Latest News from China - 09/01/2000

[Beijing] Beijing Industry University has set up a special team for handling Falun Gong issue; two labor camps in Beijing vacated in order to detain more practitioners The Beijing Industry University has set up a special team for handling Falun Gong issue. It was said that this time, every practitioner would be demanded to write a pledge to recant, including those who have never stepped forward to speak out for Falun Gong. Many practitioners have realized that this would be yet another test to see if they could be truthful to what they believe in, and that they should never give in. According to some practitioners, the Tuanhe Labor Camp and the Tiantanghe Labor Camp in Beijing have already transferred detained convicted criminals to other places so that there will be enough room to detain more Falun Gong practitioners. [Chengdu] Practitioners Wang Quan and Gu Xiaorong lost their jobs for their beliefs Wang Quan, female, 29 years old, born in Jilin Province, with a college degree. She was an employee of the Sichuan Motor Engine Ltd. She went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong twice, in last December and this July respectively. She got detained by the Chengdu City Police Department. On August 1, 2000, Wang Quan was fired by her workplace. Gu Xiaorong, female, 34, born in Hunan Province, college degree. She was a technician in the Sichuan Motor Engine Ltd. She got detained by the Chengdu City police department after going to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong in last December. In this July, she declared that she would continue to practice Falun Gong while she was forced to attend the so-called "re-education class" held by the Shuanlin Police Station of Chengdu City. As a result, she was given another 15 days of detention. On August 7, 2000, she was fired by her workplace. Both Wang Quan and Gu Xiaorong were highly acknowledged hard-working employees in their workplace. They have no hatred or regret despite of the injustice against them. [China] "Most of the practitioners that I know are determined about Falun Dafa" "Please tell the overseas practitioners, most of the practitioners that I know are still determined about Falun Dafa. Of course, they have different difficulties to overcome, and they have different levels of understandings about the teachings of Falun Dafa. Currently, many of them have resumed their group study and practice, and they are telling people the truth of Falun Dafa in different ways. The environment is still quite harsh, and all the places that have copier machines are under close surveillance. Some practitioners have been arrested for distributing Falun Dafa fliers. Let's make progress in our cultivation practice together." By a practitioner in China. [Henan Province] Exposing Spies: claiming to be "enlightened", and attempting to mislead detained practitioners There are two spies from Zhengshou City who claime that they have reached "enlightenment". They are now attempting to cause confusions among practitioners, saying that there is no need to practice anymore because enlightenment has already been achieved. More than 100 practitioners are being detained in the Eighteen Li He Labor Camp of Zhengzhou City of Henan Province. A spy from Beijing has formed a "preaching group" or "persuading group", and they are attempting to undermine the righteous mind of detained practitioners. Several spies would work on one practitioner to persuade the practitioner to give up the "attachment" to Falun Dafa, and turn in the books, and write the pledge, and so on. They have been spreading such things that are completely against the principles of Falun Dafa. It is our hope that practitioners could stay alert, and work hard on studying the books. Also, let's try our best to let the detained practitioners know the latest article of Teacher: "Eliminating Your Last Attachment(s)".