(Clearwisdom.Net) Ms. Xiao Wenhong is a spokeswoman for the Hong Kong Falun Dafa Association. Wenhong's mother, 64-year-old Yue Changzhi is an electrical engineer from the Second Research Center of the Spaceflight Department and is also an artist. She was arrested again for practicing Falun Gong before the moon festival and detained in the Haidian District Detention Center In Beijing.
(Ms. Yue Changzhi (left) and her eldest daughter Xiao Wenhong)
Ms. Yue Changzhi started to practice Falun Gong in 1996. Jiang's regime began to openly persecute Falun Gong practitioners on July 20, 1999. Because she persisted in practicing Falun Gong, she has been arrested 7 times and sent to mandatory brainwashing classes twice. Since October 2000 she has been forced to leave home. The Trade Union and Security Department of her former work unit as well as her original residence in the Haidian District Yongding Road Police Substation directly persecuted her and has not stopped in over 4 years.
She was arrested and detained during holidays. These detetions lasted from several days to several weeks. Not only was she forced to pay all the fees related to room and board during the detention, but she also had to pay a fee to be watched. Her former work unit often held meetings to criticize and denounce her, in an attempt to force her to give up practicing Falun Gong. The Trade Union also reduced her retirement pension from 1,300 to 200 Yuan in order to punish her financially. After Ms. Yue left home, the Security Department sent people to chase her down in the countryside of Shandong Province. They also broke into the U.S. company that her youngest daughter-- Xiao Haiying works in 3 times and asked the daughter to turn her mother in. In July 2003, Xiao Haiying was detained for 1 month by the National Security Bureau when visiting relatives in Hong Kong. This was another attempt to force her to turn her mother in.
Ms. Xiao Wenhong hasn't seen her mother and younger sister for 3 years. After Ms. Yue left home, friends have said that she had become very thin and her hair had turned white. Although Ms. Xiao Wenhong's sister has been bailed out for now, she has been dismissed from her job. They will keep her under surveillance for one year.
Because the persecution and brainwashing of Falun Gong practitioners in China has been so brutal, Ms. Xiao worries about her mother and sister's safety very much. Xiao Wenhong and other Hong Kong Falun Gong practitioners all strongly request that the Chinese Government immediately release Xiao Wenhong's mother and other innocent Falun Gong practitioners who have been arrested.
The work units and related organizations:
Gao Chungui: President of Trade Union of the Second Research Center of Aviation and Spaceflight Department of China: 86-10-68387163
Office of her original working unit: 86-10-68385897, 86-10-68388784
Beijing Haidian District Yongding Road Police Substation: 86-10-68386110
Beijing 610 Office: 86-10-68386110
Beijing Security Bureau: 86-10-65245781, 86-10-65246279, 86-10-65135130
Beijing Haidian District Police Station: 86-10-82519067
September 17, 2003
