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Early Phase of Brainwashing Classes in Chuanying District, Jilin City Fails in the Face of Practitioners' Righteous Thoughts and Actions By Zhiming, a practitioner in Jilin City, Jilin Province, China
(Clearwisdom.net) On September 10, 1999, the Political and Judiciary
Committee and the district "610 Office" in Chuanying District of Jilin City,
Jilin Province began its first phase of brainwashing classes at the Yongsheng
Hotel in the Shahezi area of the city. As many as 70 practitioners were abducted
and brought to the class at different times. On October 5, 1999, husband and wife practitioners Mr. Wang Wenxi and Ms.
Wang Xiufen (who was later tortured to death on January 1, 2002 by the Police
Department in Jiutai City, Jilin Province) were abducted and sent to the
brainwashing class, which had over 30 practitioners at the time. On the same day
she arrived, Wang Xiufen suggested to the group that they begin practicing the
exercises in the morning and study the teachings of Falun Gong together during
the day. The next day, all the practitioners went to the yard at five o'clock in
the morning. They formed four columns, males on one side and females on the
other. Wang Xiufen called out the movements, and everyone began practicing, from
the first set of Dafa exercises all the way through to the fourth set. The scene
shocked the people on guard. No one dared to stop it or report to the higher
authorities. They just watched helplessly. Three days in a row, all the
practitioners did the exercises in the morning and studied Zhuan Falun
(1) during the day. In the evening, each practitioner did the fifth exercise
(the meditation) by him or herself. Afterwards, Ms. Wang Xiufen and some other practitioners decided that rather
than being confined in the class by the evil, they should walk out of the class
and go to Beijing to continue their appeals for Falun Gong. Subsequently Wang
Xiufen successfully left the brainwashing class with righteous thoughts in her
mind. After Wang Xiufen left, Ms. Yang Huixia took over the job of calling out
the movements, and the practitioners continued with their morning exercises.
During the day they also gathered in a room to study the Fa (2). Finally the
district Political and Judiciary secretary and the deputy police chief came to
the class in person to "negotiate" with the practitioners. Practitioner Liu
Mingwei and another practitioner served as representatives for the others and
raised the following requests and statements: 1) The brainwashing class should
unconditionally release all practitioners who had been illegally abducted. 2)
The practitioners should be given back their legal environment to exercise. 3)
Practitioners shall continue to appeal to the government to stop the illegal
persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. As long as the persecution continues,
practitioners will go to Beijing to appeal at every opportunity. The officials
could not come up with a good counter response, but could not comply with the
practitioners' requests either. So they decided to send those practitioners who
refused to write statements pledging to stop the practice to the detention
center for 15 days. In the meantime, the authorities were forced to close the
brainwashing class. Notes (1) The book, Zhuan Falun, comprises the principle teachings of Falun
Dafa. (2) Fa: Law and principles; the principal teachings of Falun Dafa. Posting date: 8/15/2004 |