Heilongjiang Man Detained for Seven Months and Counting for His Faith

(Minghui.org) A Mishan City, Heilongjiang Province resident has been detained for seven months for practicing Falun Gong, a spiritual discipline that has been persecuted by the Chinese communist regime since 1999.

Mr. Zhao Bo

Mr. Zhao Bo, 51, was arrested on February 20, 2021 and soon released on bail. His cellphone and tablet were confiscated. When his bail condition expired a year later, he requested the police to close his case, only to be given another six months of house arrest. 

During the period, the police interrogated Mr. Zhao several times and accused him of having Falun Gong materials at home. Mr. Zhao argued that the Chinese publication bureau has lifted the ban on Falun Gong materials, but the police ignored it. 

Mr. Zhao was deceived into going to the police station in September 2022 and was arrested and taken into custody. His family was not allowed to visit him or send clothes to him.

Mr. Zhao quit drinking, smoking, gambling, and embezzling tools from his company after he took up Falun Gong. He also became a conscientious worker and a filial son. His latest arrest and detention devastated his parents. They couldn’t understand why the government would put such a good son in jail for following Falun Gong’s principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance to be a good person. His father lost his appetite and aged quickly. His mother felt so hopeless that she even attempted to commit suicide several times. 

Mr. Zhao, a former employee of the local power company, has been arrested several times since the persecution started. He was sentenced to seven years in 2003 for spray-painting the message “Falun Dafa is good” on utility poles. The guards in Mudanjiang Prison held him in solitary confinement and shocked him with electric batons on sensitive parts. 

Due to the pressure from the persecution, his wife divorced him and refused to take custody of their daughter. After Mr. Zhao was released, he gave her most of the money from the sales of their home and took on the responsibility of caring for his daughter, by working odd jobs after he was fired by the power company.

Perpetrators’ contact information:

Li Gang (李刚), deputy head of Mishan City Domestic Security Office: [phone]Liu Li (刘丽), secretary of Political and Legal Affairs Committee: [phone], [phone]Zuo Yongzhi (左永志), deputy director of Jixi City Police Department: [phone], [phone]

(More perpetrators’ contact information is available in the original Chinese article.)

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Mudanjiang City Prison Officials Subject Mr. Zhao Bo to Torture

The Persecution of Mr. Zhao Bo in Mishan City, Heilongjiang Province