A County Level Deputy Official's Words: "Falun Dafa Teaches Me Honesty and Justice" (Part 2)
(Clearwisdom.net) After I started the practice of Falun Dafa, I helped those in urgent
need without hesitation. In the first half of 1998, my primary school age son had a classmate whose parents were
unemployed, then his father suffered a serious disease, which meant that he couldn't afford to pay
for his son's school. The teacher in charge of his class asked all students to donate money to help
that student. My wife and I gave 500 Yuan [Chinese currency, the monthly salary for an average
Chinese urban worker is about 500 Yuan]. Later my son told me that most of the donations from
each of the other students was no more than 5 Yuan. One evening at about 9 pm in January 1999, my wife met a tearful couple who were with their child
in the cold wind on the street. My wife learned that the couple were from another province. They had
been working for a contractor but at the end of the year the contractor disappeared, and they
received no salary and had no money to buy even their tickets home They had forgone meals for some
time. My wife then brought them to my home and offered them a meal, then gave them a few hundred
Yuan for traveling costs. The couple were moved to tears and said: "Why are you two so
kind?" I said: "We are Falun Gong practitioners who follow
Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance. Our Teacher asked us to be good people in any situation, and
should be nice to everyone. It's normal for us to help you."Then my wife and I introduced Dafa
to them. They praised Dafa continuously. When they left, they said, "Thanks Falun Gong!" In November 1998, I went to a poor countryside mountain village for about one and a half years to
help the people there improve their ability to make a living. While living among the mountain
villagers, I had a 100 thousand Yuan budget under my control, but I never spent one cent on myself
and took it upon myself to to pay my own meals. In less than 6 months, my group helped the village
to pave several thousand meters of road, installed running water facilities, and made special
arrangements for a dozen especially poor families. The village became a model of the local effort to
help poor people improve the quality of their lives. The local TV station and newspaper reported
what we did. During that period of time, a self-employed contractor sent money and gifts to me in order to win
the running water installation project which had a budget of about 100 thousand Yuan. I told him
that their company had been chosen for the project because they were the appropriate candidate, and
we did not accept any gifts. That boss was very happy and said he would gave me bonuses. I talked
with him about my experience from practicing Falun Dafa, and explained why giving bribes was bad for
both of us. He said when he left, "When I asked someone who knows you, they said you are a
Falun Gong practitioner and do not accept gifts. I doubted that, now I know it is true." When the running water project was going on, I frequently met that contractor. One day after the
project was done he said in front of many people, "I am in my fifties right now, the officials
I've met have not been a small number, but you are the best!" I replied with a smile, "If
it weren't for the fact that I practiced Falun Gong, I wouldn't be this good." During that period of time, I frequently introduced Falun Dafa to the villagers, and brought the video tapes of Teacher's lectures in Guangzhou to the village for them to watch.
Many villagers understood Dafa in this way, some of them started to practice. On July 20, 1999 when Dafa was persecuted and our Teacher was slandered, I went to Beijing to
appeal. After I returned from Beijing, I was removed from my post. One evening in the second half of 1999, I got a phone call from the party secretary of the above
mentioned village, he said, "Tomorrow, I and other officials in the village are going to appeal
to your unit." I was surprised and asked them why. He said, "We got to know your situation
just recently, we thought it's unfair to you. Where could we find a good officer as good as you at
this time? You did not do anything wrong. You just told your "superiors" that it's good to
practice Falun Gong. What's wrong with that? They have treated you unfairly. We had a meeting today
and decided that all the officials in the village should go to your unit tomorrow to talk to your
leader, to tell them the good deeds you have done in the village and to deliver our praise of you to
them. We will ask them to restore your position." My understanding of Dafa was not up to a high
level, and at the time I was worried about bringing troubles for them, so I expressed my gratitude
to them, but asked them not to come and speak on my behalf. One day at the end of 1999, after I had been removed from my post for half a year, people from my
unit came with me to the village to bring back my luggage. The kind villagers were very warm to me.
Finally they saw me off in the snow and wind. The village secretary held my hands with tears in his
eyes. The car had started but he followed for a few steps and said, "Take good care of
yourself!" During the past three years in which I was abused by the evil simply for saying "Falun Dafa
is good" and for not giving up the practice of Falun Dafa, which upgraded my moral standard
greatly, I was detained 12 times. The location and time of these 12 times are: once for 6 days in
the work unit office; Police station for three times and a total of three days; Administrative
detention for three times and a total of 37 days; Criminal detention center for three times and a
total of 63 days; Forced labor camp for twice for a total of six and a half months. During this
period of time, I was handcuffed many times and was tortured by police and criminals in the forced
labor camp. Once I was even tortured until I fainted. I was extorted 12,000 Yuan; My office and home
were illegally searched; I was fired and dispelled from the Party; Right now, to avoid being further
persecuted, I cannot stay at home and have left home for about a year. I hope my personal experiences as told above can help people to correctly distinguish between
good and evil actions, to get rid of your misunderstanding about Falun Dafa, and to know the truth
regarding this persecution. I would be very happy if I can achieve that. December 30, 2002 Please see Part 1 on http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2003/1/13/30831.html
Chinese version available at
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