(Clearwisdom.net) In the brainwashing centers (officially referred to as "Law Enforcement Schools") set up by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to persecute Falun Gong practitioners, one of the job positions is “collaborator.” A collaborator's function is to monitor the detained practitioners day and night, in order to prevent them from studying the Fa, doing the exercises, etc. They also report to those in charge of the brainwashing centers practitioners' word and every move. They follow orders and directly participate in persecuting practitioners.
Some collaborators however, don't assist the evil authorities. They help the imprisoned practitioners despite the risk of losing their positions or the likely punishment if they are found helping practitioners.
Collaborator A is responsible for watching practitioners who have been arrested by the Domestic Security Brigade, for clarifying the truth. One practitioner who had been detained there for a few months was suddenly told that he would be released the following day. However, people from the police bureau and the 610 Office would have to go with him to his home and search it. If they ended up finding Dafa books or Teacher's new articles or fliers, they would put him in a jail and sentence him. This really worried him, because he knew that there were Dafa books, Teacher's new articles, and flyers at home. He used to live by himself. His cell phone was confiscated, and his child was out of town. What should he do? It was then that Collaborator A got in touch with the practitioner's child and put him on a call with his child using her cell phone. After the call, his child hurried home and hid everything properly.
Collaborator B targets steadfast practitioners who have been released from the forced labor camp and then taken to the brainwashing center. When one practitioner first arrived, she was dragged and pushed upstairs by a few police officers. The practitioner was shouting, "Falun Dafa is good! I want to go home! You said you were taking me home. You deceived me!" After she arrived at the brainwashing center, she was shouting out the window during the day, "Falun Dafa is wonderful! Let me go home, I want to go home!" Collaborator B then told her not to waste her efforts, as those in charge of the brainwashing center had all gone home. The collaborator suggested that she go to sleep instead, save her energy, and begin shouting during the daytime when they took turns brainwashing her. She also suggested shouting when everyone went downstairs to eat in the morning and at noontime. Collaborator B also said that she would remind her when it was a good time to shout. When the so-called assistants were bombarding her, the practitioner shouted non-stop. When they were having lunch, Collaborator B told her to start shouting, so she started shouting, "Falun Dafa is wonderful!" "Let me out of here! I want to go home!" and kept it going non-stop. No one could do anything but release her a month later.
The practitioner that Collaborator C was responsible for watching was taken over from another collaborator who was actively cooperating with the CCP officers in persecuting that practitioner. That collaborator only provided this practitioner with very little food at each meal. When they forced him to write an "assignment" defaming Dafa and Teacher, he refused, twisted up the paper, and threw it on the ground. This was used as evidence by that collaborator to persecute the practitioner. That collaborator also often verbally humiliated the practitioner. As a result, the practitioner went on a hunger strike to resist the persecution. During the ten years of his detention, in order to keep him from doing the exercises, guards affixed an iron bar between his ankles. This had disabled his feet and ankles. For ten years, he had not laid down to sleep. When his term was up, he was taken to the brainwashing center. This practitioner's wife, who is also a practitioner, had been persecuted to death. He had not seen their only child for ten years. Collaborator C, however, treats this practitioner as an elder and always brings or buys him decent food. He helps him take a shower every day, and also helps him get into his bed and use the washroom. He also takes care of washing dishes for him. After the collaborator brought the practitioner's child over, he managed to have the child stay in the same room as his father. Collaborator C treats his child as if he were his own, and often takes them out together and drives them around.
Collaborator D keeps an eye out for the practitioner whom she is supposed to watch when the practitioner does the exercises. When her boss asks her if the practitioner did the exercises, she tries to cover for the practitioner, "What's the difference between doing sitting meditation here or in Tiananmen Square? Who would dare to meditate here?” When she heard that a practitioner was tortured so badly that they didn't have any appetite—and that the practitioner was watched by a collaborator who actively participated in the persecution—she grabbed the chance when that collaborator went downstairs to eat and quickly rush over to the practitioner and feed him/her fruit, bread, or juice. She kept the food packages in her hands so that no one would discover that the practitioner had just eaten. She has been helping practitioners like this for many years, and no one has ever noticed. It's truly heaven protecting good people!
Why are these collaborators helping practitioners like this? Some have said that helping practitioners helps accumulate virtue. They think that people who actively participate in the persecution of practitioners in the brainwashing center are very stupid, and that they have created a great amount of karma and are walking towards hell. Some have said that before they came to the brainwashing center, they thought that people who practiced Falun Gong set themselves on fire or killed themselves, as that's what was shown on TV. Through daily interactions with the practitioners, the collaborators realized that practitioners were the kindest people in the world. “To save the sentient beings of the world, they are sacrificing themselves. How can we not help them?” Some collaborators have said, "Dafa can make one long for kindness and elevate one's moral standards, which is the greatest thing ever for the benefit of the people and the country. The CCP is truly evil. We should not listen to the CCP, but rather, we should protect practitioners as our duty and responsibility. It is they who have shown us hope for the future. We truly admire steadfast practitioners. There was one who was arrested and detained here recently and when they were taking turns brainwashing him, he kept quiet the whole time and also refused to look at any DVDs or materials defaming Dafa. We truly admired him. Soon enough, he was released.”
To those who selflessly help Falun Gong practitioners who resist the persecution in brainwashing centers. Your kind words help to dispel their loneliness, and your admiration for and protection of practitioners also creates a great future for yourselves.