August 2000

I work in the international business department of a bank, with the main responsibility for handling foreign currency transactions.

I was released on June 20, 2000 from the detention center after having been detained for four months, only after my family paid for my release. Otherwise, I would have been sent to a labor camp. This was the third time I was detained after going to Guangxi Province to promote Falun Dafa. The first time I was put into Shanhaiguan detention center because I went to Beijing to appeal. The second time I was taken away from home for no reason and was detained in the first detention center of Qinhuandao City. The situation was very harsh there. Prison guards and convicted criminals beat Falun Dafa practitioners at will. I had spent nearly 6 months there. In order to maintain our group study and practice the exercises, we undertook a hunger strike. As a result, we were handcuffed and shackled, slashed with a leather belt, punched in the face with the bottom of shoes, beaten with rubber batons and forced to stand outside in the freezing temperature after being drenched with water. We showed great benevolence and forbearance through enduring all these abuses. Some guards and criminals were moved after witnessing the optimistic attitude and innocent smiles of practitioners. One criminal who often beat practitioners said to me with tears: "I owe you too much. I really regret having beaten you so much; we really don't want to do that. We were told we would be punished if we didn't cooperate... you've been bearing all of our beatings without anger and hatred."

July was coming and Falun Dafa practitioners had gone through nearly one year of tribulations. Many practitioners stepped forward to validate Falun Dafa. More than 80 practitioners from Qinhuangdao City went on a hunger strike in prison. With the first anniversary of crackdown of Falun Dafa approaching, I decided to go forward to tell people the truth of Falun Dafa. I went to Tiananmen Square one day in mid-July. It was clear and quiet there. Police cars were moving around. The weather was very cool that day. I was surprised to find a side door open at the eastside of Tiananmen. I walked around the square for a while, and then sat down in front of the Monument to practice. Before long I was taken into a police car and was sent to the Tiananmen branch police station. It was filled with practitioners from all over the country, who refused to reveal their names and home addresses. I was then transferred to the Tongzhou Police station and later to a detention center.

In order to "welcome" our arrival, the administrator of the detention center recruited several thugs from other areas. They even had several criminals wearing shackles and pretending to be Falun Dafa practitioners, thus making the environment full of terror. Head prisoners cursed at Falun Dafa and our revered Teacher loudly. Later we knew why they put out so much effort. They were to be awarded for beating practitioners and punished if they did not. The next morning, more than 20 practitioners got up to practice together. Six prisoners jumped on them and dragged the practitioners to the ground by their hair. Though clumps of hair were pulled out, the practitioners were not afraid and continued to sit in the lotus position. Even old ladies were dragged by their hair to the wet ground. Then the prisoners slapped practitioners' faces with the bottoms of shoes for about an hour.

We realized that we should begin our group study. As we began to recite Falun Dafa teachings together, the prisoners started beating us again. They slapped my face with the bottom of a shoe for around 20 minutes. I had been keeping a serene smile on my face while reciting Teacher's poem: "Worldly people are all deluded, and they are all attached to fame and profit; Ancient people were honest and benevolent, and their minds were serene while enjoying both happiness and longevity."

The female prisoner who was beating me suddenly stopped. Another prisoner said: "Let her stand there while we pour 10 basins of water on her." Then two people started to pour water on my head. They also poured two basins of urine on me. One practitioner, a very young lady who came from Xinxiang City of Henan Province, was beaten madly by the criminals. She was also punished by being forced to hold both arms high behind her while leaning forward, with her head facing the ground.

Just after the beatings stopped, we were called to "check out" and leave the detention center. There were around 30 practitioners and each was fined 40 Yuan, which was used to reward the prisoners who beat us. Then we were put into police cars. On the way out of Beijing, we saw a long line of police cars, filled with detained Falun Dafa practitioners from all over the country.

Twenty of us were sent to the Xianghe police station. In order to make us release our names and home addresses, the police there resorted to torture when they realized their initial "soft" tactic didn't work. They employed a criminal to beat us. Wang Chunhua from Xinxiang City of Hunan Province was beaten until his whole body was black and blue. Two practitioners were punished by being forced to kneel on the ground for 2 hours. They fainted twice. A 50-year-old lady from Guangzhou City was tortured with an electric baton for a day and half. Police in Xianghe Police station conducted all these tortures. The next day, Ju Defa from Department of Law and Security and four other people interrogated me again. They told me to kneel down. I didn't obey. Because I did not speak, a guy named Ho grabbed my hair and slapped my face twice and then gave me a hard kick. After I still refused to talk, four other guys held me on the ground, while Ho used an electric baton to hit my feet. He stomped upon my leg with his boot. I yelled miserably until the electric baton was almost broken. I nearly collapsed because I hadn't eaten any food for 5 days. The next morning, I was taken to Xianghe police station from the detention house. They told me to wait for their sheriff's order whether to release me. I had waited outside until 3 p.m. Then deputy sheriff Tian Qingzong called me to his office. I told him about all the tortures Falun Dafa practitioners received and explained to him that Falun Dafa is a righteous practice and it's not right to beat people. He said: "I am not in charge of this area, but beating people is not right. Tell me who used the electric stick on you and I'll punish him." The sheriff, I thought at the time, was a man of integrity. I returned to the office of the Law and Security Department from the Sheriff's office and waited there for further notice. The sheriff Tian rushed into the room less than 10 minutes later. He began punching me with his fists and kicking me using all his strength. I was kicked around and hit upward from the sofa. I saw stars before my eyes. I thought that since I am a Falun Dafa practitioner I must forbear. He then pulled my hair hard. Ju saw that he hit me too hard and tried to pull Tian off of me but failed. After a while, the deputy sheriff took a break. He held his thick fat wrist with his hand, saying: "I was just wondering how I could vent my anger today!" He started beating me again while cursing me using very dirty, obscene words. Seeing that I still kept my silence, he grabbed my hair with one hand and burned my lips with a cigarette in the other. After the torture stopped, they gave me a mirror and let me clean up a little bit. I found myself looking like a "panda". Both of my eyes were black and blue, my chin was swollen, and a big clump of hair fell out. In the report they stated that my right eye was black and said it was done at the detention house of Tongzhou city. Before they released me they fined me 100 Yuan for 3 days although I hadn't taken any food in these three days.

After that day was finally over, I was taken to the second detention center of Qinhuandao City. The practitioners there were on a hunger strike. I was then sent to a labor camp in Kaiping of Tangshan city. It was raining and there were four special prison vehicles drove slowly toward Tangshan city with one practitioner being "escorted" by four people in each car.

During the days in the detention house, I got to know a lot of Falun Dafa practitioners among whom were: Zhou Ximeng, Wei Shuyan, Liu Guimei, Cai Shuping, Song Guoying, Li Qing and Shi Yurong. Their moving cultivation stories inspired me greatly. They submitted their report of mistreatment to the procurators' offices. More than 60 people were on hunger strike while waiting for the reply. They solemnly requested the government to return innocence to Falun Dafa and our Teacher, unconditionally release Falun Dafa practitioners, and punish the vile people who have persecuted the practitioners.