[Minghui Net]
I am a female Dafa practitioner. I will be 51 years old this year. Attaining the Fa in April 1999, I was deeply moved the first time that I carefully read Zhuan Falun. I was convinced by the principles of this great law of the universe, and felt strongly that I had finally found the truth I had been seeking. I realized the real value of human life and the significance of one's existence. I eagerly started to read the Fa and practice the exercises, and in only two months, my disease karma (irregular heartbeat, insufficient blood supply to the brain, and diseases of the liver, kidney, and stomach) was completely eliminated. I only needed to sleep for 3 or4 hours every day, yet I was full of energy.
Just at that time, the Chinese Central TV Station aired a series of "anti-Falun Gong" reports. I was perplexed and depressed. I didn't understand why the government would not let the principles of Dafa reach people's hearts. But I never doubted our Teacher or Dafa. So I continued to study the Fa and practice the exercises, but only at home. Gradually I realized it was not wrong for me to want to become a better person. Why should I be covert about that? The idea was so obvious that I decided to appeal in Beijing to ask for justice. Since then, I have been thrown in jail again and again. The scene of policemen swinging electric batons and ruthlessly beating up Dafa practitioners often rouses me in the night. My heart trembles. Injustice like this only happens once in thousands of years.
A female police officer in Tiananmen Square used her martial art skills on me. With one arm tightly holding my head, she hit my head forcefully with a walkie-talkie. I did not stop shouting loudly "Falun Dafa is good." She then used her hand to rip and dig into my mouth, swearing obscene words at the same time.
A young female officer and a male officer in the Qianmen Police Station forced my daughter and I to hold plates with our names on them for pictures, as if we were criminals. We didn't succumb to it. They started to beat us madly. The two officers took turns slapping our faces. After they got tired from beating us, they grabbed our hair and slammed our heads against the wall. In the end, they handcuffed our hands behind our backs. Another policeman seized our hair and took the pictures by force. They wouldn't dare show these pictures of us in misery to the public. They also forced us to make thumbprints. At that moment, I truly understood injustice.
When I was detained in the Second Detention Center, I wanted to go on practicing Falun Gong. I am innocent. I didn't accept the crimes imposed on me, so I started a hunger strike, asking for my rights as a human being. For this, I was subjected to interrogations every couple of days, and once even three interrogations in one day. The director of the detention center, Zhang, interrogated me three times and beat me up every time. He swung my head by seizing me by the hair. He also used his powerful hand to slap my face ruthlessly. As a result, my ears were deafened for over two months. One of my ears still cannot hear well to this day.
When my husband heard about my suffering and saw my emaciated figure, he burst into tears. Timid as he was, he decided to appeal in Beijing. He did not believe that in a big country like China, there was no place for justice. However, this honest person was sentenced to two years in a labor camp for his appeal. His work unit stopped giving him his salary, which was the only source of income for our family. My daughter is now monitored in school, and has no personal freedom.
At the same time, the local police station ordered me not to appear in public. If I did, they would arrest me. I have nowhere to turn. Why can't we exercise our citizens' rights to appeal to the government? No! We didn't do anything wrong. Since peaceful appeal is not allowed, I can only write down the truth to let kind-hearted people know that thousands of Dafa practitioners have encountered similar sufferings. We are not against the government or the country. Peaceful appeal is proper and legal; it is made necessary by unjust policy. With the power he abuses, Jiang Zemin goes against heaven and the law of the universe. He gave orders to crush Dafa practitioners by every means: firing them from their jobs, splitting their families, and depriving them of their lives. He is the real criminal.
I firmly believe the day will come when the Fa is rectified.
A Practitioner in China
April 8, 2001
