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The Current Situation of Orphan Dong Wei of Changsha City, Hunan Province By Lianhua
(Clearwisdom.net) Dong Wei, 19-years-old, is the orphan of Falun Dafa
practitioner Ms. Zuo Shuchun from Changsha City, Hunan Province. He is presently
living at 75 Sanxing Street in the Tianxin District of Changsha City.
Dong's father passed away a long time ago, so he depended on his mother. In
March 2001 his mother, Ms. Zuo Shuchun, died as a result of the persecution.
Since that time his grandmother has taken care of him. Dong's grandmother is
retired. Her monthly income consists of 440 yuan from her pension and 180 yuan
from a low-income subsidy. She is responsible for bringing up both Dong Wei and
his cousin on this meager income. Life is very difficult for them. Dong Wei does
not yet have the tuition necessary for the second year of his college education.
Dong Wei's mother, Zuo Shuchun, was a Falun Dafa practitioner from Changsha
City, Hunan province. She was 42 years old when she died. She formerly worked
for the Changsha Public Transportation Company. In March 2001, she was subjected
to force-feeding while being held at the Baimalong Women's Forced Labor Camp in
Zhuzhou City, Hunan Province, which caused her death by suffocation.
Ms. Zuo Shuchun started practicing Falun Gong in 1997. After the persecution
started on July 20, 1999, she distributed materials to clarify the truth about
Falun Gong. In April 2000, the authorities illegally abducted and sentenced her
to the forced labor camp for distributing these truth-clarifying materials.
Because she was resolute in her practice of Truthfulness, Compassion, and
Tolerance, which are the guiding principles of Falun Dafa, she peacefully
protested the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners by means of a hunger
strike. For this reason, she was confined to an isolation cell. Later, the
guards cruelly force-fed her and suffocated her. In order to conceal their guilt
in this crime, the guards covered her body with a white cloth and attempted to
stealthily remove it. Another practitioner being held there discovered the
murder and began to question officials, who refused to even acknowledge her
death. Not only that, they persecuted the practitioner who discovered their
crime. To this day Ms. Zuo Shuchun's family members are still not in full
possession of the facts regarding her death. Posting date: 10/24/2004 |