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(Clearwisdom.net)

Mr. Bi Wenming from Longxi, Gansu Province was a Falun Gong practitioner in his 30s. He was illegally sentenced to three years in prison, and while being detained in Dingxi Prison, he was tortured to death.

After learning of his death, other practitioners also detained in the same prison went on a hunger strike to protest the persecution. So far they've been on a hunger strike for over 10 days. The prison guards force-fed them brutally. The guards claimed they would torture practitioners until they near death, then have the practitioners' family members pick them up before they died in prison. In order to block the news, the prison authorities have refused family members of practitioners the right to visit, saying that they are under orders from higher up.

Dingxi Prison telephones: 86-932-8212307, 86-932-8212007

Education Division Chief Yao Xiaoqiang: 86-932-8212260

Instructor: Wang Xiaorong

Assitant Instructor: Yin Yijun

Prison Head: Yang Run

Captain: Qiu Jicheng

(Clearwisdm.net) Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Nan Xiaoqing from Xishui County, Hubei Province has been illegally incarcerated beyond her term in the Xishui No.1 Detention Center for over one year and has suffered much. Her life is in danger.

Ms. Nan's whole family practices Falun Dafa. Her father Mr. Nan Chuyin, died as a result of the persecution in February 2001. Her mother and one younger sister have been detained several times. Her youngest sister was sentenced to six years in prison for distributing Falun Dafa truth-clarifying materials. Ms. Nan was abducted in April 2003 for telling others about the persecution of Falun Gong. She had several times been interrogated under torture, and is still being unlawfully incarcerated in the Xishui No.1 Detention Center, even though her term was up over a year ago. Because of the persecution from Jiang's group, a happy family like Ms. Nan's was broken up.

The Xishui County Court recently sentenced Ms. Nan to eight years in prison more than a month before the court officially convened. Later on, they conducted a secret show trial without notifying Ms. Nan's family members. They have even discarded the most basic legal procedures. Ms. Nan rejected the verdict and appealed to the Huang'gang City's Mid-level Court.

At present, Ms. Nan is extremely weak due to the abuse and mistreatment in the detention center. She was sent to Huang'gang City Hospital on September 6 and was diagnosed as having four major illnesses, such as high blood pressure, heart disease, renal failure, and one more. Her life is in great danger.

Related responsible parties and personnel:

Xishui County People's Prosecutor
Chief Prosecutor 86-713-4235521
Prosecuting Section 86-713-4235520
Arrest Authorization Section 86-713-4235523
Jail Section 86-713-4280761
Law and Discipline Section 86-713-4235527
Complaint Center 86-713-4232000

Xishui People's Court
Office 86-713-4238009
Judicial Supervision 86-713-4238074
Tan Chaojin, Judge of the No.1 Criminal Court 86-713-4238041
Yang Zongdian, Assistant Judge of the No.1 Criminal Court 86-713-4238071
Yang Xianqi, Assistant Judge of the No.1 Criminal Court 86-713-4240535

Xishui County Judicial Bureau
Office 86-713--4238009
Zhou Zuosheng, supervisor

Xishui Police Department Chief 86-713--4234206
Huang Haijun, deputy chief in charge of Falun Gong Issues in the Xishui Police Department 86-713-4262510

Parties and individuals that need to learn the truth about Falun Gong:

You Haibo, deputy political commissar in charge of prisons (detention centers) in Xishui Police department 86-713-4226409
He Zhenguo, Administrator of the No. 1 Detention Center in Xishui Police Department 86-713-4239282
Lu Bilin, medical doctor in the No. 1 Detention Center of Xishui Police Department 86-713-4210395
Hubei Province's Gongjingyuan Law Office 86-713-4232953, Cell phone for supervisor Wang Yuting 13607251522
Hubei Province's Public Voice Law Office 86-713---4232351, Cell phone for supervisor Wei Zhijie 13986520979
Xishui Law Assistant Center 86-713--4228610, supervisor Wang Jinhua 86-713-8906382
People's Mid-level Court in Huang'gang City, Hubei Province
People's Prosecutor in Huang'gang City, Hubei Province
Huang'gang City's Police Department in Hubei Province
Prison Management Team for Huang'gang City's Police Department in Hubei Province

(Clearwisdom.net) On May 30, 2004 in Changlinzi Forced Labor Camp, on-duty guard director Wang Kai of the No. 5 Group tried to force detained Dafa practitioners to answer questions that slandered Falun Dafa. Those who refused to answer were treated with extremely brutal torture methods. Wang pinched the practitioners' flesh with pliers, forced their legs apart to the point of breaking them, inserted a wooden stick into anuses, and dislocated hip and knee joints.

In another case, Zhao Shuang, head of the No. 5 Group, put practitioner Tang Shaoyong into a confinement cell in July 2003. Zhao also tied Tang up on an iron chair and beat him with an electric baton. Furthermore, Zhao caught a big rat and put it under Tang's clothes. The rat ran around on Tang's body and bit him under his clothes.

In May 2003, persecutor Qiang Shengguo ordered inmate Wang Dashuai to torture Dafa practitioners. Perpetrators Yang Yu, Shi Changjing, Wang Yuou (director of the Education Section), Liu Lun (vice-director of the labor camp, in charge of brainwashing), and Shi Yingbai (director of the labor camp) ordered inmate Yang Xiaodong to torture Dafa practitioners with "The Big Hang Up" method (1). The perpetrators also ordered the inmates to swing the Dafa practitioners back and forth while they were being hung up and tortured. They also took off the practitioners' pants and shocked their genitals. They called this torture "electric medical treatment." Other torture methods used include burning fingernails with cigarettes, stabbing practitioners with steel needles, and rubbing the practitioners' backs with long benches. They poured mustard oil into practitioner Sun Kaiqing's nostrils. They said that the electric batons are the torture tools given to them by the ruling party. Although some practitioners were tortured to the verge of death, the authorities still refused to release them. They said that those who were tortured to death could be labeled as having died from "natural causes" on the medical report.

At the Political and Judiciary Meeting of Heilongjiang Province that ended on August 27, 2004, the authorities discussed how to further carry out the persecution. Participants of the meeting went to visit Changlinzi Forced Labor Camp on August 25, 2004. After the visit, they concluded that "Falun Gong is deeply rooted in society, and it's hard to eliminate it." The persecutors are very afraid of the lawsuits brought by the family members of those practitioners tortured to death, because some of these lawsuits have resulted in the prosecution of the police guards who committed the crimes. They were fired from their positions and punished according to the law.

Recently, the labor camp has been planning a new round of persecution. They are planning to recruit more guards for the newly arrived Dafa practitioners and have these guards torture the practitioners directly. We hope that upon seeing this story, people with righteous minds will help to condemn and stop the crimes being perpetrated against Dafa practitioners.

A brainwashing session was held recently in Wuchang City. Collaborator (2) Zhong Yueting, who used to practice Falun Gong and was "transformed" in Changlinzi Forced Labor Camp, provided the guards with many ideas on how to persecute the practitioners. Zhong is also receiving a salary from the local "610 Office." Perpetrators in Heilongjiang Province want to use Wuchang City as a "model" and hold brainwashing sessions in other places of the province.

Phone numbers of Changlinzi Forced Labor Camp:

Group No. 1: 86-451-2037101

Group No. 2: 86-451-2037102

Group No. 3: 86-451-2037103

Group No. 4: 86-451-2037104

Group No. 5: 86-451-2037105

(1) "Big Hang Up" - There are two forms in this torture: 1) With both hands handcuffed behind the back and only the toes touching the ground, one is hung by a rope that is tied to the metal window frames; 2) One hand of a practitioner is handcuffed to one bunk bed and the other hand to another bed, and the two beds are pulled in opposite directions.

(2) Collaborator - Former Falun Gong practitioners who have gone astray due to brainwashing and torture.

(Clearwisdom.net) Recently Jiang Zemin visited Huludao City. As a result, the authorities from Huludao City Forced Labor Camp intensified the persecution of Dafa practitioners who were on hunger strike. They prohibited Dafa practitioners from being released on a bail to seek hospital treatment, claiming that if they die, that's what they deserve.

Since late July, as the number of practitioners who went on hunger strike increased, the authorities took up the policy of "Three Changes and Four Stops." (Change Strategy, Change Attitude, Change Circumstance, Stop Visits, Stop Sleeping, Stop Outdoor Activities, Stop Outside Communication) Liu Guohua said that there were orders from the upper level officials, "Those who meet with an accident or die due to their hunger strike and self injury should be responsible for all the consequences and should be considered for criminal sentence." He also said, "What's the big deal with somebody dying? The Procuratorate wouldn't care. If the family members who are informed of their relatives' death don't claim the dead body, then two or three days later the dead body will be cremated and there will be only ashes left. Wasn't Liu Liyun cremated? Go wherever you want to appeal." Wang Yongming, Head of Division No. 6, is one of the people carrying out this persecution. He often beat up and physically punished practitioners on hunger strikes and claimed, "At worst, I would no longer be a policeman. If somebody goes on hunger strike, I will conduct force-feeding until he is disabled." Recently the police officers subjected Tao Shan, Du Jincai, and Shi Chunde to solitary confinement.

At 5:50 pm on August 16, 2004, the policemen entered the solitary confinement chambers to force the practitioners on hunger strike to do the "Sitting Board." [Every day, practitioners put their hands on top of their laps, with backs straight and sit on hard-wood benches 18 hours a day] Those practitioners who refused to do so because of their weakness from the hunger strike were dragged out to suffer electric shocks. Du Jincai and Shi Chunde were beat up. In the evening during the ward inspection, the policeman asked them to report their code number. The practitioners refused and were slapped in the face. Since then, the criminals in the labor camp have also aggravated the persecution of the practitioners. The criminals often punched and kick them or beat them up with a mop handle.

Shao Shouchang, Director of City Judiciary Bureau, 86-429-3160055 (Home)

Wang Fengming, Vice Director of City Judiciary Bureau, 86-429-3118613 (Home)

(Clearwisdom.net) Mr. Huang Min, a 61 year old former teacher in the Electrical Engineering department at the University of Jiamusi was illegally sentenced to 20 years of imprisonment in Shandong prison because he firmly practiced Falun Dafa and clarified the truth by broadcasting documentary videos on TV about the persecution of Falun Gong.

Since May 2004, three prisoners have forcibly persecuted and tried to brainwash him each day by all kinds of means. Recently Huang Min lost consciousness due to this mistreatment.

Country code 86, city code 531.

Chen Yan (Group Leader): 8585200

Gai Jingtao (Prison Dept Head): 86-13964028008(Cell), 8908285

Li Wei (No.11 Cell District Head) 8585325

Zhang (District head) 665716

(Clearwisdom.net)

At the beginning of June 2004, arrests of Dafa practitioners occurred again in the Jiansanjiang area of Heilongjiang province.

The local head of the "610" office [an agency specifically created to persecute Falun Gong, with absolute power over each level of administration in the Party and all other political and judiciary systems] dispatched over 20 policemen to surround and break into my house. When they tried to take me away my four-year-old grandson became afraid and started to cry. My husband pulled my grandson out of the way, while 5 or 6 policemen were dragging me, an elderly woman, like a lifeless body into their car. They took me to the local station and kept my persecution a secret.

I went on a hunger strike to protest this persecution. When my family heard, they asked the police to release me. The arresting officer said, "Let her die if she wants to." Finally, under the pressure of public opinion, he had to release me.

The head of the "610" office also once lied to local practitioners by claiming, "We will leave you alone if you practice at home." Those practitioners who believed this came to regret it after they found out that they had been deceived. Those practitioners who did not believe this are moving ahead in cultivation.

My case is not unique. Previously, the policemen arrested and persecuted Mrs. Pan, a lady over 60 years old, and they secretly sentenced a 59-year-old practitioner, Meng, to three years at the labor camp.

(Clearwisdom.net)

Falun Gong practitioners thrown into the Huangpu Brainwashing Center in Guangzhou are subject to both physical and mental tortures. Each evening, the torturers at Huangpu Brainwashing Center force Falun Gong practitioners to watch video programs slandering Falun Gong. The torturers have even forced practitioners to watch the brainwashing video programs around the clock for 13 consecutive days. Moreover, at midnight every night, captain Qiu Chaohua brings a team of police officers to beat and torture the practitioners.

Illustration of Torturers Who Suffocate and Humiliate A Falun Gong Practitioner by Stuffing His Head into the Toilet Bowl
Torturer: "I will see if you will practice Falun Gong or not!"
Note: In the actual torture, there is an average of four to five men torturing a Falun Gong practitioner.

Usually there are as many as five torturers beating one Falun Gong practitioner. They grab the practitioner's head by the hair while punching him all over his body. They also pull the practitioner's hair and then spin his body in the air rapidly until they become nauseated. As soon as the practitioner falls to the floor and is off balance, they hold him to the ground and stuff his head into a toilet bowl. Some Falun Gong practitioners subjected to this type of torture end up passing out due to suffocation in the toilet.

This is not the only type of torture used at the Huangpu Brainwashing Center. The torturers there also flog Falun Gong practitioners violently with steel rods, and stab them with large needles. This causes wounds and excessive bleeding. Some torturers hit Falun Gong practitioners hard on the head with tobacco pipes, and this causes bumps, bruises, wounds, and bleeding. By the time they finish torturing a Falun Gong practitioner, the floor is covered with puddles of blood. Therefore, each time they finish torturing a Falun Gong practitioner, the captain of the torture team asks the staff to mop the floor. Meanwhile, they go to another torture chamber and beat up the next Falun Gong practitioner. (They usually torture one Falun Gong practitioner at a time in a torture chamber.) Each hour the torture team averages three to four torture sessions. This continues until after 6:00 a.m. the next morning and happens every night. There is not a Falun Gong practitioner at the Huangpu Brainwashing Center who is not covered with wounds from head to toe.

Torturers Keep a Falun Gong Practitioner's Body Bent and Folded in a Painful Position for a Long Time

Police officers at Haizhu Brainwashing Center bind Falun Gong practitioners' arms behind their backs, pull their arms upwards by the hands, and tie each end of the rope around the opposite shoulder. Next, they make Falun Gong practitioners sit with their legs crossed on top of each other, then tie their legs to keep them in that position. The torturers even pull their knees together until they are only less than seven inches apart. Then they press Falun Gong practitioners' upper bodies against their chests, and tie them up to keep them in that painful position. At this point, the practitioners' bodies are now painfully bent and folded, and this makes it difficult to breathe.

Still, the torture does not end here. The torturers tie a long strip of fabric to the hands and then tie the other end of the fabric to the ceiling. They adjust the length of the fabric to make Falun Gong practitioners' bottom barely touch the ground, adding to their torment.

Next these police officers stuff seven or eight photographs of the practitioners' most respected Teacher, Mr. Li Hongzhi, into the female Falun Gong practitioners' shirts and pants. This made the practitioners suffer both physically and spiritually. The police officers desecrate Teacher Li Hongzhi's photographs each time they perform this torture.

Some Falun Gong practitioners have suffered from this type of torture repeatedly. Each time the torture was very long and they were not allowed to use the bathroom. They were subjected to the most indescribable, excruciating pain for the longest time. The police officers did not loosen the bindings until the practitioners were extremely dizzy, and their bodies turned dark purple and numb. During the slow, painful torture, the police officers keep shouting at Falun Gong practitioners, "We are helping you to practice sitting meditation! We are helping you enhance your cultivation level! We are doing you good!" In actuality, anyone subjected to this type of torture would feel better off dead. Each time Falun Gong practitioners were released, they lost all feeling in their bodies and could not move at all.

(Clearwisdom.net) In March 2001, guards at the Longshan Forced Labor Camp in Shenyang City started the systematic persecution of Falun Gong practitioners so as to "forcibly reform" them, a euphemism for brainwashing. The persecution was carried out under the direct supervision of Li Fengshi, the primarily responsible administrator. Li once ferociously told Falun Gong practitioners who were steadfast in cultivation, "This is an institution of coercion! You must be reformed, whether you agree or not!" Female prison guard Wang Jinghui said, "You don't want to be reformed? Then your stay here won't be comfortable!" Team leader Tang Yubao usually kicked and punched practitioners or shocked them with electric batons. He also verbally abused them.

Before March 2001, there were no "re-education assistants" in Shenyang City's Longshan Forced Labor Camp. Police personally forced practitioners to give up their belief in Falun Gong, but since March 2001, "re-education assistants" were used to persecute practitioners, with the guards in the background giving orders. Of course, the guards would come out as well once in a while. The "re-education assistants" took turns mentally tormenting and attacking practitioners. They alternated every two hours. Each time they wrote a detailed "progress report," documenting responses from practitioners including their facial expressions, words, and behavior and reported to the team leader. After receiving further instructions from the team leader, they would carry those out in the next step. Different instructions were given for different practitioners.

Below is a representative and partial portrayal of torture methods used on Falun Gong practitioners in Shenyang City's Longshan Forced Labor Camp. The actors' clothes are actually those worn by practitioners when they were illegally held in that camp.

1. Torture Name: Bent Immobile at a Corner of the Wall

   

   Several police officers pushed a practitioner to a squatting position, with the head bent in front of the legs. The practitioner's head and back continued to bend forward until the head touched the ground and the upper back leaned against wall. The practitioner was fixed in this position for long hours.

   In August 2001, in the No. 1 Division Head office, the guards ordered prisoners to torture Falun Gong practitioner Zhang Lirong with this method.

2. Torture Name: Kneeling Down for Long Hours

   

   Several guards pushed Falun Gong practitioners to kneel down on the cement floor for long hours. Practitioner's kneecaps felt as if they were fractured and piercing into the flesh. It was agonizingly painful.

   In March 2001, Falun Gong practitioners Sun Fengxin and Zhang Lirong were tortured with this method in the Longshan Forced Labor Camp.

3. Torture Method: Squatting on One Foot

   

   While squatting on one foot, the other foot was pulled on top of the squatting thigh. In March 2001, Falun Gong practitioner Chen Aiping was tortured with this method in Longshan Forced Labor Camp.

4. Torture Method: Shocking with Electric Batons

   

   In one afternoon in February 2001, Falun Gong practitioners Zhang Xiufang, Wang Jingzhe and Zhang Lirong were called to the team leader's office. Team leaders Tang Yubao, Wang Jinghui and Shen Yi were there and demanded the practitioners to squat. Zhang Xiufang was asked, "Do you still practice Falun Gong or not?" The reply was, "Yes!" Tang Yubao then grabbed an electric baton and started to shock her neck, head and mouth. Zhang Xiufang fell to the ground. Then Tang Yubao started to shock Wang Jingzhe.

   Later on, the team leaders kept Zhang Xiufang alone. After a while, Zhang Xiufang dashed to the courtyard screaming and crying in pain, but was dragged to the corridor on the first floor by the team leaders. Soon, "bang!" Zhang Xiufang fell down and her head hit the metal heater in the corridor. A few seconds later prison guard Wang Jinghui said, "She is faking!" Then the beating and sounds of verbal abuse of the police head could be heard. When Zhang Xiufang was sent back to the cell with the help of practitioners, her face was swollen and covered with bruises. There were bloodstains on her sweater. She had been shocked to the point of having lost control of her bladder, could not eat or drink normally and could not walk for over ten days. Her mood became unstable as well. She would suddenly burst into crying or laughter; she was mentally traumatized.

   Practitioners sent to the male forced labor camp were subjected to the following torture methods: "Squatting on a Small Stool;" "Force Feeding" and "Held in a Ball-like Position."

   On June 18, 2001, Shenyang City's Longshan Forced Labor Camp perpetrators sent practitioners Wang Hong (since then tortured to death), Zhang Lirong, Shi Yulan and Cheng Yunyan to the male forced labor camp, the "Zhangshi Forced Labor Camp" in Shenyang City for escalated abuse, torment and mistreatment. The "re-education assistants" there were from both the Longshan Forced Labor Camp and Zhangshi Forced Labor Camp. It was the practice at the Longshan Forced Labor Camp to send determined women Falun Gong practitioners to the Zhangshi Forced Labor Camp for further abuse and coercion for a period of time before taking them back. During such a period, Longshan officials often called Zhangshi officials to check on the "reformation status". The ordeals suffered at Zhangshi were even more severe. The Longshan Forced Labor Camp is one of the worst in terms of abusing and torturing practitioners.

5. Torture Name: Squatting on a Small Stool

   

   They put items underneath to raise the height of a small plastic stool. Then a practitioner was forced to squat on top of it for physical punishment and humiliation. The stool is about 20 cm wide, 30 cm long and 20 cm high (note: 1 cm is about 0.4 in).

6. Torture Name: Held in a Ball-like Position

   

   Several police officers pushed Falun Gong practitioners to a squatting position, with both arms twisted behind, the knees pulled outward and the feet pushed inward, so that they were close to each other. Then the police grabbed the practitioner's head and buried it between the legs so that it touched the ground. The practitioner's whole body was contorted. With many policemen forcing the holding of this position, the practitioner could not move. A normal person usually couldn't stand this torture method for even five minutes. However, because Falun Gong practitioners had been deprived of sleep and had been physically punished for long hours, and they had already been tortured to the state of semi-consciousness, they were usually "Held in Ball-like Position" for 40-60 minutes. After that, their hair and clothes were soaked with sweat. In the meantime, the practitioners' bodies lost all strength, and they were close to going into shock. Because their legs were split beyond limits, it caused bleeding from the lower body.

7. Torture Method: Brutal Force-Feeding

   

   At the end of June 2001 in the Zhangshi Forced Labor Camp, practitioners Wang Hong and Zhang Lirong were savagely force-fed. (Longshan Forced Labor Camp was the party behind the persecution). Several police fixed Falun Gong practitioner on a chair with the head bent backward, the nose pinched and teeth pried apart with a metal spoon. Then, half of a piece of crumbled cornbread was put into a soda drink bottle, with the addition of salted water. Since the nose was pinched, the practitioner could only breathe through the mouth. Food was fed with each inhalation of a breath. Sometimes, they choked on the mixture and it went everywhere. The practitioners who suffered from force-feeding said afterwards, "I don't know what they put into my body. The only sensation was bitter and salty." This kind of painful torture happened three times a day.

(Clearwisdom.net)

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada

Ottawa, Canada

September 02 2004

Dear ___________:

Thank you for your recent correspondence concerning Falun Gong practitioners in South Africa.

Canada remains deeply concerned about ongoing reports of the suppression of freedom of expression and spiritual practice in China, including Falun Gong. Canada consistently raises the human rights concerns of many Canadians during regular dialogues with Chinese leaders at all levels.

Canada registers its concerns about China's human rights record in annual public statements, including those made at the United Nations General Assembly and the United Nations Commission on Human Rights. The most recent Canadian statement, delivered in Geneva on March 25, 2004, made specific mentions of the persistent scale and scope of restrictions on freedom of expression, association, religion and spiritual beliefs, which reflects concerns about the treatment of both spiritual groups such as the Falun Gong and minority groups in Tibet and XinJiang.

Canada engages China on human rights issues through a dialogue process, including the Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR), where the Chinese government is urged to respect rights such as freedom of expression. At the seventh meeting of the JCHR in October 2003 in Ottawa, Canada raised a number of key human rights concerns, including the plight of Falun Gong practitioners, with Chinese authorities.

Please be assured that we will continue to make our views known to the Chinese authorities.

Thank you again for writing on this important issue.

Yours sincerely,

A. Anne McLellan

(Clearwisdom.net) A "610 Office" director in Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, was poisoned by the lies of Jiang's group. He led his people to brutally persecute local Falun Dafa practitioners using various means, including beating-up practitioners, searching their houses and confiscating their property, charging them huge fines, and even setting up private prisons illegally to detain practitioners. One practitioner couple managed to escape from such a prison with righteous thoughts. After wandering around for 2 years, the husband and wife came back home with dignity. They clarified the truth to the above-mentioned "610 Office" director. The director regretted what he did as a tool of Jiang's group after learning the truth completely.

The husband then asked the director to help him claim 2 years of his salary that had been suspended by his work unit, as well as to restore his regular monthly pension. At the same time, the husband also asked the director to release the practitioners who were detained in prison. The director went to the work unit and talked to the leaders about the practitioner's situation. With the director's efforts, the work unit returned his 2 year salary of 20,000 Yuan and promised to pay him a monthly pension of 1000 Yuan from that point on. Other local practitioners were also set free.

With the progress of Fa-rectification process, more and more people are coming to know the truth.

(Clearwisdom.net)

Around noon on September 7, 2004, several Falun Gong practitioners were practicing exercises and distributing truth-clarification materials on the square across from the New York Stock Exchange. Many people were sitting on the steps of the square having their lunch.

Practitioners put up some display boards with information about the practice of Falun Gong around the world, and about the persecution of Falun Gong in China. Many people were attracted to read the display boards and watch the exercises. When a practitioner was clarifying the truth to an American gentleman, a Chinese man wearing sunglasses and a hat swung his body and sneered at the practitioner. Before the American gentleman left, the Chinese man stopped him and asked him if he wanted to know the other side of the story. That American gentleman shook his head and said, "No."

After the American gentleman left, the Chinese man walked up to the practitioner and said, "Don't stay here any longer to deceive people. You steal traditional Chinese culture. Truth-Compassion-Tolerance does not just belong to Falun Gong, it belongs to the entire Chinese nation."

The practitioner replied, "Falun Gong is rooted in traditional Chinese culture. You also think Truth-Compassion-Tolerance is good, then shouldn't the persecution of people who believe in Truth-Compassion-Tolerance be stopped?"

That man said, "You are promoting your lies by using Truth-Compassion-Tolerance."

When the practitioner asked what lies he referred to, he was a bit hesitant and said, "Falun Gong caused many people to die."

The practitioner said, "It is Jiang's brutal persecution that caused so many people to die. Cultivating Truth-Compassion-Tolerance can only bring good to people."

That man then switched the topic, and said, "You come here all for money."

The practitioner said, "I am using my vacation time to do this. I came from out of town at my own expense. All I want is for people to know about the persecution of Falun Gong. No one gave me a penny. I have benefited tremendously from Falun Gong, so I want to let people know the truth. We do not have any agenda, and we only speak the truth. We hope the persecution of Falun Gong stops soon. I hope you do not listen to the lies cooked up by Jiang's followers."

While the practitioner was clarifying the truth, the Chinese man kept waving his arms and shouting. He blocked people who wanted to look at the display boards.

Since this man was behaving so strangely, the practitioner suspected that he might be a special agent sent by the Jiang regime to interfere with practitioners. Therefore, the practitioner decided not to talk to him anymore. So the man had to leave.

However, a minute later, this man came back saying, "You said you are volunteers. I will be a volunteer too. I'll stand here. If you speak to a person, I'll speak about opposite things to that person too." The practitioner advised him not to make trouble. He didn't listen. Instead, he shouted to people sitting on the square, "Don't believe in Falun Gong. They are deceiving people. They are responsible for many people's death."

Practitioners said calmly to people, "Falun Gong cultivates Truth-Compassion-Tolerance and is beneficial to people's mind and health. It has been spread to over 60 countries. It is Jiang's persecution that has caused so many people to die."

The Chinese man shouted again, "China is a great country and is becoming more and more prosperous. They have been going against China."

Practitioners said, "We love our country. We're not against the Chinese government. We're only opposing this brutal persecution of innocent people."

The hysterical behavior of that Chinese man and the calm words of practitioners were sharp contrasts to each other. After several rounds, people on the square came to understand what was going on. Some laughed at him; others stared at him with a disgusting look. An elderly American gentleman questioned the Chinese man, "Don't shout here. We all understand what this is about. You said many people have died. How did they die?" The Chinese man said in a low voice, "Falun Gong killed many people." That American gentleman said, "Can you speak loudly? How did so many Falun Gong practitioners lose their lives?" A person sitting on the square said, "It's the Chinese government's persecution."

Several practitioners walked up to the Chinese man and clarified the truth to him. They advised him again not to make trouble here. That man still shouted, "They're speaking Chinese to me. They tried to convince me."

At this time, a police officer came over. He warned that Chinese man saying, "They [Falun Gong practitioners] are kind and peaceful people. If you keep shouting here, I'll send you to jail." The Chinese man asked, "Don't I have freedom of speech." The police officer said, "Please leave. Stay away from them. They're very good people. Let me repeat what I said. If you don't leave, I'll send you to jail."

The Chinese man left, defeated. Practitioners expressed their gratitude to the police officer. The officer said, "You are very good. Take it easy. I understand you." Practitioners then clarified the truth to him, and said, "Jiang's regime has extended its persecution of Falun Gong overseas. They harass us in various ways." The officer said, "I know. I've witnessed today's incident. Please be assured that everything will be ok since you live in our country where human rights are honored."

Before he left, the officer gave his business card to practitioners and said, "If similar incidents happen in the future, please don't hesitate to contact me."

(Clearwisdom.net) September in Germany is a very nice time of year. It is the best time for people to do outdoor activities. It is also the time of Nuremberg's city festival. The streets of the old city are filled with people. On September 11, 2004, practitioners from Bavaria obtained permission for an information day to introduce Falun Gong and expose to the general public the ongoing torture of practitioners in China. We also collected signatures in support of suing Jiang Zemin for his genocide against Falun Gong practitioners.

Falun Gong Practitioners Hold An Anti-Torture Demonstration, Passers-by Stop and Learn about the Facts about Falun Gong

Nuremberg is a famous ancient city in Germany. It is located in the state of Bavaria. Nuremberg was the capital of the German Holy Roman Empire in medieval times. It was also the base for Nazis during World War II. Nazis used to have big gatherings here. After World War II, Nazi war criminals were also put on trial by the allies in Nuremberg. The citizens of Nuremberg are therefore not unfamiliar with the word "Genocide."

Many passersby stopped to read our information boards. They came to ask for information and wanted to learn the facts about Falun Gong in detail. A lot of people felt it was unthinkable and shocking that cruel means of torture such as force-feeding with concentrated salt solutions are used to force Falun Gong practitioners to give up their belief. They immediately signed our petition to express their support for bringing the prime culprit in the persecution of Falun Gong to court. There were also people who wanted to donate money. When they learned that Falun Gong does not accept donations they instead signed our petition to show their support for stopping this persecution. Many people, after signing the petition, asked what else they could do to help us. We told them that they could go and tell other people about Falun Gong or take more Falun Gong materials to give to their friends and family. They were very happy to take more leaflets and Video-CDs with them.

One elderly gentleman took a few leaflets and said he wanted to give them to people in the nursing home for the residents. A teacher asked us for a copy of a poster with pictures and illustrations and the information about the disfigurement of practitioner Gao Rongrong's face. He wanted to use them as teaching material in class. There was also a lady who cried uncontrollably and wrote down her name and address on our "Bring Jiang to Justice" petition after seeing the force-feeding torture and illustrations of the torture methods and hearing the personal experience of Falun Gong practitioner Wang Yuzhi, who was force-fed while illegally detained in a labour camp. With tears in her eyes, she asked practitioners if such tortures are really being carried out every day in China. When practitioners told her that this is really happening in China, she cried even more and was extremely sad. Her husband was also very sad. After she signed the petition, he also signed. Because there were so many people waiting to sign the petition, we set up another petition board for people to sign.

When our activities finished, we met a German who had just returned from China as a tourist. He talked with us about his impression of China. When he saw the big modern cities, he felt China was progressive. But when he heard personally from a Chinese teacher that students had to bribe him in order to get good scores, he felt the degree of corruption was unthinkable. Not only was the teacher unashamed of what he did, he dared to openly tell other people. After our talk, he understood the false picture of the Chinese economy and also understood facts about Falun Gong. He signed the petition.

During this activity, we also heard concerns from ordinary people that the media should stand up and spread the facts about Falun Gong, and that the media should not keep quiet.

Having considered that Nuremberg is a very diverse city with many tourists, businessmen and immigrants, we specially prepared information materials in different languages. Many people were surprised when they got Falun Gong materials in their own languages in a foreign country. An old Greek gentleman, after reading Falun Gong materials, asked practitioners for all the remaining materials in Greek and said he wanted to pass them to his Greek friends. Materials in English, Italian and Spanish all went very quickly. It's unfortunate that we didn't prepare enough materials in Japanese, Vietnamese and Turkish. We were very sorry to disappoint these people.

During the activity, we also met people who wanted to practise Falun Gong. A Chinese person hoped to get a copy of Zhuan Falun to read. There were also German people who wanted to know where our exercise sites were. One German person was so interested in this cultivation way that he spent a long time carefully reading the exhibition board introducing Falun Gong. Practitioners gave him a miniature copy of the exhibition board and he was very happy.

We will continue our information day activity next week. There were already people who were interested in Falun Gong contacting us. More and more people saw through the evil nature of this persecution and hoped this persecution would end soon. At the same time, more and more people are awakening to the principle of Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance.

Source: http://clearharmony.net/articles/200409/22072.html

(Clearwisdom.net) Yong Wang, 32, residing in Austria since 1993, was refused an extension of his passport by the Chinese Consulate in Vienna. The decision from the consulate was based on his being a Falun Gong practitioner and that he regularly attended candlelight vigils at the Chinese Embassy calling for the end of the persecution of Falun Gong in China. A written letter of acknowledgement concerning this matter was not provided.

Falun Dafa News spoke with Mr. Wang on the telephone about this incident.

FDN: How did the refusal of the passport extension come about?

Yong Wang: I delivered the application to the Chinese Embassy on June the 30th. Normally it takes about a week to get an extension. On July the 7th, when I visited the Embassy I was told that the passport was not ready yet, because they were waiting on a notice (instructions) from China. On July the 21st I called the embassy and they told me that I could pick up the passport but that they wouldn't extend it. They meant that I was a Falun Gong practitioner and believed that I was an important organizer and was responsible for the candlelight vigils, held at the Chinese Embassy every Thursday. I denied this accusation with facts. The candlelight vigils are not planned or organized by anyone. Instead, whoever has time can join the activity. I don't always have the time to participate, but make an effort to be there.

FDN: Have talks taken place with the Embassy? Have you met with the Embassy?

Yong Wang: I have personally sought a meeting with the Consulate but they referred me to the Embassy. There I tried to explain why practitioners hold candlelight vigils at the Chinese Embassy. It is very hard to present one's point because the employee there was strongly influenced by the Chinese propaganda. She explained politely that she was not allowed to take any information from Falun Gong practitioners. She supposed that we would damage the reputation of China, in that we would damage Jiang Zemin's reputation.

I tried to clarify that we are not against the Chinese Government. We only appeal against the human rights abuses against Falun Gong practitioners in China and would like to take legal action against those responsible. We treasure the Chinese people, its culture and try to publicly clarify this to them (the Chinese people).

FDN: You have been practicing Falun Gong since 1997. What was your relationship with the embassy until now? Were there any problems before?

Yong Wang: The Embassy knew me even before I practiced. They didn't take it well that I practiced but they wanted me to practice quietly and not publicly.

Problems first started with my marriage. When I had to apply for the necessary papers, a marriage certificate at the civil registry office at the Embassy, they told me they would process my application only if I signed a declaration proclaiming that I would stop practicing Falun Gong. I refused to do so and spoke personally with the Ambassador. Finally I received the document.

Article 35

All citizens of the Peoples Republic of China enjoy freedom of speech, press, public assembly, association, procession and demonstration.

The Constitution of the People's Republic of China

Yong Wang (front right) at a candlelight vigil in front of the Chinese Embassy

Yong Wang (front right) at a candlelight vigil in front of the Chinese Embassy

Source: http://www.clearharmony.net/articles/200409/21907.html

The Epoch Times

Translated from the Chinese edition

Sep 21, 2004

Last month, retired teacher, Bo Zaijing, 68, handed over a letter of accusation to 18 departments exposing crimes that had been committed against him by local police. The letter included details of how he had been illegally detained, fined, handcuffed and tortured. He has lost sight in one eye due to the torture, and his health is in a critical condition. His retirement pension was embezzled, his house was searched several times and his property confiscated. Bo handed the letter to law enforcement agencies in Zhangqui, related departments in Jinan city, and the highest level department in Shandong province.

At the same time, Bo Zaijin exposed these crimes on an overseas website, Clearwisdom.net.

Bo Zaijin lives in Shangbo Village, Puji town, Zhangqiu city, Shandong province. On March 6, 2002, the director of Puji Police Office in Zhangqiu City arrived at Bo's home with a policeman. He said that the leader of the Public Security Bureau in Zhangqiu City, Yang Bingliang, wanted to talk with him. When Yang Bingliang arrived, he immediately started to search Bo's house without showing any warrant. He even searched Bo's parent's home.

Bo Zaijin was then detained at Puji Police Office, for no reason. The police produced a document that they claimed was written by Bo Zaijin. Bo was handcuffed and illegally detained in the Zhangqiu City prison. Bo Zaijin was subpoenaed again and again. The police forced him to admit that he'd written the document. When Bo Zaijin was detained, he had suffered pain in his eyes five or six times. In the end, he lost sight in his left eye.

In his statement, Bo Zaijin said that from December 1999 to November 2001, officials in Puji Town illegally embezzled his retirement pension--nearly 30,000 yuan (US $3,620). In addition, he was illegally detained five times, and the police extorted more than 15,000 yuan (US$1,811) in fines, bail and living expenses. In May 2004, officials embezzled his retirement pension again, and didn't return the money even though Bo contacted them many times.

After this, Bo was imprisoned again, which intensified his heart disease. He was sent to the hospital for emergency surgery. The doctor said that an operation would cost tens of thousands of yuan. He recently suffered pain in his right eye. The doctor told him that he needed to have surgery as soon as possible, or he would also lose sight in his right eye. The treatment costs at least 5,000 yuan (US$604).

Under such difficulties, Bo Zaijin requested his retirement pension many times, but without result.

Bo Zaijin said, "Isn't this cutting my life off? Doesn't it force me to an impasse? When I reflect back on my life, the only reason I've been persecuted is because I want to practice Falun Gong. I want to be a good person, and become healthy both physically and spiritually, and be a righteous person with a conscience! Where is the justice? Where are my human rights?"

Bo Zaijin filed a lawsuit based on Rule 41, Article 2 in the Constitution of the People's Republic of China. Bo Zaijin claimed that Yang Bingliang of the Public Security Bureau in Zhangqiu City, violated Rule 248, 1 of the Criminal Law, "The crime of beating, punishing physically, torturing prisoners," and Rule 245, "The crime of illegal search." Up to August 2004, the Puji government had embezzled about 34,000 yuan of his retirement pension, three times without any basis in law.

Source: http://english.epochtimes.com/news/4-9-21/23362.html

(Clearwisdom.net) On September 18, 2004, the annual hot air balloon race was held in Forest Park in downtown St. Louis. It is the largest hot air balloon race in the US and also one of the biggest sporting events in Missouri. Many hot air balloonists from across the US came to participate. There were also dancing and singing performances, exhibitions and a variety of children's games, attracting about 120,000 spectators, including local residents and people from surrounding areas.

At a corner of the busy park, the peaceful practice site of Falun Gong practitioners

Forest Park happens to be St. Louis Falun Gong practitioners' practice site on weekends. After practicing the exercises, practitioners displayed posters and banners, and handed out flyers to people who came to watch the hot air balloon race.

From noon to 4:30p.m., when the hot air balloons inflated and went up in the sky, the spectators were relaxing on the lawn. Practitioners' flyers were well received, and soon, all the materials practitioners had brought with them were distributed.

A 72-year-old gentleman came over to where practitioners were demonstrating the exercises and started a conversation. He said he lived in a city in neighboring state. Several years ago, practitioners went to his city to introduce Falun Dafa, and he obtained a flyer. He said he still kept that flyer, and he was happy to meet practitioners again. He said he would come next week to the practice site to learn the exercises.

A woman passed by the practice site after the race was over, and watched the practitioners perform the exercises. She asked one practitioner whether this was the exercise introduced in the flyer she just now had obtained. After getting an affirmative answer, she said with emotion that the exercise is wonderful, and it is so peaceful. She wanted to learn it.

Many people learned to do the exercises from practitioners on the spot.

Practitioners noticed that people were happy to take materials about Falun Gong, and more people wanted to learn the exercises and learn about Falun Gong.

(Clearwisdom.net) The annual California State Fair was held at Cal Expo in the state capital of Sacramento at the end of August. There are many visitors to the State Fair each year. This year, a booth in the Free Speech Area was made available free of charge to Falun Gong practitioners. Near an entrance gate, practitioners set up a booth to promote Falun Dafa continuously for three weekends. Here are some of their experiences:

1. A middle-aged gentleman had shown great interest in Falun Gong after he took our fliers and listened to our introduction. He asked if we could teach the exercises at his school. When he learned that we would not accept any fees, he was quite surprised and noted down our contact number immediately.
2. A Bulgarian girl working at the fair sat close to us, smoking. When a practitioner gave her some Falun Dafa materials and told her kindly that many people had quit smoking or taking drugs after learning Falun Dafa, she put the cigarette out, threw it away at once and thanked the practitioner again and again. She said that she had noticed us for quite some time and felt that we were different than others because we looked very nice and kind. She said that she had hoped to quit smoking a long time ago; perhaps today was an opportunity.
3. A gentleman passing by our booth had shown great interest and took a lot of materials. He loved the Falun Dafa book on the table as well. A practitioner told him that this book is very precious. If he would like to read it, we could give it to him as a gift. The gentleman accepted a copy and replied, nodding his head again and again, "I will be sure to read it! I will definitely read it!" And he left happily with the book.
4. A young couple approached our booth. Before being greeted by a practitioner, they signed the petition to rescue American citizen Charles Li on their own initiative. The young lady told us that she had just come back from China. She taught English there. Our practitioner asked her if she had heard about Falun Gong. She said that she would like to have learned about it in China but the people around her dared not talk about it. She didn't believe what the Chinese media said there. Only after she came back to the US did she start to learn more about some of the real situation in China.
5. Falun Gong practitioners have regularly attended the California State Fair for several years. Many American people have learned about the truth of Falun Gong, from a variety of sources. One morning a street vendor selling drinks saw a practitioner wearing a yellow T-shirt at a crosswalk waiting for the green light. The vendor came up to our practitioner and said, "I have seen people wearing your yellow T-shirts many times. Last year I heard that a young man from your group was jailed in China. How is he now?" After he learned that Charles Li was still in a Chinese prison, the vendor expressed sympathy and said he hoped that Charles would be free soon.

September 11, 2004

(1) Fa: Law and principles; the teachings of Falun Dafa.

The Second Principle: The legitimacy argument

Immunity as a privilege invoked by sovereign nations and their leaders is also based upon the "World Public Order," which comprises not only rules and norms of international law, but also moral values and principles. It is a system which, like all systems, requires something outside and beyond them for legitimacy. (3) The doctrine of inalienable rights serves this function in the United States. Jus Cogens serve the same function in the community of Man. That an assault upon or elimination of the "legitimates" of any system disrupts and destroys in time the system itself is ipso facto self-evident. Therefore any assault on the prohibitions against slavery, genocide, crimes against humanity, as assault upon the world order, cannot be endured by the community of man (see below universal jurisdiction). Those guilty of such acts are the enemy of all, and cannot invoke privileges or benefits therein.

Corollary: Universal Jurisdiction

and based on the above noted obligations erga omnes, all states are obliged to ensure that all other (states and persons) do not violate these norms. As the International Court of Justice notes, violations of these norms constitute violations of obligations owed to all ("obligations erga omnes"). The Barcelona Traction, Light & Power Co. (Belgium v. Spain) 1970 I.C. J. 3, 32; (4) also see, Restatement third, supra, § 702 cmt. o. See also id at § 404.

While US lawsuits against Jiang and other officials are based on the Alien Tort Claim Act and Torture Victim Protection Act, most of our other legal cases are based on the doctrine of universal jurisdiction. It has been tempered considerably by such territorial requirements as a) injury occurred in prosecuting state, b) defendants reside in or visited prosecuting state; c) plaintiffs are citizens of prosecuting state. Lawsuits in China especially may invoke this doctrine, as an alternative basis for jurisdiction.

Third Principle: Immunity is NOT Impunity

This is a principle articulated in international and U.S. law. What follows is based on international law.

It is increasingly clear that, whatever the rule may be for current heads of state, former heads of state no longer have complete immunity from civil and criminal process. The ICJ decision recognized that immunity would not apply to a foreign minister "in respect of acts committed prior or subsequent to his or her period office, as well as in respect of acts committed during that period of office in a private capacity."(para. 61) This follows from the procedural nature of the immunity granted, which cannot apply once the person involved ceases to carry out the functions that require immunity. Immunity will continue to protect those official acts carried out during the person's term in office. The issue then becomes whether the kinds of acts at issue in our cases constitute official acts, for which immunity would continue to apply, or private acts, for which no such immunity would exist. They do not.

Serious human rights abuses committed by a head of state (and other high ranking officials) cannot be official acts and are therefore private or individual acts not entitled to immunity.

These acts constitute not only violations of human rights treaties, but such serious international crimes cannot be regarded as official acts because they are neither normal State functions nor functions that a State alone (in contrast to an individual) can perform.(5) This view is shared by all courts that have directly considered the issue. In their decision of March 24, 1999, the British House of Lords decided, 6-1, that ex-Chilean President Pinochet did not have immunity for acts of torture committed while he was in office. Acts of torture could not be official acts because torture is a violation of international law. As Lord Hutton put it: The alleged acts of torture by Senator Pinochet were carried out under colour of his position as head of state, but they cannot be regarded as functions of a head of state under international law when international law expressly prohibits torture as a measure which a state can employ in any circumstances whatsoever and has made it an international crime. (p. 638)

Most recently, the United States Supreme Court in Republic of Austria v Altmann, 124 S.Ct. 2240, supported the above stated principle by citing many cases available relevant to our "Jiang" case, Ex-King Farouk of Egypt v Christiain Dior, 84 Clunet 717, 24 I.L.R. 228, 229 (CA Paris 1957), Ex parte Pinochet Ugarte, 1 App. Cas. 147, 201-202 (1999), Nixon v Fitzgerald, 457 U.S. 731.

Notes:

(3) See Gödel on systems of mathematics, Plato on the world of ideas, Sausure on linguistics.

(4) The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has the status of customary international law and may be cited as support in lawsuits against Jiang and his cohorts.

(5) This is eminently clear in US case law. In an early case affirming the extradition of Marcos Perez Jimenez to Venezuela, its former head of state, the Fifth Circuit held that the acts were done in violation of his position and not in pursuance of it. They are as far from being an act of state as rape which appellant concedes would not be an "Act of State."

Jimenez v. Aristeguieta, 311 F.2d 547, 558 (5th Cir. 1962), cert. denied, 373 U.S. 914 (1963).

(Clearwisdom.net) After studying Master's recent article, "Let Go of Human Attachments and Save the World's People," I strongly feel that Fa-rectification is closely approaching, and because it feels so imminent, it is imperative that we focus on saving sentient beings. I also feel that this pressing responsibility rests equally on the shoulders of all Falun Dafa disciples during this historical moment.

However, reexamining myself and looking at some of the practitioners in our area, I find we lag far behind Master's current requirements of us. Few of the new as well as veteran practitioners ever step forward to clarify the truth. Some will only take a few truth-clarifying materials with them when they go out, and then it is only when there is no apparent danger to them at all. Fear still occupies their minds and they don't dare to contact other practitioners. They have long been unable to overcome this situation, to say nothing of stepping forward to clarify the truth to people on a face-to-face basis. It is mainly the more diligent practitioners who distribute truth-clarifying materials and CDs, with only a few of them actually coming out to verbally declare the facts. Even simply talking to people that way occurs only in situations in which they feel relatively safe. This would indicate that there are not enough righteous thoughts being sent forth.

Today I read Master's new article, which brought me to the understanding that, aside from the other methods that we currently use to save sentient beings, we must now strengthen our clarifying of the truth to individuals. At this moment, people are really willing to listen to the truth. Whenever I explain the truth about Dafa and the persecution, I see people with predestined relationships coming up closer to listen. Sometimes, even people riding by on bicycles stop to listen to me. It only takes several sentences to let people understand, without being influenced by the evil that exists in other dimensions. Afterwards, I hand each of those who had listened a beautiful Dafa card as a small gift. These are very happily accepted as the listeners constantly thank me. Some said, "Very good, now I'm not afraid of anything," or, "Today I met a noble person." Others said, "So precious! I must protect it well." Some people even wanted to learn Falun Dafa immediately. There have been many such touching occurrences. Whenever I see people's heart yearning to be saved, I think, "How good it would be if all these new and veteran practitioners alike would step forward to clarify the truth. That way, in a short time, all people across the whole country would know the truth." I have found that the best method for declaring the truth to people is to be able to adapt my speech according to their specific differences, so they will know that I am speaking directly to them as individuals rather than just "making a speech" to them. Among the many effective techniques for clarifying the truth, this one is unsurpassed.

After studying Master's new article, I decided to act according to Master's requirement, to determine what things I haven't done so well in clarifying the truth, and to resolve to do a better job from now on. I also hope that other practitioners will quickly achieve greater breakthroughs and improvement in this regard. I think this is the most pressing need at this stage of the magnificent wave of Fa-rectification, and it is also what Master wishes from us. As Master's disciple, I feel that I should unconditionally subordinate the selfishness of my human side, even to the point of life or death if necessary, in order to harmonize with Master's plan. In the process, we're cultivating to the higher state of genuine purity, righteousness, benevolence, virtuous enlightenment and righteous Fa (1). New and veteran practitioners, we have been waiting millions of billions of years for just this one moment. Let us put down all thoughts from our human side. Don't disappoint Master and don't disappoint sentient beings. Let us greet the advent of the Fa's rectification of the human world with the unprecedented magnificence of true Dafa disciples.

1. Fa: Law and principles; the teachings of Falun Dafa.

(Clearwisdom.net) In "Master's Message to the European Fa Conference held in Vienna," he said: "We should make our Fa Conferences grand gatherings in which we summarize what we've experienced and learned, find where we fall short, draw on what we have achieved, and establish the righteous thoughts of Dafa disciples."

While cultivating in the Fa Rectification period, I have found that there are four main attachments that I need to eliminate:

• Wanting approval
• Wanting control
• Wanting separation
• Wanting security

In this article I will describe how I have tried to become a better Fa-rectification period disciple by eliminating these attachments.

I realize now that many of the things I have done as a cultivator, I have done really to win the approval of other practitioners. For example, when some people ask me to do things I have a natural tendency to say "yes" even if I do not think that it is the right thing to do. Some of you may disagree with this because I have said "no" to you. But this is very rare. For most people I speak to, I would agree with what they say. This is especially the case if they are veteran Chinese practitioners from the US, because I have the notion that American Chinese practitioners are at a higher level than everyone else. This is especially true if it is a veteran practitioner who has a very good reputation among other practitioners. The reason I found out about this attachment was when some veteran Chinese practitioners asked me to do something for an event we were holding in Greece. I immediately said "yes" to what they asked me to do. However over the next week, I became more and more unhappy because there was a part of me which knew that this was the wrong thing to do. However I was afraid of saying this to the veteran Chinese practitioners because I knew that they would be upset with me. Eventually the pressure inside my head became too strong and I told the other practitioners what I really thought. To my surprise, the other practitioners were very nice to me even though this was the first time I had ever disagreed with them in the eight years that I have known them. This was a big lesson to me. I really need to be more open and trust my own thoughts and walk my own path. I should not be concerned with whether fellow practitioners approve me of or not.

I have always thought that I am not a controlling person. In fact I have an attachment of NOT wanting control. I would be much happier if I did not have to be a coordinator because I really do not like telling people what to do.

Perhaps many of you have realized this. I tend to speak very little and I tend not to tell people what to do unless the situation is very serious and there is no alternative.

Again I am beginning to realize that this is not good. I need to give up my attachment to not wanting control and to fulfill my duty in the proper way that Master Li has laid out in his articles. I need to be much stronger and speak up for what I believe to be right.

Of course, I do also have the attachment of control as well. When I am with people who I do not want to be with or if I have to do something that I do not want to do, I also want to control the situation, which is another attachment that I must remove.

This is one of my worst attachments. When I was a child, my father always brought me up to believe that I was an extremely special person. He always told me that I was better than others and that I could achieve much more than other people. In some ways this was good because I was always willing to do things, which other people thought were strange or different. For example, when I started practicing Falun Dafa most people that I knew thought that it is a very strange thing to practice. But this did not worry me. However now I realize that it is a very bad attachment. As I have the notion that I am different from everyone else, I do not want to be with other practitioners. So when we have reading groups or National Fa Study days, I find it very hard to be there. I really would be much happier if I was separate and on my own. This is a very bad notion, which I am trying my best to eliminate. I have to give up my notion of self and my selfish thoughts, and melt into the one body of Dafa disciples. We can then achieve much more in the Fa-rectification period.

When I was young my family was very poor. We were immigrants in the UK and my father only had £5 when he arrived in this country. My whole family lived in one room in a house which was next to the railway line. My father also used to drink a lot and there were many times when my mother was left on her own to look after my sister and me. We did not have any relatives in this country and so we were very insecure. In my school, I was the only person who was not English and so I was bullied a lot.

I am not telling you this to obtain your sympathy but to explain why wanting security is a very strong attachment for me. As such, throughout my life I have been very insecure and worried about what will happen to me. Obviously as a Dafa disciple I should realize that there is nothing to worry about and that I am already a very lucky person. However, my notions are very strong and underneath many of my attachments is the need to be secure and safe and not to depend on anyone else. Although I know that I should not worry about money and my job, I still do. This is a very deep attachment of mine, which I am trying to eliminate.

I hope that you have found this helpful. Every day, through reading the Fa (1), I try to let go of my attachments so that my mind is peaceful and so that I can do my Fa-rectification work much better. Every day, I ask myself: do I want to be controlled by these attachments or do I want to be free? Even though I know that I have to do much better, by sharing this information I think that I have already made a big step forward. Please point out anything that is not appropriate.

Thank you for listening and thank you Master, for your endless patience.

(1) Fa: Law and principles; the teachings of Falun Dafa.

(Clearwisdom.net) As my enlightenment quality is not very good, what I have relied on is Fa-study and hints from Teacher.

In the beginning, I did not enlighten to Teacher's hints, so I wasted a lot of time and did not step forward to validate Dafa. Even now I am still not doing very well and I need to put in more effort. I think I need to improve in three areas: studying the Fa, cultivating myself, and sharing experiences with fellow Dafa practitioners. In this article I'd like to talk about how sharing experiences has helped me.

Jiang's regime tries to control us in two areas: one is in the area of information from the internet, the other is in the area of communication between Dafa practitioners. We should break through all these arrangements. I gained a lot through communicating with local Dafa practitioners.

A female local Dafa practitioner with strong righteous thoughts told me the following. One day, 15 officers went to her home to ask her to go to a "re-education" session. She refused by saying "I did nothing wrong. I practice Falun Gong to improve my health and I try my best to be a good citizen. I will not go to your brainwashing class." A villager then monitored her, and told her not to go anywhere. She replied "These are my feet. I will go wherever I want to go! Since you don't like me to go anywhere, I'll go to Guangdong where my daughter works." Since then, she hasn't been interfered with and those officers no longer harass her.

Another female practitioner was beaten up and interfered with by her husband whenever she practiced Falun Gong. She stopped him with solemn words. Not long after that, her husband stopped making trouble.

She dares to sing songs praising Falun Dafa on the bus. She goes to practice Falun Gong openly at a big sports field. One time she was going to catch a bus but she ran out of time going to the bus station. Miraculously, she arrived at the bus station instantly after just thinking about it. She eliminates evil in other dimensions with supernormal abilities. She does not have the mentality of showing off. People accept her word when she clarifies the truth of Dafa to people. She follows a righteous path and practices solidly.

Another Dafa practitioner's third eye (or Tianmu in Chinese) is always open. In the beginning, he had the mentality of showing off, but he no longer has that now. Through clarifying the truth, his neighbors all understand Dafa now. He can openly deliver Dafa truth materials to the villagers. Nobody is against him. At home he sits down in the crossed-leg position and studies the Fa, sometimes for a whole night. When he goes out, he will clarify the truth of Dafa to people. He is a very good Dafa practitioner.

Another local Dafa practitioner is a farmer. When the persecution of Dafa first started, local officers organized brainwashing classes. He stepped out to protect Dafa and clarify the truth. When officers came to take away all of his Dafa books, he stepped out to protect the books. The township officers said, "You can come to reason with us. If you can persuade us, we will return your books." This Dafa practitioner, who never went to school, went to the township government to talk with the officers. With the wisdom he gained from the Fa, he won his Dafa books back. He put Teacher's picture up high at the center of his living room. When the officers came to his house, he warned them in advance: "My Teacher's photo is a Buddha's photo, you should respect him." The officers never touched Teacher's photo. Later, when Dafa truth-clarifying materials were found locally, those officers did not want to go to his home. The officers did search his home once, but found nothing.

These fellow practitioners do better than I do. I am really moved.

The righteous actions and thoughts of fellow practitioners as reported on the Minghui website (Clearwisdom.net is Minghui's English counterpart) have encouraged me a lot. I also feel ashamed, as I have seen my cowardice and selfishness. I should hurry up to catch up with them.

September 11, 2004.

(Clearwisdom.net)

1. [Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner Shao Minggang Illegally Sent to Jinzhou City's Forced Labor Camp
2. [Huludao City, Liaoning Province] Police in Suizhong County Arrest He Wenfeng And Send Her to Masanjia Forced Labor Camp
3. [Lishu County, Jilin Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner Qiao Shuzhen Held in Detention Center
4. [Shanwei City, Guangdong Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner Zhuo Lihua Dies Due to Constant Torture
5. [Yongji County, Jilin Province] Sui Shuyun, A Falun Dafa Practitioner in Shuanghe Township, Is Arrested
6. [Tianshui City, Gansu Province] Police in Gansu Province Torture Falun Dafa Practitioners in Tianshui City
7. [Anshun City, Guizhou Province] Policemen from Caiguan Police Station Arrest Falun Dafa Practitioners Wang Quanhua And Zhong Yuxiang
8. [Jidong County, Heilongjiang Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner Shang Yanfang from Yongzhi Village, Yongan Town, Tortured for Clarifying the Truth
9. [Longkou City, Shandong Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner Lu Yanna And Her Daughter, from Longkou, Sent to Brainwashing Center
10. [Jiaozhou City, Shandong Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner Sun Jianwu Sentenced to Prison
11. [Changtu County, Liaoning Province] Police Arrest Lu Yarong, A Falun Dafa Practitioner from Sanjiangkou Town
12. [Jiangmen City, Guangdong Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner Liang Ruiqiang from Pengjiang District Arrested
13. [Baoding City, Hebei Province] Su Dengliang , A Falun Dafa Practitioner in Damazhuang Village, Tang County, Baoding City, Is Arrested
14. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Several More Falun Dafa Practitioners in Dalian City Illegally Arrested
15. [Liaocheng City, Shandong Province] Recent Situation of the Five Arrested Falun Dafa Practitioners in Jindouying Township, Yanggu County
16. [Shouguang City, Shandong Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner Liu Hongmei, from Huying Village, Sunji Town, Shouguang City Arrested By Police While Clarifying the Truth
17. [Nanning City, Guangxi Province] Falun Dafa Practitioners Pan Xiangyang and His Son Arrested at Home
18. [Pingdu City, Shandong Province] Police Arrest Shao Meiping and Liu Xuezheng, Falun Dafa Practitioners in Qiangxiaoying Village, Mencun Town, Pingdu City
19. [Laixi City, Shandong Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner Zhang Zhirong, from Yitandian Village Arrested Again

Since being illegally arrested on May 16, 2004, Shao Minggang, a Falun Dafa practitioner in Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province, has been held in Jinzhou City's No. 1 Detention Center, where he has been on a hunger strike to protest the persecution against him. On August 30, 2004, the policemen secretly sent him to Jinzhou City's Forced Labor Camp, ignoring that his health was in extremely fragile condition. He was sentenced to three years of forced labor. Currently, Shao Minggang has still been on a hunger strike to protest the persecution against him. Personnel from Jinzhou City's Police Department and Jinzhou City's Security Bureau force-feed him every day.

On September 1, 2004, Ms. He Wenfeng, a Falun Dafa practitioner in Suizhong County, Huludao City, was reported to police, and then arrested in her home. On September 2, the policemen in Suizhong County immediately sent her to Masanjia Forced Labor Camp. He Wenfeng had been held there before.

Relevant telephone numbers:

Secretary of Suizhong County Committee, Liu Xiangyang: 86-429-6123516 (Office), 86-429-8220639 (Home)

Head of Suizhong County, Xia Yuen: 86-429-6126318 (Office), 86-429-3113040 (Home)

Deputy Director of the "610 Office," Chen Guohua: 86-429-6131710 (Office), 86-429-3926576 (Home), 86-13898297068 (Cell)

Head of the Police Department, Zhang Heping: 86-429-6124999 (Office), 86-429-3160820 (Home), 86-13504296799 (Cell)

Head of Yejia Town Police Station in Suizhong County, Wang Fuchen: 86-429-6551011

At about 3:00 p.m. on July 27, Ms. Qiao Shuzhen, a Falun Dafa practitioner from Lishu County, Jilin Province, was reported to police while she posted Dafa flyers and clarified the truth to people face to face in Huinan County, Jilin Province. She was held in Chaoyang Township Detention Center in Huinan County, where she consistently clarified the truth to the guards and prisoners, and was brutally tortured. She is currently being held in Lishu Detention Center.

Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Zhuo Lihua, who is in her fifties, was a resident in Shanwei City, Guangdong Province. She was constantly tortured due to her belief in Falun Dafa, causing her previous illnesses to recur. She passed away on September 3, 2004.

At about 7:00 p.m. on August 31, Ms. Sui Shuyun, a 50-year-old Falun Dafa practitioner in Shuanghe Township, Yongji County, Jilin Province, was reported to the Secretary of Zhenjiao Village, Liu You, while she distributed Dafa truth-clarifying leaflets. Ding Ning, Deputy Head of the Township, then illegally arrested her.

Relevant telephone numbers:
Ding Ning: 86-13904441978 (Cell)
Liu You: 86-13324427689 (Cell), 86-432-421-9154 (Home)

Bian Yunsheng, a policeman from the Team 3 of Pangantai Forced Labor Camp in Lanzhou City, Gansu Province, brutally tortured Falun Dafa practitioner Chen Gang, of Tianshui City, by hanging him up with handcuffs.

On August 30, 2004, policemen Zhang Baoyong and Yang Yongzhou, from the Tianshui City Police Department, arrested Ms. Zhang Aifang, a Falun Dafa practitioner from Tianshui City, Gansu Province. They ransacked her home. She is currently being held in the Beidao Police Department.

Falun Dafa practitioner Hei Huiyu is an employee of Xinghuo Machine Tool Factory in Beidao District, Tianshui City, Gansu Province. On August 10, 2004, people from Tianshui City Political and Judiciary Committee, and the Police Department, arrested her at her workplace. Hei Huiyu is still being illegally held in Zhangchuan County Police Department in Tianshui City, Gansu Province.

Relevant telephone numbers:
Head of Tianshui City's Police Department, Zhang Xuemin: 86-938-8298938 (Office)

Head of Qincheng District Police Department in Tianshui City, Shi Juping: 86-938-8293318 (Home), 13309386180 (Cell)

Secretary of Tianshui City Political and Judiciary Committee, Zhang Heping: 86-938-8290830 (Office)

On the night on September 4, 2004, Falun Dafa practitioners Ms. Wang Quanhuan, an employee of Xin'an Factory in Andun City, Guizhou Province, and Ms. Zhong Yuxiang, an employee of Anji Factory, were reported to police while distributing truth-clarifying leaflets in a village. Chaguan Police Station officers arrested them. They are currently being held in Heishitou, Andun City.

On May 13, 2004, Shang Yanfang played the "Pudu" and "Jishi" music to the whole village by using a large loudspeaker. She also read an article, written by herself, about World Falun Dafa Day. As a result, she was reported to the County Government by village officials.

On September 2, officials from the Security Team of Jidong County Police Department in Heilongjiang Province came to Shang Yanfang's home. They found the article written by Shang Yanfang lying on the cabinet. The music tape of "Pudu" and "Jishi" was in the tape recorder. They used it as an excuse to arrest her. Shang Yanfang is currently being held in the Jidong County Detention Center.

Lu Yanna, a Falun Dafa practitioner in Longkou, Shandong Province, and her newborn daughter Shanshan, were sent by the Longkou "610 Office" to Xingfu Brainwashing Center in Yantai for persecution.

Relevant telephone number:
Xingfu Brainwashing Center, the"610 Office," Liu Guorao: 86-13361300987 (Cell)

Several months ago, Sun Jianwu, a Falun Dafa Practitioner in Jiaozhou City, Shandong Province, was arrested and tortured for making truth-clarification materials. He has been sentenced to prison, and sent to the Weibei Farm Forced Labor Camp.

On September 2, 2004, Ms. Lu Yarong, a Falun Dafa practitioner in Liuhu Village, Sanjiangkou Town, Changtu County, Liaoning Province, was arrested by policemen from Sanjiangkou Town Police Station. She is currently being held in Changtu County Detention Center.

Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Liang Ruiqiang, 29, is a resident of Dong Village, Liyue Town, Jiangmen City. At about 3:00 p.m. on September 6, 2004, while distributing truth-clarifying leaflets on streets, Liang Ruiqiang was forcibly arrested by the policemen from Pengjiang District Police Department.

Telephone number of Pengjiang District Police Department: 86-750-3487081

Su Dengliang, 37, a Falun Dafa practitioner in Damazhuang Village, Tang County, Baoding City, Hebei Province, was arrested for practicing Falun Gong. At 10:30 p.m. on May 20, 2004, over ten policemen, including Yan Zhenbo from the Security Team of Nanshi District Police Department in Baoding City, Li Jianzhu from Tang County Police Department, and others from the police station, took Su Dengliang away from his home. That night, the policemen covered Su Dengliang's eyes, and sent him to Nanshi Police Department in Baoding City.

After being held in Nanshi District Police Department for a month, Su Dengliang was illegally sentenced to three years of forced labor. He is currently being illegally held in Balizhuang Forced Labor Camp in Baoding City.

Relevant telephone numbers:
Head of the Security Team of Nanshi District Police Department in Baoding City, Yan Zhenbo: 86-13703322148 (Cell)

Head of the Security Section of Tang County Police Department, Li Jianzhu: 86-13932260882 (Cell)

Head of Team 1 of Balizhuang Forced Labor Camp, Liu Jujie: 86-13931205189 (Cell)

Zhang X, from Tang County Police Department: 86-13582208918 (Cell)

At about 5:30 p.m. on September 6, 2004, police in Dalian illegally arrested Falun Dafa practitioners Liu Wencan, Liu Wencan's wife Hu Guilian, Ma Xueqing, and Hu Shuzhen from Liu Wencan's home. They also illegally ransacked Liu Wencan's home. Some Dafa books and truth-clarification materials were illegally confiscated.

On the night of July 8, 2004, policemen from Jindouying Township Police Station arrested and detained Falun Dafa practitioners Sun Jinfang, Sun Jingang, Sun Jinglong, Wang Fuliang, and Xiao Cun on their way back home in Jindouying Township, Yanggu County, Liaocheng City, Shandong Province, The local policemen interrogated them for days. They forcibly broke into their homes and ransacked their houses. They also illegally interrogated other Dafa practitioners.

Afterwards, Sun Jinlong, Wang Fuliang, and Sun Jinfang were illegally sentenced to three years of forced labor, and Sun Jingang was sentenced to two years of forced labor. Xiao Cun's whereabouts are unknown.

On August 29, 2004, Ms. Liu Hongmei, a Falun Dafa practitioner from Huying Village, Sunji Town, Shouguang City, Shandong Province, was arrested by plainclothes policemen while she was clarifying the truth at a market.

At 7:30 a.m. on September 7, Falun Dafa practitioners in Nanning City, Guangxi Province, Pan Xiangyang and his son were arrested at home. It's the third time that Pan Xiangyang was arrested. His son was also arrested once before.

On the night of September 6, 2004, policemen from Tianzhuang Town Police Station arrested Shao Meiping and Liu Xuezheng, Falun Dafa practitioners from Qiangxiaoying Village, Mencun Town, Pingdu City, while they were making truth-clarification materials.

Relevant telephone numbers:
Tianzhuang Town Police Station: 86-532-6383110

Head of Tianzhuang Town Police Station, Zhang Yueliang: 86-13606394828 (Cell)

After July 20, 1999, when the persecution began, Zhang Zhirong, a Falun Dafa practitioner in Yitandian Village, Laixi City, Shandong Province, went to Beijing to validate Falun Dafa, and was escorted back by policemen from Laixi City. He was sentenced to two years of forced labor, and was fined 5,000 Yuan (1) by the village committee.

At the end of May 2004, Zhang Zhirong went to the village committee office asking for the illegally fine back. The village head asked him to ask the Town Government. Then Zhang Zhirong went to the Town Government, and has not been back home since. He was illegally sentenced to two years of forced labor.

(1) Yuan is the Chinese currency. The average monthly salary of an urban worker in China is 500 Yuan.

(Clearwisdom.net) A "solemn declaration" is a person's public statement declaring to the world that whatever he or she has done or said under duress or deception that was against Falun Dafa is null and void. Most of these statements have come from Falun Dafa practitioners in China who wished to express regret that, in the face of physical torture and brainwashing, they had signed documents renouncing Dafa and guaranteeing not to practice again. Also, as more and more people in China learn the truth about how they have been deceived and lied to by the Jiang regime, many non-practitioners are also submitting "solemn declarations."

Here are some examples of the Solemn Declarations:

• Dafa Practitioners' Solemn Statements [7/26/2004]
• Solemn Declarations by Non-Practitioners[7/29/2004]
• Solemn Declarations by Young Dafa Practitioners [7/14/2004]

Please click here for more Solemn Declarations.

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On August 28, 2004, American movie star Richard Gere encountered Falun Gong practitioners while they were distributing truth-clarifying materials on New York City streets. A practitioner from Toronto, Canada spoke of the savage persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China and called on him to help stop the persecution. Willingly receiving and attentively reading the brochure, Mr. Gere thanked the practitioner for letting him know about the persecution and indicated that he would take a closer look at the material back home. Because Mr. Gere has criticized China's human right records, he has been barred from entry into the Mainland by the Chinese government.

• Practitioner Ms. Zhang Wei of Donggang City, Liaoning Province has been subjected to inhuman persecution for several years by Jiang and his followers as part of the suppression of Falun Gong. Several times she was unlawfully taken into detention and was persecuted into poor health. Later, she was illegally sentenced to a seven-year term. Ms. Zhang went on a hunger strike for more than two months and became emaciated. On the eve of China's 16^th National Assembly, Ms. Zhang Wei was forcibly taken to Dabei Women's Prison for further persecution. Her family members, relatives and friends have also been mentally and financially harassed in cruel ways.

• Because he practices Falun Gong, Mr. Meng Jianshe of Shangqiu City, Henan Province, was illegally detained for one month by the city's public security branch office in the District of Huiyang. In August 2003, Mr. Meng had to leave his home to avoid an attempt to arrest him by members of the Liangyuan District People's Prosecutor's Office. However, in October of the same year he was unjustly detained as a criminal at the Huiyang District Public Security Bureau because he practices Falun Gong. On January 7, 2004, Mr. Meng was illegally arrested by Liangyuan Branch Public Security Bureau officers. Currently, he is confined at Shangjiu City's No. 2 Prison after being sentenced for four years.

• Practitioner Ms. Han Junmiao, formerly employed as the admissions office director of the Education Bureau in Xiong County, Baoding City, was illegally sent to forced labor because she was steadfast in her practice of Falun Gong. During the past few years, she has been persecuted cruelly at three forced labor camps (Baoding Forced Labor Camp, Gaoyang Forced Labor Camp and Shijiazhuang Forced Labor Camp). During the December 2002 winter, while at the Gaoyang Forced Labor Camp, Ms. Han was confined in an icy warehouse with both of her hands cuffed to an iron ring in the cold cement. Day and night, she was not allowed to sit down or stand up: she had to squat on the ground and was not allowed to sleep. In the hot summer of July 2001, Ms. Han was handcuffed and exposed to the fierce sun in the courtyard for several days.

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I am Tan Shihua, female, 60 years old, a retiree from the transportation department in Yunnan Province. In August 1999, persons from a Wuhua District Police Precinct ransacked my residence and confiscated my personal belongings because I practice Falun Gong. Before September 1999, my son was selling Falun Gong books and audio video materials. On September 29, my son's shop was sealed up and put under investigation by the City Police Department. He was detained, on the basis of criminal charges, in the Kunming City First Detention Center for as long as one month. The Property Tax Bureau and Inland Revenue Bureau increased his fines. He subsequently had to hand over 35 thousand Yuan as a "security deposit" before he was released on bail to await his sentence. In June 2001, I was illegally arrested and sent to Kunming City's No. 1 Detention Center. I was then transferred to the Dabanqiao Women Forced Labor Camp for two years of forced labor.

Xie Yujun, a Dafa practitioner in Xingning City, Guangdong Province, was unlawfully detained for cultivating in Falun Dafa. The officials sent him to forced labor and brainwashing classes. Later he went into exile to avoid the persecution. On July 10, 2004, Xie Yujun was once again abducted. He had then been sent to the Sanshui Forced Labor Camp in Guangdong Province and sentenced to 2-1/2 years of imprisonment.

Shen Lixin, a Dafa practitioner in Zhenlai County, Jilin Province, was harassed and mistreated often because he was steadfast in his cultivation of Falun Dafa and made use of different ways to clarify the truth to people about Falun Dafa. In 2001 he was illegally sentenced to one year of forced labor and was detained in the Yinmahe Forced Labor Camp in Jiutai City, Jilin Province. After returning home, not only did perpetrators from the Sifangtuozi Forced Labor Prison in Zhenlai County withhold over one year of his past pay, they also fired him from his job. The police kept coming to his home to harass him, thus compelling him to go from place to place to avoid the persecution. On August 31, 2004, police officers abducted him. They were from the Changyi Police Department in Jilin City.

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