Name: Ni Zhenxuan (倪振选)
Gender: Male
Age: 66
Address: Nanyangzhuang Village, Nancun Town, Chang'an District, Shijiazhuang City
Occupation: Owner and manager of a sofa factory
Date of Most Recent Arrest: March 4, 2011
Most Recent Place of Detention: Second Detention Center of Shijiazhuang City (石家庄市第二看守所)
City: Shijiazhuang
Province: Hebei
Persecution Suffered: Home ransacked, detention

(Clearwisdom.net) Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Ni Zhenxuan was arrested on March 4, 2011 by officers from the Chang'an District Police Bureau of the Shijiazhuang and Nanyang Police Station. He has been detained for more than two months. His family has suffered greatly due to his arrest and detention.

Ni Zhenxuan

Officers from the Chang'an District Police Bureau of the Shijiazhuang and Nanyang Police Station broke into Mr. Ni Zhenxuan's home after 3:00 p.m. on March 4, 2011, and arrested five practitioners who were having a group Fa study. The police also attempted to arrest Mr. Ni's wife, Ms. Wen Shuyu, 63, but failed due to resistance from her family. The police ransacked the home and confiscated a DVD player, a video CD player, a satellite TV dish, a satellite TV receiver, and their son's computer.

Officers from the Nanyang Police Station then broke into the sofa factory owned by Mr. Ni after 6:00 p.m. that day. They arrested Mr. Ni Zhenxuan and took him to the police station. The police also confiscated over 20,000 yuan worth of personal belongings from Mr. Ni's factory. Mr. Ni was later transferred to the Second Detention Center of Shijiazhuang.

Ni Zhenxuan has been detained for over two months, during which time the authorities ransacked his home multiple times. The illegal arrest and harassment have caused a lot of pain to his family. His uncle suffered a heart attack. His grandson was intimidated and dared not look at the police officers. His mother cried out his name “Zhenxuan” every day out of despair. His wife was left with the sole responsibility of taking care of his elderly parents, in addition to the pain of having her husband arrested.

Prior to Mr. Ni's arrest and detention, authorities from the Nanyang Police Station harassed his family multiple times. In 2008, just before the Beijing Olympic Games, officials went to his home to arrest him. His 89-year-old mother was terrified and fell unconscious. His uncle, who is disabled, also fainted. The authorities feared that they might cause a death in the family and left after taking personal property from the home.

Mr. Ni's family has retained an attorney to defend him and the attorney has visited him in the detention center. Mr. Ni has kept up his optimistic spirit and has been doing the Falun Gong exercises and clarifying the facts about Falun Gong.

Prior to practicing Falun Gong, Mr. Ni suffered from heart disease, sinusitis, nervous headache, and chronic gastritis, among other illnesses. He was always in a bad mood due to not feeling well. After he began practicing Falun Gong, he lived by the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. Within two months, his illnesses disappeared and he truly experienced the miraculous nature of Falun Gong and the happiness of being illness-free. His spirit and temper improved significantly and he started treating others nicely. He became honest, compassionate, kind-hearted, tolerant, and peaceful at heart. He was the person in charge of logistics in his family business. He arranged everything in an orderly manner and never wasted or embezzled money, so he gained respect and praise from his family and relatives. Mr. Ni was widely seen as a good person and a devoted son by neighbors, friends, and relatives.

Nanyang Police Station in Chang'an District of Shijiazhuang

Chang'an District Procuratorate, Shijiazhuang: 86-311-85187600

Shi Yan, deputy division head in charge of Mr. Ni's case