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Zhang Jin Died of Persecution at 70; Son and Daughter-in-Law Still Persecuted in a Forced Labor Camp
By a practitioner in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
(Clearwisdom.net) Mr. Zhang Jin, 70, was a Dafa practitioner from
Taipusiqi, Inner Mongolia. He started practicing Falun Gong in 1998 and was very
diligent in his cultivation. After the persecution began on July 20, 1999,
police from the Public Security 610 Office put his home under
surveillance, often placing a stake-out nearby and following him to his home to
harass him. Zhang Jin died on March 13, 2006, yet his son and daughter-in-law
are still being persecuted in a forced labor camp. His son, Zhang Junqing, and daughter-in-law, Duan Songping (from Kunshan
City, Jiangsu Province) were forced to leave their excellent jobs and life in
Kunshan City, Jiangsu Province in 2000 because of they practiced Falun Gong.
Since they could not return to their home afterwards, they finally went to
Taipusiqi to live with their parents. In November 2004, Duan Songping went job hunting in Ximeng City. She was
reported to the police at the Ximeng Ethnic Professional Trade School when she
clarified the truth to her former classmates. The police from Xilin Public
Security in Hohhot City illegally arrested and detained her. Duan
Songping went on hunger strike for more than ten days to protest the
persecution. Shen Ping, Xiong Jiji from the Kunshan City Public Security
Political-Security department in Jiangsu Province, and the head of the Baochang
County "610 Office" in Inner Mongolia also went to Xilin Public
Security in Hohhot City to participate in the persecution. They sentenced Ms.
Duan to three years of forced labor at the Inner Mongolia Women's Labor Camp. In late December 2004, Zhang Jin's wife, his son Zhang Junqing, and another
Dafa practitioner, Zhao Suqin, went to Inner Mongolia to visit Duan Songping.
They were told by the police at the labor camp to wait to be received. Soon a
dozen plainclothes police showed up and handcuffed all of them. In the freezing
weather of -30oC (-22oF), they were stripped and searched three or four times,
and then were all detained and beaten by the deputies. On January 3, 2005, they
were transferred to the Xilin City Detention Center by the Ximeng Public
Security State Security Brigade, and were severely persecuted. On January 13,
2005, Zhang Junqing was sentenced to three years of forced labor at Wuyuan
County. At that time Zhang Jin was suffering from a bone fracture caused by a traffic
accident. He and his two-year-old grand daughter had no one to take care of
them. His wife, son, and daughter-in-law were all arrested. He could not walk by
himself, with his granddaughter crying for her mother. Yet even so, the
Taipusiqi Public Security police officers Feng Guoliang, Cao Yi and other
deputies often came to his home to harass and coerce him, trying to force him to
sign and finger print a document. They even ordered him to report to the police
at Ximeng Public Security whenever he was called to do so. Because of the
constant stake-outs, surveillance, following, and phone tapping, he lost all of
his freedom. Zhang Jin suffered unspeakable agony both mentally and physically. On March 8, 2006, his granddaughter contracted a high fever and kept crying
for her mommy. Zhang Jin felt so desperate and sorrowful and he suddenly lost
his breath and speech. He died on March 13, 2006. After his death, his family requested that his son and daughter-in-law come
for his funeral, yet Wuyuan Forced Labor Camp did not release his son, but
demanded that his family arrange automobile transportation and official papers
for local government representatives. Inner Mongolia Women's Labor Camp also
refused to release his daughter-in-law. The family's request for a death
certificate was repeatedly delayed. Baotou City Wuyuan Labor Camp Hohhot Women's Labor Camp: March 20, 2006 |