Falun Dafa Practitioner Feng Xiaomin from Shijiazhuang City Forced into Homelessness and Passes Away Due to the Persecution (Photo)
(Clearwisdom.net) Ms. Feng Xiaomin, a Falun Dafa practitioner from
Shijiazhuang City, was persecuted for practicing Falun Gong and forced into
homelessness. She died on June 1, 2004 at the age of 34 and left behind her son,
who is only one year old. Feng Xiaomin was born in Yian County, Heilongjiang Province in 1970. She
graduated from Qiqihaer Normal College and worked at the Sixth Textile Factory
of Shijiazhuang City. She lived with her sister and brother-in-law. Being of small stature and lacking physical strength, Ms. Feng could not
complete a full shift in the factory and was often discriminated against because
of it. As a result, she cried often and was depressed, thus affecting her
health. Seeing her sister and brother-in-law becoming healthier and happier
through the practice of Falun Dafa, Ms. Feng also started to practice in 1996.
As she continuously read the Falun Dafa books and practiced the exercises, she
started to understand many principles. She understood that she should look
within herself whenever she encountered a problem, treat others kindly, and
conduct herself strictly according to the principles of "Truth, Compassion,
Tolerance" to become a better person. Ms. Feng started to feel better
spiritually and emotionally, her health improved and she worked harder. Later, Feng Xiaomin met a fellow practitioner named Wang Xiaofeng; they fell
in love and got married. Every morning, the couple went to the group exercise
site to do the Falun Dafa exercises, went to work energetically, and studied the
Fa (1) in the evening. They continuously purified their mind and body by
removing their shortcomings and attachments. On the weekend, they either went
back to their parents' home to keep them company or invited her sister's family
on sightseeing trips. Ms. Feng lived a peaceful and happy life. In the early morning on July 20, 1999, a massive arrest of Falun Dafa
practitioners began and both her sister and brother-in-law were arrested. Their
young son Wang Boru, less than 10 years old, was left home alone. Feng Xiaomin
had to resign from her job in order to take care of her nephew. Wherever Ms.
Feng went, she brought Wang Boru along to tell people about the wrongful
treatment of Falun Dafa and to look for her sister and brother-in-law. She went
to the City and Provincial Appeals Offices, and was told that the only place
that could solve her problem was the Government Appeals Office. So Feng Xiaomin
and Boru went to Beijing. Many police officers were stationed everywhere to
prevent practitioners from going to Beijing to exercise their legal right to
appeal. Ms. Feng and young Boru had to walk through a cornfield to avoid the
police, with blisters covering their feet. Hungry and thirsty, they finally
reached Beijing. Plainclothes police were also everywhere to arrest people.
Together with many practitioners, Feng Xiaomin went to Tiananmen Square. Several
thousand Falun Dafa practitioners sat on the ground, surrounded by armed police.
Suddenly, the police started to drag the practitioners into police cars. Hand in
hand, the practitioners steadfastly resisted. Then the police began to beat the
practitioners, who bravely said, "Don't strike back when beaten and don't
curse back when cursed." The scene was both a tragic and magnificent. Some
police officers were moved and stopped beating the practitioners. However, a
policeman hit Feng Xiaomin on her neck and threw her into a bus to send her back
to Shijiazhuang. Since that incident, she has not had a single day of peace. Police officers from her town tried to force Ms. Feng to write a
"Guarantee Statement" to stop practicing Falun Gong, while the
Neighborhood Committee monitored her. Out of fear, friends and close relatives
tried to persuade Ms. Feng to give up Falun Dafa, since Boru needed her care.
Even though she was under immense pressure, Feng Xiaomin bravely persisted in
practicing Falun Dafa. Her sister and brother-in-law finally returned home after
two months of detention and interrogation. However, they were often monitored
and followed. In the end of December 2000, her brother-in-law was arrested again while at
home. Ms. Feng's sister left home to avoid further persecution. The burden to
look after Boru fell upon Feng Xiaomin again. After Ms. Feng searched for her
sister and brother-in-law for a month, the police sent her sister back home; she
had been tortured so brutally that she was on the brink of death. Many people
who saw her sister's condition said that she had no hope of her recovering.
Still, Feng Xiaomin carefully looked after her sister while she educated herself
to understand her rights as a citizen, made phone calls, wrote letters, went to
the police bureaus to expose the evil deeds of the lawless police who persecuted
her family members, and warned them that if anything happened to her sister,
they would be fully responsible. She also firmly demanded the release of her
brother-in-law. Because of her care and hard work, her sister recovered in one
week and the police did not dare to arrest her sister again. Under that harsh
environment, Feng Xiaomin's righteous thoughts and actions shocked the evil and
laid the foundation for her sister to live safely at home. (At that time, many
practitioners were forced into homelessness due to the relentless persecution). In May 2001, Feng Xiaomin and another practitioner planned to hike up a
mountain to hang up banners that read, "Falun Dafa Is Good." However,
they were arrested by police from the Donghualu Police Station, Shijiazhuang
City. Feng Xiaomin disappeared for more than 40 days and no one knew of her
whereabouts. During this time, Director Shi and policeman Fang Zhiyong from the
Donghua Road Police Station tried to get a confession out of Ms. Feng by
brutally torturing her, causing her to pass out several times. In order to send
her to the First Detention Center of Shijiazhuang City, Director Shi ordered
officer Fang Zhiyong to tear up the pages of her health record where the doctor
had suggested she was in a life-threatening condition. The police at the detention center instructed inmates to slap Feng Xiaomin's
face dozens of times, which caused her to nearly pass out. Ms. Feng steadfastly
resisted and refused to cooperate with the authorities. To protest the illegal
persecution, she stopped eating and drinking for more than 20 days and on
several occasions, her life was in danger. The detention center did not want
take responsibility for her death and did not want to keep her there anymore.
The labor camps also rejected her admission, but the Donghua Road Police Station
still did not want to release Ms. Feng and wanted to extort 5,000 yuan from her.
When Feng Xiaomin finally returned to her sister's home, she had a high fever
and felt very weak. To avoid further persecution and not cause difficulties for others, before
she had completely recovered, Feng Xiaomin and her husband decided to leave her
sister's home and live a homeless life. Still, the police often harassed her
sister even though Feng Xiaomin no longer lived with her. To avoid implicating
her relatives, Ms. Feng rarely contacted them. Under such difficult
circumstances, Feng Xiaomin's health still recovered quickly. She diligently
studied the Fa, practiced the exercises, told people the facts about Falun Dafa
and the persecution, and sent forth righteous thoughts. In September 2002, Ms.
Feng gave birth to her first child and her life became more difficult. In order to arrest her and her husband, the city's "610 Office"
secretly investigated them for two months. Everywhere, the police tried to
arrest Falun Dafa practitioners with the excuse of checking on the number of
household occupants. As a result, Feng Xiaomin, her husband and her infant baby
had to constantly move to avoid being arrested. They often lived under intense
emotional stress. Particularly during the period of the SARS epidemic, everyone
was required to show their certification letter and identification card
everywhere they went. The homeless practitioners often did not bring their ID
cards with them. For safety reasons, Feng Xiaomin and her husband had to
separate from each other. Ms. Feng took care of their child and life became even
harder for her. Under the tremendous pressure, Feng Xiaomin was no longer able
to take care of her baby and left her one-year-old infant to her sister's care. In late May 2004, a kind person found Feng Xiaomin and sent her to her
sister's home. By this time, she was in and out of consciousness, and she died
five days later after being sent to a hospital. Ms. Feng was diagnosed with
inflammation of the brain. The fluid taken out of her brain was light-yellow in
color. The doctors suspect that Ms. Feng had received a head injury. Her family
members believe that she was tortured by the police. When her family members saw
her, Feng Xiaomin was not able to recognize them. She considered everyone a
police officer and shouted that she would not allow the police to persecute her.
The events leading to the death of Feng Xiaomin are still under investigation. The "610 Office" of the Police Bureau of Shinjizhuang City is still
going after Feng Xiaomin's husband, Wang Xiaofeng. Feng Xiaomin's sister Feng Xiaomei's phone number: 86-311-5811851,86-311-6730639 Contact Information of the Perpetrators - Political and Security Branch of the Police Bureau of Shijiazhuang City (83
Minzu Road, Shijiazhuang City, Zip code 050000) Head, Xiao Shuxiang Vice Head, Ma Wensheng Squadron Head, Deng Fang; Division Heads, Li Ruihai, Wang Xiaofeng
(responsible for religious affairs), Zhang Qiuli. Police Officers: Ma Yong, Li
Yong "610 Office" of the Police Bureau of Shijiazhuang City The Yuhua Police Sub-bureau of Shijiazhuang City (2 Jiangtong Road,
Shijiazhuang City, Zip code 050000) Vice Director, Li Jun (the main perpetrator persecuting Falun Dafa
practitioners): 86-311-6122610 The leaders of the political and security brigade: Zhang Jiansheng and Han
Dengfeng. Director, Li Xinle Donghua Road Police Station of Shijiazhuang City (5 Meishi Street,
Shijiazhuang City, Zip code 050000) Telephone: 86-311-6032639. Instructor, Shi Policeman: Fang Zhiyong Yuqiang Police Station Director He and police officer Sun. (1) Fa: Law and principles; the teachings of Falun Dafa. September 24, 2004
Feng Xiaomin
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