How I Negated Harassment During the “Zero-out” Persecution Campaign

(Minghui.org) I was kidnapped by more than 12 police and community officials at 10:00 a.m. on June 29, 2022. Under Master Li’s (Dafa’s founder) protection, I returned home at 11 p.m. that night. Here’s what happened.

I was about to read the Fa when someone knocked on my door. I ignored it. I knew it was the police and community officials who kept harassing me even though I clarified the truth to them every time they came.

They called my mother-in-law’s name and told her to open the door, but she refused. I had a second thought, “I should clarify the truth to them again since they’re here.” I put away the book and asked Master to strengthen me.

As soon as I opened the door, a group of people surrounded me and dragged me out of my home. I asked why they were taking me away. One of them, a local police officer, He Dequan, said, “It has to do with a case in the city.” They forced me into a police van before I could say anything. I shouted out, “Master, please help! Please help!”

The group consisted of police officers He Dequan and Li Chunbo, directors of the Shibantan Town Neighborhood Committee, Zhong Qinglin and Shen Xi, and the Director of the Community Office. Several others were present too, including a policewoman who was making a video recording.

My shoes were ruined during the assault, but they refused to allow me to get another pair of shoes. A man and woman sandwiched me in the van. While exiting the community, I saw two police officers on scooters guarding the entrance. They treated me as though I was a formidable enemy, even though I was just an unarmed female Falun Dafa practitioner.

They took me to the Taixing Brainwashing Center (on the right side of the former Taixing government compound). I refused to get out of the van. They pulled me out by force and took me to a dark room with no windows. All the walls were padded with styrofoam and adorned with evil campaign slogans. An old desk was on the right-hand side with a desk calendar on it, which also had slanderous slogans printed on it.

I Refused to Cooperate

My mouth was so dry that I could barely speak. My lips were covered with a layer of white foam. A woman offered me bottled water and pretended to be nice. I did not cooperate and declined. I thought to myself: “Since I’m at the evil den today, I will send forth righteous thoughts to disintegrate the evil factors, clarify the truth, and save sentient beings.”

I asked Master to give me strength: “No matter what omissions I have, the negative factors are not worthy of meddling with me. I have Master in charge of me and Dafa to correct me. I absolutely will not follow the path arranged by the old forces. I will examine myself for my human attachments and get rid of them. I only listen to Master!”

A man entered the room. When I asked, he said his name was Ye Wen. However, I recognized him as Yin Shunyao from the Xinjin Brainwashing Center. I asked him why he was trying to conceal his real name. He claimed it was his real name, and he was using his mother’s last name. He said he was from the Chengdu Municipal Committee of Political and Legal Affairs, which meant he received a promotion.

I said, “Why did you bring me here? I’m a good person. What crime did I commit?” He replied, “You claim to be a good person. You must prove it by giving us three actual examples with real names, times, and locations.” I thought, “Why would I tell you that? If I did, I would be betraying my fellow practitioners, and you would go after them.”

Yin Shunyao said they were carrying out orders from Beijing to find out who among those practicing Falun Dafa were doing it for health benefits, and who were anti-Communist Party and anti-society. He said my name ranked high in the latter category and accused me of calling those who came to my home “harassers.”

He attempted to use the discovery of the “Hidden Character Stone” and the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party against me. I said, “You can search for the Hidden Character Stone on Baidu (translator’s note: China’s search engine). The universe’s law of formation-stasis-degeneration-destruction is not something anyone can stop.”

He then changed the subject, “You are involved in a case in the city for which four people have been arrested.” I asked him who the four people were. He replied, “It would be collusion if I told you.” He claimed I was a “recidivist” and would be sentenced to seven or eight years in prison. I told myself, “I did not commit any crime.”

It was almost noon, so I told them I must go home to make lunch for my family. They said, “You cannot leave without answering our questions. Everything is taken care of at your home, including your husband.” I said, “My family doesn’t need anyone to take care of them.” Yin Shunyao said, “Go ahead and go! Twelve police cars are waiting for you. You cannot leave even if I wanted you to.” I knew he was lying.

I said, “It’s lunchtime. Whatever you want from me can wait until I’ve made lunch at home. Didn’t you say I don’t care about my family? Who is keeping me from taking care of my family? It is you!” I then began clarifying the truth. I told them all my diseases were gone after I practiced Falun Dafa, such as dizziness, headaches, chronic gastritis, duodenal ulcer, rhinitis, rheumatism, anemia, and hepatitis.

“I grew up weak and frail. My family was poor, and I had anemia. I drank duck blood regularly but it did not help. I tried everything from worshiping in a temple to using worldly side-path tricks, but I did not get any better.

“I had to do housework despite being sick because no one else was there to do it. My life was worse than death. I began practicing Dafa and regained my health gradually. I haven’t taken a single pill for more than 20 years.

“My husband lost his job; it was a heavy blow to him. He was out all night drinking and gambling. I never gave up on him; I treated him with kindness and enlightened him. At that time, I was taking classes, doing housework, caring for our children, and doing farm work. If I didn’t practice Falun Dafa, I would not have been able to make it through.

“Our Master taught us to be considerate of others and treat them with kindness. Unlike people nowadays getting divorced so easily, we are loyal to our families and good to society. My father-in-law and mother-in-law are nice to me because they know I’m a good person.”

A woman surnamed Zeng responded, “It doesn’t count [as Falun Dafa’s credit]. That’s your family; you should do those things.” I said, “Our Master taught us to be altruistic.”Yin Shunyao interrupted, “Tell us how you are altruistic.” I replied, “We are risking being arrested and imprisoned to clarify the truth to you and save you. Isn’t this being selfless?”

Yin replied, “It doesn’t count. We don’t need you to save us. You’re in deep trouble and can’t even save yourself, let alone save others.” I said, “Isn’t the communist Party promoting harmony? If everyone is honest, kind, and tolerant, wouldn’t society be harmonious? Aren’t these principles fundamental for running a country?” He was speechless.

They asked me what Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance meant. “It means being honest, kind, and tolerant.”

I told Yin, “You have been handling Falun Dafa cases by persecuting practitioners in brainwashing centers for so many years. It’s time to wake up! The Fa-rectification will soon be over; don’t miss the opportunity to be saved. If you continue doing evil, you will not only do harm to yourself but also drag your offspring and ancestors to hell.” He ignored me.

He said they found things in my home, including documents I wrote, such as retribution cases and copies of the General Administration of Press and Publication’s Order No. 50 (published in 2011). He then called me nasty. I said, “Kang Yingjian was the president of a court. He should have enjoyed a happy retirement. So why did he commit suicide by lying on a train rail?

“So many people in public security, the procuratorate, and court system have either committed suicide, developed terminal illnesses, or been prosecuted for corruption, all because of their bad deeds of participating in the persecution. Practitioners don’t want to see them end up like that so we clarify the truth to them so they can stop what they’re doing and avoid such retribution.”

Yin saw that pretending to be nice didn’t work, so in the afternoon, he changed his approach.

I was experiencing physical discomfort. I had diarrhea and felt I was burning, although my temperature was normal. My mouth was dry, but I refused the water and food they offered. I just kept sending forth righteous thoughts and clarifying the truth.

Gradually, my mouth no longer felt dry. My energy field became cleaner, and I felt more relaxed. I erected my palm to send forth righteous thoughts to eliminate the evil elements behind the police. They stopped cursing Master and Dafa.

In the afternoon, I became bloated, and my left side was swollen. I couldn’t stop hiccuping and vomiting. They offered me water. I refused and continued my hunger and water strike to protest the persecution. I asked Master to strengthen me and rescue me.

Every time I used the toilet, I walked toward the gate, but they stopped me and pushed me back into the room. I kept demanding to go home. Yin said, “The medical crew will arrive soon and take you to the hospital. You won’t be able to refuse injections and medicines there. It’s not up to you.”

I thought to myself, “I cannot let them take me to the hospital and have my organs harvested.” I said to Master in my heart, “I am not afraid of death, but I cannot die. I need to save sentient beings.”

I also thought, “I cannot let the persecution continue and let so many people who are involved commit crimes.” I then thought of my family who was also suffering because of the persecution, but I kept my heart unmoved. I let go of my sentiment toward my children and grandchildren, as well as to my husband. I knew the evil could not touch me if I walked my path right. I asked Master to call the shots for me.

Methodical Persecution

I’d like to summarize the methods of deception they used in the brainwashing center.

By threats and intimidation, they said I was involved in a case in the city for which four people had been arrested; they said I was a recidivist and would be sentenced to seven or eight years; they called in police officers and threatened to “talk” to me in another room (translator’s note: implying torture).

By using my family: “How can your son possibly ignore you? You are his mother, how can he not care about you?” They claimed my children and grandchildren would be implicated and also tried to make me worry about my husband. I realized this in time and let go of my attachment to sentimentality immediately.

By defining a good person: “If you are a good person and live by rules, then you should write down you will abide by laws and regulations. This note will have nothing to do with your practice of Falun Dafa.”

By hypocrisy: They pretended to care about me and told me to write a note to ask my family to bring me a change of clothes. I didn’t write anything. I was not moved.

By my steadfastness in Dafa: “If you are that steadfast, then you should write down you will follow your Master and practice Dafa to the end.”

I did not cooperate no matter what they said.

“Maybe Your Righteous Thoughts Worked”

They kept me detained after dinner time. I demanded to use the toilet, demanded to go home, and refused to go back to the room, but they ended up locking me in the room. I shouted through the door gap, “I want to go home!” I turned off the light, knelt on the floor, and bowed to Master, begging him to rescue me.

Yin Shunyao later entered the room and turned on the light. He wanted to talk to me. I erected my right hand and sent forth righteous thoughts at him regardless of what he was saying. After a while, he said, “Maybe your righteous thoughts worked. I’ll tell them to let you go.” I kept sending forth righteous thoughts.

Yin Shunyao told me he had informed my community office to bring me home. Three men from the community office indeed came at 11 p.m. and told me to go with them. I was not sure if they were genuine and wanted my husband to pick me up. The director insisted on bringing me home. He called my husband upon my request, “We are bringing her home. Unlock the door.” I got home after 11 p.m.

Master resolved the seemingly menacing kidnapping for me. Thank you, Master!

In my understanding, our every thought is key throughout the process, and any slightly unrighteous thought could be taken advantage of by the evil. I committed my mind to let go of life and death, as well as all attachments, and handed myself over to Master. I was determined to only follow the path arranged by Him and negated the evil persecution even if I had omissions.

I told myself, “I correct myself using Dafa, and I only believe in Master and Dafa. Those clowns are nothing!”

The evil did not find anything in my home. The person in charge of the kidnapping, Lai Wei, tried to deceive me by saying that they had found the June issue of Minghui Weekly in my home. I ignored him. I did not have it, and even if I did, it should not justify their persecution. Their plot failed. They made such a big fuss to kidnap me and had to dejectedly bring me home. This incident stunned the evil effectively.

I came to understand that we must put more effort into studying the Fa, as well asmemorizing and reciting the Fa so we will have righteous principles to guide us during tests. We will not lose our way, and we will pass the tests with righteous thoughts. I have learned a lot from this experience.

I memorized many poems and articles in Hong Yin, Hong Yin II, Essentials for Further Advancement, The Essentials of Diligent Progress II, and The Essentials of Diligent Progress III. The Fa can guide us to stay on track when we encounter tribulations.

This concludes my limited understanding. Please point out anything improper.