Child Beaten by Police for Asking about Her Detained Mother

My mum is called Sun Lin. She is a Falun Gong practitioner. I have been away at school for a long time, so dad did not tell me about what was going on with mum, possibly because he did not want to disturb my studies.

On January 16th 2009, I returned home and saw a mess everywhere. Dad was very haggard. Under my persistent questioning, he simply told me that mum had been arrested because of her distributing leaflets exposing the persecution and telling people the facts about Falun Gong, and was taken to Dashan Detention Centre in Qingdao. I could not control my agitation and wanted to go to Shen Tao, the director of the Political Protection Office, to ask for my mum. In 2004, he arrested her and tortured her. Dad knows how evil they are, and he forbade me to go. But it was the first time that I had not seen my mum for six months, and I knew she was surrounded by a group of thugs. She could be in life-threatening danger at anytime: how could I calmly stay at home?

On January 19th, after dad went to work, I went to the Laixi Police Department by myself. I went to Shen Tao to ask for my mum. Very angry and agitated, plus with hatred for Shen Tao, I spoke very forcefully. I said, "What crime did my mum commit? Which section of the Constitution justifies her crime? Return our personal property to us!" He answered, "I don't have to listen to you." He shouted and demanded that I leave.

I went there to ask for my mum. I would not leave. He dragged me outside the room. When I grabbed the door, he forcibly pulled me by my clothes and made a circle. Suddenly he pushed me into the windowsill on the other side of the aisle. I felt a searing pain in my back. I asked, "Why are you beating me?" He replied, "Who beat you? It served you right!"

I bit my lip and bore the pain, rushed into his office again, and assailed him about my mum. He played the game once more, standing in front of the door to prevent me from going in. I tried to rush in. He heavily pounced on my chest. I fell back under his weight, almost bumping into the security guard he called to take me away. My chest hurt, but I managed to stand. He then veered and entered the office.

The moment the door closed, I cried, not from bodily pain, but from thinking of my mother detained in jail. If they can rough up a child, mum as a Falun Gong practitioner will have it far worse.

I write this experience of a child getting beaten because she asked for her mother to let good people know: Do not be deceived by the CCP's sweet words. I hope good people can help me, my mom, and all Falun Gong practitioners that are detained and persecuted by the police.

Background information: Ms. Sun Lin worked in the Laixi Hospital Obstetrics Department as a nurse. On August 7th, 2004, she was arrested and taken to Laixi Detention Centre. She was beaten by four guards and injured in multiple places. In addition, she was handcuffed onto an autocycle and dragged. On November 27th, 2008, she was arrested for distributing leaflets exposing the persecution and telling people the facts about Falun Gong. She was taken to Dashan Detention Centre in Qingdao on December 13th. On December 15th, the arrest warrant was issued. Ms. Sun Lin went on a hunger strike and was extremely feeble. Her life was in danger. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) refused to let her family see her or to release her.

Related article:

http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2005/3/7/58218.html

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2009/2/1/194634.html