The Illegal Prosecution of a Practitioner's Relative in Hebei Province

By a practitioner in China

(Clearwisdom.net) On April 29, 2007, under tremendous pressure from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) central government, Shenze County Police Department in Hebei Province launched yet another round of persecution against Falun Dafa practitioners in the county. Many practitioners were illegally arrested. Practitioners' homes were ransacked, and truth clarification material production sites were damaged. Quite a number of practitioners were forced to leave their homes to avoid further persecution. Even practitioners' family members who do not practice Falun Gong were persecuted.

On April 30, 2007, the deputy chief of Shenze County Police Department, Yuan Junfeng, along with four police cars full of officers, went to Zhang Chaofeng's home in Xiaobao Village, Zhongbaizhuang Township. Zhang Chaofeng does not practice Falun Gong, but he is the son-in-law of a practitioner. Finding no one at home, the police climbed over the fence and broke into Zhang Chaofeng's house. They ransacked the house and found a printer that Zhang Chaofeng had just bought and some picture framing supplies. While this was happening, Zhang was working at the brick mill. Police contacted him at work and informed him that he needed to go to the police station so his permanent resident registration could be checked. He was tricked into going to the police station and has been illegally held at the Xinji City Detention Center since that time. People were puzzled because Zhang Chaofeng did not practice Falun Gong. Why, then, was he arrested and his home searched?

Later they learned what happened. Zhang Chaofeng had just had a new house built and owed a great deal of money. He wanted to find a way to earn some money. He decided to open a print shop so he bought a printer. He hadn't started the business yet. Since he knew how to do silk-screen printing, and he likes doing print jobs for people, he helped someone make some hanging artwork with several poems printed on fabric. The poems, such as "An Upright Person" and "Abiding in the Dao," are from a Dafa book called Hong Yin. The poems teach people to reach a higher moral standard and be good people. Because of this, someone reported him to the police, and he was arrested. Zhang Chaofeng was just trying to make some money, as the person who requested the hanging artwork agreed to pay him for the service.

Now the police and justice departments of Shenze County have planned to prosecute Zhang Chaofeng for "utilizing illegal religious organizations to undermine the implementation of the law." When his family learned of this, they contacted several lawyers. The head of the local courthouse, Jia Guilong, pressured the lawyers and tried to prevent them from taking the case. The trial was supposed to begin after July 2. According to the lawyer, "This case is quite ridiculous because the police and justice departments are trying to connect it to Falun Gong even though the defendant is not a practitioner."

Zhang Chaofeng is 37 years old. He has aging parents and a young child that he needs to support. About two years ago, he was involved in two car accidents, which left him disabled. He is missing part of his skull, and he has severe health problems as a result of the head injury. He is quite debilitated even today. Yet the CCP government will not let this disabled person go even though he didn't do anything wrong. His family members have tried to talk to staff in the police and justice departments who are handling his case. The staff members pointed fingers at each other. Somebody even said, "If it was theft or robbery, it would be easier for us to bend the rules." What kind of society is this? Is this what the CCP calls a "harmonious society?"?\

Zhang Chaofeng's parents and wife went to the county government many times to appeal for him. Yet all they got was an indictment letter. It reportedly took only three days to move Zhang Chaofeng's case from the police department to the procuratorate and the courthouse. It seems that the local authorities are trying to carelessly close the case so they can report their "accomplishment" to the central government.

Shenze County Police Department Main Office: 86-311-83524910, 86-311-83522122
Office of the Shenze County Police Chief: 86-311-83522838, 86-311-83522352
Shenze County Detention Center: 86-311-83558312
Shenze County Procurator: 86-311-83522248, 86-311-83522000, 86-311-83523345
Shenze County Courthouse: 86-311-83522211, 86-311-83521735, 86-311-83523460
Shenze County Judicial Bureau: 86-311-83522470, 86-311-83520148
Shenze County County Government: 86-311-83522472

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.ca/mh/articles/2007/7/7/158390.html

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