(Clearwisdom.net) The persecution of Falun Gong by the Chinese Communist Party continues to be extreme, a conclusion that can be justifiably drawn from several reports on March 10, 2011, on the Minghui (Chinese version of Clearwisdom) website.
Two articles had similar titles. One was “Ms. Luo Changyun Sentenced to Prison after Being Held in a Forced Labor Camp Three Times” (http://www.clearwisdom.net/html/articles/2011/3/14/123806.html), and the other was “Mr. Zeng Zhiyuan Held in a Forced Labor Camp Three Times and Sentenced Once” (http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2011/3/10/237379). The titles themselves only begin to suggest the persecution they suffered. Twelve years have passed since the Chinese Communist Party launched the persecution of Falun Gong in 1999. During this time, the persecution has only increased in severity, which the record of continual arrests, frequent sentences, and personal reports of Falun Gong practitioners reveals.
The practitioners discussed in the two articles were not from the same area. Ms. Luo Changyun was an English teacher in Ankang Municipal Middle School in Shaanxi Province. Her husband was frightened because of how frequently their home was ransacked, and the amount of money extorted from them added up to about 60,000 yuan. He finally gave up and divorced her. Her daughters could not keep their minds on working or studying. Her eldest daughter went to work in a faraway place in order not to be harassed. Her second daughter, who was in school, became a hostage of the police who tried to force her to give up her belief. She could no longer focus on her studies.
The other account told about Mr. Zeng Zhiyuan, a peasant in Niushan Village, Shuidongjiang Town, Shaodong County, Hunan Province. He was detained and persecuted in six separate facilities: Shaodong Detention Center, Xinkaipu Forced Labor Camp in Hunan Province, Chishan Prison in Hunan Province, Chenzhou Prison, No. 3 Detention Center in Guilin, and a Forced Labor Camp in Guangxi. During his detention, he once went on a hunger strike, but was pinned to the ground by over a dozen criminals, who pried his mouth open with two electrician's pliers. His mouth filled with blood.
The two practitioners are from different areas, and they were brutally tortured in different ways. Whether in a forced labor camp or prison, in Shaanxi, Hunan, or Guangxi, the persecution is still going on.
Another report, titled “Falun Gong Practitioner Shi Xiaochun from Heilongjiang Held in a Forced Labor Camp Five Times” (http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2011/3/10/237380.html), was about Ms. Shi Xiaochun from Jidong County, who was persecuted many times.
If we charted the amounts of time these three Falun Gong practitioners were persecuted during these years, was there any time they might have had a chance to be happy? Most of the time they were imprisoned. It is true. Take Ms. Shi Xiaochun, who was held in a forced labor camp five times. The first time was for one year; the second time, two years; the third time, two years (her family asked for her return); the fourth time was two years, but after her term ended, she was transferred to a detention center for 11 days by the 610 Office; the fifth time again was for two years.
My comments are based on cases reported on just one day on the Minghui website, and they are typical. Checking another day, there is a related story in a comment article, “It Was Not Only These Two Doctors Who Were Harmed” (http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2011/3/10/237395.html). It told of a physician, Zhang Dianguo, who was arrested ten times in Yi County, Liaoning, and his wife, who was held in a forced labor camp four times. Another article, titled “Evidence of Persecution Mr. Huang Cheng Suffered Before He Died” (http://www.clearwisdom.net/html/articles/2011/3/22/123958.html), said that, from 1999 to 2010, Mr. Huang Cheng was arrested and sent to police stations, detention centers, drug rehabilitation centers, brainwashing centers, Taihe Police Branch, forced labor camps, and prisons 15 times in total! Money was extorted from him, he was harassed and tortured many times, and his home was ransacked multiple times. Mr. Huang was a Falun Gong practitioner in Jinzhou, Liaoning. In Panjin Prison, he was once shocked by guards with eight electric batons, and his hands were pierced with syringe needles. On February 24, 2011, he passed away in tremendous pain.
The sheer number of incidents of persecution is frightful, and the torture these individuals suffered is unimaginable. This persecution takes place all over China. Just look at the articles published on this website today. The duration of this persecution and the amount of torture visited upon its victims is astonishing. Two people were held three times in a forced labor camp and sentenced once; one person was held in a forced labor camp five times; one was arrested ten times, and another 15 times. These numbers show just how widespread and ongoing the persecution is.
The persecution of Falun Gong by the Chinese Communist Party is a tragic blight on human history.
