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Mom Endures Multiple Arrests - An Appeal Letter from Zhong Fangqiong's Son
By Zhong Caiyi
(Clearwisdom.net) Hello, Uncles and Aunties, I am 16-year-old Zhong Caiyi, son of Zhong Fangqiong. At about 4 p.m., on the afternoon of August 1, a dozen plain clothed police
broke into our home to arrest my mom. They forced Uncle Li and a few of us
children who were there to the ground. They kicked and beat Uncle Li, and then
ransacked our home. They confiscated our cell phones and bags. They also refused
to allow my sister-in-law to use the bathroom. Finally, they took four kids
away, including a nine-year-old to the detention center at Shuangnan Police
Station (in Sichuan Province). We were not allowed to speak to each other. At 1
p.m., they transferred us to Tiaochenghe Police Station, where plain clothed
police from Jianyang interrogated us and treated us like criminals. By 3 a.m. we
had still not been released, not until they took pictures of my cousin and me.
After we got home, police officers from Tiaochenghe Police Station still called
my uncle to check up on us. My mom was arrested again and I was home alone. This was the 30th
time that my mom had been arrested. Police officers repeatedly arrested my mom
because she practiced Falun Gong. I know that Falun Gong teaches people to be
good - my mom is one of the best people in the world. My mom has truly felt the
beautifulness of "Truth, Compassion, Forbearance" and she also wants
to bring the beauty of Falun Gong to people who are still suffering. Our family has had many problems: my mom had a pre-natal vascular tumor and
she was born with a physical disability to her right leg, my grandfather
couldn't do manual labor after he had an operation, my aunt developed infantile
paralysis when she was five and she became handicapped because they couldn't
afford the medication. My mom grew up in such wretched conditions that after she
got a little older, she began helping her parents do some fieldwork to make some
money to cover her mother's medical expenses. As an adult, she couldn't find a full-time job because of her disability and
could only manage to find part time manual labor. During that time her situation
deteriorated. Because of her leg, she married in haste. When I was three years old, my
parents divorced and I lived with my mom. Later, as my mother's illness progressed she faced paralysis at any moment.
Looking for a cure she went many places and spent 380,000 yuan on
medical treatments, but to no avail. Just then, my mom learned Falun Gong. After she has been practicing Falun
Gong for a couple of months, the tumor which had tortured my mom for decades,
and is currently deemed an incurable disease internationally, just disappeared.
I finally had a healthy and happy mother. It is Falun Gong that has given my mom
a second life! It was Falun Gong's Teacher who saved my mom!! I understand that Falun Gong is wonderful, as the principle of "one
person practices, the whole family benefits." I didn't do well in primary
school, but after my mom began to practice Falun Gong, her transformation also
impacted me. Everyone says that I became an honest and obedient child. When I
was in grade 6, I won third place in the Chengdu City Typing Competition. When I
was admitted to junior high school, I excelled in math and physics. Since the start of the persecution in July 1999, my mom has been detained and
sent to forced labor camps for detention time after time and our home has been
ransacked time and again. My mom suffered from all kinds of inhuman torture. I
have memories from when I was 10 years old. Every time my mom returned home from
being arrested and suffering cruel tortures, she appeared to be close to death.
I would stay awake the whole night with her beside me, I was so afraid that she
would die or be arrested again. One time, my mom was detained at Jianyang Detention Center in Sichuan
Province. Police officers tied my mom to a "deathbed" with a strong
rope for a long time. If she moved her head even a little bit, she would be hurt
by the rope right beneath her jaw. Since she was tied up on the bed, she
couldn't get up and use the bathroom as she wished; her urine and excrement had
to flow through a hole in the bed and she suffered from cruel beatings from the
guards. One time, acting on orders issued by the guards, two inmates knocked my
mom in the head with a handcuff. Her head split open, and she was bleeding
profusely. She didn't get released to come home until she was dying. On December 9, 2002, my mom was followed and arrested by spies from the
National Security Team. She was first detained at Guangrong Police Station, and
later transfered to the fourth floor in Baifurong Building. For five days, she
was locked to a chair and guards took turns torturing her. They also deprived
her of sleep. As soon as she closed her eyes, they beat her, swore at her and
poured cold water over her. During that period, my mom wasn't given any water to
drink and she appeared to be muddle-headed. On the morning of the sixth
day, when those guards were asleep, my mom's handcuffs fell off. She was in such
extreme agony that she climbed onto a windowsill and jumped from the fourth
floor. (Note: It is clearly indicated in Falun Gong that killing a life is a
sin, committing suicide is a sin. My mom didn't mean to do that. It was because
she was not in her right mind as a result of the torture.) The bones in her right leg fractured and her left foot was also wounded. She
was paralyzed from the waist down. From 8 a.m. when she jumped out the window to
5 p.m. in the afternoon, for nearly nine hours my mom lay unconscious. Police
officers didn't attempt any rescue efforts. They just simply threw her into a
police vehicle. Not until 6 p.m. did they take her to the hospital. Later I
found out from one police officer that a kind-hearted person called the
emergency. Because my mom's situation was extremely critical, the hospital said many
times that they could not do anything else for her. Not until that point did
police officers from Guangrong District Police Station and the 610
Office carry my mom home. After she got home, she persistently listened to
Teacher's lectures. My 70-year-old grandfather and I took extremely good care of
my mom. A miracle happened again: two months later, my mom could do the
exercises, and three months later, she could walk. It was Teacher's Falun Gong
that saved my mom again. At that time, I was only 11 years old. From the beginning of persecution to the time when my mom was arrested, there
have been four relevant workplaces that participated in persecuting my mom. My
mom has suffered from all kinds of cruel torture; her persecution account could
go on for 72 hours. For the past eight years, my mom was either arrested, or was forced to leave
home and wander about. She couldn't go home. Her business partners were affected
as well. They were not allowed to do business with my mom, otherwise they would
have faced a 100,000 yuan penalty. We lead a very difficult life due to a lack
of income. The most difficult time was when for two years in a row we couldn't
afford to pay tuition. A few years ago, because my grandmother worried about my mom for so long, and
she was afraid that police officers would come to her home and harass her, she
was under extreme pressure, and as a result, she became sick and passed away.
After I lost my grandma, I went to live with my cousin who was a few years older
than me. My young cousin had to work during the day, and do overtime in the
evening, so I was alone most of the time. Not until six months ago did I finally
go back to living with my mom again. Even though our living conditions are poor,
to be able to live with my mom again is happiness enough. However, now my mom
has been arrested again. Where are you, mom? I am so worried about you. Uncle and aunties, my mom is a person who lives for the benefit of others and
is kind-hearted. She should not be arrested, please help us to get her released
as soon as possible - for a child without his mom is so painful. Zhong Fangqiong's son Zhong Caiyi August 2007 |