(Clearwisdom.net) Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Xu Zhnwen, 61, lives in the Chengxiang Group, Huangmei Town, in Huangmei County, Hubei Province. In the past five years, she has been arrested five times and searched just because she firmly cultivates Falun Dafa.
Ms. Xu Zhanwen does not have children, and lives together with her husband. They have a vegetable garden. She used to be very sick before 1998, and was often bedridden. After practicing Falun Gong, all her sicknesses disappeared, and she felt very happy. She could not understand why Jiang and his regime persecuted Falun Gong, because she personally experienced such great improvement in both her physical and spiritual health.
In 2001, she was arrested when passing out truth clarifying materials, and was detained for 38 days. Guard Liu Huomao (male) beat her brutally twice, and released her only after extorting four thousand yuan.
In 2003, with the same excuse, Ms. Xu Zhanwen had been detained for 37 days. She was released after her friends and family paid a bribe.
One day in 2004, several policemen suddenly ransacked her home, found one copy of Minghui Weekly, and detained her 17 days just for that.
One day in 2005 she was shopping. Two policemen stopped her and searched her handbag. They found nothing, but still detained her more than ten days.
In the spring of 2006, she was working in her garden, and policemen came to arrest her, saying that the couplet displayed on her door was a problem. Their house had one couplet on the door, a common practice in China to celebrate the Chinese New Year. It said, "Treat Dafa well, and heaven gives peace." Her husband took down the first half in fear of trouble (because it mentioned "Dafa"). Even though policemen did not see the first half, they still arrested her, and detained her for 15 days. Government agencies, including the 610 Office and State Security agents, often arrest or detain people at will. Sometimes the First Branch of City Police Department or the Chengguan Police Station lead the action, but the Deputy Head of the First Branch, Shi Lejun (male), has always participated.
