By a practitioner in Mainland China

(Clearwisdom.net) In April 2004, Falun Dafa practitioners Yu Chao and Chu Tong, husband and wife from Tsinghua University, were sentenced to prison for 9 and 11 years respectively for practicing Falun Gong. Currently, Yu Chao is being held in the Qianjin Prison of Chadian Town, Tianjin City, and Chu Tong is in the Female Prison of Beijing. The situation of their son, Yu Guizhen (nickname Huhu), is described as follows:

Practitioners Yu Chao and Chu Tong's son, Yu Guizhen

Name: Yu Guizhen
Sex: Male
Age: 7 years old (born in June, 1998)

Father: Yu Chao, 33 years old (born in April, 1972), B.S. Degree from the Precision Instrument Department of Tsinghua University in 1990. He was an internet engineer.

Mother: Chu Tong, 35 years old (born in September 1970), M.S. Degree from the Micro-Electronics Department of Tsinghua University. She was a lecturer.

Currently, Huhu is living with his grandparents.

Huhu's mother and father were persecuted simply because of their belief in "Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance." Their family was torn apart, their jobs were taken away, and they lost their freedom. Their child, Huhu, is 7 years old now. From the day he was born, he has spent less than 2 years with his parents. Young Huhu often becomes sensitive and quiet, the result of his parents being unjustly taken from him.

Huhu's father, Yu Chao, was sent to a labor camp for one year because he held up a banner to appeal for Falun Gong on Tiananmen Square in 2000. Huhu's mother, Chu Tong, was arrested for appealing for Falun Gong at Tiananmen Square on October 27, 1999. She was brutally beaten by police during her detention at Section 7 of Beijing Public Security Bureau and was sentenced to prison for one and a half years. After her release, she declared on the Minghui website (Chinese version of Clearwisdom) that she would continue to practice Falun Gong. In order to avoid further persecution, Huhu's parents were forced to give up their jobs and leave their home altogether.

However, the police continued to pursue them. Huhu's parents had no choice but to send Huhu to a friend's home. While Chu Tong was leaving her friend's house and saying goodbye to Huhu, he said, "Mommy, come back to pick me up after the bad guys are gone."

Around 6 p.m. on August 13, 2002, seven to eight police arrested the couple on a public street. Yu Chao was seriously beaten during the arrest. They were sent to the Beijing Legal System Center by the 610 Office and the National Security Bureau for further persecution. Yu Chao went on a hunger strike to protest his arrest, forced brainwashing and beatings by the police. The police poked his eyes, tied him up on a board, and did not allow him to use the restroom. He was tied on the board for five months.

On February 21, 2003, Yu Chao and Chu Tong were served an arrest warrant based on no legal grounds. On December 25 of the same year, the procurator of Chaoyang District in Beijing City sued the couple. On January 9, 2004, a day before the scheduled trial date, the People's Court of Chaoyang District suddenly decided to change the time and place of the trial. During the trial, many police and police cars were present and the atmosphere was very tense.

On April 22, 2004, the People's Court of Chaoyang District sentenced Yu Chao to 9 years and Chu Tong to 11 years in prison. They immediately appealed to the Second Intermediate People's Court of Beijing. Around the end of June 2004, the court decided to uphold the original sentences with no trial.

At present, Yu Chao is incarcerated in Qianjin Prison of Chadian Town, Tianjin City, and Chu Tong is being held in the Female Prison of Beijing City.

Address of Qianjin Jail in Chadian Town, Tianjin City:
P.O. 106-9
Chadian Station, Jingshan Line, Tianjin City (zip code: 300481)

Address of Female Jail of Beijing City:
Jail Administration Section
Female Jail of Beijing City
Tiantanghe, Daxing County, Beijing City (zip code: 102609)

January 20, 2005

Posting date: 1/28/2005
Original article date: 1/27/2005
Category: Eyewitness Accounts
Translated on 1/23/2005
Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2005/1/21/93946.html

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