(Minghui.org) I finished serving my five-year illegal imprisonment for distributing Falun Dafa truth-clarification materials 18 months ago. I would like to share with fellow practitioners about holding a mock trial against Jiang Zemin, the former Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader, for initiating the persecution of Falun Dafa in the detention center.
Starting to Practicing Falun Dafa
I only heard about Falun Gong (also called Falun Dafa) after the CCP started persecuting the cultivation practice in 1999. The CCP spread slanderous and false accusations against Falun Dafa and created a terrifying atmosphere. However, I heard a lot of people were practicing Falun Dafa, including many with high qualifications. I thought Falun Dafa must have some merits if so many people were practicing it. Later, a young man from Chongqing told me that his relative practiced Falun Dafa, and all his illnesses disappeared. I also received phone calls from overseas Dafa practitioners clarifying the truth. I was disgusted by the CCP’s lies and persecution and felt great sympathy toward Falun Dafa.
I went to work for a Taiwanese company in Vietnam in August 2002. When I searched for Falun Dafa information on the Internet, I found the Minghui website and got to know that the “Tiananmen Square self-immolation” broadcast by China’s state-run media was a fabrication and that Falun Dafa has spread around the globe. I was very happy and excited and started Dafa cultivation.
I read many stories on the Minghui website of practitioners stepping forward to clarify the truth. I was very encouraged and had determined to validate the Fa and clarify the truth. I told some people where I worked about Falun Dafa. After I returned to China, I purchased a computer and printer, downloaded and printed truth-clarification brochures from the Minghui website, and started to hand out the brochures.
Since I did not pay much attention to truly studying the Fa and cultivating my xinxing, I had many attachments, such as the pursuit of doing things and fear. I was arrested and imprisoned, and my home was ransacked many times. I have been illegally sentenced three times since 2006, and given terms of four, three, and five years, for a total of 12 years in prison.
I am a Falun Dafa practitioner who had not met any other practitioners. It was difficult to find a practitioner to share experiences with. Looking back on my imprisonment, I would not have been able to survive if I had not held righteous faith in Master and Dafa.
Validating the Fa in the Detention Center
The third time I was sentenced was unforgettable. I was arrested by the domestic security officers when handing out truth-clarification materials and was sentenced to five years. I was held in a detention center for two years and one month.
After I was taken to prison, I was depressed and regretted that I was locked in such a filthy place because of my carelessness. However, I gradually realized that I am a Dafa practitioner and I should not fall into despair. I kept reciting “On Dafa” to reinforce my righteous thoughts and made up my mind to validate Dafa and clarify the truth, even in this dark den.
While in the detention center, detainees were ordered to sit together to memorize the detention center rules or sing songs. If someone sang well, they became popular. When I was asked to introduce myself, I told them that I was arrested and sentenced because I practiced Falun Gong and told people the facts about the practice. I also sang the song “Gratitude Towards Master,” which was composed by a practitioner. The detainees applauded. Some were very excited. One of them said, “I haven’t heard about Falun Dafa for a long time. I didn't expect Falun Dafa to have such great songs!”
I sang many other songs written by practitioners during my time there, including “Sending Treasures,” “Be Saved,” “Coming for You,” and “Wake Up.” My singing was not perfect, but I sang from my heart, which could move others’ hearts. The detainees often asked me to sing the songs and many of them sang along with me after they learned them.
I used the opportunity to clarify the truth and told them how I benefited from Dafa physically and mentally. I told them that Dafa is spreading around the world and only the CCP persecutes it. The CCP also fabricated the Tiananmen Square self-Immolation incident to frame Master and practitioners. I also told them about the number of people quitting the CCP and its youth organizations and asked if they wanted to quit too.
I told them about the hundreds of thousands of Falun Dafa practitioners and their family members suing Jiang Zemin for initiating the persecution of Falun Gong and wrote and mailed in the criminal complaint against Jiang. A lot of detainees read it and passed it around. A guard asked me to read the indictment in front of everyone. Some praised it for being well written, and some came to the understanding that CCP officials Zhou Yongkang and Bo Xilai were imprisoned as a result of karmic retribution for persecuting Falun Dafa. Some were sympathetic to the sufferings the CCP inflicted upon me, and some even shouted “Long live Falun Dafa!”
I became the focal point as I could sing, dance and draw, and was energetic. I told them, “This is all because of the wisdom and energy that I have by cultivating Falun Dafa and being a good person. Without Dafa, I would still be living a confused life and drifting along like many others.”
Celebrating Falun Dafa Day in the Detention Center
I told the detainees that May 13 is Dafa’s Master’s birthday and World Falun Dafa Day in May of 2017. I encouraged them to celebrate this day, as many Dafa practitioners and people all over the world celebrate it. Many people, including the duty staff, supported it. I emphasized the great tide of suing Jiang for his crime against Falun Dafa and suggested that we perform a mock public trial against Jiang for his many crimes.
Most of the detainees agreed, a few did not speak up, and only one person objected and even threatened to report us. The on-duty staff and the rest insisted on continuing with the performance. This person did not get any support and did not dare to report us.
The detainees all had a personal experience of being tried in court and had no difficulty acting out the scenes. Everyone was enthusiastic, and we discussed who would play what role, and how to play it well. A few people offered to help write the script for the trial. I took the opportunity to tell them what kind of person Jiang Zemin really is. He is a traitor of China. He is one who climbed the CCP ladder by supporting the suppression of students during the Tiananmen Square massacre, a person who accelerated the rapid decline of society’s morality, and who launched the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. In the end, we finalized the roles of Jiang Zemin, the judge, jurors, prosecutor, lawyers, and court police. I played the role of a Falun Dafa practitioner. We made a pair of glasses and handcuffs out of paper as a prop for the person playing Jiang.
I really didn’t expect so many people in this dark den to support Falun Dafa and be willing to participate in the performance to celebrate World Falun Dafa Day and denounce Jiang. I felt both gratified and ashamed. Due to my fear and lack of righteous thoughts, I was not proactive enough in validating the Fa and had to rely on everyday people to push me to move forward. I understood that Fa-rectification is progressing rapidly and Master arranged so many predestined people to help me to improve in my cultivation, validate Dafa and save sentient beings. Although I usually did not write, I had a very clear mind the night before the performance and wrote a poem “Gratitude to Master,” to be presented during the performance.
It was a great day on May 13, 2017. We had everything ready and the sun was shining through the iron bars of the windows of the prison cell. All of the over 20 people were in high spirits, celebrating World Falun Dafa Day. The performance started with warm applause. For the opening, I recited the poem I wrote the night before, “Gratitude to Master,” to express how Dafa helped me find the meaning of life and improved my body and mind. Everyone applauded.
Other performances included singing, magic, and dance acts. I sang a few songs composed by Dafa practitioners. At the end of the last song, I said “Dafa will always shine in the universe” while raising my hands, kneeling on the ground and looking up at the sky, to express my gratitude. People cheered and applauded!
The final performance was “Public Trial against Jiang Zemin.” The judge, jurors, prosecutor, and lawyers appeared on stage. The defendant Jiang was then brought to trial by two court officers, wearing handcuffs and glasses.
The judge confirmed the identity of the defendant. The prosecutor started pointing out Jiang’s jealousy toward the founder of Falun Dafa that led to his launching the persecution against Falun Dafa, which resulted in many practitioners being arrested, imprisoned, made to do forced labor, tortured, or even killed. Over 4,000 practitioners have been identified as victims of being tortured to death. The prosecutor also cited Jiang’s crime of organ harvesting from living Dafa practitioners for huge profits. The prosecutor accused Jiang of committing the monstrous crimes of genocide, torture, and crimes against humanity.
I testified as a victim and described how I greatly suffered physically and mentally from the illegal arrest, harassment, 12 years of imprisonment, divorce, and a broken family for cultivating Falun Dafa and clarifying the truth to the public. I asked the court to uphold justice and punish Jiang Zemin for his crimes.
In the end, the judge asked Jiang if he pleaded guilty. Jiang tried to pass responsibility to his accomplices Luo Gan, Zhou Yongkang, Bo Xilai, and others. The judge finally announced the verdict: Sentencing Jiang to death with immediate execution for his monstrous crimes. All applauded and the performance drew to a close.
There was no disturbance during the entire performance, and no guards inspected the cell. It is truly incredible and unimaginable to perform such a show in the dark den of a detention center. It would never have happened without Master’s protection and strengthening of my righteous thoughts.
Predestined people also got to know the facts about Falun Dafa and the heavenly principle that good will be rewarded with good and evil will receive retribution. These people in the detention center chose a great future for themselves.
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