A Farmer's Family Becomes Penniless Under Persecution
September 30, 2001
(Clearwisdom.net) I am a Falun Dafa practitioner at Shuangcheng City,
Heilongjiang Province. Ever since I started to practice Falun Dafa two years
ago, I have benefited tremendously from the practice both mentally and
physically. After July 20th, 1999, however, under pressure from the
officials in Shuangcheng Town at Shuangcheng City, the government of Changsheng
village where I live began to threaten and intimidate me and several other
senior Falun Gong practitioners. They confiscated our Falun Dafa books and asked
us to write the so-called pledge to give up practicing Falun Gong. In addition,
they often came to our houses to harass us. In order to prevent us from going to
Beijing to appeal, the government made two rules: one is that the village
government will confiscate our entire contracted farm land if any of us goes to
Beijing to appeal; another is that we must pay our own expenses and all the
travel expenses [that the local policemen and officials incurred to pick us up
in Beijing] if we go to Beijing to appeal.
In June 2000, I went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Dafa. As a result, I was
illegally detained for 7 days in the west room 202 of the Xicheng Division
detention center in Beijing. Later, the local government took me back and fined
me 600 Yuan. Besides, the Beijing office of Shuangcheng City confiscated 40 Yuan
from me, which was all the money I had with me at that time. I was detained in
the 2nd Lockup of Shuangcheng City for over 10 days and was fined
more than 3000 Yuan.
My parents have also benefited from Falun Dafa. My mother went to Beijing to
appeal in December 2000, and was illegally detained in Beijing for one month.
After she was taken back, she was again illegally detained in the 2nd
Lockup of Shuangcheng City for another month. She was charged over 700 Yuan for
room and board, without any receipt, and was fined more than 3000 Yuan. Soon
after that, she was locked in a brainwashing class organized by the Shuangcheng
Town for over one month, and she was fined additional 2000 Yuan.
My father went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Dafa in December 2000, and was
detained for 7 days in Beijing. After he was taken back, he was detained for
over 10 days in the 2nd Lockup of Shuangcheng City and was fined more
than 3000 Yuan. Two days after he was released, officials of the Shuangcheng
Town forcibly sent him to a brainwashing class organized by the Shuangcheng Town
for further persecution. My father protested with a hunger strike. Yu Zhanqi,
the town party secretary, personally directed a forced-feeding, tormenting my
father until he only had one breath left. They sent my father to a hospital and
later released him for fear that he might die. My aunt turned in the fines (the
precise amount is not available). (The average yearly income for farmers in
China is RMB 2,000 Yuan to 2,500 Yuan.)
Our family is an ordinary farmer's family that has benefited from Falun Dafa.
Just for going to Beijing to legally appeal, we became penniless. At present, I
have to travel far from home in order to tell people the real truth about Falun
Gong. My parents have to assume all the responsibilities of the farm work. It is
Jiang Zemin and his government officials at different ranks who have made our
whole family suffer. At the present time in China, many families are suffering
like my family. I hope that all the kindhearted people in the world will give us
support and help so as to terminate this black terror that is happening in
China. Let the evil be eliminated and the good be praised.
Chinese version available at
http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2001/9/30/17279.html
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