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Liu Xia's Account of the Persecution Against Her
(Clearwisdom.net)
On the night of July 19, 1999, the cops of Xiangyang Police Division locked
me up on the second floor of a handicapped person's home, in the building in
front of the City Police Department. A few other practitioners were detained
there at that time. They arrested us using the excuse of "monitoring
residences" They released me on August 3rd.
On February 2nd, 2000, Xiangyang Shengli Police Station abducted
me around midnight, and they asked me if I still practice Falun Gong. I said yes
and they locked me in the jail for almost 9 months. They didn't follow any legal
procedure at all. Later because my body became weak they sent me to the
hospital. When I was released for treatment the cops extorted 2,000 Yuan [500
Yuan is the average monthly income for an urban worker in China]
"bail" from me and they didn't return this money until January 5th
of 2002.
On January 4th, 2002, the police from Xiangyang Shengli Police
Station and police divisions forcefully arrested me from my work unit. Then they
ransacked my house and the houses of my elderly parents and my mother in law.
That frightened my parents a great deal. That day was my father's 75th
birthday. I passed out and when I woke up it was already next day's noon time.
They said they would send me back during the afternoon, but they tricked me into
going to the second detention center instead. They sent a few prisoners in and
said that would find a blanket stained with the blood of a prisoner who had just
been executed to wrap me and put into a small cell. On the second day they said
I refused to eat and sent a gang of prisoners to force-feed me. They pressed me
down on a wood board and inserted tubes into my nose. I don't know how many
times they did that. I exerted the utmost strength to resist, but to no avail.
During that time the director of the detention center told those prisoners
who were keeping surveillance on me that I wanted to kill people and kill
myself. He even said that the persecution against me was the lightest [in the
detention center]. They force-fed Zhang Shuxia from the Gongnong District
Political Consultative Conference twice a day through a tube. They didn't even
remove the tubes that were inserted into her stomach. The chain they put on her
feet had a big knot in between, therefore she couldn't move her feet a bit.
What's more, they made practitioners sit for extended periods right after
breakfast until 11pm. If they closed their eyes during that period they were
accused of practicing, and the leader would pick out a few that closed their
eyes. They arrested 50 or so people and put torture devices on them. Some of
them had to carry the device for over 17 days. On the 12th day, Chen
Pingzhen of Xing'antai began to act incoherently. The vice director struck her
with a leather whip more than 30 times. They also beat others like Gong Guihua,
Li Yunxia and Xu Xianping. They beat Li Guoxia many times. If the practitioners
blink at nighttime the prisoners in charge would pour cold water, beat the soles
of the feet and pull their hair. The practitioners were forced to sit on cold
floor which caused their buttocks to develop festering sores. The most severe
case was festering sores about 3-4 inches in length . Some practitioners such as
Leng Xiangmei, experienced symptoms of heart disease but the authorities
wouldn't take off the device. They left her lying on the wet ground near the
restroom and gave her an intravenous drip. Zhang Hua wanted to use the restroom
before they put the torture device on, but no matter how many times she
requested they refused her permission to use the restroom. Ultimately, she was
forced to urinate in her pants.
The police arrested a lot of our close friends and family members. They
detained them, send them to labor camps and sentenced them.
1. The Nanshan police took Li Jiangang and his wife Wang Fengjie of Nanshan
away around 11 pm from the second detention center. They were gone for 3 days.
They were deprived of sleep for three days. Can you imagine what had become of
them? When Li Jiangang came back, no one could recognize him [due to the
severity of the persecution].
2. They beat and ruptured the eardrums of Tan Yanjun and Han Ying from
Gongnong District.
3. Tian Guiying of Xingshan was hung up and beaten. She almost passed out.
The cops tortured her and attempted to force a false confession. When she
refused they continued to beat her.
4. They beat Zhao Yuling of Xiangyang for almost the entire day while she was
wearing nothing but her underwear. The wicked cops, afraid that people would see
them, covered the windows with newspaper.
5. They beat Ding Fenglian of Dongshan four times. The longest beating lasted
almost for an entire day. They cuffed one of her hands, and the cop got hold of
the other end of the cuff and swung her around. The cuff bit into her wrist. The
scars are still present today. The worse moment was when they pressed her down
on an iron chair, and they had 8 people surrounding her and beat her at the same
time as if they were trying to tear her body apart. Her body still hasn't
recovered from the beatings. There's someone by the name of Zhang Yu from
Dongshan District. Right after they sentenced him they took him and beat him for
one hour. By the time they took Zhang Yu back he was on the verge of death.
6. They cuffed Zhang Yan of Xingantai from behind, hung her up in midair and
beat her on three occasions. They threw her against the wall. In the end she
fell to the floor from midair because of the beatings. Then they stomped on the
handcuffs, during the beatings they said that if they killed her it would be
reported as suicide. Finally when she passed out they forced her fingerprints on
to a guarantee letter against her will. The torture is a few levels more severe
for the male practitioners.
Why are the practitioners still practicing under such severe pressure? These
are some of the examples:
1. Miao Yanjun formerly from a coal factory was handicapped because of a
work-related injury. His left leg's muscle atrophied; His leg's nerve failed and
caused the muscle to atrophy. He had to use two canes to walk. When he went to
Shanghai for treatment, the famous doctors and scholars said that there's
nothing they could do. His wife also lost interest in him. In desperation he
began to practice Dafa. Now his legs are just like normal legs. He threw away
his two canes and recovered his health.
2. The doctor determined that Hou Xiaoqiu from the coal factory had a rare
disease. There was no one in the entire country who could help her. When she
began to practice Falun Dafa she recovered her health immediately. She could go
back to work. Her home became very peaceful again. She cried passionately,
"Thank God! I've finally found the One who can save me!"
3. Li Chengyou from the electricity department is a party secretary. Because
of his position he received a bonus of 20,000 Yuan [500 Yuan is the average
salary for an urban worker in China]. A practitioner must follow the
standard of "Truthfulness-Compassion- Tolerance," so he held an
employee conference, and divided the money as a bonus for the workers. All the
leaders and officials in the city know about this.
4. Zhao Fenghui of Construction Bank is also a construction worksite
supervisor. When he was fixing up his house he didn't take anything from his
work unit for himself. But because he practices Falun Gong he was fired in 1999
and twice sent to a labor camp. Some people advised his wife that it was in her
best interest to divorce him. However his wife replied, "There is no way
one can find someone as kind as Zhao Fenghui. I shall never leave him."
5. Zhang Jingliang, the contact person of the Hegang City Falun Gong practice
site, opened a small cafe to make a living. He passionately helped whomever
needed help. His kind wife and son had been sentenced to labor camp as well.
There are many other examples like these. Our Teacher said in A Brief
Statement of Mine, "We are not against the government now, nor will we
be in the future. Other people may treat us badly, but we do not treat others
badly, nor do we treat people as enemies." All the genuine practitioners
are like this.
By practitioner Liu Xia
Note: The local court had illegally sentenced Liu Xia to 7 years in prison.
They are still detaining Liu in Hegang City Detention Center.
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