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The "Implication System" Opposes the Will of the People; Persecuted Relatives of Practitioners Are Waking Up
(Clearwisdom.Net)
"I would rather lose my job than betray my family members."
Recently, because of the repeated failure to eradicate Falun Gong by
persecuting its practitioners, Jiang Zemin and Luo Gan declared that the
percentage of "transformed" Falun Gong practitioners must reach 90%
before December 30, 2001. Following this order, the 610 Office (a bureau
specifically created by the Chinese government to persecute Falun Gong. It has
absolute power over each level of administration in the Party, as well as over
the political and judiciary branches.) in Beijing has undertaken more
draconian means to arrest practitioners. In order to determine the whereabouts
of those practitioners who have been forced to leave their homes, they are
harassing practitioners' family members in many ways, including wiretapping
their telephones. Now, the persecutors have adopted a new method: they have been
going to the work places of practitioners' family members and threatening to get
them dismissed from their jobs if they cannot bring the Dafa practitioners back.
The use of these despicable means further exposes the persecutors' helplessness,
ineffectiveness, and depravity.
This vicious policy of treating all the relatives of Falun Gong practitioners
as accomplices has brought endless pain and trouble to the families. Qingxin's (alias)
husband was working at an important media institution and was very busy at his
job every day. Since she was forced to leave home and wander about, he has
suffered severe mental distress. Nonetheless, the local police would not leave
him alone. They went frequently to his home to harass him and also tapped his
home phone. His boss imposed extra pressure on him in accordance with orders
from his superiors. They threatened to dismiss him from his job. His son,
without any reason, was implicated in his mother's case, too. He was prohibited
from going abroad, which in turn caused his girl friend to break up with him. It
must be very hard for people living in a free society to understand this, but in
China, people are very much afraid that they will be deprived of all legal
rights and benefits because of being implicated in their relatives' cases
without any cause.
However, after experiencing all of the suffering generated by the persecution
and the policy of treating family members as accomplices, relatives of
practitioners are gradually starting to wake up and recognize the true face of
the evil. They are changing their attitudes about the practitioners, from
originally misunderstanding and complaining about them to sympathizing and
supporting their behavior. For instance, Qingxin's husband, in spite of the
enormous pressure being put on him, never neglects to tell his wife to be
careful for her own safety and not to call the house because their home phone
has been tapped by the police.
Practitioner Huilian's (alias) husband also labored under heavy
pressure from both the head of his work place and the local police department.
He was even told to go back to his hometown, find his wife, and return with her
statement guaranteeing she would give up Falun Gong. But Huilian's husband told
them solemnly, "She was a cancer patient before she practiced Falun Gong.
It was Falun Gong that cured her illness. She surely will not write such a
statement." His son also understood and supported him in standing firmly by
his mother.
Another practitioner's relative was also threatened with being discharged
from his position. He told other practitioners: "I'll not stand with them
(Chinese authorities). I would rather lose my job than betray my family
members." á
"Who actually lacks consideration for the family?"
One practitioner's relative was very unhappy with the persecution of Falun
Dafa. One day, some policemen came to his home, harassing him again. When he
condemned their illegal acts, one policeman argued, "They (practitioners)
shouldn't ignore their relatives' feelings. What we are doing is all for their
good." This relative immediately refuted this by saying, "Who actually
lacks consideration for the family? You have tapped our phone calls and searched
for them at home, time and again. How could they call back or come back home? If
they came back, wouldn't that offer you the chance to take them away? You keep
saying that what you are doing is for their benefit. Is this the way you treat
them for their own good?" The police, unable to find any words to defend
themselves, left in anger.
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