. They had owned property worth millions of yuan, but suddenly they became paupers and owned nothing. Even so, they never doubted and remained firm in their belief in Falun Gong. They have never stopped clarifying the facts about Falun Gong.

The CCP has never stopped looking for them. On the morning of September 23, 2007, the police arrested Mr. Long and Ms. Zhan and ransacked their home. After the arrest, their whereabouts are unknown.