(Clearwisdom.net) Every holiday, whenever I see parents take their children out to play, I think of my friend, Falun Gong practitioner Liang Mei and her daughter.

After Liang had her daughter, she contracted an incurable disease—rheumatoid arthritis. She sought medical treatment everywhere with no success. When she was ill, her husband not only failed to understand and take care of her, but considered her a burden. He was unkind to her, and often yelled at and beat her.

Through others’ introduction, Liang Mei began to practice Falun Gong. Gradually, her body got better. Her mental health also improved. Seeing her physical and mental changes, I quietly prayed for her.

After the persecution against Falun Gong started, Liang Mei went to Beijing to appeal, and was illegally detained. At her workplace, she was a good employee who followed Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance. However, due to fear of implications, her employer fired her. To protect their official positions, and for her husband to marry another woman to have a son (in China, the one-child policy prohibits one couple from having more than one child. However, if her husband married another woman who has not had children, he would be allowed the chance to have another child), her husband Qin Weidong and father-in-law Qin Jinzhu bribed the local authorities to sentence her to three years in a forced labor camp. Liang was sent to the Shibalihe Women’s Labor Camp in Zhengzhou. Her husband could not wait and quickly divorced her with assistance from court officials. Liang Mei was only given a small portion of their shared assets.

I have not heard from her for a long time. After she returned from the labor camp, once I ran into her on the street. I could hardly believe my eyes, as she had changed so much. She said that in the labor camp, every day she was watched by "personal cangues" who were inmates and tortured by the police. Once she was tied with a rope, and the rope injured her shoulder, resulting in limb pain and numbness. She was force-fed, and her nose and face were pinched so hard that the skin broke. The guards shook her teeth until they became loose. The food that was force-fed was poured down her larynx. She coughed often and suffered from chest pains and shortness of breath. Her hair fell out in handfuls, and she quickly became emaciated, dropping from 55 kg (120 lbs) to about 35 kg (80 lbs). Despite her extremely weak condition, the police often tied her up with rope, tortured her, injected her with unidentified drugs, and forced her to do hard labor.

After Liang returned home, her former employer visited her with pretended kindness, while their actual goal was to make her promise to no longer practice Falun Gong. Because she went to her former work unit to clarify the facts about her beliefs, the top leaders of the work unit (Zhoukou City Traffic Bureau of Henan Province) Li Zhaoqi and Yang Yuantao reported her to the provincial and municipal 610 Offices. She was persecuted so severely simply because she wanted to be a good person that follows "Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance."

I was glad that Liang could return from the labor camp and reunite with her daughter. However, her ex-husband and ex-father-in-law used all kinds of excuses to prevent her from visiting her daughter. Her ex-husband said that her visits were distractions for her daughter. He also told her daughter that the clothes Liang gave her had poison on them and he would not allow the daughter to accept them. He told her daughter that being with Falun Gong practitioners would mean she would be arrested. They poured so much hatred into the young child, threatened her, and pressured her not to recognize her own mother.

One time when Liang went to her ex-father-in-law’s home to visit her daughter, her ex-husband yelled at and beat Liang and her relatives, and reported them to the police. They also made up many slanders about Liang to hide their own crimes.

Heavenly principles allow for rewards and retributions based on one’s actions. Since the persecution started in July 1999, the Zhoukou City Traffic Bureau, Liang’s former employer, has monitored, demoted, reported on and fired Falun Gong practitioners, as well as forced them to write letters promising to give up the practice. As they continued to persecute good people, they continued to receive karmic retribution. Deputy Chiefs Zhao Heping and Wang Liuxi died from sudden massive heart failures. Principle and Examinations Secretary Wang Guoshun was in a car accident which broke two of his ribs.

These wicked people have shown no signs of change. Since last October, her former employer visited Liang’s relatives’ homes and won their trust through deceit. They promised that Liang could return to work unconditionally. When Liang returned to the Zhoukou City Road Management Division, the division head Qian Zhewei asked her to promise to never practice Falun Gong again. Liang rejected his unreasonable request.

Relevant contact information:

Yang Yuantao: Office 86-394-8266039
Qin Weidong: Cell 86-13839430867
Qin Jinzhu: Home 86-394-8269955
Qian Zhewei: Work address: Zhoukou City Traffic Bureau County Road Management Division, Henan Province, 466000