Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Zhu E and Her Family Relentlessly Persecuted for Their Belief (Photos)
By a Dafa practitioner in Jilin City
(Clearwisdom.net) Between 1992 and July 20, 1999, nine members of Ms. Zhu
E's family started practicing Falun Gong and benefited tremendously from it.
Their characters improved and they became very healthy. They had a great family
relationship and were truly happy. Since Jiang launched the inhumane
persecution, those who persisted in their belief were--and still are--severely
persecuted. Ms. Zhu E Ms. Zhu E is 50 years old. She was cured of numerous illnesses through Dafa
practice. After July 20, 1999, she persisted in her belief in
Truth-Compassion-Forbearance and went to Beijing in September 1999 to appeal for
Dafa. She was illegally fired and her family was broken up. Ms. Zhu has been
held in detention centers and forced labor camp(s) and prisons on several
occasions, including the Miyun Prison in Beijing, the Jinzhou City Custody
Center, the Jilin City Custody Center, the Jilin City Detention Center, the
Heizuizi Forced Labor Camp in Changchun City, and in the Jilin Province Police
Hospital. Her Beijing appeal led to her arrest and incarceration in the Miyun Prison in
Beijing. In November 1999, she was handcuffed and put in rusty shackles weighing
about 19 pounds after she did the Falun Gong exercises in prison. Her shoes were
removed and she was forced to drag herself along on the cold stone-paved floor
for a whole morning. After she was drained of energy, two male guards dragged
her as they ran. Rocks scraped her legs and feet, and the handcuffs and shackles
cut deep into her flesh, causing excruciating pain and profuse bleeding. She was
handcuffed and shackled for six days and nights. Ms. Zhu was handcuffed behind
her back so she could not eat, sleep, or go to the restroom. The flesh on her
feet ulcerated and her bones were exposed. She could not walk normally for more
than six months, and deep scars on her ankles are clearly visible to this day. Communist regime agents at the No. 1 Detention Center in Jilin City
frequently subjected her to other corporal punishments. Sometimes she was forced
to squat for ten hours. Ms. Zhu went on a hunger strike to protest the
persecution, and the perpetrators force-fed her corn porridge with lots of salt.
The feeding tube severely bruised her mouth and throat. Sometimes her stomach
hurt so bad she could not straighten her back. While on her hunger strike, the
detention center authorities ordered inmates to attack her verbally and
physically and refused to let her move or sleep. Ms. Zhu became unconscious once
on the floor after many days on the hunger strike, followed by standing for one
day and one night. Her anguish was beyond words. The abusers at the Heizuizi Forced Labor Camp in Changchun City tortured Ms.
Zhu savagely. They forced her to squat, stand and "fly an airplane"
(1). Other gross abuses included forcing her to sit in a double-crossed leg
position with her hands behind her and forbidding her from moving or using the
restroom for three days. They made her sit in this uncomfortable and painful
position for more than eight hours each day, until she was in agony. The abusers
frequently hit her with bamboo planks, rubber hoses, and wooden sticks. Ms. Zhu was also handcuffed to the door of the solitary confinement cell for
ten hours until her arm and hand were so swollen she could not make a fist.
Electric shock is commonplace, which often resulted in large blisters and
scorched flesh all over her body. In July 2000, guard Zhang Guimei disfigured
her face with electric baton(s). Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Zhu felt her face
was on fire, and she could not sit or stand at ease. She could not sleep at
night due to pain, so she sat up and held her face. Ms. Zhu went on a hunger strike many times to protest the persecution and
demanded her unconditional release. The frequent force-feedings made her nose
and mouth bleed, often putting her in a state of near-suffocation. This made her
cough and vomit blood long after the force-feeding. At the Jilin Province Police Hospital Ms. Zhu was handcuffed to the bed and
her feet were immobilized. She had a feeding tube and a urethral catheter in
her, but she was left uncared for. Her back hurt as if it was going to break.
She coughed but could not spit out the phlegm, and she often sweated profusely
from coughing so hard. She was unable to move and had difficulty breathing. The
catheter leaked but no one cared. She was soaked in sweat and urine. Northern
China in December is very cold. The hospital staff opened the windows to let in
fresh air, although Ms. Zhu was the only patient in the room, clad only in
underwear. She shivered in the bone-freezing wind. They frequently gave her IV
infusions against her will. It was commonplace for the nurses to leave her alone
after inserting the needle. Occasionally the needle punctured her vein and the
drug dripped into her muscle, causing great pain. Sometimes no one pulled the
needle out after the IV fluid had run out and the bottle hung empty on the rack. Ms. Zhu Yan Ms. Zhu's younger sister, Ms. Zhu Yan, is 42 years old. She is modest,
fair-minded and forgiving. She conducted herself strictly according to
Truth-Compassion-Forbearance after she started practicing Dafa in October 1998.
After July 20, 1999, when she heard slanders against Dafa, she couldn't sit at
home and went to Beijing to validate Dafa with her sisters. She was arrested and
sent to Miyun Prison in Beijing. The guards savagely beat her, handcuffed and
shackled her, and forced her to squat and stand for long periods of time. They
made her squat with her hands on the floor in front of her, while several male
guards sadistically kicked her buttocks. When she sat on the floor, the guards
stood on her legs and violently stomped them, which was excruciatingly painful
and humiliating. After she returned to Jilin City she was held in the Kouqian
Custody Center in Yongji County, Jilin Province, where she was subjected to
brainwashing. Because she persisted in her belief, she was held for more than a
month and fined 500 yuan. She was also unlawfully fired. In 2003, officers from the Gangyao Police Department in the Longtan District
of Jilin City arrested Ms. Zhu Yan and sent her to the No. 3 Detention Center in
Jilin City. She was sentenced to two years of forced labor, but the labor camp
refused to accept her because she didn't pass the physical exam. Her family was
under tremendous pressure, and her husband filed for divorce. In November 2005, officers from the Gangyao Police Department in the Longtan
District of Jilin City arrested Ms. Zhu Yan in the street. Her two children and
the rest of her family didn't know her whereabouts and looked for her
everywhere. After a long time they learned that she had been arrested. Ms. Zhu
Yan was persecuted at the Jilin City Detention Center for more than a month,
after which she was sent to the Heizuizi Forced Labor Camp in Changchun. Her
teenage children could not take it anymore. They have separated themselves from
the family and left home to make their own living. Ms. Zhu Yan is now being held
in a forced labor camp. Because she persisted in her belief in
Truth-Compassion-Forbearance, the authorities savagely tortured her, making her
life an agony on a daily basis. But they failed to destroy her firm belief in
Dafa. Ms. Zhu Yan's home is now empty. Ms. Zhu E's kind and honest sister-in-law, Ms. Guo Yingjie, is 47 years old.
She started practicing Falun Gong in 1999, and soon afterwards the extreme
persecution began. She saw and heard the slanders against Dafa on TV and went
without hesitation to Beijing to appeal. She was arrested in Beijing and held at
the Shunyi Detention Center. Ms. Guo held a hunger strike to protest the
detention and was abused. After returning to Jilin City she was held at the
Kouqian Custody Center in Yongji County, Jilin Province. Although she hadn't
been practicing Falun Gong for long, she was very determined in her belief in
Dafa. She went to Beijing to appeal again in 2000 and was sent back and held at
the Kouqian Custody Center once more. She was released after three months of
detention. Ms. Guo had worked at a bank. She was laid off for nearly two years after she
appealed in Beijing in September 1999, cutting off her source of income. Her
husband and school-age children were living under tremendous pressure. She
clarified the truth at her place of work and petitioned to return to
her post. Her request was granted. She was later reported when clarifying the
truth to a client. Jiang's villainous group gives large monetary rewards to
those who report Falun Gong practitioners. Her employers again laid her off. The
police have extorted about 10,000 yuan from her during the past few years, and
her family is living in a very difficult situation. In late 2004, a dozen Nation Security Bureau officials and police officers
from Jilin City broke into her home and arrested her. They took her computer,
printer, and Dafa materials. They sent her to the No. 1 Detention Center in
Jilin City. She held a hunger strike and demanded her unconditional release. The
officials retaliated with acts of persecution and denied her visitation rights.
Several months later they sentenced her to six years in prison. She was later
sent to the Heizuizi Women's Prison in Changchun City. During the Chinese New
Year her daughter said, "Mom was being watched in her cell. She was forced
to stand until she became dizzy and could not think straight. The guards say
that she is the most stubborn and therefore they never permit us to see
her." Her current situation is unknown. Her husband is the only person left
at home at the moment. He suffers from many illnesses and has to give himself
injections daily. Ms. Jiang Lifan Ms. Zhu mother, Ms. Jiang Lifan, was 75 years old when she passed away. The
elderly woman had had many illnesses and could not even cook when her daughters
were very young. Ms. Jiang was sickly as a child and in her teen years converted
to Buddhism. Her family burned bundles of incense before a Buddha statue at
home, but she still suffered from painful illnesses. In late 2001, when Ms. Zhu
recovered from being persecuted at the labor camp, Ms. Jiang saw that her
daughter was glowing with health and said, "I see the wonders of Dafa!"
She started practicing Falun Dafa with Ms. Zhu. She was finally able to throw
away the medicine jars that she had relied on most of her life and recovered
full health. She didn't need any medication or injections for more than two
years and was very energetic. She told everyone, "I have finally found the
right path! Falun Dafa gave me a second life!" Persecutors, including the head of the Gangyao Police Department who was
later transferred, often harassed Ms. Jiang at home and arrested Ms. Zhu E and
her sister Ms. Zhu Yan. They ransacked the home and took Dafa books. They forced
the old woman to put her fingerprint on certain documents. She was so frightened
that she could not study the Fa and do the exercises on a regular
basis and grew weaker by the day. Ms. Zhu E left her mother to avoid causing her
further stress from police harassment, and Ms. Zhu Yan took care of her. After
Zhu Yan was sent to a labor camp, Ms. Jiang Lifan fell ill. She constantly
called out Zhu Yan's name in the two months that she was bedridden before she
passed away on December 26, 2005. Ms. Zhu E bid a tearful goodbye to her mother. For their belief in Truth-Compassion-Forbearance, this happy family was
destroyed and torn apart by Jiang's villainous group. Countless other families
in China have suffered a similar fate. Note: (1) For the "fly an airplane" torture, the practitioners' upper
bodies and feet are forced close to the wall with brutal force. When the toes
almost touch the bottom of the wall, one naturally wants to bend his knees to
avoid injury to the tendons and the waist. But the torturers pull practitioners'
knees away from the wall using towels in order to force their knees to
straighten up. Whenever practitioners' arms give out, the torturers pull their
arms back into the raised position, forcing them back into the agonizing
posture. Anyone subjected to this torture is soon soaked in sweat due to the
excruciating pain.
From left to right: Zhu E; Zhu E's mother, Jiang Lifan; Zhu E's younger
sister, Zhu Yan
Guo Yingjie
Chinese version available at
http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2006/2/17/121027.html
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