(Minghui.org) Ms. Song Shuqing was about to enter her apartment building on April 7 when several police officers who had been waiting there ambushed her and cuffed her hands.
She struggled with all her might and shouted loudly: “Falun Dafa is good!”
The commotion drew the attention of neighbors and passersby. The officers yanked the handcuffs, which cut painfully into Ms. Song's wrists. They eventually dragged her into a police car and had an officer drive her away. The rest of them opened the door to her apartment using the key found in her purse.
Officer Ma Baigang was taken aback when he saw Ms. Song's younger daughter home alone, “You're all grown up. You were so little back then.”
He next said to the equally stunned young woman in her 20s, “Show us all of your mom's Falun Gong materials.”
Ms. Song's daughter suddenly recognized Ma. He came to their home 13 years ago to arrest her parents and said exactly the same thing about turning in her mother's Falun Gong materials. Her mother was given two years of forced labor following that arrest. Though her father was later released, he was so traumatized that he died the following year.
Ma was only a rank-and-file officer 13 years ago, but now he is captain of the Taikang County Domestic Security Office in Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province. He was promoted for his active participation in the persecution of local Falun Dafa practitioners, including Ms. Song.
Ms. Song's only “crime” that led to her repeated arrests was her refusal to give up her belief in Falun Dafa (also known as Falun Gong).
Previous Arrests
Having regained health by practicing Falun Dafa, Ms. Song, her husband, and her mother-in-law never wavered in their faith despite the Chinese Communist Party's relentless persecution. The family however suffered greatly at the hands of CCP agents, including officer Ma.
Ms. Song was arrested three times between 1999 and 2000 for refusing to give up her belief. Her 80-year-old mother-in-law was so traumatized that she died on July 24, 2000.
The two-year forced labor term in 2002 dealt a huge blow to Ms. Song's husband, who later passed away on April 17, 2003. Their older daughter was studying in a different city at the time, and their younger daughter ended up quitting school to take care of her sick father before his passing.
Ms. Song worked hard to support her two daughters upon her release in 2004. She lived with her younger daughter after the older one graduated college and landed a job in southern China. The local police frequently harassed Ms. Song at home.
The year 2009 saw Ms. Song arrested again while visiting a fellow practitioner. She was held in custody for 10 days and forced to pay 1,000 yuan.
Staff from the local residential committee and officers from the Domestic Security Office began to harass Ms. Song at work in 2014. They also monitored her secretly before arresting her again this April.
