Solemn Declaration
I went to Beijing to validate Dafa and was arrested by the police. Because of my trip to Beijing, my work unit stopped paying my salary and stopped my employment. On July 30, 2002, the chief of my work unit forced me to write the so-called "guarantee statement" to promise that I would no longer to participate in Falun Gong activities. Fearful of having no future income at that moment, I wrote the "guarantee statement." After going back home, Teacher's Fashen [law body] appeared before me. Teacher was grieved for my not being able to pass the obstacle. His eyes were filled with blood. I deeply regretted that I couldn't control myself. I followed the arrangement of the evil and had gone astray. Hereby I solemnly declare: The "guarantee statement" that I was forced to write is invalid. From now on I will make up for the losses with redoubled effort, catch up with the Fa-rectification progress, and go back home with Teacher.
July 30, 2002
Dafa practitioner Wang Shuqin
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Solemn Declaration
In December 2000, I went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Dafa and was detained at the Beijing Xicheng District Detention Center. Because I would not tell them my name, the police tied me to an iron chair with chains and beat me. This happened in the middle of the winter, yet I was only allowed to wear a single T-shirt. Later I was sent back to the local police station. The police instigated the criminals to brutally beat me and paraded me around in the streets. Later I was transferred to a forced labor camp. There they abused in many ways - smashing me with a stool, lashing me with a belt, burning me with cigarette butts, burned me with a lighter and beat with wooden planks. I couldn't stand it anymore and did something against my will that did not comply with Dafa. However, I still firmly believed in Dafa. I knew that I didn't do well, so I declared to them right away and announced that everything I had written was invalid. This led to another, harsher persecution. They had those collaborators [former Falun Gong practitioners who have gone astray due to brainwashing and torture] persuade me with their unrighteous ideas, but my heart toward Dafa was rock-solid. On June 6, 2002, I left the labor camp openly and with dignity, and returned to the current of Fa-rectification. Here I solemnly declare again: All of my words and deeds that do not comply with Dafa during the detention period were invalid. I will keep on practicing and become a qualified Dafa practitioner. I will compensate for the loss with my redoubled effort and redeem the loss caused to Dafa.
July 28, 2002
Dafa practitioner Liu Yanbin
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Solemn Declaration
I was deceived around July 20, 1999 by the evil. I did not understand the Dafa practitioners' appeal in Beijing on April 25th, 1999. Succumbing to the pressure, I wrote the "guarantee statements" against my conscience and was videotaped in a TV program. Thus, I cooperated with the propaganda of the evil and seriously damaged the image of Dafa. I have been deeply regretting this. Teacher is so merciful that he would rather suffer unimaginable tribulations and pains than abandon a single disciple. That made me feel more and more deeply regretful for my foolishness and mistakes. Therefore, I solemnly declare: All of my words and deeds that did not comply with Dafa or damaged the image of Dafa are invalid. From now on, I will follow Teacher firmly, not hesitate in the course of Fa-rectification, and compensate for my errors with redoubled efforts and redeem the loss I caused to Dafa.
July 20, 2002
Dafa practitioner Chen Ruizeng
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Solemn Declaration
The brainwashing class used extremely evil measures to brainwash practitioners: depriving Dafa practitioners of sleep, not allowing Dafa practitioners to drink water or take a shower; forcing practitioners to remain standing facing the wall around the clock. I lost consciousness after being forced to stand for seven days and nights. After I woke up, I was forced to sign some documents. After being deprived of sleep for a long time, I was delirious and signed the so-called "Repentance Statement" [A statement to acknowledge remorse for practicing Falun Gong, to give up Falun Gong, and to never again associate with those practitioners who practice Falun Gong and/or go to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong]. Now I declare: the signature on the so-called "Repentance Statement" is invalid. I will firmly practice, firmly safeguard Dafa, strive vigorously to compensate for my error and redeem the loss to Dafa, follow Teacher to return home and return to my original, true self.
August 22, 2002
Dafa practitioner Li Suzhen
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Solemn Declaration
I benefited both mentally and physically from practicing Falun Dafa. I was illegally jailed for exposing lies and upholding Dafa. In jail I suffered inhumane mental and physical tortures. In order to get me to abandon my righteous belief, the police forced me to do heavy labor in the 42 degrees Celsius heat. If I refused to study the materials that slandered Dafa, I had to work extra hours as a penalty after I came back from the plant. Under the situation of being forced to remain standing for four days, being deprived of sleep, brainwashed in turn by the police and mentally delirious, I wrote the "Three Statements" [they are documents coerced under extreme pressure, torture and brainwashing, designed by the Chinese authority to ensure that detained Falun Gong practitioners be appropriately brainwashed. The statements consist of a letter of repentance, a guarantee to never again practice Falun Gong, and a list containing names and addresses of all family, friends and acquaintances of the detainee who practices Falun Gong. This system was concocted by the "610" office, an agency specifically created to persecute Falun Gong, with absolute power over each level of administration in the Party and all other political and judiciary system] and materials to damage the image of Dafa. As a Dafa practitioner, at this critical moment, I lied out of fear. Under the intimidation of the evil, I helped a tyrant to do the evil things. I was very regretful. To be responsible to my true life, to correct this mistake, I hereby solemnly declare: everything I wrote under pressure in the jail and all that I did, such as recording an audio tape, video tape and literature I had produced while I was going astray are all invalid. I will compensate for the errors with redoubled effort to redeem the loss to Dafa and catch up with the process of Fa-rectification.
August 25, 2002
Dafa practitioner Zhang Ke
Category: Solemn Declarations
