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My Fa-Rectification Journey in the Jiamusi Forced Labor Camp
(Clearwisdom.net) On January 23, 2001, a policeman from Songlin Police Station came to my home and deceived me,
leading me against my will into a labor camp. 1. April 2001 The policemen had locked us inside 24 hours a day. Seeing that their persecution did not shake
our faith even after months of abuse, they started to play other tricks. They forced us outside to
walk, do physical exercises, play games, and dance etc. From studying the Fa, we came to realize
that what they had been doing is using another way -- entertainment -- to break down our will in
cultivation, attempting to pull us down. So this is another form of persecution that we should
firmly resist, and must not be deceived by it. Accordingly, all four practitioners from our room refused to go out and join the activities. I
told the police: "We are innocent, we did not do anything wrong. Our being detained here is
illegal, so we cannot be manipulated to do whatever you wish." On the third day, a policewoman
came: "If you do not go, you will be responsible for all consequences." We were not afraid
and also tried our best to clarify the facts about Dafa to her. On the fourth day, four policemen
came from the Police Station. Without saying a thing, they began beating me on the neck with
electric-shock batons. Policewoman Gong Chunbo searched me in an indecent way, finding nothing. She
demanded, "Are you going or not?" I firmly answered, "I am not going." A
policeman said, "Cuff her up and take her down." I was then taken downstairs to the meeting room. Four policemen brutally beat me on the head
simultaneously, swearing at me all the time. This lasted over 10 minutes. When they got tired, they
stood me against the wall and asked me again why I would not go to the activities. Before I could
say anything, they started shocking my neck with the electric batons again. During the next half
hour, the four men hit me and shocked me with their batons. This caused my neck to turn black and
purple. I persisted in clarifying the facts about Dafa to them with compassion in my heart whenever
I had a chance. This stunned them. The power of Dafa was shocking the evil. Other policemen were
also influenced. 2. August 2001 The police ordered us to do forced labor, but we refused. They locked us up in a room of about 11
square yards (approx. 110 sq. ft.) and made us sit in rows on small stools. A policeman then read
the "rules" to us the whole morning. The next day I realized that this was being forced
upon us, and from my understanding of the Fa, we should not cooperate with the evil persecuting Dafa.
Therefore, I told them, "I will not go, because I am innocent." Policeman Wang Xiurong
heard what I had said and told policeman Gao Xiaohua to take me into the office. Fellow
practitioners all stood up to protect me, attempting to stop them from taking me away. Having forcefully dragged me into the office, Division Leader He Qiang called in four to five
policewomen and told Gao Xiaohua, "Take her down stairs and tie her up." They took me
downstairs and tied me to a bed with both arms out to the sides. Later they tied down another four
practitioners in the same fashion. We were not allowed to wash up for three days. The police made
the other inmates watch us and make sure we did not get up. We would be untied only at mealtime and
restroom breaks. I realized that this is persecution in the form of physical torture, and we should
not allow it to continue. Thus, we decided to start a hunger strike. Four days into the hunger strike the police locked me up in isolation. He Qiang came with two
policemen. One policeman came holding a spoon, and another policeman brought a bowl of rice and
tried to persuade me, "Just make this an exception. For my sake, have something to eat
today." I answered, "I will not eat. You are persecuting me. I only wanted to say words of
justice, and should not have been mistreated like this." Seeing that my heart was rock solid,
the evil started swearing. I then said, "See, when I do not cooperate with you, your true face
is revealed." They finally left while swearing loudly. 20 days later, I was untied. The other three practitioners remained tied down in another room, and Gong Chunbo continued to
read the "rules" to them. Fellow practitioner Zhang Hong started to recite "Lunyu"
(the preface of Zhuan Falun) aloud. The police rushed over to cover her mouth in a hurry,
causing Zhang Hong to bleed. Her mouth was full of blood, which made the police scared. They
immediately stopped reading the "rules" and left defeated. We were returned to our room upstairs. We found that in the corridor there were signs and posters
defaming Dafa and Master. We studied Master's lecture at the Washington D.C. Conference many times.
After sharing our understandings, we realized that in order to save sentient beings, we must let go
of the thought of life and death and protect Dafa. We exhausted all means, written or verbal, to
clarify the facts demanding He Qiang to take down the signs. There was no response. Finally, we
decided that we should remove the signs ourselves. One day, an opportunity came. During break time
around 10 a.m., fellow practitioners destroyed the small signs along the corridor. After a bit of
effort, we also managed to break the big sign hanging in the doorway to the main lounge. The police then beat us violently in a rampage. They verbally slandered Dafa and Master while
swearing. We all remained clam and peaceful, not returning any of the abuses, while guiding them
with compassion at the same time. When they became tired from beating us, they told us to write down
why we had removed the signs. While each policeman was supervising one practitioner, we were forced
to write non-stop for four to five days. We made good use of this opportunity to promote Dafa and
clarifying the facts (we normally have no access to pen and paper). Among us, three practitioners
received an additional one to three month labor terms. In this atmosphere of terror, and under the
difficult environment, practitioners protected Dafa and safeguarded the truth with their lives. One day, a group of policemen came and dragged all 20 practitioners by force to a production
plant to work on making paper cartons. We refused. They then resorted to corporal punishment, forced
us to stand, and interrogated each of us in turn. They wanted us to answer why we had refused to do
the labor. Again, we refused to cooperate. Then we sat down and started reciting Master's teachings.
The police were at their wits' end, and did not know what to do. We successfully protected Dafa's
dignity once more. Posting date: 11/1/2002 |