(Clearwisdom.net)

I began practicing Falun Gong in 1997 and during my several years of cultivation I have benefited tremendously, both physically and mentally. After July 20, 1999, when the government began persecuting Falun Gong, I went to Beijing to speak some just words for Falun Gong. Because of this I was unlawfully detained five times. In August 2000 I was sentenced to one and a half years of forced labor. During the detention at the forced labor camp I was treated like a slave and was forced to work 22 hours a day. The perpetrators repeatedly instilled Dafa-slandering words in my head. Additionally, because I didn't study the Fa well before, I became momentarily perplexed. I feared death and wanted to live a comfortable life, so I wrote a "repentance statement" [renouncing Falun Gong] for which I will never be able to forgive myself for the rest of my life.

What is worse is that I sank deeper and deeper in the swamp and tried to persuade other determined practitioners to renounce Falun Gong. My mind was twisted. I let Jiang's group use me. I did things I never should have done, and I interfered with Master's Fa-rectification and with saving people. Although I didn't intentionally do these bad things, the fact is I committed serious crimes against benevolent Master and fellow practitioners. Before this, I was walking the path to return to my true, original self, the most righteous path. Now I have stepped off the path and onto the edge of the cliff.

Master's boundless benevolence allowed me to read his new teachings after I was released from the labor camp. By studying the Fa, I regained a clear mind and realized I had made a complete mistake. I regret it terribly. Every time I remember Teacher's benevolent and arduous salvation, tears of shame stream down my face. I hereby solemnly announce that all the "repentance statements and reports" I wrote during my stay at the forced labor camp that defame Dafa were written under coercion, and therefore all of them are void. At the same time, I apologize to fellow practitioners whom I have misled. I thank Teacher for giving me the opportunity to realize my mistake and to make up for it. From now on I will return to Falun Dafa practice, keep up with the progress of Fa-rectification, expose the evil, clarify the truth and make up for the losses I have caused Dafa.

Han Baoyan

January 13, 2004

Translated from http://www.minghui.ca/mh/articles/2004/1/14/64868.html

In the summer of 2003 I was arrested at work by personnel from the "610 Office" [the "610 Office" is an agency specifically created to persecute Falun Gong, with absolute power over each level of administration in the Party and all other political and judiciary systems]. During the illegal detention I held a hunger strike, clarified the truth to inmates and recited Falun Dafa teachings and did Dafa exercises every day. Later I was sent to a brainwashing class. I faced fanatical persecution and as I didn't want my family to suffer with me, I made compromises to the evildoers against my true will. I wrote the "three statements," which is something a Dafa practitioner should never do [practitioners are coerced under brainwashing and torture to write these as proof that they have given up their belief. Created by the "610 Office," the three statements consist of a letter of repentance, a guarantee to never again practice Falun Gong, and a list of names and addresses of all family members, friends and acquaintances who are practitioners]. I let down benevolent Master, who has suffered so much in order to save me. I regret it terribly. I hereby announce that everything I said and did in the brainwashing class is void. I will completely negate the old forces' arrangements and dive back into the current of Fa-rectification. I will do well in the three things Dafa practitioners are supposed to do [study the Fa, explain the facts and send righteous thoughts] to make up for the losses I caused Dafa, and compensate for the bad influence I exerted.

Miao Fenge

December 20, 2003

Translated from http://www.minghui.ca/mh/articles/2004/1/17/65109.html