(Clearwisdom.net)
The following is the brutal persecution I suffered while in Shanghai First Detention Center during July 2000. While meditating in Tiananmen Square, I was arrested by police and taken to Beijing Xicheng District Detention Center. A few days later, I was transferred to the Shanghai government's liaison office in Beijing. Then, I was detained for one month at the Shanghai Police Department and jailed at the Shanghai First Detention Center.
I resisted the illegal persecution by not signing my name on the repentance statement. Additionally, I went on hunger strike to protest the persecution at Shanghai First Detention Center. The lead guard in charge of my floor tried to persuade me to eat. When I refused to cooperate, he incited prisoners to brutally torment me into complying with his wishes. The group of inmates who were led by the guard slapped my face and beat my chest with their fists. A few inmates surrounded me and kicked me.
They forced my head into the toilet; and, after three times of being held under, my will was broken and I gave up my hunger strike. Now, I really have experienced how brutal this persecution is and why this persecution has cast such a huge shadow of terror. It has taken months for me to gradually eliminate the terror I have experienced.
March 28, 2005
