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High School Teacher's Salary Withheld for Remaining Steadfast in Her Belief

August 22, 2010 |   By a Clearwisdom correspondent from Guangdong Province

(Clearwisdom.net) When Ms. He Yanhua, a practitioner who teaches chemistry at Shanhe High School in Yangjiao Town, Maoming City, Guangdong Province, refused to give up her belief in Falun Gong, officials from the local 610 Office ordered her school to no longer allow her to work as a teacher. She was only allowed to work as a janitor, and her salary has been withheld.

Ms. He has taught chemistry for more than ten years. Her professionalism has drawn admiration from her students, and her management and colleagues all know that she is a popular and very capable teacher.

Prior to the Beijing Olympics, a large number of practitioners were arrested in May 2008. Officials from Maoming City 610 Office ordered Ms. He to be taken to the Maoming Law School, which is used as a brainwashing center for persecuting practitioners. Ms. He refused to cooperate with them and was held there for more than four months.

When Ms. He returned to school, her freedom was restricted. She had to ask for leave three months in advance, and they also threatened to terminate her employment if she refused to renounce her belief in Falun Gong.

When her wages were stopped in June 2008, Ms. He decided to leave the school. However, officials from the Maoming City 610 Office then harassed her relatives and forced Ms. He to return to the school.

Ms. He returned to work earlier this year, but was ordered to do the janitor's job. Though she worked well, the school still refused to pay her. Ms. He asked to have her salary re-instated on numerous occasions, but Li Kangrong from the Maogang District 610 Office, Qu, director of the district's human resources department, and Ms. He's school principal still refuse to pay Ms. He her earnings.