Dafa Practitioners Validate Falun Dafa in Dongchuan District, Kunming City, Yunnan Province
(Clearwisdom.net) Since July 20, 1999, more than one hundred Dafa
practitioners in the Dongchuan District, Kunming City withstood the pressure of
the persecution and were steadfast in practicing Falun Dafa, validating Dafa,
exposing the evil, clarifying the facts, and doing their part in saving the
sentient beings. They manifested the great compassion and tolerance of Falun
Dafa practitioners. Ms. Yao Jiali practiced Falun Dafa since November 1997. She suffered from
asthma since she was six years old and had reached an untreatable stage. (She is
in charge of medicines at the Chinese Medicine Institute. All sorts of rare and
expensive Chinese medicine, Western medicine, and imported medicine could not
cure her. On the contrary, the symptoms became more severe.) After practicing
Falun Gong, her asthma was cured without any medical treatment. Since the Jiang's political followers began to persecute Falun Gong, Yao held
her steadfast faith in Teacher and practiced diligently Falun Dafa with a
tranquil mind. On February 13, 2000, she participated in an outside group
exercise held in Jiadong, to help dispel the propaganda and defamatory
statements about Falun Dafa. In the morning of February 4, Yao went outside to
practice the Falun Dafa exercises as usual. While she was preparing to begin,
she was encircled by members from the Health Department and the Chinese Medicine
Institute, led by the Political and Judiciary Committee of the Dongchuan
"610 Office" (1). On more than one occasion, they intimidated,
threatened, and tried to coerce her with promises. They wanted her to forsake
her practice. Yao Jiali refused to compromise. On the fifteenth day of one month in 2001, because some people in the Chinese
Medicine Institute wanted to implement Jiang Zemin's persecution policies
against Falun Dafa practitioners to "defame their reputations, bankrupt
them financially, destroy them physically," they delayed the cost of living
increase of Yao Jiali's pay by one year. They increased her workload, moving her
to a higher position, but paying her a lower salary. Her pay was reduced from
1,300 yuan (2) to 480 yuan per month. They threatened her that if she still
would not give up practice Falun Dafa, they would stop paying her and thus force
her to resign from her position. Her daughter was also implicated and was often
attacked, threatened and frequently forced to go home to supervise her mother.
During "sensitive days" (3) they would try to intimidate her,
"You better go home to look after your mother well. If she just went out to
practice the exercise, you will be sacked, and you will not be paid
anything." Her daughter's section supervisor, colleagues, and good friends
were all harassed as a result of knowing her daughter and because Yao practiced
Falun Dafa. The authorities purpose was to create an atmosphere of fear and
force friends and family members to hate Falun Dafa practitioners and to put
pressure on them to renounce their belief. Yao Jiali located the leader of the Institute and said, "I practice 'Truthfulness,
Compassion, Tolerance.' What is wrong in that? Freedom of belief is bestowed
upon the citizens as a basic right by the Constitution. The way you treat my
daughter, threatening and intimidating her, is a violation of human rights. If
anything happens to her, I will hold all of you responsible. Furthermore, when I
practice my belief, it has nothing to do with any of my colleagues, leader or my
dear friends. You must not persecute them. If you have any problems, please do
not hesitate to come and see me." It was only after this that the
authorities showed some restraint. Yao Jiali not only steadfastly practiced Dafa, she also searched for and
found those who had been transformed and fellow practitioners who had given up
the practice. She told them about Teacher's compassion and the glorious future
that awaits practitioners. She told them the truth that forsaking the practice
would have terrible results. The responsibility carried by the practitioners
during this mission is very heavy. Such discussions were to awaken those
practitioners so that they would return to the tide of the Fa-rectification
period. Those who returned also searched for other lost souls. They attempted to
discuss, assist and help them take up the practice again. They too joined in the
great effort of clarifying the facts and saving sentient beings. It was like a
ripple effect. Ms. Li Fangzhen a farmer from Xincun Street remembered the benefits she
derived from practicing Falun Dafa. After she practiced Dafa in October 1997,
her arthritis, inflammation of the shoulder, nephritis, headache and dizziness,
tumor of the uterus had all disappeared without any treatment or medication. Her
appearance and spirit changed greatly. Under her influence, her mother, elder
brother and uncle joined her and all became steadfast and unwavering in the
practice. Since the Jiang political scoundrels clique began to persecute Falun
Gong on July 20, 1999, some practitioners sent their Dafa books to her elder
brother's house. Her elder brother placed the photo of Teacher above the altar
table. Because he had strong righteous thoughts, the police dared not confiscate
the Dafa books or order him to take down Teacher's photo when they raided his
home. He often went to places where there were many people sitting in
meditation, yet the police ignored him. He also took the opportunity when there
was a general village meeting to give fact clarification materials to the
headman and the Party Secretary of the village, telling them: "You read
these for the information of the villagers." The village cadre read the
materials as requested. The villagers listened to what was read. When the police
arrived and asked where the materials came from, they answered: "We picked
them up." Li Fangzhen organized a group study to read the Falun Dafa teachings at her
elder brother's house for some elderly ladies who were illiterate. There were
generally thirteen people each session. When the police came, they would clarify
the facts to the police. Though Li Fangzhen was arrested in May 2003 and
detained, another fellow Dafa practitioner took her place. In 2004, some police
took the elderly ladies to the police station and threatened them. A number of
the elderly ladies steadfastly continued to study the Falun Dafa teachings. In 2000, Li Fangzhen was arrested and taken to the police station, because
she participated in the Dongchuan District group performance and validated Falun
Dafa. After she was released on the guarantee of the village Party Secretary,
the main brigade of the "610 Office" and the police from the station
frequently harassed her at her home, stopping her from practicing the Falun Gong
exercises and threatened her husband: "Your wife is illegally practicing
Falun Gong and will be prosecuted." Her husband became frightened and
smashed her tape recorder. After he smashed one tape recorder, she bought
another, and after that another was smashed, so she again bought another. Her
husband was at his wit's end and henceforth ignored her. In May 2003, the National Security Brigade suddenly summoned Li Fangzhen to
the police station and accused her of possessing 100 copies of Falun Dafa
materials that explained the facts about the persecution. The perpetrators tried
to force her to reveal the source of the materials. Li Fangzhen clarified the
facts to everyone present. They got angry and thus went to search her house for
Falun Dafa materials. They turned her furniture upside down, including the
earthern rice jar, spilling the rice. They found two flyers for explaining the
facts of the persecution, a copy of Zhuan Falun, and an exercise tape.
They used this to arrest Li Fangzhen and therefore detained her for 27 days. During her detention, the police tried daily through different means to
elicit a confession, trying to sow distrust by saying: "So-and-so exposed
you and you still do not yield." The prisoners were instructed to strip her
and conduct a body search, which they used to sexually molest her. She was
interrogated daily, and always kept past her meal times. Besides clarifying the
facts about the persecution of Falun Dafa with her supervisors, she also spoke
to her fellow detainees and prisoners. The prisoners were so touched by her
demeanor that they protected her when she performed her daily exercises and even
saved some of the prison food for her to eat. During that period, the "610 Office," the Political and Judiciary
Committee, police from the local police station threatened her husband on many
occasions: "Li Fangzhen was illegally distributing Falun Dafa materials and
will be sentenced for three to five years of detention. You must pay 5,000 to
10,000 yuan (1) for adjournment of the trial." Her husband was forced to
spend most of the year away from home trying to raise money to pay the
guarantee, leaving their two school age sons at home to manage by themselves. He
managed to give 3,000 yuan worth of presents and paid the police 3,000 yuan as
guarantee to secure his wife's release. Officers of the National Security Department, the "610 Office" and
the police often went to Li Fangzhen's house to harass her. In May 2004, the
Director of the "610 Office," Yang Shunjun, and the National Security
Brigade officer Zhang Xinghai, together with six other officers came again to
her house to threaten her. They told her that if she did not abandon her
practice, she would be arrested and detained again. Li Fangzhen explained the
facts to them. They refused to listen. She drove them out of the house. Li Fangzhen was arrested and detained because the Dafa practitioners in
Dongchuan together distributed Falun Dafa materials. One night, all the
commercial businesses and every home of the village received Falun Dafa
materials that explained the facts about the persecution. Because some
practitioners revealed some information about them under pressure, Huang
Longzhen, Li Fangzhen and Wang Juanjuan were detained for 25 days. On February 15, 2000, Dafa practitioners from Dongchuan Village spontaneously
went to the front of the Qunyiguan building to practice the Falun Dafa exercises
together. For three days they clarified the facts. There were 66 practitioners
who participated. Several dozens of vehicles from the National Security Brigade,
Political and Judiciary Committee and the police station surrounded the
Qunyiguan building. Tang Weiwu was immediately taken to the detention center,
the others were sent to the New Village Police Station with two police officers
assigned per practitioner. After a stalemate of more than six hours, the police
rang the various work units to come and collect their workers. Each work unit
had to send their security officer and their principal leaders to ensure and
guarantee that each practitioner was from the given work unit. At 12:30 in the
afternoon, the police arrived by vehicle and took 15 practitioners with them.
The females were sent to the drug rehabilitation center and males were sent to
the detention center. Those who were sent to those two locations continued to
practice the Falun Dafa exercises, recited the teachings from the book, Zhuan
Falun [main book of Falun Dafa teachings], Hong Yin [Collection
of Poems by the Founder of Falun Gong] and the book Essentials for
Further Advancement. All the Dafa practitioners were detained for a month. Tang Weiwu was sent to the detention center and was bailed out by his
sister-in-law after more than twenty days in detention. On April 24, he was
deceived by the authorities into going to the Number One Detention Center and
sentenced to three years of re-education through forced labor. Originally, there were 17 Dafa practitioners at Dabei Village. At present
only 11 steadfast practitioners are left. Kang Jianzu, male, more than 50 years
old, is blind in both eyes, however after practicing Falun Dafa, he was able to
read the Falun Dafa books in the daylight. Both of his grand parents were also
blind in both eyes, the grandmother is still alive and healthy, though she is
more than 80 years old. Though she does not practice Falun Dafa, she frequently
goes out to explain the facts of the persecution to the public. On February 14, Kang Jianzu went to Dongchuan District to practice the Falun
Dafa exercises in public and was detained. He was released when the local cadre
went to provide a guarantee bond for him. He continued to organize a Falun Dafa
group study at his house. In August 2003, the "610 Office" and the
Political and Judiciary Committee organized a brainwashing program and five
Falun Gong practitioners from Dabei Village were sent their and subjected to
brainwashing sessions. Under the influence of Kang Jianzu, they persisted in
practicing the Falun Dafa exercises. Kang Jianzu clarified the facts about the
persecution. The village cadres, teachers and villagers all respected and
admired him. His whole family believes in Dafa. Since July 20, 1999, more than twenty practitioners at Shiyang Village
steadfastly persisted in practicing the Falun Dafa exercises regardless of
threats by the authorities. They denied the arrangement by the old forces and
followed closely the arrangement of Teacher on their Fa-rectification path. They
exposed the crimes committed against them by the authorities and explained the
facts of the persecution in order to save sentient beings. All five members in
the family of Gu Zhonglan are Dafa practitioners (husband, two elder sisters,
niece). On February 14, 2000, both husband and wife joined the group exercise at
Dongchuan District. The husband, Xu Shaoqing, was arrested and detained for 27
days. In 2003, the "610 Office" and the Political and Judiciary
Committee sent both the husband and wife to the brainwashing program. There were
20 people in this program. They faced strong pressure, verbal abuse, and
beatings, but all the Falun Gong practitioners sent forth righteous thoughts
every hour on the hour. They also clarified the facts to the "610
Office" and Political and Judiciary Committee officers, person to person,
face to face. They told them, "The self-immolation at Tiananmen was staged,
personally directed by Jiang and Luo. This was done to frame and incriminate
Falun Gong and incite hatred from society against Falun Gong. To practice our
principle of Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance, is not wrong, but Jiang is
wrong in suppressing Falun Gong." The officers from the "610
Office" and the Political and Judiciary Committee were at a loss for words
and thus ended the brainwashing program after ten days. They were completely
unsuccessful in forcing any of the practitioners to renounce their belief in
Falun Dafa. After Gu Zhonglan went home, she thought of various ways she could present
the facts to the Director of the "610 Office," Yang Shunjun. She
wanted him to understand the facts and stop his evil deeds. One day, she took a
copy of an article posted on Clearwisdom entitled, "A letter from a cadre
of the Ruling Party of China to Wen Jiabao (Prime Minister of China), Hu Jintao
(President of China)" and to the authorities at the "610 Office,"
but Yang Shunjun was out of the office. She asked the staff to hand it to Yang
Shunjun. During another brainwashing session there was a 76-year-old lady by the name
of Su Fazhen. Fourteen years ago, she fell from the roof, after which both her
arms and legs were paralyzed. She had to depend on her only son to assist her
when she ate, drank, or needed to use the toilet (both her son and
daughter-in-law are Dafa practitioners). In May 2000, her son and a couple of
Dafa practitioners from Dongchuan went to appeal on behalf of Falun Dafa at
Tiananmen Square. He was returned to the detention center in his hometown,
watched by He Bin and two other officers from the "610 Office." The
officers then went to his home to investigate and were told by Su Fazhen:
"My son practices the principle of Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance and
there is nothing wrong with that. After he practiced Falun Gong, his health
improved, his temperament became better. He is a good and respectful son. Both
of us elderly people are very ill and completely depend on him to look after us
and you locked him up. How hardhearted can you be? Now the whole family, young
and old, depends solely on my daughter-in-law. From today on, I will also
practice Falun Gong to improve my body so as to save my daughter-in-law from
having to take care of me." The police left. 27 days later, her son was
able to leave the detention center. The elderly lady asked her daughter-in-law to teach her the exercises. After
one week, she was able stand up. At present, not only can she look after
herself, she even assists her daughter-in-law with the housework. Whenever she
meets someone, she tells them, "Falun Gong saved me, my husband used to be
much healthier than I was, but he refused to practice Falun Gong. Now he is
dead. As for me, after practicing Falun Gong, I am free of all illnesses and I
feel fine." All the villagers were impressed with her story. In August 2003, the "610 Office" and the Political and Judiciary
Committee ordered her son and daughter-in-law to attend the brainwashing
program. She told them, "This is our busy harvest time, the young people do
not have the time, I will go instead." Arriving at the brainwashing
program, Su Fazhen said: "I was sick for more than ten years, but after
practicing Falun Gong I became well. My husband was in better health than me,
but he refused to practice Falun Gong and died." On the seventh day, the
"610 Office" sent her home. Du Kaifu worked at the Dongchuan Law Court. Both husband and wife practice
Dafa. After the persecution started, due to pressure, they abandoned the
practice. In less than half a year, he was suffering from an incurable disease.
Three blood vessels, close to his heart were blocked. His whole body became
weak. He spent more than one hundred and thirty thousand yuan at the more
prominent hospitals in Dongchuan, Kunming and Shanghai to no avail. Doctors at
the Shanghai hospital advised him: "At present. medical technology does not
have a cure for your illness. Go home and eat whatever you like, enjoy yourself
and do anything your heart desires." Du quietly contemplated: I used to practice Dafa, and most of my illnesses
disappeared without treatment or taking medication. Now that I gave up the
practice, I am suffering from an incurable disease. I better start to practice
Falun Gong again. He calmly went and looked up his colleagues and said,
"The doctors tell me my illness is incurable and there is nothing they can
do! I want to practice Falun Gong again during the next few days. Could you
please return my books and exercise tapes you confiscated?" His colleagues
were very moved by his request and helped him retrieve the book and exercise
tapes. He studied the Falun Dafa teachings and practiced the exercises at home,
and threw away all the medicine prescribed to him by the hospitals. After Du
calmly practiced again for more than two months, he felt fine again and his was
full of energy. He went to his leader at the work unit and asked to be allowed
to start working again. His leader said, "You go and have a good rest. If
you need anything, please do not hesitate to let me know." He answered:
"I practiced Falun Gong again and have completely recovered from my
illness. I wish to work again." The leader did not believe him and sent
someone from Shanghai to investigate. The doctors there said that he was not
sick anymore and that it was an unbelievable miracle. This irrefutable fact
touched the heart of the leader of his work unit. He told his experience to his friends and colleagues at the law court,
explaining that the Teacher of Falun Gong is merciful and living by the
principles of "Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance" is not wrong.
Jiang Zemin was wrong in suppressing Falun Gong. Notes: (1) "610 Office" - an agency specifically created to persecute
Falun Gong, with absolute power over each level of administration in the Party
and all other political and judiciary systems. (2) yuan ¨C 500 yuan is the average monthly income for an urban worker in
China. (3) "sensitive days" - Public holidays and festive days are
considered as such by the Communist regime in China.
Chinese version available at
http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2004/7/25/80169.html
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