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Non-Practitioner: Appeal for the Release of My Mother, 69 Year Old Ms. Wang Ruoe
By Yu Guangda in Hebei province
(Clearwisdom.net) For practicing Falun Gong, my 69 year old mother, Ms.
Wang Ruoe, was abducted by officers from the Yucai Street Police Station in
Shijiazhuang City on September 6th, 2005 and sent to a brainwashing center
called the "Legal Education Center of Hebei Province". Resisting their
attempts to brainwash her, she went on a hunger strike and was brutally
force-fed. This caused her tremendous mental and physical suffering. On December
9th, 2005, she was transferred to the Shijiazhuang's No.2 Detention Center.
Since December 28th, 2005, my mother has been confined in Cell 134 of
Shijiazhuang City's No. 2 Detention Center and so far it's been more than 8
months. My mother was usually taken care of by our family members. For more than 8
months, she has suffered immense mental stress in the poor living environment of
the detention center, which has caused her adverse physical conditions on
several occasions. We are constantly worrying about her safety. Some officials
promised to release her but they failed to act, using various excuses, time and
time again. What harm did a 69 year old lady cause anyone by practicing Falun Gong to
improve her health, cure illnesses, and trying to behave well? How can a senior
citizen forbear for so long and so much, to be abducted, interrogated,
brainwashed, detained, and illegally arrested? I hereby demand that the leaders
of various governmental departments in China consider my mother's situation and
release her as soon as possible. My mother is a retiree from the Shijiazhuang Chemical Fertilizer Plant and
her dormitory is at the plant's living area, Room 28-1-101. For decades, mother
worked hard and was willing to bear many responsibilities and received favorable
comments from her co-workers. She had been in poor health due to various
illnesses until she started to practice Falun Gong in 1996. Soon her illnesses
disappeared and mother experienced the magic effects of Falun Gong. She went the
extra mile to discipline herself according to Falun Gong's guiding principles
"Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance." Meanwhile her mental situation
also improved as she became more optimistic and more willing to help others and
was frequently praised by the neighborhood committee. She would give away her
best clothes for donations in every disaster, and was on the top list for
contributing the most money. She also donated an exercise machine, a gift to her
from us, to the neighborhood committee for local people to use. Thus the
neighborhood committee chairman commended her for being "totally
unselfish." Seeing mother's happiness and good health, we felt it was
fortunate for our family to be free from worry and we were so grateful to Falun
Gong for giving mom a happy life in her old age. As her son, of course I was
glad to support her in practicing Falun Gong. After the ban of Falun Gong in July 1999, we were concerned about mother's
involvement and worried about her possibly being arrested. Therefore we reminded
her to be careful. However, we certainly did not have a solid reason to try to
stop her from believing in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance and behaving as a
good person. The defamatory propaganda on TV about Falun Gong was obviously
false. (We knew that from witnessing the changes in our mother). Falun Gong is
really good for her health and practicing it is the only activity she does in
her old age. So we can only support her choice. Even now we cannot understand why the government keeps arresting Falun Gong
practitioners and imposing illegal sentences on them. The principle of
"Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance" that Falun Gong promotes is
really good for the nation. Furthermore, doesn't the constitution provide
freedom of belief, freedom of speech, freedom of association and freedom of
assembly? Because of her firm belief in "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance"
and for telling the truth, officers from the Yucai Street Police Station of
Chang-an District in Shijiazhuang City in the darkness of early morning entered
the plant living area on September 9th, 2005. The police climbed over a fence,
forced open a window, broke into her dorm and took away my mother by force to be
interrogated, brainwashed and detained. During the brainwashing session, her advanced age was
disregarded, and the "Legal Education Center" personnel denied my
mother sleep while forcing her to write the so-called "Three Letters".
It was beyond her ability to endure and under pressure my mother did copy the
"Three Letters". But then she felt regretful and tore up the copies,
declaring her refusal to give up her faith. Mother then started a hunger strike
that lasted from October 4th until October 10th, when she was put
under forced feeding. For that period of time, she was not allowed any visitors.
Being moved around to various places, my mother has been illegally detained for
more than 8 months. We are concerned and worried about her mental and physical
condition, as she has been through more hunger strikes, forced feedings, and
judicial persecution. Thus, I hereby call upon all related departments and
personnel to immediately release my mother, Ms. Wang Ruoe! Appellant: Yu Guangda (Son of Ms. Wang Ruoe) Telephone: 86-311-86044296 Resident Address of Ms. Wang Ruoe: Dorm 28-1-101, Chemical
Fertilizer Plant, Yuejin Road, Shijiazhuang City No.2 Detention Center, Zhaolingpu 3rd Street,
Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province Shijiazhuang City Yucai Street Police Station:
86-311-86048518 Shijiazhuang City Chang-an District Public Security Political Protection Brigade: 86-311-86048603,
86-311-86049391 Hebei Province Capital City Legality Education Center:
Beicheng Road, Shijiazhuang City Police directly liable for persecuting Falun Gong: Lu Huiying,
Di Manli (Female), Wang Jiafeng (Female), Chen Ling (Female), Bai So-and-So, Liu
Fengzhen, Wang Jiafeng, Zhang Ruifen (Aerobics Instructor), Yang So-and-So
(Discipline Assistant) "Collaborator": Liang Ziling |