September 2000

I am a Falun Gong practitioner and a mid-level medical professional in the province. After I became a practitioner, I was voted an outstanding employee every year. In 1999, I was honored with both the "Special Contributor" award and the "Outstanding Employee" award. My supervisors and co-workers think of me as a good employee and a good colleague.

This May, I felt that I should let the Chinese leaders learn the true facts about Falun Gong, and let them know that Falun Gong brings many benefits to society while harming no one. Therefore, I used my vacation time to travel to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong. When I arrived at the Chinese Office of Appeals in Beijing, the police arrested me, on the spot, without giving me a chance to speak. They then immediately notified the Sichuan provincial office in Beijing, and sent me back to my hometown. There I was detained for 15 days allegedly for "Disrupting Public Order", and I was not released until May 29. To this day, I don't know what public order I was disrupting when I used the rights guaranteed by the Chinese constitution to visit the appeals office.

After I was released from the detention center and returned to work, the management immediately took me off the payroll and placed me on probation for one year. Instead of going back to my duties as a nurse, I became a cleaning lady in charge of cleaning bathrooms and hospital rooms without pay. In addition, I had to pay a fine of over 4,000 RMB. Despite this, I continued to follow the guiding principles of Falun Gong by doing the best job I could, while not holding a grudge toward anyone. I did such a good job at cleaning the rooms that a supervisor praised me publicly.

On June 29, the police came to my workplace. They told me that they needed to ask me a question at the police station, and would let me go home soon. Little did I know that the moment I stepped inside the police station, several police surrounded me maliciously and asked me if I had written a letter to Premier Zhu Rongji on behalf of Falun Gong. I asked them how it was illegal to write a letter to the Premier. They could not come up with an answer, but they still refused to release me. They locked me in a dark room from 9am to 8pm without giving me any food or water. I was then sent to the Yuechi County Detention Center and locked up for a month allegedly for "Utilizing the Organization of a Cult to Disrupt the Enforcement of Law." I was released on July 29 and returned to my duties as a cleaning lady.

On August 18, the police visited me again at my workplace and said they had a couple of things to discuss with me. I was escorted to the police station and immediately told that I had been sentenced to one year at a labor camp. The police lied to me both times when they asked me to come to the police station. Both times they handed me jail terms without going through any required legal procedures. They presented no evidence against me and had no legal justification, yet I was thrown into the jail both times without trial. Only after I was locked up did the police notify my family members to bring me clothes and other personal items.

Before I began my cultivation of Falun Gong, I had suffered so much from various chronic diseases that I seriously contemplated committing suicide several times. It was Falun Gong that completely transformed my life and turned me into a healthy, outgoing and generous person. Why has something as good as Falun Gong been banned? I'd like to ask how the country is being governed. Are the laws really being followed, or are personal whims of Jiang Zemin above the law? I sincerely ask all the kind-hearted people to uphold truth and morality, and expose the crimes committed by these evil people.

A Falun Gong practitioner in the prison of Sichuan Province