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Editors' Note: In both Western and Chinese culture, the principle of karmic retribution, that is, being held ultimately accountable for one's own actions, is widely accepted. The fundamental teaching of Falun Gong is the characteristic of the universe, "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance." The universe will reward actions that are in harmony with this principle, while actions such as beating, torturing and murdering people will incur karmic retribution. Stated another way, good deeds will be rewarded with good, while evildoings will meet due retribution. Articles such as this one are meant as a compassionate reminder of this principle to those who would commit wrongdoing. While many of those who persecute Falun Gong are merely "following orders," the universal law requires that they too be held responsible for their actions, and that only by reversing their course of wrongdoing may they escape retribution.

On the evening of November 25, deputy head Peng Honghui of the Yanhe Police Station in Macheng City, Hubei Province got drunk in Baiguo Town and was taken to a hotel, where he died. He was in his 40s.

1. Peng Honghui's Crimes

Peng was an active participant in the bloody persecution of Falun Gong initiated by the Jiang regime. According to incomplete statistics, since July 20, 1999, practitioners in Baiguo Town persecuted to death include Wang Huajun and Li Xuechun. Eight practitioners were either sentenced to prison or forced labor camp. They are Luo Xuelin, 3 years; Jiang Zhengwang, 4 years; Luo Xianbao, 4 years; Lu Gongyou, 6 years; Jiang Hongjuan, 3 years; Yang Yufeng, 2 years; Peng Weixiang, 1 year; and Feng Sujuan, 1 year. Countless practitioners had their money and personal belongings confiscated. The authorities in Baiguo Town and the police station used gangsters to run a brainwashing center in Houzishan to persecute practitioners. Torture methods adopted included burning victims with an open flame, dragging them behind a motorcycle and other atrocities, which shocked the world.

Below are just a few of the atrocities committed by Peng Honghui.

(1) Subjected Zhu Xiying to Brutal Torture

Ms. Zhu Xiying lives around the farmers' market in Baiguo Town and is in her 30s. Between July 20, 1999 and today, she has been detained at Houzishan Brainwashing Center and Macheng Detention Center six times. Her house was ransacked four times and she was extorted a total of over 10,000 yuan.

In February 2000, the birth control office in Baiguo Town forcibly aborted Zhu's eight month old fetus. Less than a month later, the local 610 Office abducted and locked her up in the Houzishan Brainwashing Center, where she was tortured for over 40 days. Zhu was only released after officials extorted money from her.

On September 5, 2003, while walking down the street, Ms. Zhu was illegally arrested by Wang Xinghong and Li Xianfeng, officers from the Baiguo Police Station. Peng Honghui shackled her hands behind her back, grabbed her by the hair and dragged her from the police car into the office. Ms. Zhu cried out in pain and Peng Honghui stuffed a dirty rag into her mouth. He slapped her hard in the face and swore at her. Afterwards, he grabbed her handcuffs and lifted her up with all his might. The shackles cut into her flesh and Ms. Zhu was in unbearable pain. She had great difficulty breathing and her back felt as if it was going to break. Her head, face and mouth were swollen and both wrists felt as if they were hacked by a knife.

(2) Viciously Beating and Cursing at Ms. Feng Sujuan

On June 29, 2000, Peng Honghui pretended to pass Falun Gong teachings to Ms. Feng Sujuan and forcibly took her to the Baiguo Town Police Station. Xu Shiqian, head of the Town Political and Legal Committee, brought eight to nine people to viciously beat Ms. Feng with electric batons, leather shoes and fists. Peng Honghui even pinched her breasts, while swearing and kicking her hard in her lower body. Feng was beaten unconscious. When she regained consciousness, she discovered that her whole body was covered in bruises, with swelling all over her head. One of her eyes was so swollen that she could not open it and her mouth became distorted from the beatings. There was a deep wound in her neck, her throat was swollen, and for more than a week, she could neither eat nor drink. Both hands were swollen too.

The next morning at 5 a.m. before dawn, police officers secretly transferred Ms. Feng to Shizishan Forced Labor Camp in Wuchang, where she was imprisoned for a year.

(3) Extorting Huge Sums of Money from Mr. Yin Xuling

Mr. Yin Xuling from Baiguo Town is an expert in growing edible mushrooms. He was detained three times and extorted a total of 7,1650 yuan in fines, security deposits and living expenses by the authorities in Baiguo town and the police station. Because he was detained for a long time, tens of thousands of packets of mushroom spores left at home became contaminated and consequently, he incurred 54,000 yuan in financial losses.

(4) Ms. Feng Qihua Severely Abused

On December 15, 2001, Ms. Feng Qihua was at home cooking. Peng Honghui brought three people and broke into her house. They carried out a raid and found a copy of Zhuan Falun as well as several copies of brochures clarifying the facts about Falun Gong. Ms. Feng was handcuffed and taken back to the police station.

Xu Shiqian, head of the Baiguo Town Political and Legal Committee, came to the police station and kicked off Ms. Feng's cotton shoes. He grabbed her hair in one hand and with the other hand, beat her with all his might. Another officer brought a bucket half filled with cold water, forced Ms Feng to take off her socks and forcibly pushed her legs into the ice cold water. When she instinctively tried to withdraw her legs, Xu Shiqian stepped on her right toes, using the tip of his leather shoes with all the strength he could muster. Ms. Feng nearly fainted from the pain. Officer Lu Shuguang pushed her onto the ground and viciously kicked her in the chest with her leather shoes. Ms Feng could hardly breathe and nearly suffocated. Another officer, Wang Wei, stepped on Ms. Feng's right hand shackles and immediately blood flowed from her wrists. Another man said to her cruelly, “You know about the Tiananmen Square self immolation incident. Today we will burn you to death.”

Later on, Lu Xinghui, head of the town 610 Office, extorted 7000 yuan from Ms. Feng's husband before she was released.

2. Peng Honghui and Others' Karmic Retribution

Although Peng Honghui and his family members received many phone calls from overseas urging him to stop persecuting Falun Gong practitioners, he refused to stop his evil doings. Then, several years after he was transferred to another place, he got drunk and suddenly died in Baiguo town, leaving behind a college student daughter and a wife.

Head of Macheng City Security Section Luo Xuejian was a follower of the Communist Party and a leader in the persecution. He reviewed the cases of several dozen practitioners and sent them to labor camps. On July 1, 2003, he went to visit a prostitute in a hair salon in Beizheng Street in Chengqu and subsequently died in the salon. His body was thrown into the street.

Former Mayor of Macheng City Zhang Jiaguo organized and directed the persecution on numerous occasions when he was in power. Consequently, many practitioners were sent to labor camp, detained, extorted, fired from their jobs and had their homes raided. On the 12^th lunar month in 2001, he threatened to arrest and detain all practitioners in Macheng at a conference. On the 28^th of the same month, before a surgery to remove a growth in his trachea, doctors anesthetized Zhang and he fell into a coma. He died in 2008.