Couple from Henan Province Persecuted--Eleven Year-Old Son Left to Handle the Burden

Mr. Li Qinjun lives in Xingyang City, Henan Province. After becoming unemployed, he started running a bookshop with his wife. Both started practising Falun Dafa in 1997. After July 20th, 1999, when the persecution of Falun Gong began, Mr. Li's wife, Ms. Zhang Xiaorong, went to Beijing to tell the real story of Falun Gong to the Chinese government. As a result, she was arrested and detained at the Sanlizhuang Detention Centre. Also, Mr. Li and his five-year-old son, Li Longkun, were arrested and detained in the Xingyang City Government Hotel by officers of the Political Security Division (now called the Domestic Security Office). They were beaten severely and suffered tremendously the entire night. It was not until morning that they were allowed to go home.

In June 2000, police officers from the Political Security Division, including Xu Yongchun, Yan Feng, Zhu Haiguo, and Wang Lijian, broke into Mr. Li's bookstore, arrested him, and took him to the security division, where both he and his wife, Ms. Zhang Xiaorong, were detained. Because they had been arrested, no one was available to take care of their son, who was still attending nursery. The child didn't get picked up until a relative became aware of the situation.

While they were detained, Mr. Li Qinjun and his wife were brutally mistreated both physically and mentally by the security staff. Mr. Li's ribs were injured as a result of brutal beatings. His condition was so severe that he didn't recover for a long time after he was released.

In February 2001, Mr. Li Qinjun and other practitioners were again taken by police to the brainwashing centre for four months and ten days at the School of the Chinese Communist Party in Xingyang City. During that time, officers from the Xingyang 610 Office¹ and Political Security Division, including Zheng Feng and others, ransacked Mr. Li Qinjun's bookstore and took away goods and cash that were valued at more than 100,000 yuan². Mr. Li has requested compensation from officers Feng Songmao and Zheng Feng of the 610 Office, but nothing has yet been returned to him.

After Mr. Li Qinjun came home from the brainwashing centre, he made a living by working temporary jobs. Due to his limited and unstable income, he borrowed money to again open a small bookshop.

Just as business was improving, on the morning of June 11th, 2007, Mr. Li Qinjun was arrested by Zhao Weidong, team lead of the Domestic Security Office of Xingyang City, and policeman Xu Yongchun. Mr. Li was detained in Sanlizhuang Detention Centre. He has now been there for more than eight months.
Mr. Li Qinjun's wife was arrested by police from the Xingyang Political Security Division without a valid reason and was detained in the Shibalihe Women's Forced Labour Camp. During her detention, Ms. Zhang was tortured until she became mentally disordered. After she returned home, she often cried or laughed strangely without rhyme or reason. Often she locked the door and ran away from her home. After Mr. Li Qinjun was arrested, his eleven-year-old son, Li Longkun, had to do the housework and take care of his five-year-old sister, Li Jingyu.

Note

1. "The 610 office" is an agency specifically created to persecute Falun Gong, with absolute power over each level of administration in the Party and all other political and judiciary systems.

2. "Yuan" is the Chinese currency; 500 yuan is equal to the average monthly income of an urban worker in China.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2008/2/20/172792.html