(Minghui.org) Ms. You Jinying, 40, a Falun Gong practitioner from Fujin City in Heilongjiang Province was arrested on July 14, 2012, when she was seen distributing truth-clarification materials in Yongde Village, Beigang Township, Suibin County. She was later detained in the Suibin County Detention Center. Ms. You's 17-year-old daughter, who lived alone with her mother, went to the Suibin Police Station to inquire about her. However, the director of the police department cursed at her and told her, “Your mother will soon be shot.” Four other Falun Gong practitioners were arrested at the same time as Ms. You, and some of them have been on a hunger strike to resist the persecution.
Ms. You was later transferred to the Second Detention Center in Hegang City. The authorities at the detention center called Ms. You's daughter and told her that she could come to visit her mother. However, when Ms. You's daughter, who was accompanied by other adults, went to visit her, they were refused entry to the detention center.
Ms. You's daughter started a legal case against the Suibin County Police Department to help her mother seek justice, and sent an open appeal letter to the authorities.
Copy of the appeal letter:
The accused:
Lu Jiansheng, director of Suibin County Police Department
Zhang Zhenqiang, head of Suibin County Domestic Security Division
Liu Yuncai, deputy head of Suibin County Domestic Security Division
Li Zhanlin, deputy head of Suibin County Domestic Security Division
Gao Tiejun, officer from Suibin County Domestic Security Division
Plaintiff: Ms. You Donghui, 17, student at the First High School of Fujin City. The daughter of Ms. You Jinying.
Reasons for accusation:
The accused persons stated above abused their power and illegally detained Ms. You Jinying using the false accusation of “undermining the law.”
My mother, Ms. You Jinying, was arrested by officers from Beigang Police Department at 9 p.m. on July 14, 2012, when she was seen distributing truth-clarification materials in Yongde Village, Beigang Township, Suibin County, and is being held in the Hegang City Second Detention Center. To protect my mother's rights and her freedom of belief that is granted by the Constitution, I initially wrote an open letter to the Suibin Police Department titled “Let My Mother Return Home,” asking for her immediate release, and sent it on July 20, 2012. I have not received a reply from the police department.
My grandparents and I suffer every day without my mother. I am deeply disappointed by the behavior of the accused persons in detaining my mother. Their abuse of power is not acceptable. Thus, I would like to appeal and request the police department and the staff working on this case to follow the law, and immediately release my mother. They should respect her belief and defend the Constitution.
My mother is a practitioner of Falun Gong and has never tried to hide her belief from anyone. Because of the benefits she received from practicing, and following the principles of Truth-Compassion-Forbearance, she wanted more people to learn the facts about the practice and benefit from it like she did. However, she was arrested for talking to people about Falun Gong.
My mother was in poor health before she started practicing, and had coronary heart disease and problems with her kidneys. Although our financial situation was very poor, she still had to seek medical treatment. Since she started to practice Falun Gong, she strives to follow the principles of Truth-Compassion-Forbearance to become a good person, all of her illnesses disappeared and she has never broken any law.
I do not understand why a good person is arrested, detained and is going to be sentenced. What is her crime? She obeys the law, is honest, does not swear at people, does not use violence, and just does exercises to gain better health. But these actions caused her to be imprisoned. I do not understand. The only conclusion I can draw from this is that, some people who do not follow the law and do not respect human rights insisted on abusing their power to recklessly persecute my mother. I hope these accused persons can be aware of their mistakes, apologize and correct them. Some of the accused cursed at my mother, and some said that she would be shot. Some even beat my mother. As personnel who are supposed to carry out the law, they knew the law but still chose break it. They must be held accountable for their actions.
Ever since my mother was detained, I have worked hard to study the Constitution and the law. According to article 36 in the Constitution, “Citizens of the People's Republic of China enjoy freedom of religious belief. No state organ, public organization or individual may compel citizens to believe in, or not believe in, any religion.” In 2005, the Ministry of Public Security identified 14 religions as cults in China, but Falun Gong was not mentioned at all. Besides that, article 300 of the Criminal Law which refers to cults, is most commonly used to charge Falun Gong practitioners with a crime, but it actually contradicts Article 36 of the Constitution. Anyone's belief is from his or her own thoughts, and freedom of thinking should be respected and protected by the law. The Constitution of the People's Republic of China, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), National Human Rights Action Plan of China (2012-2015), all have clear definitions on this issue. These regulations should be carried out without any compromise!
I live in a single-parent family. My mother raised me through hard work, and there is a strong bond between us. Although our financial situation is not good, as long as my mother is around, I always feel very happy. I am still a student studying at the Fujin First High School. Without any income, I rely on the my mother's hard work to support my tuition and simple lifestyle. I need to continue my studies, and I also need my mother to live with me. This is the most basic wish of a daughter. I need my mother back. No matter what, these accused persons cannot deprive a child's right to the love of her mother. I believe that one day, my deeply beloved mother will live in a society which experiences freedom. The coming of this day needs the awakening of everyone, including these accused persons.
I expect my mother You Jinying to be released immediately!
Sincerely,
Ms. You Donghui
2012-8-9
Open letter to the Suibin Police Department: “Let my mother return home”
My name is You Donghui. I am 17 years old, and currently studying at the First High School in Fujin City. I will be in 11th grade after the new semester starts. When I was four years old, I was sick, and my cruel father refused to pay for me to go to the hospital. When I was five years old, my parents got divorced. It has now been 12 years that my mother and I have lived alone. My father never cared for us, and never gave us any financial support.
When I was young my mother's health was poor. When she was unable to get up from her bed because of the pain in her back, she had to take medicine. When the medicine did not help and she could not cope with the pain she had to have injections. My mother was unable to work, and since she did not have much money, we had to rely on help from others. I was a little child at the time and had already became a burden to my mother. I have always relied on my mother for my livelihood and to provide for my studies.
In July 1999, my mother, who was now divorced and at the most difficult time of her life, was fortunate enough to start the practicing Falun Gong. After several years of practicing all of her illnesses had totally disappeared. Falun Gong gave her a new life. After my mother, a petite woman, became healthy, she was constantly doing heavy, laborious jobs. She was either busy planting and harvesting crops on the farm, or doing other odd jobs. My mother was always optimistic and full of energy. She never re-married, and never thought of me as a burden to her. Without such a great mother, my studies and aspirations would have been for naught.
My mother always instructed me to be a good person and not to take advantage of others. When I was bullied by a classmate one time, I went home in tears and told my mother about it. I thought that she would take my side and back me up. However, to my surprise, my mother told me that I should forgive my classmate and that I should learn to be tolerant and that I should act in accordance with the principles of Falun Gong. I now know deep in my heart that the change of my mother's physical health and everything I have today is because of Falun Gong. Without Falun Gong, I would not have a mother or a home.
I know very well that in this society, my mother is facing danger every day, and I worry for her safety. I still remember that my mother told me one day emotionally in tears, that it is her duty to let people know about Falun Gong because there are many prophecies that predict when human morality has decayed, bad people will be eliminated. People must know that Falun Gong is good. Those who do not to recognize Truth-Compassion-Forbearance and choose to follow the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) will be eliminated. My mom is doing this to help people choose a good future.
The Constitution states that Chinese citizens have freedom of belief. What my mother was doing was to help others, and everything she did was legal. Falun Dafa is a righteous teaching, and teaches one to be compassionate. There is nothing wrong in promoting Truth-Compassion-Forbearance to other villagers.
When my mother went out on the night of July 14, I stayed at home, hoping that she would come back early. I also prayed in my heart that villagers will benefit from Falun Gong like she did. However, my mother did not return home. I was anxious and had a bad feeling. An auntie later told me that my mother had been arrested. I have to face the possibility of having to leave school, and even become homeless. On the third day after my mother was arrested, I went to the Suibin Police Department to look for her. I thought that the police would be as warm and trustworthy as mentioned in our school textbooks. But when I stopped a man referred to by others as “director”, and told him that I was looking for my mother who practices Falun Gong, he forcefully got rid of me. He even said that my mother would be shot. I did not think that he would joke with me. I even believed that I had talked to the wrong person.
The police also said that they would take my mother to a brainwashing center to “transform” her. My mother is a practitioner of Truth-Compassion-Forbearance, and is a good person. How do you want to “transform” her? Do you want to make my mother lie, do bad deeds and fight with others? Do you want her to become a bad person without conscience or justice? Is this the current China where even the police would like to have more bad people and less good people? If it is indeed so, I even believe all the more that when human morality decays to its lowest point, bad people will be eliminated.
Please do not use the power in your hands to undermine the enforcement of the law that is supposed to protect a citizen's freedom of belief. You are committing a crime. On the day when Falun Gong receives justice, you will also become scapegoats for the CCP's persecution of Falun Gong.
During the Nuremberg Trials at the end of World War II, those who participated in the persecution of the Jews tried to defend themselves by claiming that they were carrying out the law of the country. But the judges determined that those laws were against the conscience of humankind, and therefore could not be considered as laws. As the result, even the doctors working at the concentration camps were taken to the gallows. When you persecute my mother, you are even breaking the current law of the CCP, not to mention international law. Thus, even at my young age I can tell you that those who participate in the persecution of my mother and other practitioners will be tried as criminals.
As long as my mother is not back home, I will resist the tremendous amount of pressure from the authorities and will never stop my appeal.
Signed:
Daughter of You Jinying