(Clearwisdom.net) Mr. Xiao Yongqiang and Hu Shicai are Dafa practitioners
who live in Hengshan Town in the Anju District of Suining City. In November
2004, they were illegally arrested by vicious policemen when they
went out to clarify the truth. Hu Shicai was illegally sentenced to
five years. Xiao Yongqiang was sent to a labor camp for eighteen months, without
going through any legal procedures. While he was in the labor camp, personnel
from the local National Security office, the 610 Office, and the
police station searched his home many times and confiscated his possessions.
On June 9, 2006, Xiao Yongqiang was released. Several hundred meters in front
of the Hengshan Town entrance, about 80% of the village and town residents
started to set off firecrackers to welcome him. All along the way to his home,
there were people continually setting off firecrackers until he reached his
home. It was about three miles from the entrance of the town to Xiao Yongqiang's
home. People all talked about Falun Gong practitioners being good people.
Several people who understand the truth about Falun Gong heard that a Falun
Gong practitioner had been released from a labor camp. They also went to buy
some firecrackers to celebrate the event. Some people with bad intentions rushed
out to prevent this. A kind person said, "Would people welcome a criminal
like this? People who practice Falun Gong are good people and that is why so
many people have turned out to welcome him home."
Because that day was also a market day, there were a lot of people coming
from all directions. People chatted with one another saying, "Falun Gong
practitioners are good people." The firecrackers continued to pop and the
people who wanted to stop them had no other choice but to leave. Many people
came to understand the truth that day.
Unfortunately, after Xiao Yongqiang returned home, he was often harassed by
the authorities. Now he has been forced to leave home and move from place to
place to avoid further persecution.
August 3, 2006
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