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Mr. Meng Lingshun from Dehui City was Persecuted to Mental Collapse
(Clearwisdom.net) Mr. Meng Lingshun lived in the Fifth Group
of Gaotaizi Village, Dafangshen Town, Dehui City, Jilin Province. He started
practicing Falun Dafa in 1996. After the persecution began, Mr. Meng was
persecuted to the point of mental collapse. He disappeared two years ago, and
his whereabouts are unknown. After the persecution began on July 20, 1999, people from the
government often harassed him at home. On January 29, 2002, police officers from
the local police station colluded with officers from the Dehui City Police
Station to arrested Meng Lingshun. He was taken to a detention center. His wife
was also detained. They did not release his wife until the second day, when his
family signed a guarantee statement for him and paid a fine of 1500
yuan. After Mr. Meng was sentenced, his family went to the detention
center to visit him, but they were told that he had suffered a mental collapse. Mr. Meng's family asked the authorities to release him, but the
detention center chief said they could not release him until the local police
station agreed. The local police station told his family to pay 1000 yuan for a
checkup fee to make sure that he was mentally disordered, before they released
him. Thus, in a mere two weeks, a normal person was persecuted until he became
mentally disordered. After he returned home, police officers from the local police station often
came to harass him, so he could not recover. Once, in the middle of the night,
the police officers broke into his home and arrested him again. He was so
frightened that he shouted out for help over and over, which woke up the
neighbors. People argued with the police and tried to prevent Meng Lingshun from
being persecuted. The police said, "If anyone tries to stop us, we will use
the electric batons." Mr. Meng was taken to the police station again, and
the police said they would send him to a forced labor camp. His family asked for
his release, but the authorities said that Meng Lingshun was pretending to be
insane. They released him only after it was confirmed by the detention center
that he was indeed suffering from a mental collapse. Early on the morning on September 14, 2003, Meng Lingshun disappeared, and
his family has not heard from him since. June 1, 2006
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