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Exposing the Lies in the TV Series "Life is Innocent" With My Own Experiences in the Xin'an Labor Camp
(Clearwisdom.net)
I heard recently that the TV series "Life is Innocent" was
being aired. This series claims that the police "rescue" Falun Gong
practitioners like "breezes and sprinkling rain" at the Xin'an Labor
Camp. I watched it for a few minutes and was shocked by the fact-twisting lies
permeating the program. They dared to lie to 1.3 billion Chinese people, to
slander Falun Gong, and to whitewash the labor camp authorities' crimes of
brutal persecution against Falun Gong practitioners. I wrote down my experiences
in order to expose the blatant lies spread by Jiang's groups.
My simple experiences
One day after July 20, 1999, I was illegally detained when visiting Tiananmen
Square, merely because I admitted that I practice Falun Gong. At the Chaoyang
Detention Center, the police officers order the detainees to curse and beat
practitioners. In the winter they tied hunger-striking practitioners to a wooden
board and force-fed them. They also stripped off the practitioners' pants and
underwear in public.
One day when I was watching TV with my family, a local police officer came to
me and said he wanted to talk to me. He deceived me and sent me to a labor camp.
At the Beijing Labor Camp Dispatch Center I refused to write a "guarantee
statement."* The lawless perpetrators forced me to take off my clothes and
squat in the snow, with my hands folded on my head. Drug addicts were ordered to
stab me with needles. An elderly woman asked to go to the restroom, but the
guards didn't allow it. She was forced to defecate in her pants. The guards
cursed her out loud.
True Life at the Xin'an Labor Camp
The environment seemed more civilized at this camp, but the guards used more
insidious means, and most put on hypocritical faces.
Basically there was no time schedule at the labor camp. We had to do whatever
the guards wanted us to do. If the practitioners were not successfully reformed,
or if the superiors scolded the guards, they would persecute the practitioners.
They also instigated other detainees to hate Falun Gong practitioners. They
cursed the practitioners during meetings, forced us to view Dafa-slandering
videos and forced us to run up and down the stairs. They also forced us to write
reflections on "reform," and they didn't allow us to walk or talk to
each other. We had to do a large amount of work and had to meet a quota, even if
it meant staying up all night. The practitioners were forced to make toys
including stuffed rabbits for the Nestle Company, cloth slippers, knit sweaters,
gloves, and mats for export. We were forced to make disposable chopsticks while
sitting on our bed and on the floor, as well as uniforms for labor camp
detainees. The authorities even forced us to dig a two-meter's deep foundation
for a conference hall. We carried out the dirt, bucket by bucket. They didn't
allow us to do the Dafa exercises. When someone came to visit, they hid
determined practitioners elsewhere and threatened the "unreformed"
practitioners not to say anything inappropriate. One time a foreign journalist
came to visit, and they ordered us to put dishes and utensils in a disinfection
cabinet, which we never used. They didn't even turn on the cabinet, to save
electricity. This is the true life at the Xin'an Labor Camp.
How I was "reformed" against my will
When I first arrived at the labor camp, the guards told me their job was hard
and that they needed my cooperation. When I refused, they told me they wouldn't
let me see my family nor will they release me unless I reform. They also sent
"reformed" people to "help" me. I didn't know then what
"reform" was. None of them answered my questions; they only told me to
write the "three statements."** They lied to me and said everyone at
the labor camp has reformed. They didn't allow me to sleep, and forced me to
stand for long periods of time. They ordered reformed people to take turns
"helping" me, meaning they read Dafa-slandering articles to me
non-stop. Some practitioners couldn't stand the torment and reformed against
their true will. After they left the labor camp, they returned to the path of
cultivation. The methods used to reform practitioners were physical torture,
lies, and other mental torment. These deceitful methods do not stand the test of
time and fly in the face of facts.
Later I learned that several determined practitioners had been isolated, or
were detained at the group drill division. The instructors surrounded them in an
attempt to brainwash them. They locked these practitioners in solitary
confinement and basically didn't allow them any sleep for half a month. For
practitioners who still refused to write the "guarantee statement,"
the perpetrators would order others to write it and put the practitioners' name
on the statement. Afterwards they claimed that the practitioners had written the
statement.
The reform rate at this camp has a direct bearing on the guards' bonuses and
promotion. Some guards who are somewhat conscientious were forced to administer
brainwashing and were not willing to do it themselves. They asked the
practitioners to write the "guarantee statements" and once they
comply, their job is done. Other guards, though, bore a personal grudge and
irrationally tortured determined practitioners. They also forced reformed people
to carry out brainwashing. One of my classmates was a former practitioner. She
worked day and night as an instructor after she was reformed and wasn't allowed
to rest for a single day, even after she fell ill. Now she regrets it. The
people who reformed her were former practitioners and classmates. The lack of
sleep and tremendous psychological pressure made her feel confused and agonized.
She lost faith in humanity and hated the ugly side of it. She wanted to escape
the environment as soon as possible so she didn't have to listen to the lies.
That is why she wasn't thinking with a clear mind and resorted to self deception
and self abandonment. I was also reformed this way. I said things that let down
Master and Dafa, and I aided the evil persecution. [Note]
The so-called reform is destruction of human nature
After thinking with a calm mind, my conscience told me I did wrong. After I
betrayed Dafa, self-blame and regret deeply distressed me. I always cried during
monthly family visits. I couldn't tell my family anything, although I wanted to
tell them everything. The physical torture was hard to bear; yet, mental torture
hurt my soul. During the days when I could not come to grips with myself, I
remembered Master saying that practitioners cannot kill, and that suicide is a
crime. These words helped me to get by those difficult days. I didn't know how
to cleanse myself of the stain until I left the labor camp and read Master's
scriptures. I felt Master's boundless benevolence and I finally triumphed over
my old self and walked out of the shadow. I returned to cultivation.
The persecution is ongoing
Readers, friends, and fellow practitioners! Everything I said is true. I
wanted to say more but the environment here is vicious and I have to stop.
Looking back, in the early days of the persecution I wrote letters, appealed,
and went to police officers, government officials, colleagues, and neighbors to
tell them about my feelings and changes after I practiced Dafa. I hoped to
achieve justice and peace with my honesty and kindness. Even during the days I
was illegally detained I told the police everything I knew, with only one
purpose: so we can practice in an open manner, and so our respected Master
receives just treatment.
I told people about my true experiences. I hope kind-hearted people can
distinguish between good and evil, and understand and support Dafa
practitioners.
[Note] signed solemn announcements will be sorted and published.
* "Guarantee Statement": A statement to declare that he or she
is remorseful for practicing Falun Gong and guarantees not to practice Falun
Gong again, not to go to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong, and never again
associate with any Falun Gong practitioners.
** Three statements (also called guarantee or repentance
statements) are documents coerced under extreme pressure, torture and
brainwashing, designed by Chinese authorities to ensure that detained Falun Gong
practitioners be appropriately brainwashed. The statements consist of a letter
of repentance, a guarantee to never again practice Falun Gong, and a list
containing names and addresses of all family, friends and acquaintances of the
detainee who practices Falun Gong. |