Mr. Xu Xifa from Fushun City , Liaoning Province Arrested

(Clearwisdom.net) [Note: The following is a shortened version of a longer and more detailed article that appeared on the Minghui website (Chinese version of Clearwisdom.net).]

Dafa practitioner Mr. Xu Xifa from Majin Township, Fushun City, Liaoning Province, was spraying his crops with pesticide the morning of May 15, 2007, when a group of Party officials and police officers came out of nowhere and ran up to him. They attempted to drag him into a car parked by the side of the road. Mr. Xu resisted with all of his strength. His 85-year-old father tried to free him from the police. About 100 farmers gathered at the scene. In the end, the officials shoved both Mr. Xu and his father into the police car.

Xu Xifa is a 47-year-old farmer. He had been sentenced to three years in prison in March 2003 and was held at Xihu Prison in Benxi City. He went into exile in May 2006 to avoid persecution. His elderly father was left at home alone. Mr. Xu felt bad that his father had to cultivate the land by himself, so he returned home to help in the fields. Both father and son were arrested soon afterwards. It has been learned that Xu Xifa's father was released later in the evening on May 15, 2007, while Mr. Xu was taken to a brainwashing center at Luotai Inn in Fushun City.

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2007/5/25/155610.html

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