I am a self-employed businessman and I use my own skills to make money without interfering in state affairs and have made a reputable name in my field. I don't believe any of the propaganda about Falun Gong on TV or in the newspapers. I haven't read any Falun Gong materials either because it didn't have anything to do with me. Some time ago, I met an old friend of mine that I have not seen for many years. He told me the benefits that he has had from practicing Falun Gong and the persecution that he has suffered because of his practice of Falun Gong. My heart was touched and became clearer. I started to reflect on my life philosophy, that if something has nothing to do with me, I just feel indifferent and numb to it. I feel lucky that I had the good fortune to meet my old friend who practices Falun Gong. I want to say these words from the bottom of my heart to all those people who live with an indifferent and numb mentality. I want to say, "Let there be justice for Falun Gong!"

1) In 2002, Tiexi District Court in Shenyang City, Liaoning Province illegally sentenced the couple of Ms. Dong Weijia (43 years old) and Mr. Chai Shijin (41 years old) to 10 years and 4 years in prison, respectively. At present, they are separately detained in Huazi Jail in Liaoyang City and Dabei Women's Jail of Shenyang City.

2) Recently, the "610 Office" and National Security Team of Tongnan County in Chongqing City rampantly arrested Dafa practitioners. On December 23, 2003, policemen took Ms. Wu Yongmei from her home to the Public Security Bureau. At that time, the 4-year-old daughter of Ms. Wu Yongmei, little Yuanyuan cried and struggled to ask for her mom, and her young heart was deeply hurt. On New Year's day, four policemen from The First Police Station of Tongnan County forcibly took little Yuanyuan away. At that time, little Yuanyuan didn't want to leave, and she cried and said, "I want my mom." It is said that the police are plotting to sentence Ms. Wu Yongmei to prison. All kind-hearted people, let's stop this persecution around us together and help little Yuanyuan see her mom again as soon as possible!

3) Dafa practitioner Ms. Gao Yan from Leshan City of Sichuan Province went to Beijing to appeal in October 1999, and then was taken back to Leshan and illegally sentenced to one-year forced-labor in Nanmusi Labor Camp. One year later, after her term expired, they illegally extended her term for another year. In May 2002, Ms. Gao was kidnapped in Beijing, sent back to be detained in Shawan Detention Center and one month later was sent to Nanmusi Labor Camp for one and a half years' forced-labor. In August 2002, Gao Yan was severely tortured, suffered a mental collapse and then was bailed out for medical treatments. Right after the Chinese New Year of 2003, when Nanmusi Labor Camp heard that Gao Yan had some recovery, they sent her to the labor camp again and didn't release her until October of 2003. Now Gao Yan has become schizophrenic and absent-minded. She used to be good at dancing and looked healthy, and now that she has been tortured so fiercely, her body has become withered, humpbacked and bent at the waist. She even has difficulty taking a bath by herself.

4) Ms. Wu Rongjie lives in Shuangta District of Chaoyang City in Liaoning Province. Because Ms. Wu insists on practicing Falun Dafa, her whole family has been harassed and blackmailed by policemen of Shuangta District many times. Her husband Mr. Dong Shixi suffered from "guilt by association" and was dismissed from his job. In late January of 2003, when Ms. Wu Rongjie was illegally detained in Wujiakou Detention Center in Chaoyang City, she was infected with some serious diseases. In August, Criminal Law Section of Shuangta District Court of Chaoyang City went to the detention center and secretly and illegally sentenced Ms. Wu Rongjie to 8 years in jail. Because Ms. Wu's disease was quite serious and she also had the problem that her cardiac muscles lacked sufficient blood, Dabei Prison refused to accept her on three separate occasions. However, till now Wujiakou Detention Center still refuses to allow Ms. Wu to be bailed out on medical parole.

5) Policeman Xu Shaobing from Nong'an County in Jilin Province brutally persecutes Dafa practitioners. Every time when police search for and arrest Dafa practitioners, he is always one of the most active thugs. He never hesitates when he commits crimes or beats people. He fiercely slaps Dafa practitioners, beats their hands with thick wooden sticks, forces practitioners to sit on the "tiger bench,"* uses needles to pierce practitioners, forces practitioners to "wear sun hats" (it refers to torturing people by using plastic bags to cover peoples' heads and then nearly suffocating them), and extorts money from practitioners.

6) Team head Wang Xiaofeng from No. 1 Team in No. 2 Women's Division of Masanjia Labor Camp in Liaoning Province incited inmates to use their fingertips to twist and pinch off Dafa practitioner Shan Jie's (pseudonym) skin inside her legs. This made Shan Jie's legs bloody, infected, suppurating and festering. Even so, Wang Xiaofeng still could not stop tormenting Ms. Shan Jie. She incited a few thugs to kick Shan Jie's legs that have been suppurated so brutally that Shan Jie's wounds ulcerated one after another and made her suffer from extreme pain. Wang Xiaofeng beat Dafa practitioners in very brutal and ruthless ways, and also cursed practitioners with very virulent language. She also incited criminals to force-feed garlic to Ms. Zhang Chuanwen who had had an empty stomach for many days, in the name of so-called "cleansing the stomach," and persecuted practitioners physically and mentally.

7) In March 2002, the Foreign Language Center of Jilin University illegally sent one faculty member working at the language center, Mr. Zhao Bo, to the detention center and caused him to be persecuted there and become critically ill. The functions of most of his internal organs failed. Before that, as a faculty member at the university, Mr. Zhao Bo was deprived of his right to teach as well as his right to receive a graduate education because he practices Falun Gong. Starting October 2003, the Foreign Language Center of Jilin University stopped paying Mr. Zhao Bo his salary using the excuse of "leaving the position voluntarily," which left Mr. Zhao with no resources to pay his living expenses.

* "Tiger Bench": Practitioners are forced to sit on a small iron bench that is approximately 20 cm (6 inches) tall with their knees tied together. With their hands tied behind their backs or sometimes placed on their knees, they are forced to sit straight up and look straight ahead. They are not allowed to turn their heads, close their eyes, talk to anyone or move at all. Several inmates are assigned to watch over the practitioners and force them to remain motionless while sitting on the bench. Usually some hard objects are inserted underneath the practitioners' lower legs or ankles to make it harder for them to tolerate this abuse (see illustration on http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2001/11/24/16156.html)