By Dan Chen, a practitioner from Mainland China

(Clearwisdom.net) The secret organization of special agents in Mainland China, the National Security Bureau (NSB), has been actively involved in the persecution of Falun Gong in every city and province. They have been committing shameless crimes that they don't dare tell the public about. Since the crimes have been hidden from the public, and the ways in which the NSB persecutes Falun Gong practitioners are not known to the public, we have not done enough work to expose them. In 2004, a chief of the NSB in a certain city bragged to a practitioner, "None of our people have been listed on the 'evil persecutors list'." With more and more evil in the other dimensions being eliminated, the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP's) persecution of Falun Gong is going to fail. As the evil is being eliminated, more and more special agents of the NSB are being exposed for their crimes. They illegally arrest, kidnap, beat, and torture Falun Gong practitioners, and also search their houses illegally.

In 2005, after spying on several practitioners for a period, NSB special agents and policemen in a city broke into the practitioners' houses and arrested four practitioners. Also, twenty NSB special agents and policemen surrounded another practitioner's house, trying to break in and arrest her. This practitioner refused to cooperate with the officers in their illegal arrest attempt. She sent forth righteous thoughts, opened the windows and clarified the truth to the neighbors who were watching outside, exposing the evil behavior of the agents. When local fellow practitioners learned about the situation, they informed other fellow practitioners right away. Some practitioners even came to send forth righteous thoughts from a short distance, and clarified the truth to the people who were witnessing the attack. The persecutors were shocked by the righteous field, and they didn't dare to break in and arrest this practitioner. With fellow practitioners' help this practitioner avoided arrest, but the four other practitioners were arrested were jailed secretly and tortured.

Local practitioners discussed this incident and realized that the reason why the persecution was so rampant was because the local practitioners had done very little to expose the evil behavior of the persecutors in the last few years. We realized that in order to rescue our fellow practitioners, we should rectify ourselves, and not only send forth righteous thoughts, but also request the release of the practitioners. More importantly, we needed to collect all the information we could about the National Security Bureau and their persecution of Falun Gong practitioners, and expose them on the Internet and to the local people.

After we realized what we needed to do, practitioners cooperated well together. Some went to the NSB along with the practitioners' family members to request the release of the fellow practitioners. Some collected the NSB agents' phone numbers while other practitioners collected the facts of the persecution of Falun Gong. Some practitioners took pictures of NSB's secret offices, headquarters, and the messy scenes of practitioners' houses after being ransacked by the NSB, and published these pictures on the Clearwisdom website. Some practitioners made posters and banners that read, "Stop Persecuting Good People," and hung them up near NSB offices and all over the city. A lot of practitioners continuously sent forth righteous thoughts, and those who were arrested also resisted the evil with their righteous thoughts. Before long, those four practitioners were released from the detention center, with their fellow practitioners' help.

After June 2005, National Security Bureau policemen and special agents in this city started spying on and arresting Falun Gong practitioners again. This time, they were more rampant. First, they sent many policemen to break into practitioners' houses and arrested four practitioners. They also took away practitioners' computers, office supplies, cell phones, cash and personal items. The second day, ten NSB police officers, led by their chief, went to another city. Along with the policemen from that city, they broke into a practitioner's house with guns and batons, trying to arrest that practitioner. This practitioner escaped with righteous thoughts. Since NSB police didn't catch him, they took away his computer and office supplies, which were worth 20 thousand yuan. A few days later, they tracked down the practitioner at his relative's house. When they caught him, they beat him badly until he could not move, then they carried him onto a police car.

When arresting these five practitioners, NSB policemen took away a lot of cash and other materials. They treated this case as a "big, important case" and tried these practitioners as "important figures." Several days later, they transferred the practitioners to a secret place in another city for further persecution.

After learning of the arrests, local practitioners went to talk to those practitioners' families, and went to the local police station together, asking them to release the detained practitioners. After they learned that it was the National Security Bureau who was responsible, they went to the NSB right away. During this process, practitioners shared their understandings and realized the following: First, we should not acknowledge their persecution; no matter what attachments practitioners have, or what "evidence" the police found, it should not be considered an acceptable excuse for persecution. We should send forth righteous thoughts for those practitioners, and try all means to rescue them. Meanwhile, we should expose the evil, eliminate the evil and clarify the truth.

The family members of the detained practitioners found out the NSB policemen's names that were in charge of the arrests. On the second day, ten of them went to the NSB, asking them to release the practitioners. Some practitioners sent forth righteous thoughts outside the National Security Bureau. Some told other local practitioners about the situation, asking them to send forth righteous thoughts. At the beginning, the NSB police had a very bad attitude, and they even called the local police station, asking them to come to threaten the practitioners' families. The practitioners' families were not intimidated by the officers, and clarified the truth to the policemen. Some practitioners published the names and phone numbers of policemen from the local police station, and since then the officers from that station have never again interfered with our rescue efforts.

In response to the families' request for justice, the NSB always tried to avoid answering them directly. The practitioners' families didn't withdraw. In the cold weather, with -4 ⁰C temperatures, they went to the NSB every day, and the local practitioners also kept sending forth righteous thoughts. Every time they went there, they used all means to clarify the truth to the NSB police, and gradually the officers became less hostile. They didn't dare to face the practitioners, and always turned away upon seeing the practitioners' families.

A detained practitioner was transferred to a National Security Bureau secret base in a capital city for further persecution. The police didn't allow him to sleep. They also tortured him and tried to brainwash him. This practitioner always refused to cooperate with them. Later, amazingly, this practitioner used his righteous thoughts and safely made it through five gates and escaped.

The detained practitioners' families learned that other practitioners were also transferred to the capital city. So, they went to the provincial NSB, provincial government and provincial Appeals Office, asking for information about their detained family members. But the officers kept refusing to answer them directly, and some of them even made threats. In this situation, some families lost their determination since they could not see any hope. Local practitioners realized that although we cannot see any results at the surface level, every time we go to the NSB to rescue practitioners, it shocks and eliminates the evil, and also relieves the persecution of the detained practitioners. These actions were also clarifying the truth and saving people.

Practitioners shared their understandings with their fellow practitioners' families, telling them not to give up any opportunity to save people. They told the families, "Although the evil forces are still rampant, they are actually weak inside. They don't dare to publicize their persecution of Falun Gong practitioners, and they are afraid of being exposed. So we should steadfastly continue to rescue our family members."

The families' determination was restored after talking to practitioners. Although the capital city is far away and it costs a lot to make a trip, they still went there many times. Sometimes, practitioners also went with them to send forth righteous thoughts and clarify the truth. They clarified the truth everywhere: on the buses, in restaurants, and in many public areas. Many people were shocked when they learned the truth about the persecution. They were all surprised to learn that the National Security Bureau has committed such heinous crimes. Kind-hearted people condemned the NSB and supported the Falun Gong practitioners.

Local practitioners kept sending forth righteous thoughts. Some Fa-study groups even started sending forth righteous thoughts 24 hours a day in shifts, not giving any chance for the evil to catch a break. Fellow practitioners from cities nearby also sent forth righteous thoughts, helping the detained fellow practitioners.

During the whole rescue process, the practitioners acted as one body. They published the persecutors' names, crimes and the persecutory things they said on the website after every visit to the National Security Bureau. At the beginning, the NSB police were very hostile. But later, as they were exposed on the Internet and to the local public more and more, they became frightened and always tried to avoid the practitioners' families. Every time practitioners' families entered the National Security Bureau gate, they could see the NSB police and special agents peeking through the window. Once, a chief of the NSB, who met with the families, claimed that he was just an ordinary officer.

Since their crimes were exposed on the Clearwisdom website and overseas media many times, due to international media pressure, the NSB agents were very frightened. They didn't dare to take responsibility for the persecution. One NSB police officer told practitioners' families: "You always report us on the Internet. Now, even the Department of National Security at the state level has come to find out what is going on. It is a chief of our NSB who is in charge of the persecution of Falun Gong; you should go look for him." Later, a National Security Bureau policeman begged the practitioners and families, "Please do not put our names on the Internet. Our bureau is supposed to be a secret department, but now everybody knows about our actions. Whoever is reported by you will be tried by the higher offices."

Due to the efforts of the whole body, and the hunger strike of those detained practitioners, the four practitioners were soon released.