Attempt to Arrest Elderly Falun Gong Practitioner Causes Public Outcry against Police Officers from the Dongxihu District
By a practitioner in Wuhan City, China
(Clearwisdom.net) In August 2003, Liu Gongping, deputy head of the Xincun
Police Station who personally controls the persecution of Falun Gong went with
other officers to arrest Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Hu Wangxiang. Ms. Hu lives
in the Yuanyi Residential Area. People who observed this incident became
outraged. Under pressure of from the public's anger, Liu Gongping left two
people behind to monitor the area and left with the other policemen.
When this happened, elderly practitioner, Ms. Hu Wangxiang was tending the
fruit stand for her son and couldn't leave. Liu Gongping thought it wouldn't be
good to arrest her at that time and appointed two policemen to remain on
stakeout.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, Liu Gongping came again to arrest Ms. Hu.
Because she non-violently resisted the arrest, Liu Gongping attacked her and
restrained her arms while attempting to force her into the police van.
Six or so of her neighbors present watched the entire incident and condemned
Liu Gongping's action of arresting good people. They said that this elderly
woman was a good person who didn't commit any wrongdoing, didn't break the law,
only practiced Falun Gong and cultivated according to
Truth-Compassion-Forbearance. They asked why a good person should be arrested!
More and more people arrived and gathered to watch, and jammed the road. One
by one, people condemned the police's evildoings. Faced with the pressure of
such a display of public anger, Liu Gongping had to let go of Ms. Hu, but said,
"Hu Wangxiang, you should come to the police department yourself this
evening." Liu Gongping appointed two officers to keep watch and went away
with the other policemen.
At six o'clock in the evening, four police cars arrived. Liu Gongping ordered
Hu Wangxiang's son to turn over his mother, Ms. Hu, but her son didn't know
where she was. The police then started to search everywhere. Because of the
persecution she was facing, the elder Hu Wangxiang had no choice but to leave
home.
Police who are responsible:
Liu Gongping from the Xincun Police Station in the Dongxihu District often
arrived with some police to search Falun Gong practitioners' home and arrest
practitioners. The deputy section head Zhang Changfa, officers Huang and Wang
and others, a total of six to seven people, all were active in searching
practitioners' home and arresting practitioners. Feng Zhuanyun, the No. 1
section head of the police department directed those actions. Feng's phone
number is 86-27-85398643 (Office).
Chinese version available at
http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2004/7/4/78666.html
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