(Clearwisdom.net) Since I began to practice Falun Gong, I have benefited both physically and spiritually. I greatly appreciate Master Li. Since 1999, after Falun Dafa was persecuted and Master was slandered, we have not been allowed to speak up. I feel it is unfair. When I went to Beijing to appeal for Master and Dafa, I was not only tortured but also forced into bankruptcy.
In 2001, I decided to go to Beijing to validate the Fa and shout, "Falun Dafa is Great" at Tiananmen Square. In the end, I was arrested. I was taken by police to our county detention center. I was shocked by electric batons. My mouth was burnt and scorched to the point of blistering. Later, I was put in handcuffs and ankle shackles and I was not allowed to move. Even worse, police broke into my house and took two cows (both were to give birth to calves within 7 to 10 days) and another young cow. They sold these cows at prices below their value. Of course, they kept the money for themselves. Who gave them the power to steal other's property?
There is a famous Chinese saying, "Good is rewarded with good and evil will meet with retribution." Those who made profit from buying the cows very cheap when we were going through difficult times were punished to some degree. Some died of cancer, some went into a coma, and the cows ended up dying.
After I was detained for six months at the detention center, I escaped with righteous thoughts.
One day in August 2002, I visited a fellow practitioner's house and was arrested again. Police took me to the Xuanhua City Brainwashing Center. In winter, I was handcuffed to an electricity pole. I felt so cold the whole day and night that I felt numb all over my body--I nearly lost all feeling.
The staff of the brainwashing center wanted me to be "transformed" but I would not comply. I want to be a good person now that I practice Falun Gong, so what is it that they want me to be transformed into? I was not released until I was detained for another three months.
We practice Falun Dafa, which is an upright practice. Master teaches us how to be good people, and to be even better people. However, I have been arrested again and again. Our three cows were our major source of income. Losing these cows has led to a direct loss of 70,000 yuan. We are near bankruptcy.