(Clearwisdom.net) Mr. Wang Xiaodong, 37, graduated from Heilongjiang University with a bachelor degree. He was a deputy director of the Archive Office of the Yumen Petroleum Administration Bureau. In 1997, he became a Falun Gong practitioner. Since then, he has been following "Truth, Compassion and Forbearance" in his daily life. In 1998 he married, and his wife also became a practitioner. Together, they cared for their elderly parents and had a wonderful family life.

In April 2000, Wang Xiaodong went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong, hoping the government would listen to his honest feedback. While walking to Beijing, he was stopped by police in Shanxi Province and was sent home. Since that time, the persecution against him has continuously escalated. His employer first removed his job responsibilities and then fired him. In the end of October 2000, he visited Beijing again. This time the police from the Beijing Qianmen Police Station arrested him. When his employer came to pick him up, he escaped and went into hiding.

During this period, he was more determined about cultivation and overcame difficulties to clarify the facts to people who had been deceived by the government. In April 2001, he once again went to Beijing's Tiananmen Square to display a banner and yelled aloud, "Falun Dafa is Great!" Police from Tiananmen Police Station arrested him and beat him badly. That night, he was sent to Tongzhou Detention Center. During police interrogation, he refused to give his name and address to the police. He also started a hunger strike. Nine days later, he was released. Once outside, he was followed by national security secret police. Later he was arrested again outside Jiayuguan Railroad Station along with practitioner Wang Wenzhong.

Since his second arrest, Jiuquan District government officials have singled him out for intensified persecution. They have used all kinds of tricks and methods to lure and torture him. Jiuquan City policemen Li Hongfu and Zhang Yanjiang repeatedly beat him, but they failed to make him compromise. To protest his illegal detention, he went on hunger strike four times, the longest lasting over 20 days. The torture reduced a 167 lb man to an 88 lb "skeleton." During the hunger strikes, police used forced feeding to torture him, but he refused to give in. At last, the police had to use an IV solution to keep him alive. Even under this severe situation, the police still put him on a "door board torture" normally used on death row prisoners. The authorities failed to shake his belief after trying all kinds of tactics. Finally, they secretly sentenced him to eight years in prison using fabricated evidence.

At the end of November 2002, Wang Xiaodong's father, who was over 80, passed away from the stress of long-term mental torture and anguish. The police denied him the right to attend his father's funeral because he had not "transformed." Wang's wife also was sent to a forced labor camp because she would not give up Falun Gong. A happy family has been torn apart by the Chinese Communist Party.

Now Wang Xiaodong is serving his jail sentence in Jiuquan Electrical Motor Plant, a prison plant owned by the Gansu provincial government. A total of 17 practitioners are serving harsh sentences at this location, where they are treated brutally. The prison guards and police never stop trying to force them to abandon their cultivation. These people could never understand the indestructible faith of the practitioners in Falun Dafa and their Teacher.

Persons responsible for and participating in the persecution:

Zhang Keqin, secretary, Jiuquan City Political and Judiciary Committee: 86-13909378481 (Cell), 86-937-2612109 (Office)

Liang Qiuming, manager, Jiuquan Electrical Motor Plant: 86-937-2611108

Ma Zhanming, deputy manager, Jiuquan Electrical Motor Plant: 86-937-2614995, 86-937-2617179

Xie Gang, head of Prison Political Section: 86-937-2662282

Jiang Bo, deputy head of Prison Political Section: 86-937-2662110

Li Hongfu, police officer, Jiuquan City Police

June 3, 2005

Posting date: 6/17/2005
Original article date: 6/16/2005
Category: Eyewitness Accounts
Translated on 6/10/2005
Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2005/6/4/103304.html

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