Practitioner Zhu Hongbing Resists Persecution with Righteous Thoughts at Daqing Prison

(Clearwisdom.net) Dafa disciple Mr. Zhu Hongbing, 38, a worker from the seventh Daqing factory, was sent to Daqing prison. When Zhu Hongbing's name is mentioned, everyone in the prison from the head of the prison to the lowest prisoners know him, even head of prisoners are afraid of him. The guards and prisoners who tortured him said with respect: "Dafa disciples are very good, very strong and tough!"

The following is Zhu Hongbing's story of validating Dafa while in the Daqing prison.

Since the day Mr. Zhu Hongbing went to prison, guard Gu Zhifu tried to force him to "confess". Hongbing said, "I practice Falun Gong and have learned to be a good man, I have no crime to confess to!" Gu Zhifu then restricted him from using the restroom. They shaved his head and forced him to wear a red prison uniform. Hongbing responded by fasting to resist the persecution. Gu Zhifu ordered prisoners to use chopsticks to stab at his throat, then bind him into the hallway, and force him to stand barefoot on top of two little boxes. His feet went numb. When he could stand no longer, he was dragged by Gu and others and beaten. His face and body were bruised until they were black and blue. Yet, Hongbing still kept clarifying the truth continuously, so his persecutors shoved towels in his mouth to prevent him from speaking. After three days of torture and fasting, Hongbing became very weak. However he still continued to endure: "Practicing Dafa is innocent, Dafa is very good!"

On September 21^st, he was sent to the 7^th group, whose goal was to force Zhu Hongbing to plead guilty and thus force him to give up cultivation. Zhu Hongbing continued to fast as his show of resistance. They kept him from sleeping and appointed prisoners to monitor him constantly, forcing Zhu to sit stationary for long periods of time. They still continued to torture Mr. Zhu even though he was extremely weak and had a high fever. The police then tried to force feed him, but Zhu Hongbing still lost consciousness, falling into a coma.

On October 1^st, Zhu was sent to the hospital for emergency rescue. And, his family was notified. After the doctor's examination, they found that Zhu Hongbing's lungs were swollen and severely injured requiring him to have surgery. During the surgery, two pieces of his lungs were removed. In December, Zhu Hongbing was sent to Daqing prison hospital.

During his stay at the hospital, Mr. Zhu's family hired a lawyer to sue the prison. The lawyer came to ask about the details of Zhu Hongbing's case, which frightened the warden. So, they put the lawyer into a cell, pressured and threatened him, forcing him not to participate in this case. The lawyer was powerless and quit the case.

In April 2003, Zhu Hongbing was sent back to the sick prisoners' cells. He still didn't want to wear the prison uniform, have his head shaved or write "guilty". The prison police found four inmates to force Zhu Hongbing down to the ground and then wrote "guilty" on his body.

During the period of the SARS outbreak, in Daqing prison's fifth group, practitioner Anxing was forced to stand for an extended period of time and deprived of sleep because he refused to write a "confession." In the prison's first group, Dafa disciple Li Lizhuang was beaten to until he had injuries that covered his body.

For these reasons, Zhu Hongbing went to talk to the warden. The warden didn't care at first; so, Zhu Hongbing started another hunger strike. At first the group didn't care, but, as Zhu Hongbing's fast entered it's 6^th day, group leader Pan became scared and ordered the inmates force feed him. The inmates dragged the feeding tube in and out of his stomach purposely to torture him. They force fed Zhu Hongbing once every three days, the goal was to keep him alive just enough to continue the torture. When Zhu's fast reached the 26^th day, everybody thought he would die, the death certificate was prepared. But all of the sudden, on the 26^th day, Zhu Hongbing stood up and was full of energy, he was no different than any other healthy person. The whole prison was shocked by it. The prisoners gained new respect for Dafa, they said, "Falun Dafa is miraculous, Dafa disciples are very powerful, very tough and strong!" Thus, the head of the prison came to see Zhu Hongbing and agreed to his terms.

Zhu Hongbing's peaceful resistance deeply encouraged all other Falun Gong practitioners, and also shocked the persecutors.

May 14, 2004