(Minghui.org) I practiced Falun Gong, also called Falun Dafa, for a year before the persecution began.
I was taken to a detention center, knowing that Falun Gong practitioners must unconditionally protect, promote, and stand up for the Fa in any environment. I knew that they must firmly believe in Master, the founder of Falun Gong, and the Fa, maintain strong righteous thoughts, and demonstrate the power of the Fa with their honorable behavior.
Guard: “Practitioners Are Not Afraid of Death”
The detention center guards ordered five criminals to torture me daily. They kicked me, and I lost my two front teeth. They continued until I could no longer move. When the guards took me to the hospital for an X-ray, they were told that I was in critical condition.
The criminals were afraid that they would get into trouble if I died. But one of the guards said, “Don’t worry. Our superiors said that killing practitioners is treated as suicide. If he doesn’t write a repentance statement, you can continue to torture him. If he does write the statement, your sentence will be reduced or you will get some other reward.”
Despite the torture, I harbored no resentment. I told them the facts about Falun Gong, and urged them not to listen to the lies about Falun Gong. I also told them that the self-immolation was staged. Most importantly, I told them that doing good is rewarded and doing evil will result in punishment. Once the criminals understood the truth, they let me to do the Falun Gong exercises.
A guard threatened me that if I continued to do the exercises, I would be killed. Five inmates then asked me, “Do you dare to do the exercises tomorrow? These people will carry out their threats.”
“Doing the exercises is my right as a citizen,” I said. “Practicing Falun Gong is legal. I must do my exercises, especially now because you have beaten me, and my life is in danger. If I died from not doing the exercises, wouldn’t you be prosecuted? So I have to do my exercises for you as well.”
The next morning I did the exercises. When a guard came to check on me and saw that I was doing the exercises, he was astonished. “Practitioners are not afraid of death! OK!” he said. “Go ahead and practice. Nobody will stop you.”
Eyesight Restored in a Week
A new prisoner had been sentenced for stealing a motorcycle. The five criminals beat him and he lost his sight. The five inmates begged me to help out. “Falun Gong people know what to do. Please help us, or else we will be in big trouble. Our sentences will be increased.”
“Beginning now, you can no longer do bad things,” I said. “You must treat practitioners well and only then can our master help you. Also, you should sincerely recite, 'Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.'” Later I taught them some poems from Master's book Hong Yin.
At the same time, I clarified the truth to the blinded man and taught him to recite Hong Yin and do the exercises. He recovered his eyesight in a week. That was how the guards and prisoners witnessed the power of Falun Gong.
Practitioners Stop Falun Gong Being Slandered
I was later transferred to a forced labor camp. The labor camp staged a New Year gala each year with programs that slandered Falun Gong. We were alerted ahead of time. After sharing, we practitioners decided that everyone would shout truth clarification messages in unison during the show.
Soon after the show started, we all stood up and shouted, “Falun Dafa is good. Falun Dafa is righteous!!” All the guards and prisoners stared at us. The show had to end immediately. Some inmates commented, “Falun Gong is extraordinary! It’s really great!” Some gave us thumbs up.
Team Head Protects Practitioners
A criminal nicknamed “Small Eyes” along with four other inmates, were going to torture me. They listed the “forbidden things” in the prison, which included doing the Falun Gong exercises, and told me that if I didn’t follow the rules they would beat me.
“You have no right to threaten me,” I said. “I am a good person who practices Falun Gong. I am being persecuted by the Party, and that is why I am here. I did not break any laws like you criminals did. Don’t let yourselves be used to persecute good people. You will create karma.”
Small Eyes said that he would only listen to the guards. That did not deter me. I sat on the bed cross-legged. He demanded that I stop, but I just ignored him. When he tried to beat me, I told him to stop. “Do you know you’re breaking the law? What right do you have to hit me? I will discuss this with the team head.”
He called for the guard nicknamed Tall Iron Rod, who began to beat me. Soon, blood spurted from my nose and mouth.
He said, “Everybody knows me as Tall Iron Rod. Nobody defies me. If you do, I’ll beat you to death.”
I said, “Stop! As a guard, you are breaking the law by mistreating good people. I will sue you for unlawful conduct.” He immediately stopped and just stood there in silence.
“It is illegal for guards to beat people,” I continued. “The team head will deal with this. If I am beaten to death, Team Seven will be brought to justice.”
The guard on duty came. Upon seeing my injured face, he contacted the team head, who also arrived. “Go and rest,” he said. “I will deal with him tomorrow. He and all the guards from Team Seven will have to apologize in front of the whole team.”
I agreed to these terms. He then rebuked Tall Iron Rod, who walked out in disgrace.
Persecutor Receives Retribution
I heard later that Tall Iron Rod had gone to a restaurant for dinner on New Year’s Day. He got into an argument with four people, and they beat him and broke one of his legs. They demanded that he pay them 40,000 yuan to settle the matter, and threatened to beat him to death unless he paid.
He tried to negotiate and ended up paying around 20,000 yuan. Everyone in Team Seven understood that he had received karmic retribution for persecuting good people.
Small Eyes had his own problems during this time, and he could not sleep at all after he beat me. As soon as he closed his eyes, he saw ghosts who wanted to kill him. After four days, he knelt down in front of me and begged me to help him. He said that he was exhausted and was at the end of his wits.
I said, “You have to say sincerely, from the bottom of your heart, that you will no longer persecute practitioners. Then my master can help you.” He agreed and was no longer threatened by the ghosts.
Through this, the guards and prisoners witnessed the power of Dafa, and many decided to treat practitioners kindly.
