By Australian Falun Dafa practitioner Qiwen
(Clearwisdom.net) It was spring of 1998. At the request of Lisa, Ms. Tang
Yiwen's sister, another practitioner and I met Yiwen in Guangzhou when I went
back to China for a visit. We had a wonderful talk. Yiwen was a very active and
energetic person and spoke English very well. Soon after we met, her cell phone
rang and she started to speak Japanese with the caller. Later she told us that
her Japanese was more fluent than her English. Yiwen had started to practice Falun Gong only a short while ago. The three of
us talked freely on various topics. We talked about our personal cultivation, as
well as our daily lives. We talked for long hours, like family members, without
reservations. Yiwen was optimistic and kind-hearted. I thought everyone would
like her. Over a year later, Jiang's regime started the suppression of Falun Gong in
China. Newspapers and TV all over the country were full of slander and
defamation of Falun Gong. Even innocent students were compelled to hate Falun
Gong. I could not help worrying about Yiwen then: She had only started to practice
a little over a year ago. Could she withstand this ordeal? Later, I learned that
the police had detained and brutally tortured her, to the point where her legs
were disabled, and the only reason for this abuse was that she upheld her belief
in Falun Dafa and would not tell a lie against her conscience. The first time I
heard about this, I felt very sad. It was hard to believe that those lawless
people could commit such an evil deed against a friendly and refined young lady
like Yiwen. However, three years of torture in the labor camp could not change Yiwen's
kindness, her moral character and her righteous belief in Falun Dafa. She was
forced to do slave labor, was beaten and abused at will and was forced to watch
deceiving programs again and again. But so far, she hasn't uttered a single lie
in the face of these adversities. Yiwen once wrote this in the labor camp, "It's like a living hell here.
Filth, violence and terror are everywhere, but my mind is clear, and I will not
be fooled by any of their lies and games. I know what I should do."
"Disabling my legs was agonizing, and so is the torture. If I am tortured
to death, the impact on my parents will be terrible. However, what is more
terrifying than pain is the torture of the mind, engraved in one's heart
forever. A human should live like a human, with conscience, integrity and
courage. Compassion could move us to tears, but we could not turn white to black
in the face of brutality and betray our conscience." Below are the persecution facts about Yiwen in chronological order: May 2000: She appealed for Falun Gong in Beijing, but was arrested and the
police severely injured her. By the time the police informed her husband to take
her home, she was on the verge of death. August 2000: Around 10:00 p.m., police broke into her home on the Hailian
Road in the Haizhu District, Guangzhou City, pretending to check ID cards. They
abducted her again and secretly sent her to the Guangdong Province Chatou
Women's Forced Labor Camp. During the detention there, she was hung up and
beaten for long hours, force-fed hot pepper, locked up in a dungeon and her legs
were disabled from beatings. She was sentenced to two years of forced labor
without any legal process. When her term was up, she was not released. June 2003: She was transferred from the Chatou Forced Labor Camp to the
Guangdong Province Sanshui Forced Labor Camp. July 2003: Yiwen's persecution case was brought up in the Australian
delegates' Sino-Australian Human Rights Dialogue. August 2003: Yiwen was released but placed under surveillance. February 2004: Yiwen was arrested again, and her husband was illegally
detained and threatened. Sydney practitioners held a press conference in front
of the Chinese Consulate regarding this incident. March 2004: Yiwen's life was in great danger again from torture. Her family
and friends sought rescue through various channels, and support from overseas
poured into China. Later on, Yiwen was released, but she was followed and her
phone was tapped. May 2004: Her passport application to go abroad was denied the second time. June 2004: Her passport application to go abroad was denied the third time by
Haizhu District police in Guangzhou City. Her file is marked with restricted
movement. June 2004: Yiwen filed a lawsuit against the Baiyun District Prosecutor in
Guangzhou City, on the grounds that she was illegally sentenced to prison and
tortured. July 2004: The prosecuting department replied that the City Political and
Judiciary Committed would not accept her case. July 22, 2004: Yiwen wrote to the Australian Prime Minister, seeking
humanitarian aid. August, 2004: Yiwen got a response from the Australian Prime Minister, that
her letter had been passed on to the Immigration Department and the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs for processing. "610 Office" personnel had been
following Yiwen for quite some time. September 2004: The Australian Ministry of Foreign Affairs wrote to a Sydney
Falun Gong practitioner regarding this issue and stated that "the
Australian Government has no grounds to pursue her case with the Chinese
Government." The ordeal Yiwen has gone through in these past several years has reflected
her precious righteous belief in Falun Dafa, but has also shown the evil of the
Jiang regime's genocide policy against Falun Gong practitioners. As I was writing, I could not help remembering the sad story of Mr. Ouyang
Ming, brother of an Australian citizen. He was tortured to death by Chinese
police last year. Mr. Ouyang died with grief and exhaustion of his mind and body
after suffering from many kinds of torture. Below is an account of what happened
to him for three years and seven months, from January 2000 to August 2003: (Reference: http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2003/10/4/40963.html) On January 15, 2000, Mr. Ouyang went alone to practice Falun Gong on
Tiananmen Square in Beijing and was arrested. He was sent back to Huanggang City
in Hubei Province and detained for one month. During his detention, his mother
was seriously ill, but he was not allowed to visit her before she died. In May 2000, Mr. Ouyang was abducted and taken to a brainwashing class in
Huanggang City. He refused to sign the "Repentance Statement." Later,
as the police tried to force him to trample on a picture of the founder of Falun
Gong, he jumped from the second floor and broke his leg. He was sent to a
hospital but not given proper treatment. In November 2000, Mr. Ouyang was followed and kidnapped by police. They found
several Falun Gong flyers in his pocket and detained him for a month. In May 2001, Mr. Ouyang was distributing truth-clarifying flyers in
Huanggang's Normal School and was reported to the authorities. He was sent to
the Huanggang City No.1 Detention Center. Mr. Quyang protested with a hunger
strike that lasted 78 days and later was transferred to Wuhan City Shizishan
Forced Labor Camp for one year. On April 13, 2002, less than one month after he was released from the labor
camp, he was abducted again. Police took him to a detention center, using the
accusation of "communicating with others using e-mails." He was
unlawfully detained there for one year. In mid-June 2003, Huanggang Police Department personnel sentenced Mr. Ouyang
Ming to two years of forced labor and sent him directly to the Shayang Forced
Labor Camp. Mr. Ouyang had by then been tortured a great deal and was quite
frail, sensitive to cold and coughing a lot. He even needed help to walk. He
looked like he was in his 50's even though he was less than 30 years old.
Shayang Forced Labor Camp authorities refused to accept him because of his
illnesses. On June 24, Huanggang Police Department perpetrators had to send Mr. Ouyang
to the Tuberculosis Hospital in the city. Mr. Ouyang was diagnosed with several
serious illnesses such as hepatitis-B, lung disease and illnesses. Police forced
his divorced wife pay the medical bill. Mr. Ouyang stayed in the hospital for
four days but didn't show any signs of improvement. He got out of the hospital
on July 10 and died on August 20. Mr. Ouyang's elder brother Mr. Ouyang Yu is an Australian citizen, a writer,
a poet and a non-practitioner. His brother's death as the result of illegal
persecution has made him very sad and helpless, as there is no place he can go
to seek justice. Mr. Ouyang Yu had sought help everywhere to rescue his brother,
but to no avail. What has happened to Ms. Tang Yiwen and Mr. Ouyang Ming was so similar. The
only difference is that Mr. Ouyang has already lost his life and Yiwen is still
alive but suffering severely.. We should not allow the tragedy of Ouyang Ming to
repeat itself. So, how could we help Yiwen? I believe direct truth-clarifying phone calls
from overseas practitioners is one of the most effective ways, because it is
exposing them before the whole world. This is what the evildoers fear the most. Related phone numbers (country code: 86, Area code: 20): Guangzhou City "610 Office:" 83116688 ext. "610 Office"
or direct call: 83193123, 83377877 Zhu Suisheng, Guangzhou Police Department Chief; his direct line: 83347347;
appeals calls are answered personally by the chief on the first and 15th
day of each month) Head: He Guangping; deputy heads: Wen Rongfang, Deng Pufeng, Mo Lian So-called "Legal Education School" [actually a Brainwashing
Center] in Guangzhou City, Address: 56 Xizhou North Road, Chatou, Guangzhou
City, Guangdong Province, Zip Code: 510000 Principal, Pan Jinhua: 81730646 (Office) Political Commissar, Li Xuezhen: 83485250 (Home), 86-13922159049 (Cell) September 29, 2004
Ms. Tang Yiwen
Zhang Qingsheng, Guangzhou City "610 Office" head: 61382058
Guangdong Provincial Police Department: 83830739
Custom Administrative Office for the Guangdong Provincial Police Department
Consultation number: 83119147; Appeals number: 83111000
Chinese version available at
http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2004/9/30/85380.html