August 30, 2006
(Clearwisdom.net)
DONCASTER'S Shuang Luan has been to hell and survived to tell the tale.
The Falun Gong follower said she fled from China's ruling Communist Party
after being imprisoned and tortured.
The 31-year-old began practicing Falun Gong on April 25, 1999, after reading
Zhuan Falun, the teachings of Falun Gong.
''Two months after I started, the Chinese Government began to persecute Falun
Gong,'' Ms Luan said.
''All the media in China spread hatred propaganda against Falun Gong and I
learned that my people were being arrested and tortured to death.''
Ms Luan headed to Beijing over her holidays to ''peacefully appeal'' to the
Chinese Government for the release of Falun Gong prisoners.
Not only was that plea ignored, but she was arrested and taken into custody
on January 1, 2001.
It started an experience that Ms Luan said ''put me in hell''.
''I was forced to squat with both hands holding my head and was not allowed
to move, otherwise I would be beaten,'' she said.
''My group was put in a small room and it was very crowded. We were forced to
take off all our clothes to enable them to (do a) body search.
''The food was really terrible. Dogs and pigs wouldn't eat it.''
Ms Luan was constantly interrogated by police who forced her to give up Falun
Gong by threatening her with three years in a labor camp if she refused.
She was released on March 15, 2001, but was far from free.
''Almost once a week local police came to my workplace and I was asked to
write a (psychological) report.''
Ms Luan applied for a passport, but it was rejected.
She remained under police watch and, fearing she could again be arrested,
decided to go abroad.
Ms Luan received a protection visa and arrived in Australia on June 5, 2004.
She is creating a new life in Manningham, but scars remain both with her and
her 10-year-old daughter, Helen.
''As soon as we arrived in Australia, my daughter asked me, "Is (former
Communist Party leader) Jiang Zemin going to come to Australia to kill us?''
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