(Clearwisdom.net) I am a 40-year-old Falun Dafa practitioner from Hubei Province. My husband was tortured to death simply for his insistence in practicing Falun Gong. I would like to share my experience with fellow practitioners on this issue.
At 8 pm on October 30, 2003, a group of policemen came to seize my husband and take him to a brainwashing center. After being dragged, pulled and pushed around by the policemen he started to continuously vomit a lot of blood. He died at the hospital at around 8 o'clock on October 31. Sometime around February and March of 2004, I did not have a righteous mind or righteous actions. I was unable to escape the interference and feared the evil. Later after I shared my experiences with practitioners from different areas, I realized that disclosing the injustice against my husband would help save sentient beings. Since I've started to think this way, I have felt a lot better and my righteous thoughts have returned.
I wanted to talk about Falun Gong and the true reasons behind the persecution to upper level cadres, so I started by talking about Falun Gong to the section District Party committee, police station, court, and procuratorate. The district "610 Office" refused to listen to my appeal and told me that if I disagreed with their views then I should go and appeal to the higher court. I could see that this was an excellent opportunity to inform them with the true facts about Falun Gong. I thought that I should tell people working at every level how my husband was persecuted to death by a township official simply because he wished to practice Falun Dafa so as to be a good person.
On May 13th of 2004, I went to visit the Municipal government, City National People's Congress members, municipal public security bureaus, city politics and the law committee of the "610 Office." When I went to talk to the reception of the "610 Office," the Section Chief Mr. Ho said, "You are very brave. You are the first one to come and appeal." I told them that my husband had not done anything wrong and was a kind hearted man. I also told them that there is nothing wrong in adhering to Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance. Mr Ho then told me that I shouldn't go elsewhere and that I should just go back home. After I listened to what he said, I became more determined and steadfast to tell people what had happened to my husband and that Falun Gong is a peaceful practice for the mind and body. I sent forth righteous thoughts on my way to every office. After I had spoken to them, some people showed sympathy and some said that since our government does not allow it I should stop practicing. I told them that by law all citizens have freedom of belief. Is it really against the law to believe in Buddha and to want to upgrade one's moral standard?
On July 2, the provincial and city police took a picture of me displaying a list of the people who are responsible for persecuting those who practice Falun Gong, whilst crying out against the injustice carried out upon my husband. Regardless of whether they were city police or provincial police, if they wanted to read materials about Falun Gong then I would give them some material detailing the facts of my husband's death. All I did was invite anyone with a kind heart to speak a fair word about practitioners, good people who live their lives following Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance. Once I had provided them with this opportunity they all took some Falun Gong informational materials.
Later on July 4, before going to the district party committee to make a complaint to the higher authorities, the provincial and city police took away my three Falun Gong truth clarification boards. They went on to say, "It was a good job we confiscated those boards. Why were you hanging them in the street?" This is the first time such a thing has taken place in any city or province. The provinces and cities criticized the district magistrate, who criticized the mayor who in turn criticized the military unit secretaries. Now whenever they see me hang up the list of those people responsible for the persecution, the authorities immediately tear it down.
The City official came to investigate and asked me what I wanted to achieve by hanging up such a list. I told them that it was the only way to appeal due to the fact that the bureaucrats have shielded themselves from the public and that the people no longer have a place to appeal. Hanging the list would allow people to make up their mind whether or not my husband's death was a just act. Later the investigator told me that the list was being used to publicize Falun Gong and that I was not allowed to display it. I told them that this was only because the cadres are afraid that others will find out about their unlawful acts. The list simply discloses those people who have committed unlawful acts against Falun Gong. If they had not persecuted good people, what would they be afraid of?
The evil is afraid of our righteous thoughts and actions. This is only my understanding, please point out anything wrong.