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Silver Medal Winner at the Asian Games for the Disabled Sentenced to 8 Years
February 2, 2004 (Clearwisdom.net) After the Spring Festival of 2002, when two Dafa
practitioners in Chaoyang City, Liaoning Province came to Jianping County to
obtain truth-clarifying materials, they were followed by the police. Mr. Wang
Zhiguo, a 40 year old Dafa practitioner and winner of a weight lifting silver
medal of the Asian Games for the Disabled, was abducted and illegally sentenced
to 8 years imprisonment. He is currently imprisoned at the Dabei Prison in
Shenyang City. Wang Zhiguo's wife is also disabled (mentally handicapped). They have two
daughters; one is in elementary school, and one is in middle school. Before Wang
Zhiguo was abducted, his family depended upon his income to run an independent
business that made arts and crafts. After his abduction, his family did not have
any source of income. In June 2002, Mr. Chen, the husband of a Dafa practitioner, saw that his
wife, who once had illnesses beyond cure, had significantly become better after
starting to cultivate in Dafa, and started to believe in Dafa. Even though he
did not practice Dafa, he opposed the persecution and clarified the truth a lot.
One time when he went out to distribute truth-clarifying flyers, he was followed
by police. Later, because he could not bear the maltreatment anymore during
interrogation, he told the police the names of Dafa practitioners who were
husband and wife, Li Hailin and Xu Shuhua. Li Hailin and Xu Shuhua were then
abducted and sentenced to 14 and 13 years of imprisonment, respectively. Mr. Li
Hailin is currently being persecuted in Jinzhou City Prison and Ms. Xu Shuhua is
being persecuted in Shenyang City (specific location unknown). Mr. Chen was also
sentenced to prison (duration unknown). Posting date: 2/16/2004 |