(Minghui.org) In July 1999, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) launched a nationwide campaign of persecution against Falun Dafa practitioners. I remember how on July 22, the CCP media began broadcasting rumors and lies around the clock. I was stunned. I thought the CCP had gone crazy.
Falun Dafa was wronged and the world was being deceived. What would the future bring? As I pondered this question, I remembered what Master Li Hongzhi said, “Some disciples said: “What’s there to fear? My body would still sit there even with my head cut off. (“Huge Exposure,” Essentials for Further Advancement)
He also said:
“You cannot always rely on me to bring you up to a higher level while you, yourself do not move. Only after the Fa is explicitly stated do you make a move. If it is not taught clearly, you do not move, or move backward. I cannot recognize such behavior as cultivation practice. At the crucial moment when I ask you to break away from humanness, you do not follow me. Each opportunity will not occur again.” (“Digging Out the Roots,” Essentials for Further Advancement)
Defending Falun Dafa
At 9 p.m., I told my husband, “I’m going to practice the exercises tomorrow morning.” He said, “That’s suicidal!” I said, “Dafa is wronged. Master is attacked and slandered. No matter how difficult things get, I will always stand up for Master.
Early the next day, as usual, I walked to the practice site with a recorder. When I approached the site, six or seven heavily armed policemen suddenly surrounded me. They asked, “What are you doing here?” I replied, “I came to practice the exercises.” They asked, “Didn’t you watch TV last night?” When I said yes they said that Falun Dafa practitioners attacked Zhongnanhai. I said more than 40 Falun Dafa practitioners were illegally arrested by officers from the Tianjin police station. The police said that they were following Beijing’s orders. I explained that the Falun Dafa practitioners went to Beijing to petition to release practitioners. I asked how was that attacking Zhongnanhai? A police car suddenly stopped right in front of me. A tall policeman jumped out and said, “Get her in the car.” Another policeman who seemed to be in charge told him, “You can go. I’ll take care of it.” The other officer drove away.
The policeman said, “Please go! This is your first offense. If you do this again, you’ll be arrested.” I said, “I see that you’re very kind. When you see Dafa practitioners, please be merciful.” He nodded and wrote down my address, phone number, and name. From that day on, I was targeted for frequent harassment and monitoring by the police station, detention center and neighborhood committees.
In the early winter of 1999 and the summer of 2000, more than thirty fellow practitioners were illegally detained after they went to Beijing to appeal for justice.
I went to the police station to petition. Before I left, I explained to my daughter-in-law, and wrote a letter to my husband and put it under his pillow. When I stepped out of the house, there were snowflakes in the sky and my heart was a little sad.
The local police station was built on a hillside and looked imposing. As I approached, I noticed two rows of over 20 police cars. My heart beat fiercely. I asked myself, “Are you scared? If you’re scared, you can go back. If not, you should hold your head up and step forward.” I was not afraid and quickly entered the station.
In order to prevent the police from abducting me before I could petition, I told the security guard that I was coming to see the Chief Commissioner. He said that the Chief Commissioner had left for a meeting and told me to go to the Bureau of Letters and Calls. I said that the Letters and Calls Office could not solve my problem and I would wait for the Chief Commissioner to return. At noon, a policeman said that the commissioner might go home after the meeting. I gave him the letter I had written and said, “Please hand this letter in person to the Chief Commissioner. Everything I want to say is there.”
I left the police station and boarded the bus to go home. When we passed the detention center I wrote down the address. Later I wrote a truth-clarification letter to the police in the detention center. I later verified that they all received my letters.
On January 3, 2001, the director of the local police station whose last name is Wang brought six police officers and broke into my home. I refused to sign on the search warrant so Wang waved his hand and said, “Even without her signature, we will search.” They turned three rooms upside down. They also took 800 yuan in cash and my son’s wedding video. I was taken to the detention center that day.
My daughter-in-law was pregnant. My husband was under intense pressure and hurried to the police station, domestic security division, and the detention center. They extorted 150 yuan from him. I was released five days later. I asked my husband to get the wedding video back. Wang told his policeman, “Who saw the videotape?” Then he told my husband that his wife was foolish because she practiced Falun Dafa. How could he still believe what she said. We asked several times, but they said that they could not find it.
One day in the summer of 2003, two police officers came and said, “You’re on the list. You need to bring 5000 yuan and go to Jinan for a brainwashing class. You have to go. You’re the key person in the city.” I told them, “Go back and report to your superiors and say I won’t go. You came here to see me, so your job is done. You can go now.” I explained to my husband and son and said that if anyone asked them to sign for me, do not sign! Never give them money again. Just tell them to see me, it has nothing to do with you two.
One day, when I went outside to throw out the trash. I noticed that the garbage bin was moved. I asked the lady who cleaned the street and she said the police moved it. She said that they would build a sentry box. I immediately realized that this was being put there to monitor me and the practitioners who came to my house. I sent forth righteous thoughts to dismantle all their arrangements. The box was never built.
Eliminating the Persecution by Refusing to Cooperate
In July 2008, I went to a residential area to distribute truth-clarification materials and posters. I was reported and arrested. On the way to the detention center, I tried to clarify the truth to the three policemen in the car. I said that after I practiced Falun Dafa, many of my diseases were gone. The deputy leader of the Domestic Security Division said, “I’ll tell people that you developed liver disease after practicing Falun Dafa.” I said, “What I told you is the truth, but you plan to lie? Do you know that the persecution of Falun Dafa is carried out by people like you? The CCP is using you.” He was speechless.
When I got to the detention center, I refused to cooperate. When I was told to fill out the form, I said that I wasn’t a prisoner and wouldn’t sign. I kept clarifying the truth. They asked their manager to leave me alone and not make me sign. They planned to beat me during the interrogation. After I sent righteous thoughts they couldn’t raise their hands. I said that if they beat me, it wouldn’t hurt me. Instead they would be injured. I was released one month later. The team lead of the Domestic Security Division extorted my husband 1000 yuan. After I returned home, I went to see the team lead and asked for the money. He said the money was turned in. So, he issued a receipt.
When I went to the farmer’s market to talk to people about Dafa in September 2013, I was reported again. The team lead of Domestic Security Division took me to the city hospital. He said, “Let’s check your health.” I told him, “I’ll never cooperate with you. I don’t have any problems because I practice Falun Dafa. Please spend your time doing something productive!” I returned home later that day.
After returning home, I wrote truth-clarification letters to encourage people to be kind. I told them they risked being blamed for persecuting practitioners, and I encouraged them to choose a bright future for themselves and their families.
Throughout more than two decades of ups and downs, Master has always helped me. I’ve never bowed to the CCP. During our remaining time, we should cultivate better and remove any remaining attachments. We will fulfill our vows and repay Master’s gracious mercy!
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