April 20, 2000

President Jiang,

Greetings!

I am a retired worker now asking for your help to solve the two problems listed below.

First, my daughter, Deng Xiaoming (a 22-year-old graduate from Jiangxi Normal University) is a Falun Gong practitioner. She was arrested by police simply because she went to Beijing on two occasions to petition the central government to allow people to practice Falun Gong openly. She has been sentenced to three years of forced labor without going through any legal procedures. Currently she is being jailed in the Women's Labor Camp of Jiangxi Province.

Second, the Public Security Bureau of Yiyang County of Jiangxi Province asked me to pay for the traveling expenses of the policemen who went to Beijing to escort my daughter back to Jiangxi. I told the police that my family does not have any money left since my daughter's previous arrest. The police then forced me to ask my work place to write a check directly out of my pension account. Now, my family does not even have enough money to buy groceries. Life is becoming very difficult.

It is my hope that you will be able to have these two problems investigated and resolved.

I am not a Falun Gong practitioner, but I have never objected to it. My wife suffered from chronic pyelonephritis hyperthyroidism and sought all kinds of medical treatments without any effect. She then started practicing Falun Gong three years ago. In less than six months she was fully recovered. Therefore my daughter also started to practice Falun Gong in order to cure her rectal tumor. In less than a year after practicing Falun Gong, the tumor was completely gone. Falun Gong has such a tremendous effect on healing and fitness. It also teaches people to be kind, follow good examples, and practitioners thereby all benefit from it.

I often think, if people practice Falun Gong, not only will they be healthy and live a long life, but the country will also enjoy a high level of stability. My young daughter is a very good person. Ever since she was only five years old, she could not bear the killing of animals. Because of this, my family would always buy dead fish even on holidays, not to mention the killing of chickens or ducks. Not only is my daughter kind, she is also upright in her behavior, ready to help others and never complains. She would never do anything harmful to the country or the people. A citizen like her should be praised. So why was she sentenced to three years in a labor camp? It must be a mistake!

As far as I know, just in that particular women's labor camp alone, there are more that 80 Falun Gong practitioners. Then, how many (Falun Gong practitioners) are there in the jails and labor camps in the whole country? Please, President Jiang, look into this. It is my sincere hope that the problem will be solved. I am looking forward to your reply.

Wishing you good health,

Den Yinbao

ID: 362326370708001

701 Factory

Yiyang County, Jiangxi Province