(Minghui.org) Mr. Wang Zexing was awakened by a loud bang on his door at around 5 a.m. on July 12, 2024. He opened the door, only to be pushed aside by two black-clad officers to make way for another eight officers.
Mr. Wang’s wife got up after hearing the commotion. She was shocked to see her husband being restrained by several officers, while the rest of the police were ransacking their home. Upon seeing her, they shouted at her and ordered her to freeze. After finishing the raid in haste, the police took Mr. Wang away, leaving behind a mess.
The arrest of Mr. Wang, a resident of Qingyuan County, Fushun City, Liaoning Province, was not an isolated incident. Another nine locals were arrested at their homes at around the same time. Like Mr. Wang, they were targeted for their faith in Falun Gong, a spiritual discipline that has been persecuted by the Chinese communist regime since 1999.
The police held Mr. Wang at the Dashagou Detention Center and refused to release him. When his family finally told his 83-year-old father about his arrest on August 1, 2024, the grief-stricken man insisted on going to the Qingyuan County Police Department to demand his only child’s release, but to no avail. After spending two restless nights, the elderly man suddenly died on the evening of August 3. Mr. Wang’s wife applied to have her husband released on bail to attend his father’s funeral, but was nonetheless denied by the Fushun City Police Department.
Mr. Wang took up Falun Gong in January 2017 at the recommendation of his doctor, who couldn’t pinpoint the reason for his year-long symptoms, which involved his whole-body twitching when the slightest wind blew over him. After a few months of doing the Falun Gong exercises, Mr. Wang gradually recovered and was no longer sensitive to wind. He resumed work in 2018. His entire family was happy for him.
Mr. Wang’s father was diagnosed with rectal cancer in 2019, and began practicing Falun Gong. The older man’s condition was soon under control.
After Mr. Wang’s sudden arrest on July 12, 2024, his wife didn’t immediately tell his father about it, fearing that he may have trouble coping. But when Mr. Wang hadn’t come to visit him for nearly two weeks, something that had never happened in the past, his father became extremely worried and anxious. Only then did Mr. Wang’s wife tell him about his son’s arrest. He almost suffered a mental collapse upon learning the news. Accompanied by the family, the elderly man went to the police department to demand his son’s release, only to return home with a broken heart. Consumed by the extreme anxiety and grief, the elderly man passed away two days later.
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