By Dafa practitioners of Xishui County

(Clearwisdom.net) On the morning of November 30, 2003, in Guankou Township, Xishui County, Hubei Province, people saw truth-clarifying posters all over the streets and lanes, including township government buildings, street police stations and rural areas around the township. The posters read, "Bring Jiang Zemin to Justice in the World," "Bring the Head of Terrorists Luo Gan to Justice," "Falun Dafa is Good" and so on. Dafa truth-clarifying materials were placed by the doors or entrances to almost all the residential dwellings, farmer's homes, and business units. A special scene could viewed on top of a 70-meter tall mobile communication's tower, where a a big fabric banner had been hung reading, "Bring Jiang Zemin to Justice in the World." The banner was on display until 3:30 pm the second day.

This event became shocking and rapidly spreading local news. The scene attracted about 3000 residents, and nearby farmers gathered around the tower to watch. It also attracted several hundred people passing by to stop and watch. Because this township is located on the main traffic path between two counties, there were many vehicles passing by and some vehicles also stopped. The passengers of buses stuck their heads out of the windows to watch. One official said, "Falun Gong practitioners are incredible. The tower is so high that nobody would dare to climb up even during daytime. How did they hang the banner up in the night?"

On the same morning the police arrived at the scene, but none of them had any way to remove the banner. They called the county "610 office," but still they could not remove the banner. They offered a high price trying to find someone to remove the banner, but nobody wanted to do it. Some said, "I don't want to remove it. I am afraid of being paid with retribution." Finally, at about 3:30 pm of the second day they asked the county telecommunications department to send their workers to the scene to remove the banner. During the whole event, the topic that people talked about the most was that the society is so corrupt but nobody cares about it, and Jiang Zemin just focuses his wrath on a group of kindhearted people who practice Falun Gong.

Since July 20, 1999, Guankou Township has been an area where Dafa practitioners have been persecuted severely. The head of the township police station, Chen Shen, and policeman Nie Wei served as the hatchet men; they persecuted local Dafa practitioners with all means. As of now, two Dafa practitioners have been illegally sentenced to prison, seven have been sent to labor camps and over 20 have been detained. Many practitioners were forced to leave their homes, wandering about to avoid further persecution. The police have coerced and fined Dafa practitioners for more than 100,000 yuan.

December 19, 2003

Posting date: 1/10/2004
Original article date: 1/9/2004
Category: Latest News from China
Translated on 1/4/2004
Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2003/12/19/62834.html

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