(Clearwisdom.net) All hotels in Beijing, whether they be large or small, require a scan of their customers' ID cards at check-in. The scanned information is then entered into a database and forwarded electronically to the Beijing Public Security Branch. There, the customers' names are compared with the list of Falun Gong practitioners they have collected, and shared with other police departments, so that the practitioners staying in the hotels can be arrested. If the hotel accepts people who do not have ID cards, the police will levy a heavy fine on the hotel owner.
Recently a practitioner went to Beijing with his colleague on business. At around 11:00 p.m., local police officers came in two cars to arrest them. They searched both men and their possessions, paying special attention to their laptop computers. Many police officers in Beijing still are not clear on the facts regarding Falun Gong and the persecution, and these officers didn't permit the practitioner to clarify the truth to them. They were very hostile toward Dafa. They claimed that all Falun Gong practitioners would be taken to the police station, where the authorities would collaborate with the practitioners' local police stations to have their homes ransacked for evidence before having them sentenced to forced labor camps or prisons. The goal is to detain practitioners at least until the end of the Olympic Games.
The Dafa practitioner had strong righteous thoughts and persisted in clarifying the truth, reciting the Fa, and looking inward after his arrest. Most of the time he sent forth righteous thoughts and did not lie down in the evening. He found an opportunity to call fellow practitioners in his hometown for help. A colleague then went to request his release. The practitioner had done a good job clarifying the truth in his hometown, and people on the street committee went to his home to see if he was on a business trip. Officers with the local police station also acted in a positive manner. They called the police in Beijing and said many good things on behalf of the practitioner and recommended that he be released. On the second day of his detainment, the practitioner was released, and the Beijing police deleted the records pertaining to his case.
Apparently the practitioner who was arrested this time had once gone abroad with his passport, and there was still a record of him on the CCP blacklist. This is a reminder for Dafa practitioners who go to Beijing from other places to be careful for their safety. It is suggested that practitioners in and around Beijing send forth righteous thoughts intensively, and clarify the truth to those in public security organizations, "procuratorates," and people's courts in Beijing.
