On December 8, 2000, banners reading "Falun Dafa is good", "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance" etc. appeared hanging from the highway overpasses at the center of a certain city in Hunan Province, and along the busiest roads as well. After hanging these banners, all the Dafa practitioners were able to leave safely. The next morning, the banners on the overpasses were still flying in the morning breeze, glowing with shining brilliance. One Dafa practitioner saw a banner that was unevenly hung. He walked onto the overpass through the crowd, confidently re-tied the banner, and then calmly left. Most of the Dafa practitioners in that city of Hunan have awakened after they studied Teacher's latest speech in the Western US Falun Dafa Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference. Many veteran practitioners have also stepped forward, leaving fear behind. Through studying the Fa and sharing our experiences, we have realized that we should not only do well ourselves, but that we should also take the responsibility for Dafa as a whole. We should help more practitioners step forward to clarify the truth, expose the evil, thus forming a stronger field of righteous thoughts. Before, only a small number of practitioners were clarifying the truth, but now we have gradually formed a more harmonious atmosphere. All the practitioners are 'considering the Fa as Teacher', and elevating in our understanding of the Fa. We have come to understand that we should genuinely consider other beings, and not leave out a single predestined person around us. At present, we are making full use of our own conditions and surroundings to clarify the truth in various ways. We feel that we have greatly improved ourselves while genuinely cultivating through clarifying the truth, and have in the process accumulated a lot of good experiences.

Exposing the Evil Around New Year's Day, various places in Hunan Province almost immediately started to arrest and illegally detain Dafa practitioners. They also illegally ransacked many Dafa practitioners' homes. Based on the only reliable information we have, the areas in which Dafa practitioners were arrested were Changsha, Yueyang, Chenzhou, and Zhuzhou. Furthermore, this time the detentions involved a large number of people over a large area. It was found out that in Kaifu District (Changsha city) alone, over 30 practitioners had been illegally arrested before New Year's Day and many other practitioners were forced to leave their homes. Those arrested were forced to attend the so-called "transformation class", were detained in detention centers, or even directly sent to labor camps. Some practitioners disappeared, and their whereabouts remain unknown. We once again earnestly admonish those vicious people who persecute Dafa practitioners: Do not follow a dead-end road. Good will be rewarded with good and evil rewarded with evil. Carefully and soberly think about it, for the future of both yourselves and your loved ones! Zhao Xianghai, a Dafa practitioner employed at Hunan Xiangtan Steel and Iron Company, went to Beijing to appeal three times, and was thus detained in a detention center and later in a prison ward for two months. He was once again forcibly detained in a prison ward because he declared to the police interrogating him that he was determined to persevere in Dafa cultivation and would continue to appeal. He held a hunger strike for over ten days, and was then force-fed, causing a hemorrhage. Since the wardens were afraid of causing his death, they thus sent him on to the hospital for injections. However, he caught the police off guard and escaped from their demonic hands. He is at present wandering, destitute, and far from home. We hope that all kind-hearted people will distinguish right from wrong and help stop these brutal crimes. Xu Yanjun, a 26-year-old female, is an employee of the Xiangtan Power Plant. Because she cultivates Falun Gong, in 1999 she was illegally detained for 15 days, and was then transferred to a mental hospital and detained there for two and a half months. She was forcibly given psychiatric medicines, and suffered brutal physical and mental torture. In June 2000, while on her way to appeal in Beijing, she was once again arrested and illegally detained for 15 days, which was extended for 15 more days for no reason. After that, she was transferred to another detention center and detained for 37 days. Upon her return to the factory, the factory boss locked her up for several days and forced her to write a guarantee letter. Several days after she returned to work, the City Public Security Bureau arrested her and, during the National Day holiday, sent her to a labor camp. Luo Xiangjiang is the former vice director of the Xiangtan County Auto Repair Plant. His wife Liu Fangping is an employee of the Xiangtan County Cement Plant. His brother Luo Yingping is the former League Committee Secretary of a factory in Xiangtan city. Luo Xiangjiang and his wife went to appeal in Beijing on March 11th, 2000, but were illegally detained en-route by police. After being taken back to their hometown by local police from the Shitan Police Station, they were illegally detained for 15 days and fined 12,000 Yuan RMB. On November 4th, 2000, the Shitan Police Station forcibly arrested Luo Xiangjiang when he was taking care of his 82-year-old father who had been suddenly afflicted by apoplexy and hemiplegia. He was then detained. Luo had to freeze in the detention center for the whole night because his relatives were not promptly notified to send him quilts. The police robbed Luo of his home keys and secretly ransacked his home twice, taking away one kid's computer and three tape recorders, which his customers had brought there for repair. Currently, Luo Xiangjiang has been illegally sentenced to one-year of "re-education through labor". On December 7th 2000, Luo Yingping accompanied his father to Shitan Police Station to find out why Luo Xiangjiang had been arrested and sent to the labor camp. The policeman Liu Yongdong growled, "There is nothing to be clarified. Don't you know what place you are at now? (Meaning that we are police and we can do whatever we want to/translator)" Since they had a guilty conscience, they assigned a person to send Luo's father back home. The director of the police station pounced on Luo Yingping, leaving him no chance to explain, and, grabbing his collar, pushed him into another room. Another policeman forcibly pushed him into an open-air room beyond, where several criminals were detained. Wu cursed at Luo Yingping, calling him "a b-stard" while pushing him around. He also illegally searched Luo, robbed him of his belt and keys, and left him with his clothes torn. Later on, Wu assigned a person to arrest Luo Xiangjiang's wife, Liu Fangping, and forcibly took down their confession. Luo Yingping said, "I'm not a criminal because I have never violated the law. What am I supposed to confess to?" Wu Weibin immediately started to beat him, and cursed him using filthy words, and violently slashed his face twice. Luo almost lost consciousness. Luo Xiangjiang's whole family cultivates Falun Gong, which is their personal belief and should be protected by the laws. Moreover, they are guided by the universal principle of "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance", and try to first be good people and constantly improve themselves, which is of benefit to society and other people. Since they started cultivating Falun Gong, their health has improved, their minds purified, and their moral standards raised. Do you think they could give up such a good cultivation practice? Were they wrong when they appealed to the government and clarified the truth out of their good will? Are they guilty? They suffered illegal detention, beatings, fines, and even being sent to labor camps. This previously happy and harmonious family was ruined and reduced to poverty. It is so bitterly disappointing! Wu Weibin and his accomplices persecuted Dafa practitioners, breaking the law while claiming to be enforcing justice. Their contemptible manner and brutal means have tarnished the image of public security officers, and have badly influenced the masses and aroused public indignation. Their acts have also violated criminal law. We request that the government ascertain the criminal responsibilities of Wu and other relevant people according to the law. The phone number of the Shitan Police Station, Xiangtan County is: 86-732-7840384 or 7840398 The relevant people, who assume the responsibility: Wu Weibin, male, the director of the police station; Wang Zexin, male, the political instructor of the police station; Liu Yongdong, male, a policeman at the police station. In July 2000, the anniversary of the start of the sweeping crackdown on Falun Gong, the police of Changsha City, prompted by higher authorities, forcibly took some Dafa practitioners, who were resting at home or working at their jobs, to the local police stations. During the illegal interrogation, those practitioners who expressed their wish to persevere in cultivation were all illegally detained for 7-15 days, for the alleged crimes of "disturbing the social order" or "being engaged in activities involving banned associations". Dozens of practitioners slapped with the above charges were illegally detained in Long Bridge Detention Center in the east suburb of Changsha City. Though they had lost their personal freedom, they still persisted in studying the Fa and practicing the exercises. They turned the jail to a place for studying the Fa, sharing their experiences, and improving together. When the practitioners were released from jail, the guards illegally searched them for Dafa books. They even searched the female practitioners' underwear, but found nothing in the end.
"Guarantee Letters" My pension is an accumulation of my life-long-labor, and it should of course belong to me. To my surprise, they are now coercing me into writing a letter to guarantee my giving up practicing Falun Gong, otherwise they will withhold my retirement pension. It is really absurd talk and sheer nonsense, which has created a new all-time record for ridiculousness. Do you know? It is breaking the law if you withhold my retirement pension. According to my understanding, it is Jiang Zemin and those pitiful thugs who only help their tyrant to do evil out of fear of being dismissed from their offices, who should write the guarantee letters. They really need to guarantee that they will no longer embezzle or default the salaries or pensions of the workers. Simply take this as the guarantee letter. A Dafa practitioner

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