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FDI: Chinese Officials Cover Up Abuses against Falun Gong in Reneging on Promises of Internet Freedom for Journalists

31 Jul 2008

NEW YORK -- Journalists in Beijing covering the Olympic Games have found their Internet access restricted according to several major media reports, including those from the BBC and USA Today.

At a Tuesday news conference, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman, Liu Jianchao, admitted Falun Gong sites would remain blocked, while Sun Weide, the spokesperson for the Beijing Olympic Committee (BOCOG) attacked Falun Gong by stating that the traditional Chinese discipline "is an evil, fake religion which has been banned by the Chinese government."

"Labeling Falun Gong in this manner is done precisely to distort and misinform people as to the nature of Falun Gong, while also aiming to justify a nine-year brutal campaign waged by the Chinese regime to stamp out the practice," says Falun Dafa Information Center spokesman, Mr. Erping Zhang.

Since 2000, annual reports from Amnesty International, the U.S. Department of State and others have documented severe abuses leveled at Falun Gong practitioners by the Chinese regime.

"Reneging on the promise to the IOC to allow journalists unrestricted access to the Internet," Mr. Zhang added, "is an even further step to hide the human rights abuses of this regime. We encourage journalists in Beijing to look into why Chinese officials don't want you to see Falun Gong and other human rights-related websites. Perhaps therein lies the most compelling and tragic story behind the regime hosting the 2008 Olympics?"

The Falun Dafa Information Center is calling upon media in Beijing to not give a platform to the slanderous labels used by Chinese officials on Falun Gong without proper investigation into their merits or lack thereof.

The Center is also calling upon the IOC to reconsider the deal it reportedly struck with the BOCOG allowing Internet restrictions. In so far as these restrictions further Beijing's agenda to cover up human rights abuses, to let them stand is irresponsible at best, complicit at worst.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT THE FALUN DAFA INFORMATION CENTER

Contacts: Gail Rachlin (+1 917-757-9780), Levi Browde (+1 646-415-0998), Erping Zhang (+1 646-533-6147), or Joel Chipkar (+1 416-709-8678)

Fax: 646-792-3916 Email: contact@faluninfo.net, Website: http://faluninfo.net/


FDI: Beijing Reporters, Tear Down This Firewall (and How To)

02 Aug 2008

NEW YORK -- With the International Olympic Committee having admitted prior consent to the Chinese authorities to block access for foreign reporters to certain websites (article), the Falun Dafa Information Center, in cooperation with Internet freedom activists, hereby offers journalists in Beijing a resource to gain free access to information during their stay in China.

The tools available on the Global Internet Freedom Consortium (GIFC) website www.internetfreedom.org allow anonymous, secure access to public websites normally accessible outside of the CCP's filters.

The Global Internet Freedom Consortium (GIFC) is an organization founded by Falun Gong practitioners, offering tools that allow anonymous, secure access from within China to websites normally accessible outside of the CCP's filters. The GIFC's secure gateway services handle over 90 percent of the anti-censorship internet traffic from China and Iran, amounting to more than 400 million hits per day.

The tools available on the GIFC's http://internetfreedom.org website are the very same tools that millions of Chinese citizens employ to access information blocked by the CCP. They operate by scattering web requests across a dynamic network of servers outside China, then re-assembling the encrypted data into a normal web page on the user's computer.

In addition to allowing access to otherwise filtered sites, these tools also assist users inside China in keeping the details of their Internet usage, including passwords, safe from Beijing's army of internet monitors. GIFC researchers and recent information released by Senator Brownback (article) indicate that such surveillance is especially active in the run-up to and during the Olympics, as the authorities attempt to secure information from the computers of visiting journalists, diplomats and foreign travelers.

It is recommended that these tools be downloaded and installed before arriving in Beijing, if possible, to ensure unrestricted access to the real internetfreedom.org website. Chinese security agents are known to have created fake versions of the site that do not provide these tools and may even install viruses or monitoring software on a user's computer. However, those already in Beijing could also visit this website from their bureau headquarters, which normally has unrestricted access to the Internet. Another alternative is to obtain the tools from a colleague in the reporter's home office outside China via a virtual private network (VPN) connection.

Falun Gong Sites Remain Blocked Even as Restrictions on Other Sites Loosen

After the initial outcry from reporters in Beijing over Internet restrictions, GIFC researchers and media reports indicate that the CCP has begun to allow reporters to have access to some previously-blocked sites, such as Amnesty International's or the BBC in Chinese, but Falun Gong-related websites remain blocked.

"Based on our experience, the overwhelming reason for the CCP to block a website is not because it may have harmful content, such as pornography or excessive violence," says GIFC's chief technologist, Mr. Bill Xia. "The main reason they block a website is because they are trying to cover up human rights abuses and other crimes carried out by the state. So, the real question here, I think, is why are they so afraid of journalists having free access to information about Falun Gong?"

One possible reason is that in preparing to host the Olympics, there has been a sharp increase in arrests and brutality against Falun Gong practitioners. In a July report, the Center detailed a campaign of door-to-door arrests in which thousands of Falun Gong practitioners have been detained, with many subsequently sentenced without trial to forced labor camps for two to three years (news).

Indeed, since their inception, much of the CCP's Internet monitoring efforts have positioned information about Falun Gong as a key target. "Falun Gong" and related terms (about) have been on the short list of blocked keywords, often in the top position, ever since the persecution of Falun Gong began in 1999 (see Harvard University's Open Net Initiative Report on Internet filtering).

More recently, according to a May 20, 2008 Washington Post report, California-based Cisco Systems prepared an internal document indicating that one of the main objectives of China's "Golden Shield Project" -- a multi-billion dollar initiative to restrict and monitor Internet usage inside China -- was to "combat the Falun Gong." (news) Cisco Systems is reportedly one of the largest suppliers of technology to the Golden Shield Project.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT THE FALUN DAFA INFORMATION CENTER

Contacts: Gail Rachlin (+1 917-757-9780), Levi Browde (+1 646-415-0998), Erping Zhang (+1 646-533-6147), or Joel Chipkar (+1 416-709-8678)

Fax: 646-792-3916 Email: contact@faluninfo.net, Website: http://faluninfo.net/


The Canadian Press: Chinese torture jails near Olympic venues, group says

OTTAWA - Falun Gong supporters say Chinese authorities are torturing prisoners of conscience in labour camps and jails close to Olympic venues. And they've published an online guide, complete with maps, descriptions and photographs of seven facilities where they say hundreds of thousands languish.

The Coalition to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong says political dissidents and others work 18-hour days, are jabbed with electric cattle prods, tortured, and endure endless hours of "thought reform."

The group's website lists products known to have been manufactured at the camps and provides case summaries of current and former prisoners of conscience.

It says the facilities are in or near Beijing, Qingdao, Shanghai, Tianjin, Qinhuangdao and Shenyang.

The group says adherents of Falun Gong, a spiritual movement deemed a threat to the Chinese government, make up a huge percentage of labour camp detainees.

Supporters claim China's communist regime routinely imprisons, tortures, kills and harvests the organs of Falun Gong practitioners.

The Chinese government denies the claims.

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On the Web: http://www.humanrightstorch.org/news/guide-to-Olympic-village-labor-camps/


http://www.mytelus.com/sports/article.do?pageID=olympics/home&articleID=2966939&


News and Events Around the World


Media Focus on CCP's Information Blockade before Beijing Olympics

(Clearwisdom.net) In recent days, Canadian mainstream media including National Post, The Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, The Calgary Herald, Ottawa Citizen and CBC carried reports on China's internet blockade before the Olympics and China's human rights infringement.

CCP Blocks Internet, Criticized by Human Rights Organizations and Media

Toronto Star carried a report on July 30 titled "IOC gave nod to website censorship". The report stated, "The International Olympic Committee and the Beijing Games plunged deeper into controversy yesterday after a senior IOC official was forced to admit the IOC had cut a deal with Chinese authorities to allow them to block access to a wide range of websites during the Games.

"The admission stunned free speech advocates in Asia, Europe and North America, triggering accusations that the IOC was "spineless" and had caved in to dictates from the Games' authoritarian hosts. Only two weeks ago IOC president Jacques Rogge said in an interview, "There will be no censorship on the Internet," during the Games.

"But yesterday an embarrassed IOC press chair Kevan Gosper acknowledged he had learned through a Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee press conference that the Chinese would censor the Internet and - on further inquiry - he discovered his own organization was complicit in the plan.

""Sensitive" websites - and stories - relating to the Falun Gong spiritual movement, the movement for an independent Tibet, and virtually all human rights, free speech and pro-democracy groups are expected to be primary targets.

"The IOC will definitely lose face over this," Vincent Brossel of Reporters Without Borders said in a telephone interview from Paris. "It's just one more example that shows how the Chinese government's commitment in 2001 to allow free media was just a weak promise and in some ways, they had no real intention to provide normal working conditions for journalists covering the Games."

"In New York, Bob Dietz, of the Committee to Protect Journalists, was astonished. "China and the IOC promised that this would not happen," he said. "If journalists' access to the Internet is restricted in any way, it's a failure of both parties to meet the promises they made to the world. I don't think the IOC knew who they were getting into bed with," he added.

"In Hong Kong, Nicholas Bequelin of Human Rights Watch said, "This proves the IOC is spineless." He told the South China Morning Post that such censorship shows "the paranoia of the Chinese government overrules the accepted systems used by the international community. This has tarnished the Olympic movement severely," he said.

"The websites of all three organizations: Reporters Without Borders, the Committee to Protect Journalists and Human Rights Watch, are banned and blocked in China - as is that of Amnesty International, which issued a scathing attack on China this week, accusing the government of using the Games as a pretext to crack down even harder on perceived threats to stability."

Large Scale Persecution Started Before China's Bid for Hosting the Olympics

Eight days before Olympics, the CCP broke the IOC's promise two weeks ago and blocked "sensitive" websites. The CCP increased media inspection and control, and escalated imprisonment of Falun Gong practitioners and dissidents without legal procedure. The CCP's website blockage drew criticism from human rights organizations and media worldwide. These issues made China's human rights become the focus of Western media.

Falun Gong practitioner He Lizhi was sentenced to three and half years imprisonment for downloading five articles from Clearwisdom.net using proxy to share the facts of the persecution with her friends. On August 1, 2008, she spoke out about her suffering to media at the Canadian Parliament building.

Ms. He's bitter experience recalled the situation in China in 2000. China had not won the right to host of Olympics then. But internet control and the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners were already happening on a large scale. Ms. He said, "I was unlawfully imprisoned. One hundred twenty Falun Gong practitioners were jailed on one floor. They were unlawfully imprisoned for telling others about the persecution of Falun Gong. Most of them were sentenced to 7 to 18 years of imprisonment."

Olympics Becomes a Pretext for the CCP to Trample Human Rights

Spokesperson Lucy Zhou of the Falun Dafa Association gave a speech on August 1 at the Parliament building. She said, "To prepare for the Olympics, Chinese security ordered a 'strike hard' against Falun Gong. Up to July 7, there has been more than 8,037 documented arrests of Falun Gong adherents across 29 provinces, major cities and autonomous regions since December 2007. The largest monthly total of 1,819 known arrests occurred in June, followed by 1,799 known arrests in May. Falun Gong practitioners are being killed in custody faster and more frequently than before. Hundreds of thousands of Falun Gong practitioners will experience the Olympics from inside labor camps, where they are often tortured."

Ms. Zhou said, "Most Chinese are unaware of any of the above because independent information about Falun Gong remains blocked inside China."

Kathy Gillis from the Coalition to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong (CIPFG) recommended a brochure "Torture outside the Olympic Village: Guide to China's Labor Camps." The Guide details vivid information on the history of seven notorious labor camps that are a mere few miles from some Olympic venues and includes:
*A map showing the location of the facility and location of the closest Olympic venue
*Directions to the camp from the nearest airport and train station.
*A photo and description of the camp with address and phone number.
*Products known to have been manufactured at the site
*And brief individual case summaries of current and former prisoners of conscience, the abuse they have suffered in custody, and whether they are available for interview.

The guide also draws particular attention to the plight of adherents of Falun Gong.

In her speech, Ms. Gillis said, "For the past 9 years the Falun Gong practitioners have suffered under the largest most violent persecution that the Chinese people have seen in decades. Reports from United Nations special Rapporteurs have estimated that today Falun Gong practitioners represent 660f all alleged torture cases in China. They state that they continue to be alarmed by deaths in custody in China where Reports describing harrowing scenes in which Falun Gong detainees die as a result of severe, brutal and cruel acts of torture defy description. In the lead up to the Olympic Games the communist regime has fanatically tried to manipulate people into indifference in order to hide their terrible abuses by labeling innocent and responsible human rights defenders, including Falun Gong as being "anti China," "terrorists," "evil" or "political."

Ms. Gillis continued, "At the same time, while we realize the possibility of reporters being able to enter these camps is slim, their ability to remember and give voice to innocent Falun Gong adherents and other civil rights defenders who suffer torture and death only miles from where athletes celebrate victory is not. For giving them a voice is not only our duty as responsible global citizens, it is also the true realization of the Olympic spirit."


Toronto, Canada: CIPFG Releases Information on Labor Camps Near Beijing Olympics Contest Venues (Photos)

(Clearwisdom.net) On August 1, 2008, the Coalition to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong (CIPFG) held a press conference in front of the Chinese Consulate in Toronto. CIPFG released information on labor camps within a few miles from Beijing Olympics contest venues. During the press conference, Falun Gong practitioners spoke out about their experiences of suffering persecution in China.

Falun Gong practitioners protest the CCP's persecution of Falun Gong in front of the Chinese Consulate

Paul York and his girl friend support practitioners' efforts

Labor Camps Near Olympics Contest Venues

Gina from CIPFG gave a speech on behalf of director Clive Ansley, "Many of us heard of Chinese Gulags. But when we find that innocent people are suffering in such hell-like labor camps that are so close to Olympics contest venues, it is appalling."

CIPFG provides the information on labor camps to help overseas reporters to break through the CCP's media blockage and report on the CCP's violations of human rights, which the CCP tries to keep hidden.

The information lists the infamous labor camps where Flaun Gong practitioners are brutally tortured.

Falun Gong Practitioners Forced to Take Drugs Used on Mental Patients

Practitioner Wang Zhi from Shenyang, China was sent to forced labor camps twice. The first time was on March 31, 2000 in Masanjia Labor Camp. The second time was February 26, 2003 in Tiantanhe Women's Labor Camp, Daxing, Beijing.

Ms. Wang was forced to work and watch videos defaming Falun Gong and was deprived of sleep.

"Especially during the second time, the forced labor injured my spine," said Ms. Wang. "Later I became very thin. The camp guard said I had a mental problem and put me in solitary confinement. I was not allowed to go out."

"The camp guard forced me to take two drugs. As a result I became very sleepy and my body trembled. I could not walk later. I found later that the two drugs are for used for patients with mental disorders," she said.

Calling for an End to the Persecution

Paul York and his girlfriend came to the spot to support Falun Gong practitioners' efforts to stop the persecution.

Paul said, "We support Falun Gong practitioners. The CCP's persecution violates human rights. We know that Falun Gong is being persecuted in China. These practitioners protest in front of the Chinese Consulate every day. I saw them whenever I passed by."

"Everyone has right to protest human rights abuses. We have freedom in Canada and should speak out," said Paul.

Chairman of the Falun Dafa Association of Canada, Zhang Zhaojin, said in his speech that the CCP escalated the persecution of Falun Gong under the pretext of the hosting the Olympics. Since the end of last year to June 30, 8037 practitioners were unlawfully arrested and imprisoned.

Mr. Zhang said, "Hundreds of thousands of Falun Gong practitioners were unlawfully imprisoned in jails, brainwashing centers, and mental hospitals even before the CCP's escalation of persecution. This is the biggest human rights disaster in the world."

"We strongly condemn the CCP intensifying its persecution of Chinese people under the pretext of hosting the Olympics. We call on people to help stop the nine-year-long brutal persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China," said Mr. Zhang.


Turkey: Turkish Media Support Falun Gong Practitioners' Efforts to End the Persecution

(Clearwisdom.net) On July 20, in order to raise awareness of the crimes committed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) who have been brutally persecuting Falun Gong for nine years, some Falun Gong practitioners in Turkey went to Muğla in the western region. They visited several major media outlets, telling them about how the CCP persecutes Falun Gong and called on these media to expose the CCP's atrocities and help end the persecution, which has lasted for the past nine years.

Practitioners first visited Datca Express, which is the most influential newspaper in Datca city, and told several editors about the atrocities committed by the CCP such as removing organs from living Falun Gong practitioners and gave them some detailed information.

The editors were so shocked and indignant at the inhuman persecution launched by the CCP that they expressed that they would certainly publish this story in their newspaper to let more people know about the crimes committed by the CCP.

After they left Datca Express, the practitioners went to Hamle Medya Grubu the biggest integrated media institution in Muğla and were well received.

When understanding what Falun Gong is and why Falun Gong is being persecuted in China, the staff responsible for the program production immediately invited the practitioners to help them create a special television program with Falun Gong as a theme. The staff said that the audience in Muğla will surely be interested in Falun Gong.

During an hour-long program, the practitioners exposed in detail the fact that the CCP cruelly persecutes Falun Gong and, at the same time, introduced the goodness of Falun Gong and the benefits Falun Gong has on the mind and body by sharing their personal experiences. At the end of the program, the practitioners demonstrated the beautiful and peaceful Falun Gong exercises.

A hostess expressed that she was deeply moved after hearing about Falun Gong. She told the practitioners that she herself would not only learn Falun Gong, but also introduce Falun Gong to people around her.

After the recording the program, the practitioners went to the editorial department of Hamle newspaper, belonging to the media group, telling the editors and staff there about how Falun Gong is widely spread in more than 80 countries and areas, and the fact that the CCP has been persecuting Falun Gong for nine years, and gave them detailed information.

The editor of the department said that what the practitioners were doing now was very important. He planned to produce a piece of news on how the CCP persecutes Falun Gong. He added that he hoped the practitioners could set up a practice site in their city. Finally, together with other staff, the editor sincerely wished Falun Gong practitioners' efforts success.

A person working for the media in Muğla, who has offered great help to practitioners, also expressed that he would take more materials with him and distribute them to all media in this city.

Source: http://clearharmony.net/articles/200808/45532.html


United Kingdom: European Divine Land Marching Band Leads Parade in London (Photos)

(Clearwisdom.net) Saturday July 26 was a beautiful, sunny day in London. In order to expose the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s nine long years of brutal persecution of Falun Gong, practitioners in the UK took to the streets of London along with the European Divine Land Marching Band. They paraded along the busiest commercial streets, ending up in the famous Trafalgar Square for a press conference and activities to raise awareness about the persecution.

The band marches in the busiest streets of London

As practitioners in the UK have held many parades in the city center, many Londoners are no longer surprised to learn about Falun Gong being persecuted by the CCP. But this performance by the European Divine Land Marching Band created more time for people to hear the truth about Falun Gong, deeply moving everybody present.

The band marches in the busiest streets of London

To commemorate those practitioners persecuted to death in China

Around noon, Falun Gong practitioners gathered in front of the Chinese Embassy in London. In the front was the European Divine Land Marching Band, which attracted a lot of attention. Some eighty band members came from a dozen countries across Europe, such as the UK, Germany, France, Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, and Belgium. The sun shone on their crisp white and blue uniforms and golden musical instruments.

Immediately following the band were twenty female practitioners dressed in white. Each held a flower wreath with a photo of a practitioner persecuted to death by the CCP. After this solemn display of the evidence of the CCP's crimes, banners gave clear messages opposing the persecution. The banners were written in Chinese and English, "The persecution of Falun Gong in China has lasted for nine years. Immediately stop the persecution." "Immediately stop persecuting Falun Gong." And "Please extend a helping hand to stop the CCP's persecution of Falun Gong." Following the anti-persecution team were those supporting forty million brave individuals who have withdrawn from the CCP and its affiliated organizations. Those holding the message, "Forty million have quit the CCP" included Chinese as well as westerners, even a few mothers pushing baby strollers. "The CCP will fall, don't be its victim," the message at the end of the parade warned compassionately.

The Divine Land Marching Band's performance began! Drums, flutes and trumpets suddenly turned the busy London streets into an eye-catching mobile stage. Marching in neat paces, practitioners from all over Europe demonstrated the beauty of Falun Gong with different instruments but the same compassion. During the parade the band performed four songs: "Falun Dafa is good", "Fa Drums and Trumpets Shake Ten Directional World", "Ode to Joy" and "Delivery Treasure".

Falun Gong practitioners' parade and especially the performance of the European Divine Land Marching Band made it a very special day for London. Because it was a school holiday weekend with brilliant weather, tourists and shoppers packed the streets. The deep and rich music shook people's hearts. People in the streets slowed down to accept leaflets. The crowd immediately gathered wherever the band music boomed, forming spectacles of layers of welcoming crowds. Carefully observing the parade from both sides of the streets, onlookers had a surprised look on their faces. Many took out video cameras, cameras and mobile phones to record the precious moments. When the parade passed the construction site next to BBC Headquarters, workers at heights stopped what they were doing to take photos with their cell phones. In busy streets some followed the band for a long time taking photos. People came out of shops.

Tourists came from all over the world, including those from other places in the UK as well as foreigners from Spain, Poland, Slovenia, Australia, etc. There were also many Chinese in the streets, some of whom also accepted leaflets. Many interviewed heard about Falun Gong for the first time. None of them could imagine such a persecution was happening.

After the parade passed, a mother and a daughter stood by the road carefully reading a leaflet. The mother wore a traditional Indian dress. They were from Cardiff. Daughter Silvia was a pharmacist. Silvia said that they were hearing about Falun Gong for the first time. They were saddened by the deceased Falun Gong practitioners' photos displayed in the parade. Not being able to understand why such things would happen, they were looking for answers in the leaflet in a hurry. The mother questioned, "Why do the media not focus on this?" "Where can we find Falun Gong?" "How can I help?" When told that she could let as many people know the truth as possible, she answered firmly, "I will. I will tell more people about this."

A few lads in work uniforms dropped what was in their hands to watch the parade at the street corner. As it turned out they were from Poland. One of them who could speak English, Mariusz, said that he completely agreed that Communism should be done away with. He asked proudly, "Did you know that Poland was the first country to end Communism? Then followed Russia and the Czech Republic."

The grand parade ended on the North Terrace of Trafalgar Square. Participants then held a press conference. Speakers at the conference included the president of the UK Falun Gong Association Mr. Peter Jauhal, UK Falun Gong practitioner Lord Francis Thurlow, the Vice President of the European Friends of Falun Gong Mr. John Dee and a representative of European Divine Land Marching Band. In their speeches they all expressed a common wish to immediately stop the CCP's persecution of Falun Gong. Mr. John Dee also urged people to fully understand the crimes the CCP has committed against Falun Gong and take concrete actions. Mr. Dee said, "During the past nine years, the CCP has committed persecution and murder unparalleled in history." "It is time for the world to act." "We will give the CCP government a clear message: that is to immediately stop the persecution!"

After the press conference, the band performed again. Drums suddenly bellowed and the whole square was immersed in majestic music. Following the music, people from all corners gathered together at Falun Gong practitioners' display.

After the band's performance, practitioners continued demonstrating Falun Gong's five exercises till the end of the event. As usual the exercise demonstration attracted a large number of tourists around Trafalgar Square. Many signed anti-persecution petition forms immediately after reading the information boards or leaflets. The activities also attracted some media people.

Reporter Born is a tall, middle-aged western man. He has recorded the Divine Land Marching Band and Falun Gong practitioners for a long time. When the band was playing "Falun Dafa is good", he took the initiative to sign the petition form. When asked why he supported stopping the persecution, he answered clearly, "For these kind people (Falun Gong practitioners) one persecuted to death is one too many." "Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance are basic human principles. Without these, we are nothing."

Phillip is a journalist. Two weeks ago he met an old friend from fifteen years before. This friend practices Falun Gong and told him the truth about the persecution. Phillip immediately decided to do something for practitioners. Today he followed the entire parade. He thought it was fantastic to parade through downtown streets to Trafalgar Square in terms of letting people know what is happening in China. He will publish today's recordings onto his website as soon as possible before the Beijing Olympics so that more people can see it. Phillip predicted the success of efforts to end the persecution, "After all, the persecutors are the minority and the persecuted are the majority."

Source: http://clearharmony.net/articles/200808/45522.html


"Voyage into Ancient China" -- Practitioners Participate in the 59th Annual Seattle Seafair Torchlight Parade (Photos/Video)

(Clearwisdom.net) On the evening of July 26, 2008, the 59th Seattle Seafair Torchlight Parade was held. Around 300,000 spectators watched the parade along the 2.5 mile-long parade route in downtown Seattle, and many more watched the parade via TV live coverage.

The Falun Gong procession in the 59th annual Seafair Torchlight Parade of Seattle

Video: Falun Gong procession in the 59th Seafair Torchlight Parade of Seattle

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Seafair is Seattle's traditional summer festival. It is a month-long, region-wide barbecue, that brings an entire community together in celebration. For 58 years Seafair has been about community events, parades, the Miss Seafair contest, the Navy and Coast Guard, amateur athletics, airplanes and of course, boat racing. But most of all, Seafair has been about people and it continues to be.

The parade, called the Diamond of Seattle, attracts many thousands of visitors. Falun Dafa practitioners' float won Best Workmanship award last year. KIRO 7 (CBS) TV station showed the float in its program for this year's Seafair. The Seattle Post Intelligencer, the second largest newspaper in Seattle, published an article the day before the parade, which introduced Falun Gong, the exercise demonstration to be held on the float, and the practitioners' hope to bring health and graceful blessings to people.

"Amazing Adventures" - "Voyage into Ancient China"

The parade started at 7:30 p.m. with more than one hundred entries participating in the parade. The theme this year was "Amazing Adventures." The Falun Gong procession included lion dancing, sword dancing, a Fa-boat float, Tang drums, and a flag team to present Chinese traditional culture with the theme, "Voyage into Ancient China."

A large banner with "Falun Dafa" in golden characters and letters was in front of the procession, carried by four practitioners looking like angels. They waved to the spectators. People frequently came up to have their picture taken with these "Celestial maidens."

The sword dancing and lion dancing followed, symbolizing the elimination of evil to bring peace to the people. Their performance won great applause. The spectators especially enjoyed the two active lions.

Falun Dafa Float

The Falun Dafa boat float has a very unique design and is the most magnificent float in Seafair. It is 45-feet long. The golden words "Falun Dafa" on the blue boat looked majestic and solemn. Seven Chinese and Western Falun Gong practitioners demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises on the float. They were dressed in Tang costumes or traditional dress to show that people of different races and ages practice Falun Dafa. Colorful clouds floated between lotuses and foliage. The whole float was immersed in a peaceful atmosphere.

The spectators cheered and clapped and many copied the movements of the fifth exercise.

A group of young American youths shouted in Chinese, "Falun Dafa is good! [Falun Dafa hao!]"

Drumming touched people's hearts

Following the float was a group of waist drummers. The drummers played the song, "Falun Dafa Is Good." Many spectators clapped along to the rhythm of the music, and children especially seemed to enjoy the drumming. The practitioners felt that the drumming touched people's hearts.

Three banners with "Falun Dafa," "Truthful-Compassion-Tolerance" and "Coming for You," and a flag team followed the drum team. The whole procession ended with a large blue banner with the golden words, "Truthful-Compassion-Tolerance."

TV Commentary: "Spectacular"

KIRO 7 (CBC) TV Station carried a live broadcast of the parade. When the Falun Dafa procession passed by the stage, the KIRO 7 co-host introduced the procession to the TV viewers with, "Falun Gong is an ancient Chinese practice system for better health of both mind and body. Falun Gong includes exercise movements and meditation. It is from China and is now practiced by millions of people in 78 countries." The other announcer exclaimed, "Look at the float, it's truly spectacular!"

Newspaper coverage

The next day, the Seattle Times reported on the Seafair Torchlight Parade and mentioned the Falun Gong group. The Seattle Post Intelligencer carried a photo showing the Falun Gong procession.


Sweden: Rally at the Chinese Embassy to Protest against the Persecution of Falun Gong (Photos)

(Clearwisdom.net) At 1:30 pm on July 20th, Swedish Falun Gong practitioner held a protest at the Chinese Embassy, calling on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to stop the nine-year-long brutal persecution against Falun Gong.

In a rally at the Chinese Embassy, Swedish Falun Gong practitioners demonstrate Falun Gong exercises

Following the anti-persecution rally at the Mynttorget just outside the Swedish Royal Palace in Stockholm on July 19th, Falun Gong practitioners arrived at the Chinese Embassy in Sweden on July 20th for a demonstration. Displaying banners that read, "Stop the Persecution," "Stop the Nine Year Long Chinese Communist Regime's Brutal Persecution against Falun Gong," and "Support CCP Party Withdrawal of 40 Million Chinese People," Falun Gong practitioners clarified the truth to passers-by and those employed by the Chinese Embassy. Accompanied by the elegant exercise music, practitioners also demonstrated the five sets of gentle, peaceful Falun Gong exercises.

People's attention was attracted by this group of peaceful, tranquil protesters. They approached practitioners for additional information about the persecution and took truth-clarification materials with them. Many vehicles slowed down when they passed the site. Drivers honked their horns or gave the thumbs up sign to show their support.

While Anita, a teacher working in an immigrant school, passed by the site on her bicycle, she recognized one of the practitioners as her former student. She came up to the practitioner and hugged the student. After learning that her former student was here to protest the nine-year-long brutal persecution against Falun Gong, Anita said, "What you are doing is right! You are so brave!" She said she had learned a lot about Falun Gong from her students in the school. She was interested in learning Falun Gong and had started reading Zhuan Falun at home. She wrote down the practitioner's phone number and planned to start practicing Falun Gong.

Some practitioners drove for more than five hours from other cities to attend the activities. All they wanted to do was to tell people, "Falun Gong is good," "Falun Gong is a righteous cultivation practice," and, "The persecution against Falun Gong is wrong and must be stopped." These messages were conveyed with the banners that Swedish practitioner Hassan made with help from fellow practitioners.

A staff member of the Chinese Embassy trying to hide and take photos of the protesters

Although the gate of the Chinese Embassy was shut tightly, staff members of the Embassy shuffled about in the courtyard. Some came out of the entrance and hid in the nearby greenery to take photos of the peaceful protesters. In order to remind the Chinese people associated with the Embassy not to be deceived by the evil Communist regime, Western practitioner Mars shouted in Chinese, "Stop the persecution!"

Ms. Zhang, a Falun Gong practitioner from China, read aloud a public letter she wrote to the officials working in the Chinese Embassy: "The Chinese Communist Party cannot represent China. The love of your country is not equivalent to the love of the party. We can prevent more misfortune from impacting China only when the Chinese communist regime collapses and disintegrates." She urged the officials in the Embassy to withdraw from the Chinese Communist Party to embrace a good future and peacefulness for their families and themselves.

Source: http://clearharmony.net/articles/200808/45534.html


Facts of the Persecution


Jilin Province Authorities Intensified the Persecution Before the Arrival of the Olympic Torch Relay

(Clearwisdom.net) Before the Olympics Torch Relay reached Jilin Province on July 15, 2008, the authorities intensified the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. They arrested many practitioners and did not spare anyone, not even practitioners in their 70s.

At 11 p.m. on July 13, 2008, Jilin City Police Department in Jilin Province sent out at least four police cars and a van to forcefully take away Falun Gong practitioners. The practitioners arrested included Mr. Li Zhanxin in his 70s, his wife Feng Fengyun (age 71) as well as their son Mr. Li Wenjun (age 42).

It was reported that Mr. Li Wenjun is currently being incarcerated at the No. 3 Detention Center of Jilin City. The older couple Li Zhanxin and Feng Fengyun are being detained in a brainwashing class close to Unit 250. As there was more than one location for brainwashing classes, the exact location is unknown.

Li Zhanxin's daughter came home and saw that their house had been ransacked and vandalized. Even the bed had been taken apart. The computer, Falun Gong books, Master Li's portrait and some truth clarifying materials were missing. In the corridor she saw a slipper belonging to her brother. The daughter then went to Gaoxin Police Station to ask the whereabouts of her family members. The police claimed that they did not know and pushed the blame onto the street administration committee.

According to Li Zhanxin's neighbors, a few days ago the police had called him. The neighbor said that Li Zhanxin and his wife were law-abiding and did not go out often. However this law-abiding family was arrested in the middle of the night and had their home ransacked and property confiscated simply because of their belief in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance.

On the same night at 1 a.m., the police also stormed into the home of practitioner Ms. Zhang Guirong. Zhang Guirong was arrested and her Falun Gong books were taken. She did not cooperate thus the police tried to exploit her son and daughter-in-law by coercing them to write a guarantee letter. They insisted that the couple promise that during the Olympic Torch Relay they will not allow their Ms. Zhang to leave the house. The threatened that if she is caught outside her home, all the three of them will be arrested.

Ms. Zhang Guirong is sixty-seven years old. Before practicing Falun Gong, she had numerous illnesses and suffered severely. She was unable to do any housework and needed the care of her children. After practicing Falun Gong for merely a few months, she recovered from all her illnesses and started to babysit her grandchild. She could also take her grandchild to and from school. As the Falun Gong books were all taken away, she was heartbroken and upset that she was denied her right to freedom of belief.


Police Officers from Liquan County Arrest Several Dozen Practitioners

(Clearwisdom.net) At the beginning of July 2008, police officers from Liquan County, Shaanxi Province arrested several dozen Falun Gong practitioners, using the Olympic Games as an excuse, and sentenced many of them to forced labor. Recently, Mr. Feng Jianying and Mr. Chen Wujun were among those arrested.

On July 18, 2008, policemen Yuan Dengfeng, Zhou Peng, Zhang Fan, Yang Xiaoqi, Luo Weigang, and Chen Ping, all from the Liquan County Police Department, broke into Mr. Feng Jianying's home and seized a printer, laminating machine, computer, telephone and Falun Dafa materials. Mr. Feng Jianying and Mr. Chen Wujun were taken to Jinjiagou Police Station.

On June 30 and July 1, 2008, before the Olympic Torch passed through Xianyang City, Wang Yifan (male), director of the Liquan County Police Department, mobilized more than 80 police officers to search local practitioners' homes. Policemen Dong Jihao, Zhang Huaizhi, Luo Weigang, Wang Guozhu and Chen Ye participated in these acts. For the practitioners who did not open the door or did not open the door in time, the officers would break in and rummage through their drawers and cupboards, seizing all Dafa books, MP3 players and cash. Twelve practitioners were arrested, including Mr. Zhao Ya, Mr. Yuan Guangwu, Ms. Chen Shuxian, Mr. Chen Tianjian, Mr. Chen Shijun, Mr. Chen Wujun, and Ms. Wang Xinmin.

On July 2, 2008, just one day before the Olympic Torch relay, police officers from the Liquan County Police Department, 610 Office, and the local police station broke into Mr. Yuan Xuexi's home in Dongshan village. Some practitioners there were in the middle of watching a video of the Chinese New Year Spectacular. Ten practitioners were arrested on the spot. The officers even arrested two children. Presently, 68-year-old Mr. Li Gang is at Liquan County Hospital for emergency treatment after having suffered abuse from the authorities. Mr. Yuan Longwa, Ms. Cui Cui, Mr. Yuan Xuexi, 65-year-old Ms. Chen Cai and 68-year-old Ms. Chen Shuxian have been sentenced to forced labor.

Wang Yifan (male), director of Liquan County Police Department: 86-29-35616669, 86-13008550828(Cell)
Dong Jihao (male): State Security Division agent of Liquan County Police Department: 86-13369406933(Cell), 86-13379406936(Cell)


Ms. Liu Xiuqing, a Practitioner from Datong City, Was Arrested During the Olympic Torch Relay

(Clearwisdom.net) Ms. Liu Xiuqing, born in 1963, was an employee of the Chemical Industry Factory of the Tongmei Group of the Datong Mining Bureau, Shanxi Province. She has been severely persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) since the persecution began in July 1999. In the run-up to the Olympics, the CCP used the Olympic Torch Relay as an excuse to accelerate the persecution of Falun Gong. On June 24, 2008, Ms. Liu Xiuqing was illegally arrested and she is detained at the Mining Area Detention Center.

The agencies involved in the persecution of Ms. Liu include the Chemical Industry Factory of the Datong Mining Bureau, the 610 Office, the Datong Mining Bureau and the Heping Street Police Substation.

Below, Ms. Liu Xiuqing recounts the persecution she has experienced since 1999.

My name is Liu Xiuqing. I was born in 1963. I reside in Shizhuang Village, Nanjiao District, Datong City, Shanxi Province. I suffered from the chronic disease of psoriasis for many years. It was not healed even after long-term treatment. The factory refused to reimburse my medical expenses. The medical expenses brought my family to despair. The painful torture of psoriasis made me feel that living was worse than death. In 1997, I started to practice Falun Gong and strove to be a good person according to the requirements of Falun Dafa. Within three months, my chronic disease was cured without treatment. I personally experienced the miracle of Dafa, and ever since then I have felt very energetic.

In July 1999, the persecution started. Within a short period of time, the rumors, the defamation and the brutal crackdown landed as if the sky were falling. I went to Beijing to appeal for justice for Dafa, clarifying the facts to all levels of the government, using my personal experience to show that Falun Gong is not something bad, and that Truthfulness, Compassion, and Tolerance are good. As a result, I was detained at the detention center. Xiao Guihe and Hao Jinlong, who were from the security department of the Datong Mining Bureau, diverted my monthly salary to themselves, to spend on eating and drinking.

In January 2000, I went back to the factory to work. Very soon, I was notified by the factory that I was out of a job. And so I became an unemployed citizen. Every month, I was paid 230 yuan for living expenses as unemployment compensation.

On August 28, 2000, I was sentenced to three years forced labor simply for clarifying the truth and telling people that Falun Gong teaches people to follow the criteria of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Tolerance. During this time, the factory also stopped paying my living expenses. As a result, my 14-year-old son had to drop out of school, and ended up wandering the streets. In November 2002, I was sent home from the labor camp. My husband was tortured into disability, and my family life was very difficult.

In 2003, I went back to the factory to resume my job. Very often I was sent to be "transformed" by the staff from the Public Security Section including Xiao Guihe. I told him, "I am trying to be a good person by following Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance. I don't know what you want to 'transform' me into!" Since I did not co-operate with them, on Sundays and holidays, they would send a group to my home to harass me. Sometimes, even at midnight they still came to knock at the door or sit on my brick bed without moving. They said they were just doing their job.

On June 18, 2005, I went to do my grocery shopping and clarified the truth to the farmer, telling him how I had been persecuted for six years because I believe in Falun Gong. I was reported to the police. As a result, I was arrested by the National Security Team of the Nanjiao Public Security Sub-bureau of Datong City and was detained at the Datong City Detention Center for thirty-eight days.

In September 2005, the Datong Mining Bureau once again stopped my salary. In winter, we had no money to buy coal to keep ourselves warm and our life was very difficult.

In 2006, Yu Dahai, the director of the Chemical Industry Factory and the 610 Office, Pang Minguo and Gao Yang from the Public Security Section had three shifts of people keeping surveillance over me 24 hours a day. Some of them said all kinds of dirty words, which were very disgusting.

Afterwards they kept changing these people. Some of them were just making trouble and said such insane words the moment they stepped into my home: "This is my job. The Communist Party pays me the money, and I just do whatever they want me to do. If they give me more money, even if they ask me to kill people, I will do it." These people clearly embody the hooligan nature of the Chinese Communist Party. They barge in to harass people, but they said it was job assigned to them by the Communist Party. They don't take any legal responsibility if they kill people for money, since the Communist Party orders them to do so. Those people poisoned by the Communist Party Culture are handy tools when they are being used. Of course, there are more and more people who understand the truth and won't participate in the persecution any more, and they play a very positive role.

For the past several years, although I have been persecuted, I still hope that these people will understand the truth and will come to understand how the Chinese Communist Party persecutes Falun Gong. I sincerely hope they will quit the Chinese Communist Party and its affiliated organizations in order to bring a good future for their family and themselves.


The Persecution of Mr. Zhao Fuyi and His Family in Guanghan City, Sichuan Province

(Clearwisdom.net) Mr. Zhao Fuyi is from Guangxin Township, Guanghan City, Sichuan Province. Since July 20, 1999 when the persecution began, Mr. Zhao and his family have been persecuted to the point that their livelyhood has been affected.

On the morning of July 1, 2000, Director Liu Yuangao and every police officer from the Guangxin Township Police Station went to Mr. Zhao's clinic and ransacked it. They threw all of the Chinese medicines out into the street and threw the drawers into the river. They also broke the cabinets and chairs. One police officer even stole all the cash from a drawer. After ransacking Mr. Zhao's clinic, they went next door to a café owned by another practitioner and did the same thing. That day, the police ransacked four businesses in Guangxin Township, all owned by Falun Dafa practitioners.

When someone later asked the police why they destroyed practitioners' businesses, Liu Yangao said that Jiang Zemin (the former Chinese President) ordered them to. Several officers said that Jiang ordered them to "destroy Falun Gong practitioners' reputations, financially crush them, and physically eliminate them."

In December 2000, Mr. Zhao Fuyi went to Beijing to appeal on behalf Falun Gong. He was taken back to Guanghan by Jiang Tianxin of the Guanghan 610 Office. Mr. Zhao was illegally detained at the Xigao Township Government Building for 48 days. There, practitioners were forced to stand still for a long period of time every day. Some were also viciously beaten, while others were tortured using other methods. Every day, they were only given watery porridge to eat. The practitioners had 1,000 yuan extorted from them for "living expenses." Mr. Zhao was later transferred to the Guanghan City Detention Center and detained for an additional 15 days.

Mr. Zhao's wife, Ms. Deng Mingxiang, 69 years old, also practices Falun Dafa. In October 1999, she went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong. After she was brought back to Guanghan, Ms. Deng was detained for 15 days and tortured. Liu Yuangao, director of Guangxin Township Police Station, told her to give up the practice, but she refused. As a result, she was handcuffed with her arms behind her back to a lightpole for three straight hours. She was only released after she lost consciousness. Her detention at the police station was extended for another 12 days.

On June 29, 2000, police officers forcefully took Ms. Deng to the police station again and detained her for 12 days. She was handcuffed next to the window during the day under the scorching sun. In the evening, several practitioners including Ms. Deng were purposely chained outside when the mosquitoes were out. Ms. Deng was only taken inside after she lost consciousness. Besides being tortured, she was also forced to perform laborious work. She was released only after paying a fine of 2,000 "yuan".

In December 2001, officer Huang Youmei led a group of policemen from the Guangxing Township Police Station to Mr. Zhao's home. Policeman Xiao Kaishang deceived Mr. Zhao into opening his door. Then they ransacked his home. The police tried to grab a photo of Teacher. During the ransacking, Ms. Deng was forced to jump from the second floor. As a result, she broke her left foot, which has never recovered.

Ms. Zhao Xiantang, Mr. Zhao's eldest daughter, was arrested while doing the Falun Dafa exercises in Qiaotou Park in Guanghan City in March 2000. She was detained for 15 days. On July 20, 2000, she was taken to the police station from her home. There, she was forced to wear a heavy jacket in the summertime and perform laborious work

Ms. Zhao Xianchang, Mr. Zhao's youngest daughter, is 38 years old. She used to teach at Guangsan Middle School in Liangshan Township, Guanghan City. Since July 20, 1999, she has been arrested and interrogated by the police many times. On July 16, 2000, she went to Beijing to appeal on behalf of Falun Dafa. She was later detained for 15 days and fired from her job. A month later, she was told to return to the school. She was given only 120 yuan per month for living expenses and was under constant surveillance.

At the end of December 2004, Ms. Zhao Xianchang was arrested at a fellow practitioner's home. She was sent to a forced labor camp for two years. On October 2002, she was released and returned to the school where she taught. There, the school authorities assigned people to constantly monitor her. Between 2003 and 2004, the police from the 610 Office broke into and ransacked her dormitory many times. She asked the school principle, Zhou Daomou, about this, but Zhou claimed that he did not know anything. The police also installed a surveillance camera outside her room, violating her basic rights.

On June 21, 2004, Ms. Zhao went to the Guanghan City Education Committee demanding to know why the school allowed the police to illegally search her dormitory. Security section head Yang Changjin and Li Yiguang not only didn't answer her, but they also called the 610 Office policemen Jiang Tianxin, Zhou Chengshi, and Yang to come arrest Ms. Zhao. The police took her to Hexin Brainwashing Center. There, they threatened and lied to her. Using the excuse that she had written an article exposing the ransacking of her father's clinic by Guangxin police, they sentenced Ms. Zhao to three years of forced labor and also fired her from her job.

In September 2007 when the Chinese Communist Party held its 17th Congress, officers from the Xiangyang Police Station searched everywhere for Ms. Zhao Xianchang to try to put her under surveillance.


My Teenage Son Became Withdrawn Due to the Persecution I Suffered for Practicing Falun Gong

(Clearwisdom.net) To save sentient beings, Falun Gong practitioners have suffered from tremendous tribulations that were unimaginable. Their family members have also endured great ordeals. Sentient beings, please cherish the truth of Falun Gong around you.

My son has been an excellent child since he was very little. He was so cute and enthusiastic, and he even won the championship of a local chess game. He has also passed the entrance examinations of the prestigious middle schools. Right now, he is not yet 17 years old. However, he has been more and more silent, eccentric and unusual, and his school grades have dropped rapidly. What's the reason for him to change like this?

This is mainly due to my being cruelly persecuted as a Falun Gong practitioner by the evil CCP.

I used to be a middle school teacher. My husband has had a successful career after he graduated from a famous university. I started practicing Falun Gong in 1998, and I benefited mentally and physically from practicing. At that time, my home was full of warmth and compassion, and my son was so smart and healthy.

However, since July 1999, when the evil CCP began to persecute Falun Gong, I have been illegally arrested for a total of 5 times and illegally detained for a total of 523 days. The unlawful CCP officials from my local community, my local police station and 610 Office have broken into my house and searched my home without a warrant twice and have confiscated my personal belongings. They have kept harassing me since then. Under such a cruel environment, the childhood of my son that should have been bright and colorful, has been totally ruined by the evil persecution.

In August 2000, I was illegally detained at the Lianhua Village Detention Center. There, I was persecuted by the guards with the cruel torture called the "Dragon Holds the Column." The skin of my heel decayed so much that my leg muscles were exposed. It caused great pain for me. In order to exert more cruel persecution on me, the police transferred me to three different detention centers. As a result, all my family members were seriously worried about me. At that time, my son was less than 9 years old. Once, more than 20 unlawful policemen broke into my house without a warrant to arrest me, my son was so frightened that he didn't dare to raise his head to look at them, and the only thing he could do was to follow his grandma closely, holding her shirt tightly. Upon seeing this, the head of the policemen said shamelessly, "Well, there's something wrong with this kid."

In 2004, my son passed the entrance exams for two prestigious middle schools, and he chose to attend one of them. At the end of the first semester, he achieved excellent grades and he was sixth place in the class. His teachers also kept saying that he was really excellent. I sincerely clarified the truth about Falun Gong and the truths of my being persecuted to them. However, to my surprise, someone secretly reported me to the Security Department of my son's school. As a result, at the very beginning of the second semester, the Administration Department of the school exerted great pressure on my son and they treated my son in a very different way. From then on, my son has been in low spirits, and his school grades have also dropped. When my husband asked him about the reason why he behaved like that, my son just said nothing and kept silent. Even now, his father does not know the reason behind that. My precious child had suffered too much from the sense of being wronged, depression and unfairness for a very long period.

On September 17, 2007, on the day that my son had began a new life with confidence, in a famous senior high school, I was illegally arrested again for the fifth time. At that time, the unlawful policemen from the Baiguolin Police Substation and agents from the State Security Department of the Jinniu Police Station of Chengdu City, Sichuan Province illegally arrested my husband first and they took away 8,300 yuan cash from him. They also took off his leather belt, held his arms and forced him to open our home's door. After opening the door, seven or eight policemen immediately broke into my home and twisted my arms behind my back just in front of my husband. After that, they left me handcuffed and pushed me against the wall, and forcefully took photos of me by violently grabbing me by the hair. My husband couldn't stop himself from crying upon seeing all of this. Then they also took my husband to the Police Substation. Meanwhile, it took them almost two hours to search my home without a warrant and confiscate my private property. They took away a total of 140,000 yuan cash, my son's computer, reading machines, tape recorder, MP4 player , MP3 player, printer and even a bed sheet and cushions.

On that evening, after my son was returning from his school, in order to not disturb him, my husband said to him that his mother had something important to do and went out for a few days. A few days later, my husband had to tell the truth to him. My son responded, "Well, on the evening that mom had gone, I already knew that she'd been taken away again, since all of our valuable belongings had disappeared."

I had been illegally detained in the Jinniu Brainwashing Center for one and a half months. During that time, I lost more than 20 pounds. The cruel torture they used on me resulted in a heart attack and my hair turned white and gray and much of it fell out, so I was released due to my serious condition. Only one month before I was illegally arrested, a Falun Gong practitioner, Ms. Min Huang, a former Deputy Director from the Chengdu City Rural Area Enterprises Bureau, had just been persecuted to death. Therefore, my family members worried about me very much. My husband was scared and worried about me every day. Sometimes when he was watching TV, he would break into tears. Sometimes when he felt so pained, he even scratched his face. All the worrying, fear and depression almost gave my husband a breakdown. What would be my son's suffering from my persecution?

I happened to attend a midterm parent-teacher conference in my son's middle school after I was released from the illegal detention. When the homeroom teacher of my son kept asking about my situation, I told her that I was illegally arrested again due to my practicing Falun Gong and believing in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. I never realized that from then on, my son had become more and more despondent and slackened. He explained nothing until the end of that semester, "Mom, how can I go on after you told other people around me that you are practicing Falun Gong? My teachers' attitude toward me was always insulting me." He lived in such a cruel environment. I didn't know how he could endure that day after day. It's no surprise that he became so unhappy and worried without a little bit of joy.

When my son was 9 years old, once he went with me to Beijing. In the middle of our journey, unfortunately we were arrested at Zhengzhou Railway Station. The unlawful policemen took away 700 yuan cash from me, with only 300 yuan left for my mother and son. My son couldn't do anything to help me and watched my father and myself being taken away in front of his eyes. Later on, he and my mother arrived in Beijing through their hard effort, however, they didn't have enough money to return home.

When my son was 10 years old, he went to the detention center to visit me. Since I refused to give up my belief in Falun Gong, the atrocious policemen shouted at me in such a crazy way that my son was so scared and he dared not to visit me again.

For 9 years, under such heavy stress, my son has worried about his mom being persecuted all this time while he was struggling to deal with his heavy school burden. He has also suffered from the indifference and discrimination from his own teacher and school. What great pain for him to face every day! For a period of time, his hair had even begun to turn gray!


Hu Aiyun on Hunger Strike for Three Months

(Clearwisdom.net) Note: The following is a shortened version of a longer and more detailed article that appeared on the minghui.ca website (Chinese version of Clearwisdom.net).

Ms. Hu Aiyun is a Falun Gong practitioner in Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province. She has been on hunger strike for three months in Heilongjiang Women's Prison, to protest the persecution. In response, she was brutally force-fed. Her health is now deteriorating rapidly and she is in critical condition.

In 2001, Ms. Hu was sentenced to two years of forced re-education through labor and detained in Wanjia Labor Camp. She went on a hunger strike to protest and was force-fed. Two years later she was released.

In 2003, Hu Aiyun was arrested again and received a heavy sentence of 11 years. In the past four years, she has suffered agonizing torture, both physically and mentally. She went on hunger strikes many times. In March 2008, Ms. Hu once again went on a hunger strike. When her family went to visit her, they found she was extremely weak and could not walk at all.


Fu Yinzhi Arrested in Ningbo, Local Police Refuse Family Visit

(Clearwisdom.net) (Note: The following is a shortened version of a longer and more detailed article that appeared on the minghui.ca website (Chinese version of Clearwisdom.net).

Mr. Fu Yinzhi, 35, is an employee of Xinjiang Provincial Aviation Administration Bureau. In April 2008, he led some other employees to Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province for a training program. During that period, he distributed some informational materials about Falun Gong. Shortly after, on April 25, he was arrested by Jiangbei Police Station in Ningbo. During his detention, the police did not allow his family to visit him.


Inner Mongolia Practitioner Mr. Shu Shi Arrested on a Train

(Clearwisdom.net) Note: The following is a shortened version of a longer and more detailed article that appeared on the minghui.ca website (Chinese version of Clearwisdom.net).

Mr. Shu Shi, born on April 1, 1937, is a Falun Gong practitioner in Yakeshi City, Inner Mongolia. On April 29, 2008, he was arrested on a train and is currently held in Yakeshi Detention Center. His wife does not have a job and their child is about to drop out of school due to financial difficulty. Clearwisdom.net has learned that Shu Shi is now on hunger strike to protest his detention.

Shu Shi was once an employee of Yimin power plant. In 2003, he was sentenced to three years of "re-education" through forced labor.


Additional Persecution News from China - July 15, 2008 - Part 1 (59 Reports)

(Clearwisdom.net)

Today's News from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 24 cities or counties in 16 provinces. In this report, 188 practitioners were subjected to mistreatment during their detention, and at least 105 practitioners were illegally arrested.

  1. [Shouguang City, Shandong Province] Gucheng Police Station Arrested and Extorted Money from Practitioners
  2. [Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Zhang Ruhe and Other Practitioners Arrested
  3. [Miyun County, Beijing City] On July 10, 2008, Mr. Yue Quanzhi Arrested by Police on the Way to His Relatives' Home
  4. [Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] Mr. Bai Yufu and Mr. Xu Dawei Persecuted in the Dongling Prison of Shenyang City
  5. [Chongqing City] Ms. Liu Yalin Sent to the Yongchuan Prison and Continuously Persecuted
  6. [She County, Hebei Province] Ms. Li Liying Arrested
  7. [Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province] Police Searched the Home of Ms. Ma Shufen and Her Husband Lao Hao
  8. [Tianjin City] Ms. Wu Jian Sent to a Forced Labor Camp for the Third Time
  9. [Tianjin City] Mr. Li Liang Forced to Become Homeless
  10. [Yingyang City, Henan Province] Three Practitioners Arrested
  11. [Xingzi County, Jiangxi Province] Additional Information about the Arrest of Ms. Shen Qingxiu and Other Practitioners
  12. [Wuli County, Shandong Province] Many Practitioners Arrested and Persecuted
  13. [Jilin City, Jilin Province] Ms. Tao Yawei Forced to Become Homeless
  14. [Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Wang Shuying Illegally Detained
  15. [Weihai City, Shandong Province] On June 17, 2008, Ms. Cai Xiujun's Home Was Searched and She Was Arrested and Detained in Wangcun Forced Labor Camp in Zibo City
  16. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Zhao Guixiang Arreste.
  17. [Fufeng County, Shaanxi Province] Details about the Arrest of Ms. Wang Xiaoyan and Mr. Zhu Xinqiang
  18. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] At 9 am on April 16, 2008, Lao Zhu Was Arrested and Now She/He Is Being Detained in the Liuji Brainwashing Center
  19. [Xian City, Shaanxi Province] Ms. Chen Min'gan Arrested
  20. [Shifang City, Sichuan Province] In July 2008, Ms. Wu Zhaolan, a Worker of the Shifang City Food Bank, Arrested
  21. [Songyuan City, Jilin Province] Over Thirty Falun Dafa Practitioners Arrested
  22. [Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province] On July 6, 2008, Several Policemen Broke Into the Home of Mr. Liu Ximing and Arrested Him
  23. [Nanning City, Guangxi Province] Ms. Ren Xiao Arrested and Detained in the Nanning City First Detention Center
  24. [Suining City, Sichuan Province] On July 9, 2008, Ms. Zhang Zewen from the Fifth Village in Majia Township Arrested
  25. [Huailai County, Hebei Province] Couple Mr. Ni Jinxin and Ms. Xu Yan Arrested
  26. [Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province] On July 11, 2008, Mr. Guo Zhengqing from Xuanhua District Arrested by Police and His Home Searched
  27. [Tangshan City, Hebei Province] Mr. Liu Guoyao and Two Other Practitioners Arrested
  28. [Gaobeidian City, Hebei Province] Ms. Gao Yanqing from Fengshengzhuang Village Arrested on July 10, 2008
  29. [Tanghe County, Henan Province] Mr. Luo Jiuhe Arrested
  30. [Huaian County, Hebei Province] At Noon on July 14, 2008, Ms. Wang Xianchun from the Sixth Tun Township Arrested
  31. [Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province] Mr. Wang Zhigang Arrested
  32. [Zhengzhou City, Henan Province] Ms. Ren Yanjun and Mr. Hu Aimin Arrested
  33. [Zhaoyuan City, Shandong Province] On July 14, 2008, Ms. Wang Shuqing from Biguo Town Was Arrested on the Way Home; Her Whereabouts Are Unknown
  34. [Jilin City, Jilin Province] Ms. Yang Shuhua and Ms. Du Hongfang Arrested
  35. [Chengde City, Hebei Province] Ms. Li Tang, Ms. Han Shufen, Mr. Zuo Shougang and His Wife from Fengyingzi Town Were Arrested at 4:30 pm on July 13, 2008
  36. [Jilin City, Jilin Province] Before the Olympic Torch Was Passed to Jilin City, the Jilin Police Arrested Ms. Wang Lanyun and Other Practitioners on July 13, 2008
  37. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Yu Xiaoli and Ms. Wang Fengjun Arrested
  38. [Xichang City, Sichuan Province] Many Falun Dafa Practitioners Arrested
  39. [Tianjin City] Partial List of Falun Dafa Practitioners Detained
  40. [Yanshan County, Hebei Province] Mr. Yang Yunbiao, Ms. Tian Shu'e and Ms. Wang Hongmei from Wangshu Town Arrested in July 2008
  41. [Yinchuan City, Ningxia Province] Mr. Xie Yiqiang Sentenced to Four Years of Imprisonment in July 2008
  42. [Baoding City, Hebei Province] Mr. Yang Shengli and Ms. Sun Meirong Arrested
  43. [Heihe City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Yang Zehua and Ms. Yang Xiuli Sentenced to Imprisonment
  44. [Jinzhou City, Henan Province] Ms. Zhang Wa Arrested
  45. [Panjin City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Liu Pingqiao and Another Practitioner Arrested
  46. [Tangshan City, Hebei Province] Mr. Lu Weidong Arrested
  47. [Wuan City, Hebei Province] Mr. Wu Huisheng and Other Practitioners Persecuted
  48. [Pingdu City, Shandong Province] Ms. Jiao Jingmei and Her Family Members Arrested
  49. [Jilin City, Jilin Province] Mr. Dong Dianqing and His Wife Arrested
  50. [Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province] Ms. Rong Xiuzhen and Ms. Meng Sufen Persecuted
  51. [Zunyi City, Guizhou Province] Ms. Wu Shengying and Her Husband Arrested
  52. [Tianjin City] Ms. Wang Yueling and Ms. Zhu Jinxiang Arrested
  53. [Beijing City] On July 2, 2008, the Baizhifang Office of Xuanwu District Arrested Ms. Li Huiyun from Her Home
  54. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Home of Ms. Ju Hongqin Searched
  55. [Yiyang City, Hunan Province] Mr. Zhu Die, Mr. Tang Hao and Mr. Liu Kaihua Detained
  56. [Hebei Province] At 2:30 p.m. on July 13, 2008, Ms. Wang Chaoying Arrested by the Shengli North Street Police Station and Her Home Searched
  57. [Zhengzhou City, Henan Province] Ms. Han Yulan and Two Other Practitioners Arrested
  58. [Guanghan City, Sichuan Province] Qin Jiamin and Li Daqiong Arrested
  59. [Zhengzhou City, Henan Province] Ms. Meng Qiaolian Arrested

1. [Shouguang City, Shandong Province] Gucheng Police Station Arrested and Extorted Money from Practitioners

The Gucheng Police Station of Shouguang City arrested Mr. Hu Aiyun, Mr. Zhao Xiushun, Mr. Zhao Liming, Mr. Li Kongfa and Mr. Zhao Shiheng. Among them, Hu Aiyun and Zhao Xiushun were sent to a forced labor camp. The police also extorted 20,000 yuan from these practitioners' families. The police handcuffed the practitioners around the clock and did not allow them to sleep and the practitioners were beaten up. Zhao Liming was not released until he was beaten unconscious. He lies on his bed and cannot move himself

Gucheng Police Station: 86-536-5431110

Chief Zhang Baosen: 86-536-5431589, 86-536-5298359, 86-13906366962

2. [Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Zhang Ruhe and Other Practitioners Arrested

Ms. Zhang Ruhe is a retired officer in Zhaoyuan Town, Zhaoyuan County, Daqing City. On the afternoon of July 12, 2008, she was arrested by police from the Zhaoyuan Town Police Station. Her home was also searched. Now she is being detained in the Zhaoyuan County Detention Center.

Before the Olympic Torch was passed to Daqing City, the Politics and Law Committee of Zhaoyuan County ordered all departments to monitor Falun Dafa practitioners. About a dozen practitioners were taken to the Quanju Hotel and persecuted.

Xu Shoude, Secretary of the Politics and Law Committee of Zhaoyuan County: 86-459-8226839
The 610 Office: 86-459-8234052
Superintendent Office of the Zhaoyuan County Detention Center: 86-459-8230660, 86-459-8242283

3. [Miyun County, Beijing City] On July 10, 2008, Mr. Yue Quanzhi Arrested by Police on the Way to His Relatives' Home

4. [Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] Mr. Bai Yufu and Mr. Xu Dawei Persecuted in the Dongling Prison of Shenyang City

On July 20, 2007, Mr. Bai Yufu went on a hunger strike for resisting the persecution. He was force -fed and he was forced to do slave labor.

In the prison division, Mr. Xu Dawei resisted having his hair cut and refused to call his number. He was then beaten up.

5. [Chongqing City] Ms. Liu Yalin Sent to the Yongchuan Prison and Continuously Persecuted

On June 1, 2007, Ms. Liu Yalin was arrested by the Dadukou District National Security Team of Chongqing City. She was detained in the Dadukou District Detention Center for almost one year. Her family members were not allowed to visit her. In March 2008, the Dadukou Court sentenced her to three years and six months of imprisonment. On May 28, 2008, she was sent to the Yongchuan Prison.

6. [She County, Hebei Province] Ms. Li Liying Arrested

Ms. Li Liying, 32 years old, lives in Gengle Town, She County. On July 5, 2008, she was arrested at her home by police from the She County Police Department.

7. [Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province] Police Searched the Home of Ms. Ma Shufen and Her Husband Lao Hao

At 1 p.m. on July 12, 2008, about a dozen policemen from the Jianan Police Station and the Shenglibei Police Station went to search the home of Ms. Ma Shufen and her husband Lao Hao. The police confiscated pictures of Teacher Li and truth-clarifying materials and then arrested Ms. Ma Shufen and took her to the Shenglibei Police Station. Later on, she was released because she had symptoms of a cerebral hemorrhage when having a physical checkup.

8. [Tianjin City] Ms. Wu Jian Sent to a Forced Labor Camp for the Third Time

On May 23, 2008, Ms. Wu Jian was arrested for the third time. On June 23, she was sentenced to two years of imprisonment. Now she is being detained in the Tianjin Women's Forced Labor Camp.

9. [Tianjin City] Mr. Li Liang Forced to Become Homeless

While the Olympic Games are approaching, the Tianjin police went to Mr. Li Liang's office to harass him. The police monitored him around the clock. He has been forced to become homeless.

10. [Yingyang City, Henan Province] Three Falun Gong Practitioners Arrested

On July 9, 2008, Mr. Qin Zhixiang and Mr. Lao Rui were arrested. On July 10, the Yingyang City 610 Office and National Security Team went to Shangjie District in Zhengzhou City and arrested Ms. Ren Yanjun.

11. [Xingzi County, Jiangxi Province] Additional Information about the Arrest of Ms. Shen Qingxiu and Other Practitioners

On the night of July 7, 2008, Ms. Shen Qingxiu, Ms. Shen Huoxiu, Ms. Tao Heying and Ms. Xu Linxiang from Xingzi County were arrested. Ms. Shen Huoxiu is being detained in the Jiujiang Detention Center and others are in Xingzi County Detention Center.

12. [Wuli County, Shandong Province] Many Practitioners Arrested and Persecuted

Between April and May 2008, the Wuli County 610 Office and the Dongzhen Township Police Station arrested many practitioners including Ms. Lin Chunming, Mr. Zhao Rusheng, Mr. Liu Quanyi, Mr. Zhao Yunsheng, Mr. Zhao Jingrui. Mr. Liu Quanyi was sentenced to three years of forced labor; Lin Chunming, Lin Chunlei and Zhao Rusheng were sentenced to two years of forced labor. Zhao Jingrui suffered a mental collapse as a result of the persecution. Zhao Yunsheng was released because he was found to have high blood pressure. Li Huisheng and his wife have been forced to become homeless to avoid arrest.

13. [Jilin City, Jilin Province] Ms. Tao Yawei Forced to Become Homeless

At 6 p.m. on July 13, 2008, police from the Tongjiang Police Station in Jilin City went to harass Ms. Tao Yawei who lives in Tiebei New District. The police tried to force her to write the guarantee statement renouncing Falun Gong. Ms. Tao was forced to become homeless to avoid arrest.

14. [Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Wang Shuying Illegally Detained

On July 11, 2008, in name of passing the Olympic torch in Daqing City, the Zhaozhou County Politics and Law Committee, the 610 Office and the Tuogu Township Police Station, went to search the home of Ms. Wang Shuying and arrested her. Now she is being held in a detention center.

15. [Weihai City, Shandong Province] On June 17, 2008, Ms. Cai Xiujun's Home Was Searched and She Was Arrested and Detained in Wangcun Forced Labor Camp in Zibo City

16. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Zhao Guixiang Arrested

Ms. Zhao Guixiang, 64 years old, lives in Jinzhou, Dalian City. On July 12, she was reported while she was clarifying the truth to students in the Second Middle School of Dalian Developing District. The Qinghai Police Station arrested her. She is being detained in the Yaojia Detention Center.

17. [Fufeng County, Shaanxi Province] Details about the Arrest of Ms. Wang Xiaoyan and Mr. Zhu Xinqiang

The Fufeng 610 Office arrested Mr. Zhu Xinqiang from his home on June 30, 2008. On the morning of July 1, 2008, the 610 Office arrested Ms. Wang Xiaoyan in front to her home. Now they are being detained in the guest dorm of the Shengli Machine Factory of Shaanxi Province.

18. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] At 9 a.m. on April 16, 2008, Lao Zhu Was Arrested and Now She/He Is Being Detained in the Liuji Brainwashing Center

19. [Xian City, Shaanxi Province] Ms. Chen Min'gan Arrested

On July 7, 2008, Ms. Chen Min'gan was arrested by the Xincheng Police Department, the Hujiamiao Police Station, the Hujiamiao Street Administration Office and the Security Section of the Shaanxi Province Metal Structure Factory.

20. [Shifang City, Sichuan Province] In July 2008, Ms. Wu Zhaolan, a worker of the Shifang City Food Bank, Arrested

21. [Songyuan City, Jilin Province] Over Thirty Falun Dafa Practitioners Arrested

On July 11, 2008, in the name of passing the Olympic torch in Songyuan City, the Qian'an County police arrested over thirty Falun Dafa practitioners in the area of the whole county.

22. [Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province] On July 6, 2008, Several Policemen Broke into the Home of Mr. Liu Ximing and Arrested Him

23. [Nanning City, Guangxi Province] Ms. Ren Xiao Arrested and Detained in the Nanning City First Detention Center

24. [Suining City, Sichuan Province] On July 9, 2008, Ms. Zhang Zewen from the Fifth Village in Majia Township Arrested

25. [Huailai County, Hebei Province] Mr. Ni Jinxin and Ms. Xu Yan Arrested

At 10 p.m. on July 6, 2008, Mr. Ni Jinxin and his wife Ms. Xu Yan from Huailai County were arrested and taken to the Tumu Township Police Station by the police. Their home was also searched. The police confiscated a computer, Dafa books, etc.

26. [Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province] On July 11, 2008, Mr. Guo Zhengqing from Xuanhua District Arrested by Police and His Home Searched

27. [Tangshan City, Hebei Province] Mr. Liu Guoyao and Two Other Practitioners Arrested

On the morning of July 7, 2008, Mr. Liu Guoyao (about 40 years old), Ms. Liu (about 50 years old) and another practitioner were arrested by police from the Tangshan City National Security Team and the Diaoyutai Hotel Police Station. Now they are being detained at the Tangshan City First Detention Center.

28. [Gaobeidian City, Hebei Province] Ms. Gao Yanqing from Fengshengzhuang Village Arrested on July 10, 2008

29. [Tanghe County, Henan Province] Mr. Luo Jiuhe Arrested

On the night of July 8, 2008, police from Gaoxin District, Nanyang City and the Tanghe County Security Team arrested Mr. Luo Jiuhe from Tanghe County. The police also confiscated Dafa books and other materials. Now Mr. Luo Jiuhe is being detained in the Tanghe County Detention Center.

30. [Huaian County, Hebei Province] At Noon on July 14, 2008, Ms. Wang Xianchun from the Sixth Tun Township Arrested

31. [Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province] Mr. Wang Zhigang Arrested

Mr. Wang Zhigang is about 35 years old and runs a book store in the Taiyuan Institute of Technology. At 7 p.m. on July 10, 2008, on the way home, he was arrested by police from the Wanbolin Police Department and the Qianfeng Police Station. His home was then searched. His computer, printer and other property in his bookstore, as well as about 6000 yuan cash, were confiscated.

32. [Zhengzhou City, Henan Province] Ms. Ren Yanjun and Mr. Hu Aimin Arrested

At 9 a.m. on July 10, 2008, police from the Chengguan Police Station in Yingyang City went to Shangjie District in Zhengzhou City and arrested Ms. Ren Yanjun and Mr. Hu Aimin.

33. [Zhaoyuan City, Shandong Province] On July 14, 2008, Ms. Wang Shuqing from Biguo Town Was Arrested on the Way Home; Her Whereabouts Are Unknown

34. [Jilin City, Jilin Province] Ms. Yang Shuhua and Ms. Du Hongfang Arrested

At noon on July 12, 2008, police from the Third Criminal Police Team of Chuanying District went to the Qingfeng Resident Area in Chuanying District and arrested Falun Dafa practitioners Mr. Yang Shuhua and Ms. Du Hongfang, as well as Ms. Yang's younger sister who is not a practitioner. Ms. Yang's sister was released after being detained for one day and half night. The two practitioners were sent to the Jilin City Detention Center.

35. [Chengde City, Hebei Province] Ms. Li Tang, Ms. Han Shufen, Mr. Zuo Shougang and His Wife from Fengyingzi Town Were Arrested at 4:30 p.m. on July 13, 2008

36. [Jilin City, Jilin Province] Before the Olympic Torch Was Passed to Jilin City, the Jilin Police Arrested Ms. Wang Lanyun and Other Practitioners on July 13, 2008

37. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Yu Xiaoli and Ms. Wang Fengjun Arrested

On July 14, 2008, Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Yu Xiaoli from the Dalian Developing District was arrested on the way to her office by police from the Huanghai Road Police Station of Dalian Developing District. Now she is being detained in the Huanghai Road Police Station.

On July 2, 2008, Ms. Wang Fengjun was arrested by the Haiqing Police Station of the Dalian Developing District. Now she is being detained in the Daheishan Detention Center.

38. [Xichang City, Sichuan Province] Many Falun Dafa Practitioners Arrested

On July 12, 2008, tens of policemen surrounded the home of Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhang Shaohui at Sanya Street, Xichang City. More than 10 practitioners were arrested.

39. [Tianjin City] Partial List of Falun Dafa Practitioners Detained

Tianjin Women's Prison (35 practitioners):

Ms. Men Huiyan, Ms. Shao Fuhua, Ms. Tang Zongyan, Ms. Sun Xiuxiang, Ms. Liu Lixin, Ms. Wang Yuzhi, Ms. Xing Shufen, Ms. Xu Jie, Ms. Xue, Ms. Li Wenyuan, Ms. Jin Yan, Ms. Liu Yanhua, Ms. Hou Sufen, Hao Nianxiang, Xin Junying, Wei Xiuming, Liu Haixia, Han Cuiling, Ms. Zhang, Ms. Gu, Wang Fan (from Qingdao City), He Yun, Sun Ti, Zhao Hongxia, Liu Yanhua, Li Shuyuan, Xia Hongmei, Yuan Huiqin, Zhao Jingyu, Li Ping, Hou Shuling, Liu Jingmin, Li Jing, Wang Changhong, Li Zongan, Zhou Chengmin

Gangbei Prison in Tianjin City (Male Prison, 60 practitioners)

Mr. Wang Junli, Gou Xindong, Feng Qingyu, Wang Yajie, Shi Zongfei, Guo Chouhua, Lin Guanghao, Li Jinming, Wang Chunlai, Liu Tiejun, Shang Yongwan, Wang Junxiao, Xu Guoyong, Song Zhishan who has been imprisoned for the second time, Yang Hongze who has been imprisoned for the second time, Liu Wenliang, Chen Tongqing, Chen Hongsheng, Ma Jian, Cao Xiaojun, Zhang Jun, Ma Lichen, Lu Xilei, Wang Shiyuan, Ma Yongyue, Fan Jianming, Li Xiliang who was transferred from Tianjin Prison, Zhang Yongqi, Sun Hongjie, Liu Jingxian, Chen Guang, Cheng Jie, Wang Yongqiang, Mr. Nie from Wuqing District, Li Yuanyong, Tian Zhigang, Yan Xuejun, Li Huiyi, Yan Wanhong, Zhang Yongli from Baodi, Zhang Zhusan, Wang Xueqian, Li Guangwen, Li Guangyuan, Mr. Ren from Jinghai County, Guo Shigang, Huang Chunlai, Cao Zhining, Mr. Xu from Jinnan District, Guo Jianzhong who has been detained for the second time, Mr. Wang from Ji County, Guo Deyou, Zhao Boren, Wu Jianhua, Wang Baodong, Wang Fuchun, Ren Dongsheng, Li Zhenjun, Xu Zhenjun and Chen Xiaobo

Tianjin Prison (Male Prison, 47 practitioners listed. Actually, there have been at least 70 practitioners held there)

Ma Qing, Yang Hongze who was arrested for the second time in 2003 and has been transferred to the Gangbei Prison), Cao Baoyu who was persecuted to death, Xu Xiaolong who was released in 2004 and then detained in a forced labor camp for one year, Song Zhishan who was arrested again soon after being released and now is detained in the Gangbei Prison, Liu Ruitong, Zhai Youhua, Jiao Xianglin, Liu Zhen'gang, Cao Chengming, Wang Jiasheng, Zhang Jinzhong, Hao Yunjun, Xie Xiangdong, Liu Guishuang, Liu Haibin, Chen Xi, Gao Fengcun, Zhao Guang, Yao Zhanfeng, Li Xiwang, Lu Jinghua, Ding Guangcheng, Zhao Huaquan, Wei Yi, Hua Lianyou, Liu Zhihong, Lu Xiaoping, Li Wen, Pang Hongqi, Zhou Changhe, Wang Shuli, Gao Jinsuo, Zhu Shiqi, Shi Mushan, Zhu Yijun, Han Weizhong, Zhang Qiankun, Bai Shuangcheng, Chang Jinyun, Wang Tan, Jiao Fengxiang, Zhang Xiangjun, Cai Lirong, Mr. Huang from Jiao County, Han Tieqiang, Zhou Xiangyang who was transferred from the Gangbei Prison.

40. [Yanshan County, Hebei Province] Mr. Yang Yunbiao, Ms. Tian Shu'e and Ms. Wang Hongmei from Wangshu Town Arrested in July 2008

41. [Yinchuan City, Ningxia Province] Mr. Xie Yiqiang Sentenced to Four Years of Imprisonment in July 2008

42. [Baoding City, Hebei Province] Mr. Yang Shengli and Ms. Sun Meirong Arrested

On the night of July 12, 2008, Wang Yimin, chief of the Baoding Police Department, led policemen went to search the home of Mr. Yang Shengli and his wife Ms. Sun Meirong at Taoyuan Village, Datai Township. The two practitioners were arrested. Now they are being detained in the Fuping County Detention Center.

Fuping County Detention Center: 86-312-7221252
Datai Township Police Station: 86-312-7291111

43. [Heihe City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Yang Zehua and Ms. Yang Xiuli Sentenced to Imprisonment

On January 24, 2008, Ms. Yang Zehua was arrested by the Hezuo District Police Department of Heihe City. Later, she was sentenced to four years of imprisonment. On July 9, 2008, she was sent to the Heilongjiang Province Women's Prison.

On February 6, 2008, Ms. Yang Xiuli was arrested while she was distributing truth-clarifying materials. She has been sentenced to three years of imprisonment. Now she is being detained in the Heilongjiang Province Women's Prison.

44. [Jinzhou City, Henan Province] Ms. Zhang Wa Arrested

On July 11, 2008, Ms. Zhang Wa was arrested by the police from the Jinzhou City Police Department. Now she is being detained in the Jinzhou Detention Center.

45. [Panjin City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Liu Pingqiao and Another Practitioner Arrested

On the morning of July 7, 2008, Ms. Liu Pingqiao and the elderly Ms. Zhou, from Panjin City, were arrested while they were distributing truth-clarifying materials. Now they are being detained in the Third Center.

46. [Tangshan City, Hebei Province] Mr. Lu Weidong Arrested

On the afternoon of July 11, 2008, Mr. Lu Weidong from Shaliuhe Town, Fengrun District was arrested by the Shaliuhe Town Police Station. The police confiscated Dafa books and some truth-clarifying materials.

47. [Wuan City, Hebei Province] Mr. Wu Huisheng and Other Practitioners Persecuted

Mr. Wu Huisheng, 42 years old, lives in Xiguang Street, Wuan City, Hebei Province. At 9 a.m. on July 13, 2008, police suddenly searched his home and took away some truth-clarifying materials and CD's.

On July 10, 2008, Ms. Du Lan'e from Wuan City was sent to the Shijiazhuang Forced Labor Camp for a two-year imprisonment term. Mr. Liang Fuxiang was sent to the Handan City Forced Labor Camp for a one-year term. 71-year-old Mr. Li Aijing was released after being extorted out of 1000 yuan.

48. [Pingdu City, Shandong Province] Ms. Jiao Jingmei and Her Family Members Arrested

On July 12, 2008, Pingdu police stormed into the home of Ms. Jiao Jingmei at Cuijing Village and confiscated a satellite dish, Dafa books, a laptop, a printer, etc. On the morning of July 14, the police arrested Ms. Jiao Jingmei, her husband and brother-in-law.

49. [Jilin City, Jilin Province] Mr. Dong Dianqing and His Wife Arrested

On July 13, 2008, Mr. Dong Dianqing and his wife were arrested from their home by the Yushugou Police Station of Jilin City. Their home was also searched.

50. [Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province] Ms. Rong Xiuzhen and Ms. Meng Sufen Persecuted

On July 5, 2008, about 20 policemen from the Jian'an Road Police Station of the Qiaodong Police Department broke into the home of Ms. Rong Xiuzhen (alias Rong Hua). They took away Dafa books, truth-clarifying CDs, a bank book and about 3000 yuan cash. Later, Rong Xiuzhen was sent to the Shijiazhuang First Detention Center.

On that afternoon, Ms. Meng Sufen was also arrested because she went to visit Ms. Rong Xiuzhen. She has been sentenced to one year of imprisonment. On July 14, she was sent to the Hebei Province Women's Forced Labor Camp.

51. [Zunyi City, Guizhou Province] Ms. Wu Shengying and Her Husband Arrested

On July 13, 2008, Ms. Wu Shengying and her husband went to the rural area to enroll as a student. They were arrested while they were clarifying the truth about Falun Gong. The police then went to search the school.

52. [Tianjin City] Ms. Wang Yueling and Ms. Zhu Jinxiang Arrested

On July 9, 2008, several policemen from the Hetou Police Station in Tanggu District, Tianjin City went to the homes of Ms. Wang Yueling and Ms. Zhu Jinxiang and arrested them.

53. [Beijing City] On July 2, 2008, the Baizhifang Office of Xuanwu District Arrested Ms. Li Huiyun from Her Home

54. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Home of Ms. Ju Hongqin Searched

On the morning of July 9, 2008, six or seven policemen from the Police Station of the Weicheng District Train Station went to search Ms. Ju Hongqi's home. They confiscated pictures of Teacher Li, Fa-lectures, Teacher Li's articles and copies of the Nine Commentaries.

55. [Yiyang City, Hunan Province] Mr. Zhu Die, Mr. Tang Hao and Mr. Liu Kaihua Detained

In July 2008, police from the Yiyang City 610 Office and National Security Team arrested three elderly Falun Dafa practitioners, Mr. Zhu Die, Mr. Tang Hao and Mr. Liu Kaihua. Now they are being detained in the Yiyang City Second Detention Center.

56. [Hebei Province] At 2:30 p.m. on July 13, 2008, Ms. Wang Chaoying Arrested by the Shengli North Street Police Station and Her Home Searched

57. [Zhengzhou City, Henan Province] Ms. Han Yulan and Two Other Practitioners Arrested

On the afternoon of July 9, 2008, Li Sen from the Two-Seven District National Security Team ordered the Wulibao Police Station and Office to arrest Ms. Han Yulan. Ms. Han was sent to the Wanqing Shanzhuang Brainwashing Class in Xiliu Lake. Her home was also searched.

Ms. Chen Ping and her daughter from Zhengzhou City were arrested by the Qinling Police Station on July 11, 2008. They were sent to the Yingyang Detention Center.

58. [Guanghan City, Sichuan Province] Qin Jiamin and Li Daqiong Arrested

On July 10, 2008, Xigao Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Qin Jiamin was arrested by the Guanghan City

riot police while she was clarifying the truth. On July 12, Ms. Li Daqiong was arrested by the Shifang City police at the Shifang City Market.

59. [Zhengzhou City, Henan Province] Ms. Meng Qiaolian Arrested

On the afternoon of July 9, 2008, police from the Zhongyuan District Police Station of Zhengzhou City rushed into the home of practitioner Ms. Meng Qiaolian. The police confiscated Dafa books, truth-clarifying CD's and materials and took her to the Ludong Village Police Station.


Additional Persecution News from China - July 21, 2008 (55 Reports)

(Clearwisdom.net) Today's report relates persecution incidents that took place in 35 cities or counties in nine provinces. Forty-two Falun Gong practitioners were subjected to brutal mistreatment during detention, and at least 82 practitioners were arrested.

  1. [Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province] Mr. Huang Wei and His Wife, Ms. Hao Qiuyan, Held in the City Brainwashing Center

  2. [Hebei Province] Several Practitioners Arrested

  3. [Laishui County, Hebei Province] Ms. Xiao Junhua Arrested and Tortured

  4. [Yi County, Hebei Province] Mr. Wang Zhiqiao Arrested and Home Ransacked

  5. [Yi County, Liaoning Province] Ms. Guo Guixiang Arrested

  6. [Anshan City, Liaoning Province] Several Practitioners' Homes Ransacked

  7. [Shandong Province] More Than 20 Practitioners Being Held in the Linyi City Brainwashing Center

  8. [Chicheng County, Hebei Province] Four Practitioners Arrested

  9. [Gansu Province] Sixty-Year-Old Ms. Wei Fengling, an Employee from the Jinchang City Geology Division, Arrested on July 19, 2008

  10. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Ms. Cai Changzhen and Ms. Liang Arrested

  11. [Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province] Police Arrest Mr. Liu Ximing

  12. [Jing County, Hebei Province] Ms. Cui Junfang and Her Mother Arrested

  13. [Lingyuan City, Liaoning Province] Nine Practitioners Arrested

  14. [Yingkou City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Liu Ailian Arrested

  15. [Jilin City, Jilin Province] Mr. Du Liming Arrested

  16. [Yingkou City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Han Meiling and Ms. Han Xuemei Arrested

  17. [Liaoning Province] Ten Practitioners Arrested

  18. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Mr. Yang Runtao Arrested

  19. [Jilin Province] Mr. Cai Fuchen Tortured in the Gongzhuling City Prison

  20. [Jilin City, Jilin Province] Two Practitioners Arrested

  21. [Yi County, Liaoning Province] Police Arrested Ms. Tian Baoli and Ms. Fan Baorong

  22. [Qian'an County, Jilin Province] Ms. Rong Chunling Held with an Extended Detention Term

  23. [Shanghai] Mr. Guo Zhihao Missing

  24. [Shanghai] Police from the Putuo District Arrested Ms. Ying Yu on the Morning of July 16, 2008

  25. [Tianjin] Ms. Wang Cailing and Ms. Zhu Jinxiang Arrested

  26. [Tianjin] Ms. Zhao Fei, a Teacher from Shigezhuang Village in the Wuqing District, Has Staged a Hunger Strike for the Past 12 Days

  27. [Tianjin] Ms. Wang Lirong and Her Husband, Mr. Yang Yongjian, Arrested in Their Hometown in Shandong Province

  28. [Yishui County, Shandong Province] Ms. Liu Zhumei Arrested

  29. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Ms. Hu Demei Arrested on Her Way to Her Workplace

  30. [Jiaonan City, Shandong Province] Mr. Liu Zhaojian Arrested on July 16, 2008

  31. [Guan County, Shandong Province] Mr. Wang Baohe and His Wife Arrested

  32. [Pingdu City, Shandong Province] Ms. Bai Hong Arrested

  33. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Four Practitioners Arrested

  34. [Jining City, Shandong Province] Ms. Wang Guimin Harassed

  35. [Langfang City, Hebei Province] Ms. Liu Xijing Sentenced to Two Years of Forced Labor; She Can Serve the Term Outside of the Forced Labor Camp

  36. [Jinan City, Shandong Province] Ms. Yang Suhua Arrested on July 16, 2008

  37. [Qingyuan County, Hebei Province] Mr. Gao Jinshu Arrested

  38. [Dingzhou City, Hebei Province] Personnel from the Kaiyuan Town Police Station Arrested Ms. Yonglian from Neihua Village, Kaiyuan Town, on July 20, 2008

  39. [Fuping County, Hebei Province] Practitioners Harassed and Homes Ransacked

  40. [Shuangliao City, Jilin Province] The Police Arrest Mr. Chen Baiquan

  41. [Benxi City, Liaoning Province] Three Practitioners Arrested

  42. [Leling City, Shandong Province] Ms. Liu Yueying Sent to a Forced Labor Camp

  43. [Longyao County, Hebei Province] Ms. Wang Jingfen from Xidong Village, Gucheng Town Recently Arrested

  44. [Pingdu City, Shandong Province] Two Falun Gong Practitioners' Homes Ransacked, Another Practitioner Harassed

  45. [Changle City, Shandong Province] Mr. Lu Fan Imprisoned and Ms. Yu Fen Arrested

  46. [Xinji City, Hebei Province] Mr. Cai Zengcai, Mr. Wei Jie, and Mr. Cao Yingbin Held at Shijiazhuang Forced Labor Camp

  47. [Linqing City, Shandong Province] Ms. Chi Fengchun and Ms. Song Xiulan Arrested

  48. [Shahe City, Hebei Province] Mr. Niu Zhikang Arrested from Work on July 17

  49. [Jinchang City, Gansu Province] Ms. Wei Fengling Arrested on July 19, 2008

  50. [Mudanjiang City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Sun Guixiang and Others Arrested and Homes Ransacked

  51. [Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province] Mr. Cao Fayuan Arrested

  52. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Wang Chunyan Transferred to the Dabei Women's Prison on July 15, 2008

53. [Jinan City, Shandong Province] Mr. Zhang Xingwu and Wife Arrested

54. [Mengyin County, Shandong Province] Four Practitioners Arrested

55. [Jilin City, Jilin Province] Mr. Zhou Chengyi and Mr. Lei Xin Arrested and

Taken to a Brainwashing Center on the Afternoon of July 14, 2008

1. [Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province] Mr. Huang Wei and His Wife. Ms. Hao Qiuyan, Held in the City Brainwashing Center

Mr. Huang Wei and his wife, Ms. Hao Qiuyan, were transferred from the Shijiazhuang City Detention Center to the city brainwashing center on the morning of July 19, 2008.

2. [Hebei Province] Several Practitioners Arrested

Police from Laishui Town ransacked the home of Ms. Jia Aifang and her husband, Mr. Liu Hanyu,and illegally arrested Mr. Liu on July 10, 2008. He was taken to the Laishui County Detention Center.

Ms. Jia and her six-month-old baby and her mother-in-law, Ms. Liu Xiuying, went to see her husband on July 13, 2008, but were denied visitation privileges. On July 18, the police arrested Ms. Jia, her baby, and her mother-in-law and took them to Yi County, Hebei Province.

Ms. Li Xiuling from Zhuangtong Village, Yi'an Town, Laishui County, was arrested on July 16, 2008.

3. [Laishui County, Hebei Province] Ms. Xiao Junhua Arrested and Tortured

Eight policemen from Loucun Township, Laishui County, broke into Ms. Xiao Junhua's home and ransacked the place at 2:00 p.m. on July 10, 2008. They confiscated all Dafa books, an MP4 player, a TV, a VCD player, and some CDs, worth more than 2,000 yuan. Police handcuffed Ms. Xiao and put her in a police vehicle. They tortured her until Ms. Xiao was unconscious, but they still refused to release her. Ms. Xiao is being held in the Laishui County Detention Center.

Other practitioners in the detention center are: Ms. Liu Xiuhong, Ms. Liu Xiufeng, Ms. Yuan Huifang, Ms. Wang Shuqin, Mr. Liu Hanyu, Ms. Xu Xiuqin and Ms. Xin Xiumin from Laishui Town, Ms. Li Shulan and Mr. Zhang Guohua from Yongyang Town, Ms. Xiao Junhua and Mr. Zhu Changqi from Loucun Township, Ms. Liu Hemin and Ms. Zhang Hongran from Shiting Town, Ms. Xin Shufen and Ms. Li Xiuling from Yi'an Town, Ms. Zhang Yulan, Mr. Liu Chengshun, Mr. Hu Kun, and Mr. Li Shuhong from Wangcun Township.

4. [Yi County, Hebei Province] Mr. Wang Zhiqiao Arrested and Home Ransacked

Policemen including Tian Yonglin from the Yi County Domestic Security Division arrested Mr. Wang Zhiqiao from his home and ransacked the place on June 27, 2008. They confiscated two MP3 players, a recorder, some CDs, and tapes.

5. [Yi County, Liaoning Province] Ms. Guo Guixiang Arrested

Ms. Guo Guixiang was arrested on June 29, 2008, and taken to Masanjia Forced Labor Camp on July 14, 2008, for a one-year term.

6. [Anshan City, Liaoning Province] Several Practitioners' Homes Ransacked

Personnel from the Tiexi District Police Department in Anshan City and from Xingsheng Police Station ransacked Mr. Shi Yongshun's home on July 5, 2008. They confiscated a computer, a printer, and some Dafa books.

The police also ransacked Mr. Xu Hui and Mr. Sun Guibin's homes on July 13, 2008. They confiscated a computer and some Dafa books from Mr. Xu's home.

7. [Shandong Province] More Than 20 Practitioners Being Held in the Linyi City Brainwashing Center

8. [Chicheng County, Hebei Province] Four Practitioners Arrested

Four practitioners were arrested on July 17, 2008. They are Ms. Wang Fangliang and Mr. Li Dianxiang from Dongmao Township, Chicheng County; Ms. Zhai Guihua from Baimujing Village; and Ms. Wu Guifang from Sandaoying Village.

9. [Gansu Province] Sixty-Year-Old Ms. Wei Fengling, an Employee from the Jinchang City Geology Division, Arrested on July 19, 2008

10. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Ms. Cai Changzhen and Ms. Liang Arrested

Four people with unknown identities arrested 60-year-old Ms. Cai Changzhen from Qiaokou Town, Wuhan City. She is now blind as a result of torture.. They also arrested 70-year-old Ms. Liang. The arrests took place at 10:00 a.m. on July 19, 2008.

11. [Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province] Police Arrest Mr. Liu Ximing

Personnel from the Changfeng Police Station and from the Shijiazhuang City 610 Office arrested Mr. Liu Ximing from the Yanxi Community in Shijiazhuang City at 4:00 p.m. on July 19, 2008. Police ransacked his home and stayed there to entrap other practitioners.

12. [Jing County, Hebei Province] Ms. Cui Junfang and Her Mother Arrested

Personnel from the Jing County Police Department arrested 30-year-old Ms. Cui Junfang and her mother from Longhua Village, Longhua Town, Jing County, at 4:00 p.m. on July 19, 2008. The women are being held in the county detention center.

13. [Lingyuan City, Liaoning Province] Nine Practitioners Arrested

Police arrested nine practitioners from Tianshenghao Township and Sanjiazi Township in Lingyuan City, Liaoning Province at 3:00 a.m. on July 20, 2008. They were: Mr. Liu Zhichen, Mr. Yan Zhifu, Mr. Pang Qingbai, Mr. Liu Shufeng, Ms. Liu Shulan, Mr. Wang Zhangang, and Mr. Yun Guolin.

14. [Yingkou City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Liu Ailian Arrested

Five officers from the Yingkou City Police Department arrested Ms. Liu Ailian and ransacked her home at 10:00 a.m. on July 7, 2008. Police confiscated her computer and Dafa books.

15. [Jilin City, Jilin Province] Mr. Du Liming Arrested

16. [Yingkou City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Han Meiling and Ms. Han Xuemei Arrested

When Ms. Han Xuemei's mother from the Honghaixin District in Yingkou City

clarified the facts about Falun Gong to people, she was followed and reported to the police. Personnel from the Bayuquan Domestic Security Division broke into her home and arrested Ms. Han Xuemei and her sister, Ms. Han Meiling, at 5:30 p.m. on July 19, 2008. They ransacked the place and confiscated 1,000 yuan cash.

17. [Liaoning Province] Ten Practitioners Arrested

Personnel from the Pingfangzi Police Station arrested ten practitioners from Tianshenghao Township and Sanjiazi Township in Liaoning Province on the night of July 19, 2008. They included Mr. Pang Qingbai, Mr. Zang You, Mr. Hao Zhenlin, Mr. Liu Yufeng, Mr. Yun Yonglin, Mr. Gao Qingfeng, and Ms. Ren Suqin. Personnel from Sanjiazi Township ransacked the practitioners' homes and arrested Mr. Liu Yufeng's wife. Several other practitioners are living away from home to avoid potential arrest.

Wang Xishan, Sanjiazi Police Station: 86-421-6360159, 86-13942126348
Chen Guojun, Sanjiazi Police Station political head: 86-421-6901666, 86-13842153959

18. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Mr. Yang Runtao Arrested

Thirty-five-year-old Mr. Yang Runtao is an employee of the Jinzhou Ship Mechanic Company in Dalian City. He went to another company to learn certain techniques in July 2008. While there he clarified the truth about Falun Gong to a few people. Personnel from the Dalian City Police Department found this out and arrested him on July 15, 2008.

19. [Jilin Province] Mr. Cai Fuchen Tortured in the Gongzhuling City Prison

Police put Mr. Cai Fuchen in a small compartment in the Gongzhuling City Prison, Jilin Province, on May 5, 2008. They hung him up and deprived him of sleep. The guards shocked him with electric batons on his neck and legs. Mr. Cai was released from the small compartment on June 5, 2008.

20. [Jilin City, Jilin Province] Two Practitioners Arrested

Personnel from the Dachangtun Police Station arrested 48-year-old Ms. Lei Xiuxiang and 40-year-old Ms. Du Limei from Yongqing Village in the Gaoxin District, Jilin City, on July 13, 2008, under the pretext of protecting the Olympic Torch Relay. Ms. Du is being held in the city detention center. Her family asked for her release, but the police demanded that the family pay 100,000 yuan first.

Dachangtun Police Station in Jilin City: 86-432-4622110

21. [Yi County, Liaoning Province] Police Arrested Ms. Tian Baoli and Ms. Fan Baorong

Personnel from the Dayushupu Town Police Station arrested Ms. Tian Baoli and Ms. Fan Baorong from Yi County at 10:00 a.m. on July 20, 2008. They took the two practitioners to the county detention center at 1:00 p.m. and then transferred them to the Jinzhou City Detention Center.

Hu Litang, Dayushupu Town Police Station political head: 86-416-7361658
Zhou Fuli, Dayushupu Town Police Station: 86-13941654094

22. [Qian'an County, Jilin Province] Ms. Rong Chunling Held with an Extended Detention Term

Fifty-three-year-old Ms. Rong Chunling is a teacher from the Shuizi Town Central School in Qian'an County. Personnel from the town police station arrested her and put her in Heizuizi Forced Labor Camp on June 24, 2007, two months after she was released from the same labor camp.

Officials in the forced labor camp extended Ms. Rong's prison term by 20 days on June 24, 2008, because she refused to sign any guarantee statement. Shuizi Town Police Station chief Lu Yongfeng picked up Ms. Rong and took her immediately to the Qian'an County Detention Center, on July 16, 2008.

Lu Yongfeng, Shuizi Town Police Station chief: 86-13704473968
Wang Lizhong, Shuizi Town Police Station political head: 86-13843852258

23. [Shanghai] Mr. Guo Zhihao Missing

24. [Shanghai] Police from the Putuo District Arrested Ms. Ying Yu on the Morning of July 16, 2008

25. [Tianjin] Ms. Wang Cailing and Ms. Zhu Jinxiang Arrested

Personnel from the Hetou Police Station arrested Ms. Wang Cailing and Ms. Zhu Jinxiang from Zhongbache Village, the Tanggu District, Tianjin, on July 9, 2008.

Eighty-year-old Ms. Fu's home was ransacked.

Han Yongban, 610 Office: 86-22-66889082
Zhang Wenli, 610 Office: 86-13802171819

26. [Tianjin] Ms. Zhao Fei, a Teacher from Shigezhuang Village in the Wuqing District, Has Staged a Hunger Strike for the Past 12 Days

Wuqing District 610 Office: 86-22-82138667
Miao Hongwei, Wuqing District Police Department chief: 86-22-82179988

27. [Tianjin] Ms. Wang Lirong and Her Husband, Mr. Yang Yongjian, Arrested in Their Hometown in Shandong Province

28. [Yishui County, Shandong Province] Ms. Liu Zhumei Arrested

Yishui County Country Soil Resource Bureau chief Sun Shoujiang colluded with police and to put Ms. Liu Zhumei, an employee from the bureau, in the Linyi City Brainwashing Center on July 18, 2008.

Sun Shoujiang: 86-539-2256088, 86-539-2230929, 86-13705493320

29. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Ms. Hu Demei Arrested on Her Way to Her Workplace

30. [Jiaonan City, Shandong Province] Mr. Liu Zhaojian Arrested on July 16, 2008

31. [Guan County, Shandong Province] Mr. Wang Baohe and His Wife Arrested

The Liangtang Township deputy head in Guan County and several police officers broke into Mr. Wang Baohe's home and ransacked the place at 9:00 p.m. on July 4, 2008. Mr. Wang was not at home, so they arrested Mr. Wang's wife. They deceived his son to reveal his father's whereabouts and arrested Mr. Wang on July 6, 2008.

32. [Pingdu City, Shandong Province] Ms. Bai Hong Arrested

Ms. Bai Hong explained the facts about Falun Gong in the Jiangjiatuan Market in Pingdu City. Personnel from the Pingdu City Police Department arrested Ms. Bai on July 11, 2008. They extorted 3,000 yuan from her family and then released her. The police harassed Ms. Bai's family again on the afternoon of July 17, 2008.

33. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Four Practitioners Arrested

Ten officers from the Weifang City Police Department arrested Mr. Zhang Jiangang and put him in a detention center on the morning of July 9, 2008. They also arrested his mother, Ms. Zhang Yufang, and took her to the Weizhou Street Police Station. The police confiscated a computer, a car, two cell phones, and some Dafa books.

Personnel from the Developmental District Police Department in Weifang City arrested Ms. Kong Qian and her mother, Ms. Li Xiyun, at 4:00 a.m. on July 9, 2008. They confiscated three computers, a CD burner, a printer, and all Dafa books and truth-clarifying materials. Ms. Li eventually escaped.

34. [Jining City, Shandong Province] Ms. Wang Guimin Harassed

On the night of July 19, 2008, personnel from the Jiyang Police Station in Jining City ransacked Ms. Wang Guimin's home and confiscated a photograph of Master and several Dafa books.

35. [Langfang City, Hebei Province] Ms. Liu Xijing Sentenced to Two Years of Forced Labor; She Can Serve the Term Outside of the Forced Labor Camp

36. [Jinan City, Shandong Province] Ms. Yang Suhua Arrested on July 16, 2008

37. [Qingyuan County, Hebei Province] Mr. Gao Jinshu Arrested

Personnel from the Ranzhuang Town Police Station and from the Comprehensive Administration Office arrested Mr. Gao Jinshua from Zhangmazhuang Village on July 18, 2008. They confiscated a satellite dish that allows reception of New Tang Dynasty TV station programs.

Five practitioners from Lizhuang Township, Qingyuan County, were arrested on July 14, 2008. Mr. Li Shuangquan is being held in the county detention center; Mr. Wang Daxing and Mr. Wang Dongliang are in the county brainwashing center; Mr. Wang Tongren and Ms. Cui Yanru are at the county custody center.

Hu Yuhai, Lizhuang Township Party secretary: 86-13933219192
Zhang Lanxin, police station chief: 86-13932212690

38. [Dingzhou City, Hebei Province] Personnel from the Kaiyuan Town Police Station Arrested Ms. Yonglian from Neihua Village, Kaiyuan Town, on July 20, 2008

39. [Fuping County, Hebei Province] Practitioners Harassed and Homes Ransacked

Many Falun Gong practitioners were harassed and their homes in Fuping County ransacked during the past few days. The police went to Ms. Zhao Fengzhen's home and demanded to inspect her ID. She refused to cooperate. They ransacked her home but did not find anything related to Falun Gong. They also harassed Ms. Zhen Baozhen at her home several times and confiscated her residence permit. They harassed Ms. Li Huichun, who is in her 80s, and Ms. Meng Xiufeng, in her 60s, at their homes in Gaofukou Village many times. Additionally, they harassed Ms. Yang Jine and other practitioners in Datai Village and ransacked their homes.

Officers from Chengguan Police Department harassed Ms. Zhang Lianfen at her home on the afternoon of July 19 and Ms. Yang Bingxiu at her job every few days.

The authorities arrested Ms. Ren Zhanlan in her home, which they ransacked, on the afternoon of July 15, 2008.

40. [Shuangliao City, Jilin Province] The Police Arrest Mr. Chen Baiquan

Five officers from Liaodong Police Department and from the Shuangliao City Police Department beat and arrested Mr. Chen Baiquan, an employee of the Shuangliao City Agricultural Machinery Company. It happened at 3:00 p.m. on July 17, 2008. He was eventually taken to the Shuangliao City Police Department Custody Center.

The police tried to ransack Chen Baiquan's home at 9:00 p.m. on July 8, 2008, but did not succeed.

Shuangliao City Police Department 610 Office: 86-434-7286608, 86-434-7240610

41. [Benxi City, Liaoning Province] Three Practitioners Arrested

The police arrested practitioners Mr. Hou Shijian and his wife, Ms. Li Zhiqiu, at their home on July 17, 2008, and held them in Huanren County Detention Center. They also arrested Mr. Fan from Erpengdianzi, Huanren County.

42. [Leling City, Shandong Province] Ms. Liu Yueying Sent to a Forced Labor Camp

43. [Longyao County, Hebei Province] Ms. Wang Jingfen from Xidong Village, Gucheng Town Recently Arrested

44. [Pingdu City, Shandong Province] Two Falun Gong Practitioners' Homes Ransacked, Another Practitioner Harassed

Pingdu City 610 Office agents ransacked Ms. Pan Xiuzhen's home in Ximajiagou on June 30, 2008 and took her Falun Gong books. They also ransacked Ms. Pu Guixiang's home in Fenjiazhuang on the same day.

The officials harassed Ms. Tan Mingxiang and Ms. Song in the same village, as well as Mr. Cui Dengchang in Beiguan Village, on July 1, 2008.

45. [Changle City, Shandong Province] Mr. Lu Fan Imprisoned and Ms. Yu Fen Arrested

Mr. Lu Fan was taken to No 1 Jinan Prison, and Ms. Yu Fen was arrested on July 9, 2008.

46. [Xinji City, Hebei Province] Mr. Cai Zengcai, Mr. Wei Jie, and Mr. Cao Yingbin Held at Shijiazhuang Forced Labor Camp

47. [Linqing City, Shandong Province] Ms. Chi Fengchun and Ms. Song Xiulan Arrested

Officers from the Linqing Police Department went to Zhaozhuang Township and arrested Ms. Chi Fengchun and Ms. Song Xiulan and subsequently held them in a detention center.

48. [Shahe City, Hebei Province] Mr. Niu Zhikang Arrested from Work on July 17

Zhan Jiang, Shahe City 610 Office: 86-319-8921132, 86-13582699069
Qiao Zhifeng, head of 610 Office: 86-13930962666, 86-319-8913388 (Home), 86-319-8921131 (Office)

49. [Jinchang City, Gansu Province] Ms. Wei Fengling Arrested on July 19, 2008

50. [Mudanjiang City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Sun Guixiang and Others Arrested and Homes Ransacked

Officers from Huoju Police Department in Mudanjiang City ransacked Ms. Sun Guixiang's home when she went shopping on June 28, 2008. They did not find anything related to Falun Gong, so they left.

Seven officers from Huoju Police Department broke into Mr. Zhao Bailiang's home at 1:00 p.m. on June 30, 2008. Zhao Bailiang's wife had just given birth four days prior. They arrested Zhao Bailiang; his wife, Ms. Zhang Yufeng; and her daughter, Cheng Li, who went to help Zhao Bailiang's wife; and a practitioner surnamed Yang. The police brought Cheng Li home on July 1, 2008 and threatened her eight-year-old child.

The police again went to Zhang Yufeng's home on the afternoon of July 17 and took two cassette players and one copy of the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party, among other things.

51. [Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province] Mr. Cao Fayuan Arrested

The police arrested Mr. Cao Fayuan from Saichenghu, Jiujiang County in mid-July 2008 as he installed a satellite dish for someone. His current whereabouts are unknown.

52. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Wang Chunyan Transferred to the Dabei Women's Prison on July 15, 2008

53. [Jinan City, Shandong Province] Mr. Zhang Xingwu and Wife Arrested

The police arrested Ms. Zhang Xingwu and Ms. Liu Pinjie, parents of New York Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhang Shuangying. The arrests took place in the middle district in Jinan City, Shandong Province, in July 2008.

Dong Haitao, Jinan City 610 Office: 86-531-82038101, 86-531-82038103; 86-13969093610

54. [Mengyin County, Shandong Province] Four Practitioners Arrested

Mengyin County 610 Office agents went to Yinjiawa Village and Guanjiazhuang Village in Daigu Town, Mengyin County, on the evening of July 18, 2008. They arrested Mr. Gong Fangtai, Mr. Gong Maosheng, Ms. Liu Xia's brother, and some of Mr. Guan Yongzhu's relatives in Guanjiazhuang.

Li Baoyuan, Daigu Town: 86-539-4811681, 86-13953958936
Sun Shuai, deputy head of Daigu Town 610 Office: 86-13173095056

55. [Jilin City, Jilin Province] Mr. Zhou Chengyi and Mr. Lei Xin Arrested and Taken to a Brainwashing Center on the Afternoon of July 14, 2008


Investigating Organ Harvesting from Falun Gong Practitioners


A Beijing Reporter Tried to Visit a Corpse Processing Facility and Was "Warned"

(Clearwisdom.net) When I clarified the facts about the persecution of Falun Gong to a friend of mine, he told me a personal account related to the Chinese Communist Party's harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners. This friend is a reporter in Beijing and he believes what Falun Gong practitioners have said about the persecution. He said to me, "You've said that Falun Gong practitioners' organs are harvested while they are still alive. This is very possible. As reporters, we try to dig out the news, and we are always looking for an unusual story. This incident happened around the end of April or beginning of May 2006. Several reporters were given information that hinted that in a village of Dandong City, Liaoning Province, there was a secret corpse processing factory. I immediately thought that the reason a corpse processing facility was built in a remote village was so it could be kept secret, and if I could report this to the public, the news would be of great interest to people.

"But when we arrived there to see for ourselves, we were not allowed to enter the village. It was a small village that did not look very prosperous, but there were armed police guarding it. Besides the villagers that were allowed to go in and out of the village, outsiders were absolutely not allowed in. This made us even more curious to take a look around the village. However, we soon gave up, because one of the reporters among us was given a 'warning' that we were not allowed to enter, that it wouldn't do us any good. Where had this 'warning' come from? We did not dare to ask more questions."

My friend also said, "Being a reporter, I do not have freedom, as someone close to you may be from the National Security Department. Once something significant happens, we are immediately watched. Last time, during the 'Forum on China-Africa Cooperation,' I received a message on my cell phone, saying that I was 'Not allowed to report anything I want to.'"

I said to my friend, "The crime of harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners was exposed in March 2006, and you wanted to enter the village in May of that same year; so it was no wonder that the Communist regime was so much on the alert." When he heard this, my friend suddenly became very frightened.

The following are my thoughts and suspicions about this issue:

  1. There is already a corpse processing factory in Dalian City, Liaoning Province, which is known to the public. Is it necessary to establish another corpse processing factory in Dandong City, which is not far from Dalian? Furthermore, it is set up in a poor, remote village, so why are there also armed police guarding the village?

  2. Dandong is very close to Sujiatun, and it is under the control of the Liaoning Provincial Party Committee. The public usually does not pay attention to a small city.

  3. Dandong is close to North Korea, which is one of the Communist "brothers." North Korea gives the Communist regime a feeling of "safety" for committing crimes.

I hope that all foreign governments can help the members of the Coalition to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong (CIPFG) to enter China to conduct an investigation as quickly as possible. The CIPFG members should be allowed to carry out the investigation freely.


Open Forum


The Committee of Political and Legislative Affairs of the Chinese Communist Party Is Guilty of the Most Heinous Crimes

(Clearwisdom.net) On the evening of July 3, 2008, Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Chen Yumei (48 years old, who lives at Wanquan Xiaoqu, 223 Pangjiang Street, Dadong District) from Shenyang City, Liaoning Province was forcefully arrested near her home by police officers from the Chang'an Police Station in the Dadong District. The police beat her so fiercely that Chen Yumei's brain hemorrhaged and she lost consciousness on the spot. Many passersby witnessed the brutal behavior of the police. Since Chen Yumei's injuries were very serious, she could not be rescued, and she died at the No.463 Air Force Hospital in the evening of July 4th.

The death of Chen Yumei is just one case among the many Falun Gong practitioners, who were arrested and died as a result of the persecution by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), while using the Olympics as an excuse. According to reliable sources, on February 19, 2008, the CCP used the name of the "Committee of Political and Legislative Affairs " and secretly distributed a document titled "Advice on Solidly Protecting Social Stability and Assuring the Security of the Beijing Olympics." This document was distributed to forty "Political and Judiciary Committees" and the offices for "Preventing and Dealing with Cults" at the province level. This document required that between March to September 2008, they should "focus time and manpower to organize activities that specifically investigate and smooth out conflicts", "strengthen the control of foreign journalists in China who come to report on the Olympics", "strengthen the control over Internet and cell phone messages". The document also specifically emphasized to "strictly prevent and crack down" on Falun Gong. Currently, the Olympics is the biggest excuse used by the police to arrest Falun Gong practitioners.

After this document was distributed to the provinces, Clearwisdom gradually received lots of information about cases of arrests and deaths of practitioners in different provinces in mainland China. As of June 30, 2008, there were at least 8037 cases of illegal arrests recorded in 29 provinces of China since the end of last year. With the Beijing Olympics approaching, the situation is getting worse.

The Committee of Political and Legislative Affairs took a leading role during the new round of arrests targeting Falun Gong practitioners. Zhou Yongkang, current member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Chinese Communist party and secretary of the Committee of Political and Legislative Affairs, also traveled around to personally encourage the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. For example, at the beginning of April, Zhou Yongkang organized a national meeting in Guangzhou, asking people to carry out thorough monitoring and checking of Falun Gong practitioners at all levels of society, and to strengthen the crackdown on Falun Gong. The Police Department and the 610 Office of Guangzhou, together with other officials at different levels of the government, immediately illegally arrested at least 30 practitioners by breaking into their homes or abducting them on the street. They also ransacked the homes of practitioners, acting like gangsters.

On May 9, Zhou Yongkang went to Shouguang city in Shandong province to arrange for the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. On May 24, 25, and 26, Zhou Yongkang went to Shenyang city in Liaoning province, and used the Olympics as an excuse to create incidents and claimed to have arrested fifty practitioners. At that time, several dozen practitioners were arrested. Soon afterwards, Zhou Yongkang went to Chengdu city in Sichuan.

On July 4, Zhou Yongkang went to Zhuzhou city in Baoding, Hebei province, and again used the Olympics as an excuse to persecute practitioners. There are more details, however, since this article has limited length, we will not list them one by one.

Outside China, Zhou Yongkang used the devastation people incurred during the Sichuan earthquake and the Chinese consulates and spies to frame Falun Gong. Starting from May 17, they attacked Falun Gong practitioners in Flushing, New York in the United States. They drove in spies and paid $90 per person to hire hoodlums, drug addicts and illegal immigrants to attack the Quitting CCP Service Center in Flushing. However, they fabricated stories that Falun Gong interfered with fund raising for the earthquake, to transfer the resentment among Chinese people regarding the facts that the CCP had covered up the earthquake prediction, acted slowly during the rescue, and the poor quality construction of the buildings.

Falun Gong is legal in China as there is no actual law naming Falun Gong as illegal. Practitioners have been peacefully and rationally clarifying the facts of the inhuman persecution, while defending the rights of the Chinese people to access information, which is also legal. It is illegal for the CCP to use the Olympics as an excuse to arrest practitioners, which made people realize the evil nature of the CCP. This large scale human rights disaster also brought shame to the Beijing Olympics.

Appendix: The Committee of Political and Legislative Affairs of the Chinese Communist Party Is Illegal

An Illegal Organization Above the Constitution

The Committee of Political and Legislative Affairs of the Chinese Communist Party directly led by Luo Gan and Zhou Yongkang has committed monstrous crimes during the persecution against Falun Gong. What is this "Committee of Political and Legislative Affairs of the Chinese Communist Party" about? (We will call it "Political and Judiciary Committee" during the rest of this article). Many people still understand very little about it. We will give a brief introduction here.

The "Political and Judiciary Committee" is an organization without any legal support according to the Chinese constitution or law, however, it can give orders to the police, the procuratorate, the court, and the National Security Bureau etc., which should be controlled by the People's Congress and the State Department. They also share the control of the army and the military police. The Political and Judiciary Committees are also in charge of the information, security, labor "re-education", judiciary and procurator system of the CCP and the government. It is the second largest dictatorship power other than the army, and it is a sharp knife hanging above the Chinese people. It carries important roles in every crackdown of the CCP towards the Chinese people.

The "Political and Judiciary Committee" is a semi-secret illegal organization that is put above the law, which controls and manipulates the Chinese Judiciary system behind the scenes, and directly reflects that the power of the CCP is above the law and the will of high level officials of the CCP are above the law. Which means, in this system, the Chinese law is directly controlled by the "Political and Judiciary Committee." China has no independent judicature system. The existence of the "Political and Judiciary Committee" indicates that it is impossible to have real law in China. Because without an independent judicature system, how can there be real law?

The "Political and Judiciary Committee" bypasses the constitution and the law. They hide behind the scenes, and use illegal orders, notes and documents to control the judiciary system, to persecute Falun Gong practitioners and other Chinese people. The legal and judiciary system is the major tool used by the gangster Jiang Zemin to persecute Falun Gong.

Controlling the Chinese Law Behind the Scenes and Directly Orchestrating the Persecution of Falun Gong

With the control of the "Political and Judiciary Committee", the judiciary procedures are just a show. Chinese law does not protect the Chinese people, instead, it is used as a sharp weapon to crackdown on Chinese people. It is extremely fraudulent and confusing, since it uses the cover of "the law" to express the will of the CCP.

The Chinese constitution allows every citizen to have basic human rights such as freedom of belief and freedom of expression, which cannot be deprived. During the persecution by the CCP towards Falun Gong, they clearly indicated that "the law cannot be applied to [protect] Falun Gong," "[decisions or actions] cannot be based on the law while dealing with Falun Gong." They used the "Political and Judiciary Committee" to control the judiciary system to deprive all the rights of Falun Gong practitioners, and they claimed to "act according to the law." How can they accomplish this contradiction? It is through the "Political and Judiciary Committee." There is no law supporting the CCP's crackdown on Falun Gong. However, through the judiciary system that they control, they use the "legal" cover to do illegal deeds, and created lots of fabricated charges against Falun Gong practitioners, while pretending to be serious. Their approaches of cracking down on Falun Gong are totally illegal, including the illegal arrests, sentences, labor re-education, and the brutal torture and killing of Falun Gong practitioners. The "Political and Judiciary Committee" is the actual barrier, which blocked the law from being carried out.

Recently, the CCP used the Olympics as an excuse to illegally arrest Falun Gong practitioners nationwide, which means they not only failed to keep their promise they made before the Olympics to improve human rights, but also seriously damaged the spirit of the Olympics. The "Political and Judiciary Committee" is the main culprit of the human rights disasters in China today.


Photo Report: A Comparison of Falun Gong Practitioners' Situation in Mainland China and Taiwan

(Clearwisdom.net) The wide spread of Falun Gong (also called Falun Dafa) started in May 1992. Falun Gong has revealed the characteristic of the Universe: Truth-Compassion-Forbearance. Good health and elevated morality are benefits of the practice. Therefore, it has spread rapidly through word of mouth. In the sixteen years since Dafa was first introduced, the teachings have been disseminated to over eighty countries worldwide, and more than one hundred million people have benefited. Zhuan Falun , the main text of Falun Gong, has been translated into over thirty languages.

In Mainland China, on July 20, 1999, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) under Jiang Zemin and his gang of followers began an all-out persecution of the practice, using the entire government machinery. These persecutors have mobilized all media, judicial departments, courts, military, police, secret agents, the ruling regime's affairs system, the administration system, as well as diplomatic means. The persecution methods the officials of the ruling regime have used are horrendous. They illegally detain, brainwash, torture, electrically shock and in some instances rape Falun Gong practitioners. They have injected practitioners with unknown drugs that damage their central nervous systems. There is even evidence that the ruling regime profited from removing living practitioners' internal organs for sale for organ transplant surgery. So far, at least 3,168 Falun Gong practitioners have died as a result of the persecution. Countless people have been illegally arrested and sent to detention centers, labor camps, prisons, brainwashing centers, or mental hospitals; numerous people have also been disabled, forced to quit school, have been fired from their jobs, compelled to leave their homes (to avoid further persecution), and had their families broken up.

In Taiwan, a country with a similar inherited Chinese culture, Falun Gong has also spread rapidly. Since its introduction into Taiwan in April 1995, the number of people practicing Falun Gong has steadily risen. Several hundred thousand Taiwanese people practice now. Next to Mainland China, Taiwan is the region of the world with the most practitioners. They are from all walks of life, including university professors, doctors, lawyers, engineers, government employees, soldiers, police, officials, farmers, workers, business persons, students, and housewives. Taiwan has over one thousand practice sites in more than three hundred townships and towns. It is well known that Falun Gong is very effective in helping people keep healthy and fit, and purifying people's minds. Government officials from different levels and people from all segments of society have highly affirmed the practice.

In the nine years since the onset of the persecution, like the practitioners in China and in other countries, practitioners from Taiwan have used all kinds of methods to clarify the facts to the general population, the government and the media. These activities include events such as parades, rallies, press conferences, candlelight vigils, petition drives, anti-torture exhibitions, "Truth-Compassion-Forbearance" Art Exhibitions, "Validating the Fa" Photo Exhibitions, and music and dance performances. Practitioners have broken though the CCP's information blockade and contacted people in China with phone calls, faxes, mails, as well as other means. They have continued to tell people the facts with great determination, so as to awaken people's conscience.

The CCP's persecution and Taiwanese Falun Gong practitioners' activities against the persecution are in stark contrast to each other. This can be discerned through the following photos, which are divided into five categories:

1. The startling contrast between two social environments


The Chinese ruling regime burns and destroys Falun Gong books and materials.


In December 2002, Ma Ying-Jeou, former Taipei Mayor and current Taiwanese President, attended a Falun Gong practitioners' experience-sharing conference and denounced the CCP's persecution of Falun Gong.


The police drag Falun Gong practitioners into a police vehicle on Tiananmen Square.


More than ten thousand people practice the Falun Gong exercises in front of the Taiwanese President's office building to support the lawsuit against Jiang Zemin [the former Chinese president who initiated the persecution of Falun Gong]


Policemen in Mainland China violently beat, drag away, and arrest Falun Gong practitioners.


On December 25, 2005, more than four thousand Falun Gong practitioners lined up and formed a Falun emblem in front of Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall Square.

2. Justice is in people's hearts


Playing a video of the staged self-immolation incident from Chinese Central Television (CCTV) at slow motion showed that a policeman murdered Liu Chunling with a blow to the head. This and other evidence in the video make it clear that the Tiananmen Square Self-Immolation Incident was staged by the CCP to frame Falun Gong (for more details, go to http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/special_column/self-immolation.html).


Before the traditional Chinese New Year, Pingtong County Falun Gong practitioners and their family members and friends, more than four hundred people, wished Master Li Hongzhi (the founder of Falun Gong) a happy New Year.


Little Fadu, whose father died during the persecution of Falun Gong, had her fourth birthday celebration during a meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Commission.


Minghui School summer camps, beloved by students and their families, are often held in different Taiwanese counties and cities.


Regime-sponsored ruffians attacked the Quitting the CCP display booth in Hong Kong's Mong Kok street, scattering informational materials all over the ground.


Taiwan Falun Gong practitioners have supported truth-clarifying efforts at various Hong Kong sightseeing spots.

3. Persecution and commendation


Zhao Xin, a teacher at Beijing University of Business and Industry, was tortured to death.


In late July 2005, a Falun Gong seminar for teachers was held at Huwei High School in Yunlin, Taiwan. Seventeen Yunlin school principals jointly recommended the seminar. About two hundred school faculty and staff members, officials and local residents participated.


Officials from the Jilin Province Institute of Scientific and Technological Information discriminated against practitioner Dong Ming. Official documents indicate that Dong Ming's salary was withheld and his position suspended. He was fired from his position and lost his institute-affiliated residence.


On May 12, 2005, before the ten-year anniversary of the dissemination of Falun Gong, Mr. Yang Wenchi, Chairman of Hualien County Council, represented the residents of the county to appeal to the CCP to stop the persecution of practitioners and wished that all kind people worldwide would forever aspire to the high realm of Truth-Compassion-Forbearance.


Liaoning Province practitioner Gao Rongrong was shocked by police with electric batons until her face was severely burned and disfigured. She eventually died from torture.


On December 22, 2003, officials from the Detention Center under the Procurator's Bureau, Taiwan Ministry of Defense's Mid-region Military Court, issued a certificate of appreciation to commend Falun Gong practitioners for having brought positive mental and physical changes to many detainees.

4. Persecution and anti-persecution


Falun Gong practitioner Wang Xinchun from Heilongjiang Province lost both legs during the persecution.


Falun Gong practitioners hold a "Live Reenactment of Torture Methods and Anti-persecution Photo Exhibition" in Kao Hsiung City to appeal to people to help stop Jiang and his followers' atrocities.


Falun Gong practitioner Zhou Jingsen, a professor at the Harbin Management University, Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province, was tortured to death.


In July 2004, regarding the South Africa incident in which Falun Gong practitioners were shot at, Taiwanese people signed their names to show their support against the persecution.


Falun Gong practitioner Liu Jizhi from Hebei Province was brutally beaten and sexually assaulted.


Taiwanese people sign a petition during a live torture re-enactment exhibition to show their support.

5. Evil vs. Righteousness


Falun Gong practitioner Wang Bin was tortured to death in China.


The Taiwan National Bar Association, the largest association in the Taiwanese legal community, published a resolution to support Falun Gong practitioners' global lawsuits against Jiang Zemin.


Falun Gong practitioner Zhu Hang, an Associate Professor of Humanities at the Social Sciences Department at Dalian Technology Institute in China, was paralyzed and became mentally traumatized during the persecution.


China Times (Taiwan) reported that a Falun Gong group was formed at the Taoyuan Prosecutors Bureau.


Falun Gong practitioner Zhang Zhong who originally weighed 140 kg became severely emaciated as a result of the persecution.


So far, among the twenty-three counties and cities of Taiwan, nineteen of them, including Chiayi County, have passed resolutions to denounce the CCP's atrocities of removing organs from living Falun Gong practitioners. The photo shows Pingtong County resolution sponsor Mr. Pan Yulung standing with Falun Gong practitioners to show his support.


Practitioners Exchange Insights and Experiences


Disintegrating a Brainwashing Class with Righteous Thoughts

(Clearwisdom.net) After the persecution began on July 20, 1999, Falun Gong practitioners became the focus of attention in our workplace. The team leader told us, "You have to write a repentance statement about your understanding of Falun Gong." Because we had the Fa in our hearts, and Master had already told us why this was happening, we knew how to handle the situation. Fellow practitioner A wrote and turned in an article titled "Falun Gong Brings Numerous Benefits to Society and Does No Harm." After the team leader read it, he said, "Falun Gong has been characterized as an evil cult." Fellow practitioner A said, "Falun Gong is not an evil cult. It is a righteous teaching." Fellow practitioner A is one of the most honest employees in the workplace. Everyone, including his team leader and co-workers, was impressed by his calm and peaceful response. The steadfast righteous thoughts and actions that Practitioner A had obtained through cultivating in Dafa made them realize it was impossible to change his mind. The team leader raised his voice, "You are a piece of dead iron sheet! I'm going to use you for setting an 'example' for all." When practitioner A went to work the next day, the staff from the personnel office told him, "You've been assigned to work in the cafeteria, and this is the decision of the party committee." Practitioner A was not moved by the decision. He didn't feel humiliated or regretful. At the end, his team leader didn't achieve what he'd planned.

The team leader saw that all of us were very firm in our belief, so he laid us off. He then planned to organize a "brainwashing class," to try to brainwash us. After sharing, we came to an agreement, that we would not cooperate with him. We didn't want him to commit more sins. After staying at home for two days, we enlightened that we should clarify the truth to him, and expose how the media propaganda had fabricated news. Because of our truth-clarification efforts, the team leader changed his previous hard-line attitude. We told him about the benefits of practicing Dafa, and the lessons we must remember from the "Great Cultural Revolution." We also told him, "When we come across a dilemma, we should always think first, and leave no regret for the future." He said, "Why don't you just write something, so that I at least have something to turn in." We said, "We have already written it. It is "Falun Dafa is good." Seeing that we were firm in our beliefs, other team leaders came up with a "divide and conquer" method which allowed us to come to work one at a time. They would intentionally find fault in a practitioner and penalize him in order to threaten the others. After sharing, we came to understand that all Dafa disciples are one body. We must not allow them to impose any penalty on us, and we must immediately disintegrate the planned brainwashing class.

The next day, they banged on the table and said, "If you are not "transformed", your wages will be cut. You will not be promoted to civil servants. We will remove your titles, and expel you from your posts!"

We warned them, "We didn't break any law, or commit any sins. We conduct ourselves with dignity and openness. Who among you can say that what you are doing is right? You are knifing people! We are not coming back tomorrow. We will file a complaint and find a lawyer to sue you."

The team leader grinned with embarrassment and said, "What do you know?"

"We know everything," we said. Because of our righteousness, the brainwashing class plan collapsed. At that time, our understanding of how to negate the evil wasn't that clear, but we had one thought: saving people. Some practitioners wondered if we were compassionate enough. To tell the truth, working in the company for such a long time and getting along well with all our colleagues, it was not easy to stand in opposition to them all of a sudden. But as cultivators, we should let go of our humanness and sentimentality. What we are doing is being responsible for sentient beings' eternal lives. This is real compassion.

At this point, the evil that manipulated the ordinary people didn't give up. The team leader called practitioner B at home and threatened his family, "It's OK just to write a false statement. That's good enough." Because practitioner B's family were not practitioners, they feared that they would lose their jobs. Thus, they forced practitioner B to write the statement. They even helped him drafted the statement and tried to force him to sign his name. Because he resisted signing, his family beat him up and kicked him out of their home. He was forced to become homeless and destitute. He had no money and no winter clothes. He still had a child who is in elementary school at home. In the face of numerous difficulties and tribulations, practitioner B never wavered in his faith. Out of anger, they stopped our salaries. None of us were moved by it. Then the miracle came. The old leadership suddenly collapsed. After the new leadership took office, we continued our truth-clarification efforts. With righteous thoughts in validating and safeguarding the Fa, we returned to work. Our previously withheld wages were returned to us.

During the process of disintegrating the brainwashing class, we kept in mind what Master has taught us about Dafa disciples being one body. Although we had different abilities, we still needed to work closely with each other and supplement each other's shortcomings. When we saw practitioners whose thoughts were not very righteous, we would point it out, and help them rectify their thinking according to the Fa, so that we could upgrade together. When we had different views or opinions, or got into disputes, we looked inside and took the Fa as the master. Of course, we still have many inadequacies, and in some areas, we have acknowledged the persecution. During this period of resisting and opposing the persecution, although we felt we were very firm, we realized that sometimes we were just validating ourselves. We still have the attachment of competitive mentality. However, we have overcome many difficulties all because of the power of the Fa and the protection of our compassionate Master.

Through this experience of disintegrating the brainwashing class, we have come to understand:

1. Studying the Fa well is critical for reinforcing righteous thoughts.

2. If our basic aim is saving sentient beings, the evil will perish by itself.

3. The overall coordination of Dafa disciples is imperative for doing the three things well.


A Discussion about Being Attached to Time

(Clearwisdom.net) Recently, several practitioners have written articles discussing how practitioners are being impacted as the Olympics draw nearer. Why should there be a strong impact? Actually, this feeling among practitioners has happened before. It results from an attachment to the time that the Chinese Communist government will dissolve.

Way back in 2000, after Teacher published "Towards Consummation," some practitioners said, "I think Fa-rectification is about to finish. Let us go to Beijing." However, autumn and spring came and the persecution continued. At the time, I heard a story. An imprisoned practitioner thought the date, May 13, 2001, was the ending date for all persecution. When that day came, and nothing happened, he was so disappointed that he gave up Dafa. In "Teaching the Fa at the Washington, D.C. International Fa Conference" on July 21, 2001 Teacher said,

"Originally, the old force's arrangement was that there would be a total of twenty years, divided into a Fa-rectification period and a period in which the Fa rectifies the human world."

Someone estimated that by spring 2002 the first ten years would have been completed. Of course, nothing happened at that time. Then came the 16th National People's Congress. Teacher made some statements about this event also,

"A little while back a lot of students were thinking: "The CCP is going to hold its 16th Congress soon. If that head demon in China, that wretch of the earth, steps down, then won't our Dafa's good name be restored?" "But if everybody thinks that way, then what kind of situation will there be among the larger group of Dafa disciples? It'll be a major disruption, a strong attachment, and that can't be allowed. I saw it, and the old forces saw it, too. The old forces thought, "Wait a minute, what's this?" So they made the outcome of the CCP's 16th Congress worse." ("Teaching the Fa at the 2002 Fa Conference in Philadelphia, U.S.A.")

"An article that you wrote and that's on the PureInsight Website mentions that the Book of Revelation in the Bible says that the evil beast would attack God with his mouth for forty-two months, which is three and a half years. I won't comment on whether that's the case, but I can say that this evil drama has really come to the final stage, where it has the will but not the strength to carry on." ("Teaching the Fa at the Washington, D.C. Fa Conference" on July 22, 2002)

At that time I was in a labor camp. I was counting the number of days also. January 2003 passed and nothing happened. I was somewhat disappointed also. Now nine years have gone by. Many practitioners and myself were watching the springs and autumns. In 2002 in "Touring North America to Teach the Fa" lecture Teacher said,

"Some people are thus thinking about Master having written in his poems that spring is coming, (everyone laughs) and think, 'Oh, so it'll end in the spring?' I also mentioned autumn in my poems, (everyone laughs) so some students said, 'It must mean it's going to end in autumn.' Then when autumn was over and it didn't end, they seemed to be somewhat disappointed. Think about it, isn't that using ordinary human thinking to look at these things?"

In 2005 "New Year's Greetings," Teacher said, "During this year, Fa-rectification's enormous force will bring changes to mankind." Some people guessed that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) would dissolve during the year of the chicken. In responding to a practitioner's question in "Teaching the Fa in San Francisco, 2005," Teacher said,

"There are also people who say, "Something Master said seems to mean such and such, but why didn't it happen when the time came?" [People who feel that way are] actually all just speculating. Isn't an attachment to time an attachment? Only when you cultivate without any omissions or gaps is it the best cultivation."

The Olympics are about to be held. Many believe that problems will show up during the Olympics and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) will dissolve. The source of their argument is from another statement made by Teacher in "Teaching the Fa in San Francisco, 2005,"

"Ordinary people can say whatever they wish. Well, the Olympics are a few years away, so it's questionable whether the wicked Party will make it that long. And whether or not it will be given a chance to shine is not up to humans. Human society wasn't created for it. What's there to shine, anyway?"

Recently, many practitioners have discussed the same problem and had analyzed the issue calmly and rationally. I feel that there are other reasons causing the attachment to the Olympics. For example, this year (2008) many disasters have occurred (heavy snow in the southern part of China, the protests and subsequent suppression of Tibetans, the earthquake in Wenchuan, the event at Wong-an, snowing in summer, etc). Furthermore, during the Olympic torch relay, there were many protests in many countries and the flame was extinguished several times. Some fortune tellers, scholars of the Book of Changes and people with ESP (including some practitioners) offered predictions about the Olympics. All these strengthened the attachment of the practitioners (including myself) and caused incorrect viewpoints to be formed. Some practitioners with the attachment to time began reducing their truth-clarification activities under pressure from the CCP; others worried that they had not done the three things well and could be eliminated or kept counting the number of days left for the persecution to end and did nothing except wait. These practitioners are selfish, because they focus only on their own future and disregard the saving of sentient beings and what the Fa requires.

Actually, why should we care about what happens at the Olympics? We have already had many lessons resulting from being attached to time. During the last phase of Fa-rectification, the issues should be how to cultivate our xinxing, send forth righteous thoughts and save more sentient beings.

Some practitioners had been attached to time for many years, and when their predictions failed to materialize, they began to doubt the Fa. They also felt that there was no ending to the Fa-rectification. This is caused by their own misunderstanding. Teacher never gave a time frame. This is how one's faith in the Fa and understanding of the Fa is tested.

One must not apply human logic to assess the Fa or Teacher's words. The human way of studying cannot get to the real meaning of the Fa. One must adopt the way taught in the Fa to understand the deeper meaning of the Fa. What is critical is to have a firm faith and understanding in Dafa. Finally, let us read a paragraph together from Teacher's words in "On the Novel The Cosmos's Calamity:"

"What I want to tell you is this: You have gone through great trials and hardships to arrive at where you are today. By all means, you shouldn't let your heart and mind bob about like duckweed, stirred at the first hint of wind."


An Understanding about "Good or Evil Comes from a Person's Spontaneous Thought"

(Clearwisdom.net)

A Lesson Learned from a Tribulation Due to an Incorrect Thought

One evening last winter, I was expecting my daughter to go to bed early so that I would have time to study the Fa. However, she stalled and did not want to go to sleep. (Now I understand that it was my attachment of pursuit and needing certain conditions before I would study the Fa that resulted in my child not wanting to sleep.) The later it got, the weaker my desire to read the Fa became, and finally when it was after 10:00 pm, I felt too tired to read and simply gave up; I decided to accompany my daughter and go to bed as well. As soon as I started walking towards the bedroom, my head began to feel somewhat uncomfortable. After I was in the bedroom, the uncomfortable feeling became stronger. I had already realized that my thoughts of going to bed instead of studying the Fa were wrong, but I still decided to go to sleep instead of reading the Fa. As soon as I lay down on the bed, my head hurt so much that I could not bear it. I knew that it was my giving up on studying the Fa and my making one incorrect choice after another that had conformed to the old forces' arrangements. I had given the evil an excuse to persecute me.

I thought that I should not be persecuted like this. Although I knew that by sending forth righteous thoughts I could deny the persecution, I could not send forth righteous thoughts strong enough to disintegrate the evil because I was not able to bear the pain. Instead, I turned to seeking external help to pass the tribulation. When I picked up the telephone to call and ask a fellow practitioner to help me send forth righteous thoughts, my headache became even worse. I realized that it was my incorrect thought of looking for external help that had made my tribulation worse. While I was talking to the other practitioner on the phone, I suddenly felt that I was about to have diarrhea. The other practitioner asked me to join her in reading the Fa on the Internet, and she also asked other practitioners to join us in studying the Fa and to help me send forth righteous thoughts. With great difficulty I sat down at the computer and studied the Fa with my fellow practitioners for a while. However, because of the intense pain, I could not continue. In addition, I kept running to bathroom frequently. The more I went to the bathroom the more painful my stomach cramps became. At the same time my daughter kept asking me for a hug; the situation was really desperate. I was not calm enough to be able to look inward to find out if I had any other attachments that were being taken advantage of. I only knew that I had the attachment of depending on others for help, that I always wanted to ask others for help, and that what I had done was not based on the Fa. Besides, I kept having the incorrect thought that I had to run to the bathroom. My incorrect thoughts gave the evil one excuse after another to persecute me. Therefore, no matter how I tried to deny the persecution, it was having no effect. I asked Master for help but that also had no effect. Actually it was I that kept failing to truly deny the evils' persecution. The process of my giving up eliminating the evil on my own instead of seeking help from others and looking for personal comfort was the process of my accepting the persecution. I had fundamentally failed to deny the persecution. Instead, I had gone along with it by acknowledging the pain. Master could not help me because the old forces could argue that I was acknowledging the persecution. From the beginning I did not deny the old forces and the persecution.

That night my husband was not at home. Instead, he had gone out because the company he worked for was celebrating the New Year. My daughter observed my dire situation and kept on crying. Even though my own pain was intolerable, I kept anxiously trying to calm her down. I gave in to the evil one more time and called my husband and asked him to come home. As soon as I told him what was happening, my pain became even worse. Furthermore, my husband told me that it would take him at least half an hour to get home. I had to give up any hope of expecting any help from him. My child finally went to sleep and my pain also began to subside. When my husband finally arrived home my pain was not that bad anymore and it was already midnight.

In that two hours I experienced the kind of pain that I had never experienced in my life before and that I would never forget. In those two hours I learned a truth again and again: One must be firm when denying the persecution. When experiencing the persecution one must actually deny it instead of only thinking of denying it. No matter how one understands the principle, if he still acknowledges the persecution he is then not fundamentally denying the old forces and he is then unable to truly deny the persecution. Moreover, we are Falun Gong practitioners and we are walking on the path of cultivation in these human bodies. We may make mistakes and we may not be as diligent as we should be sometimes, but we should not acknowledge the persecution under any circumstances, which is also what our Master has asked us to do. Master has entrusted us with the responsibility of saving all sentient beings, and Master does not acknowledge anything that interferes with saving sentient beings, no matter what the excuse. Therefore, we should also not acknowledge anything that might interfere with our saving sentient beings. One may not be able to recognize one's attachment during a tribulation, however, the persecution should be sternly denied. When the tribulation occurs, one should be firm in his righteous thoughts and deny the persecution instead of making the tribulation worse by allowing the old forces to use our attachments. Afterward, we should find out what the attachment is that caused our omission and eliminate it through cultivation so that the old forces will not have an excuse to use it again to interfere with our doing the three things.

Deny the Persecution with Righteous Thoughts

After experiencing this painful lesson, I started looking inwards for my gaps and I started to become more diligent in my Fa study. However, before I was able to make any noticeable improvement I had another stunning experience, but this time it was not as serious.

I had given my daughter a bath and wanted to get her out of tub, but a thought flashed through my mind: "What might happen if I slipped because my daughter was heavy?" This single thought gave the old forces an excuse, and because I did not deny it instantly, my feet slipped under the weight of my 25-pound child and I rammed my chest into the edge of the tub. With difficulty I put my daughter down. Then I could not move, so I squatted in the tub with my hand pressing on my chest. I realized immediately that it was my incorrect thought that had caused the trouble. After having learned from the previous lesson I did not look outward this time. I recalled the Fa principle that good or evil comes from a person's spontaneous thought and so this time I firmly denied the persecution. In my mind I reminded myself, "A divine being should not be bothered by such a small thing. I do not acknowledge the persecution no matter what excuses the evil might use. No matter what insufficiency I have, I will cultivate and improve while doing the things that a practitioner should do. I am Master's disciple and any evil old force arrangements have no reason to persecute me." This time my righteous thoughts were firm. My husband asked me whether I was OK. I did not answer him from an ordinary person's viewpoint (before this I would have used an ordinary person's reasoning to answer him, although my thoughts were actually following the principle of the Fa); I assured him that I was OK and told him that Master taught us that good or evil comes from a person's spontaneous thought.

Gradually, the huge, suffocating pressure on my chest disappeared. I did not acknowledge the fall and started moving around. Before long it was as though nothing had happened. However, my husband was still worried and kept suggesting that I go see a doctor. I told him that I was OK. He was still worried about me the second day and didn't really believe that I was OK. But I knew in my mind that I had passed a test that was nearly one of life and death.

These two experiences gave me a deeper understanding of this: that different thoughts can indeed result in different outcomes and the contrast is very obvious. I hope that fellow practitioners can learn from my lesson and so more diligently walk their cultivation paths when encountering difficulties, either in passing tests or when encountering tribulations.

The above are my personal understandings. Please point out anything improper.


What I Saw in a Dream About the Conclusion of Fa-Rectification

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I started to practice Falun Dafa in 1998. I wasn't diligent and so I didn't experience how magnificent Dafa is. But I did know that my mother's osteoporosis and her infected shoulder were cured after she practiced Dafa. Also, I had a bad coryza before and it was gone after I started to practice Dafa. I always wished I could see things in other dimensions but I never did. However, I had two unusual dreams that I remember very clearly.

The first dream happened before the persecution of Falun Dafa started on July 20, 1999. In the dream, I was at a temple and I was a monk. I ran out of the door with other monks to see tremendous lights in the sky. I saw a ladder of Falun. The ladder reached the sky. When I woke up, I came to realize that it was a hint from Teacher to let me know that cultivating Falun Dafa is just like climbing up the ladder to heaven.

Just a few days ago, I had another dream. This time, I saw what happens after the Fa-rectification. There was a light in the sky, just like the northern lights. Some people on the ground ran around in chaos. Some were frozen in shock. Then there seemed to be a radio broadcast coming from the sky, loud enough to cover all the cosmos. It said the Fa-rectification had ended and Falun Dafa disciples had reached consummation.

It asked all Dafa practitioners to go to a mountain. I'd never heard of that mountain, however, in my dream, I knew where I should go to see Teacher. I thought I read the Dafa books and I occasionally practiced the Dafa exercises. I also clarified the truth to a few people and some of them actually then quit the Chinese Communist Party. Besides, I sent forth righteous thoughts even though I often felt sleepy when doing it, although I wasn't able to do it four times every day. I thought I should be counted as a Falun Dafa practitioner as well and therefore I should go to that mountain. In my dream, I couldn't come up with any excuses to cover my attachments and shortcomings.

Then somehow, I came to the bottom of the mountain. I didn't see Teacher there, but I knew Teacher was at the top of the mountain. I looked up. The sky right above the top of mountain was flowering. It was just like what Teacher told us about the celestial eye opening in Zhuan Falun. The pink sky opened layer by layer. I heard a voice saying "The door to the heavens, which has been closed for thousands of years, has now been opened..." I think it also mentioned there were about 99 or 999 or 9999 layers of doors. All these doors were opening.

I looked at the mountain. There were no trees or grass on it. The slope was steep. I didn't know how to go up there. Then I thought I should be able to go up there since I was a Falun Dafa practitioner. With that thought, I used my hands and feet and struggled to the top of the mountain. I saw many practitioners up there, bowing to Teacher and talking to Teacher. I carefully walked to Teacher and murmured in fear, "Teacher, can I go back with you?" Teacher slowly turned his head and looked at me with a very serious look and said, "You are still not good enough." Upon that, I slid down.

Then somehow I came to a river bank. I sat down, very frustrated and sad. I regretted so much that I didn't do a good job of validating the Fa and saving sentient beings. I was even jealous of those fellow practitioners who died during the persecution since they'd be able to go back to heaven with Teacher even though they had been persecuted to death. I was so mad at myself that I hit my chest and stomped my feet.

When I woke up, I remembered what I saw very vividly. I came to realize how serious it is to practice Dafa. We have to be diligent when practicing Falun Dafa. The time is tight now. It would be like wasting our life if we did not make the best use of time. I was very attached to everyday people's lust, fame, material interests, and computer games. But we won't even think of these things when it is time for us to reach consummation.

At that time, nothing from the everyday people's society will be important. The whole cosmos knows Dafa is the most precious thing. As long as we can let go of our attachments, it is not hard at all to cultivate ourselves. After this dream, I made up my mind to cultivate myself well. I must reach consummation and go back to heaven with Teacher.


People's Hearts Determine Their Future


Three Officials Receive Good Fortune after Correcting their Mistakes

(Clearwisdom.net) A certain workplace in China was listed as a target organization after the persecution of Falun Gong began. Practitioners working there were often harassed and arrested. Many non-practitioner employees were ordered to monitor practitioners. These people did not really oppose Falun Gong. As a matter of fact, almost every one of them had family members or relatives practicing Falun Gong. It's just that under pressure from higher-ups, they were involved in the persecution. A lot of them have received retribution as a result.

Due to the persistent efforts of local and overseas practitioners, many of these people have now stopped persecuting practitioners and they're heading off to a brighter future. Below are several examples.

Mr. Jia was a Political and Legal Committee Party Secretary. He began to feel ill in 2001 and later he developed diabetes and became almost completely blind.

Mr. Yi was a Security Section Chief. At the end of 2000, he went to Beijing with police officers to pick up Falun Gong practitioners arrested there for appealing. In 2002, he called a practitioner to check if he was home. After finding out the practitioner was home, he worked together with the 610 Office people and managed to secure a key and then broke into the practitioner's home. Soon after the arrest of the practitioner, Mr. Yi's only son was diagnosed with leukemia and had to drop out of college. Local people all said he was receiving retribution for persecuting Falun Gong. Mr. Yi transferred his son to a big hospital in Wuhan. In order to care for his son, he had to resign from his post.

It turned out that Mr. Jia was staying at the same hospital. When their respective family members who practice Falun Gong went to visit the two men, they clarified the truth to them. Both of them were repentant. After checking out of the hospital, Mr. Jia firmly refused to work in the same position and was determined to never participate in the arrest of practitioners again. Since local practitioners also posted his phone number on the Internet, many overseas practitioners, especially some from Taiwan, called Mr. Jia to clarify the truth to him. It was learned that there was one practitioner who helped Mr. Jia recite, "Falun Dafa is good" on the phone several times. Later Mr. Jia's practitioner relative went to see him again and advised him to take up the practice. He indeed began practicing in private. Not long after, he regained his eyesight and was able to return to work again.

As for Mr. Yi, his sister kept asking Teacher to save her brother's only son. She also went to the arrested practitioner's home to apologize on behalf of her brother. At the same time, she confronted her brother with his evil deeds. Mr. Yi also regretted what he had done. So he managed to use all kinds of means to apologize to the affected practitioner. He also helped his brother-in-law hide Dafa books and truth-clarification materials. When practitioners told him about quitting the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its subordinate organizations, he said immediately, "My whole family will withdraw. My wife is a CCP member, and my son and I are both members of the Communist Youth League. I have long known the CCP is evil. Please do help me quit." Several years later, his son completely recovered from leukemia and resumed his schooling. His son has graduated from college is now working in southern China. Mr. Yi also found a good- paying job. His whole family is grateful to Teacher.

After Mr. Yi quit his Security Chief position, Mr. Bing took over. He also participated in the arrests of practitioners. Not long after, a strange growth developed on top of his head. He also went to the same hospital and had the tumor removed. One of the practitioners he had arrested was detained in a labor camp for one year. After he was released, he clarified the truth to Mr. Bing's wife. She happened to have read Dafa books before and was sympathetic to practitioners. She advised her husband not to do bad deeds any more. After learning the truth, Mr. Bing apologized to the practitioner and asked to withdraw from the Communist Youth League. The tumor on his head never returned, and his children all found good jobs.


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