Parents Persecuted for Practicing Falun Gong; Constant Police Harassment Leads to Their Teenage Son's Death
(Clearwisdom.Net) After China's former leader Jiang Zemin and the
Communist regime launched the official persecution of Falun Gong in July 1999,
employees of the Dongguan Police Station and Zhaode Office and Suqiao Village in
the Qingzhou District of Shandong Province on several occasions raided the home
of young Falun Dafa practitioner Dongdong in Suqiao Village. They searched his
home, confiscated property and threatened his family. Dongdong's grandparents,
after being threatened and deceived by the propaganda, opposed Falun Dafa. They
pressured Dongdong to "persuade" his parents to give up the practice.
Because of the pressure of the persecution and also because of an upcoming high
school exam, Dongdong had difficulty sleeping. In February of 2000, Dongdong's mother went to the appeals office in Beijing
and was subsequently detained for a month at Qingzhou Detention Center, Shandong
Province. She was detained another month by the Suqiao Village Committee.
Policemen from Dongguan Police Station tricked Dongdong's father into going to
the station to bring food to his wife and he was immediately detained as well.
The police also extorted a substantial "fine" from him. Dongdong
suddenly had no one to rely on. He had to bear huge mental pressure and
discrimination within the community. For a long time he found it difficult to
bear and his physical and mental health deteriorated. In the autumn of 2000, Dongdong became severely ill. His father took him to
Beijing's Tiantan Hospital for treatment. Dongguan police had
collaborators from Zhaode and Suqiao villages monitor Dongdong's
father while in Beijing and restrict his actions. They also prevented Dongdong's
mother from going to Beijing to see her son who longed for his mother day and
night. Dongdong's physical condition worsened. Even though Dongdong's condition was critical, the Dongguan Police would not
allow Dongdong's mother and his aunt to visit him in the hospital. Expenses for
his hospitalization were mounting, however, since the persecution began,
Dongdong's father had not been able to earn a living. In order to continue Dongdong's hospital care, his father asked for the money
back that the Dongguan police and Zhaode Office staff had extorted from him,
which was over 10,000 yuan. Both units brazenly refused to return
the money. Due to the father's persistent requests, they finally returned 3000
yuan to Dongdong's family. Aware of this, students and teachers from Qingzhou
No. 2 High School donated 8000 yuan for Dongdong's care. Sadly, Dongdong passed
way from his illness, which was caused by the unremitting harassment of the
Dongguan Police Station and Zhaode Office. He was only 18 years old. Propaganda from Communist-controlled television and print media has poisoned
people like Dongdong's grandparents. Threatened and deceived by the Dongguan
Police Station and Zhaode Office, they sided with the persecutors against their
own children and slandered Dafa. They even claimed that Falun Gong caused
Dongdong's death. Their statements deceived many people who do not know the
truth. Even after Dongdong's death, the police continued to harass the family. Since
October 2001, Qingzhou Police Station has detained Dongdong's father. Dongdong's
mother and his 12-year-old sister struggle to get by. Dongguan police and
employees of the Zhaode Office have taken every opportunity to steal from
Dongdong's family. They stole all the money Dongdong's family had. Dongdong's
mother later got their money back, which is all they have left to live on. The following are the individuals responsible for this tragedy (information
taken from data available in 1999): Qingzhou Police Station Zhaode Office Suqiaocun Village February 21, 2005
Chinese version available at
http://minghui.org/mh/articles/2005/2/22/95954.html
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