With Both Parents Illegally Detained, Fourteen-year-old Zhang Lu Is Adopted by Her Aunt

Zhang Lu, 14, is the daughter of practitioners Zhang Lingjiang and Yu Jingxia from Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province. At present, Yu Jingxia is detained at the second detention centre. She was sentenced to 10 years in labour camp at her first trial and she is appealing to the Supreme Court of Hebei Province. Her husband Zhang Lingjiang was sentenced to 13 years in prison. He is now detained at the Hebei Province's first prison in Baoding. With no one left at home to take care of the young girl, Zhang Lu's aunt adopted her.

Over the past several years when Zhang Lu's parents were forced to leave home to avoid further persecution, the Xinhua public security division bureau and Shigang street security office often went to Zhang Lu's school to harass her, and they even expelled her from school for a year. Her file in the school was mysteriously "lost" and she could not return to the same school. Later, with the help of some friends of the family, she enrolled in the dependent's school of Shijiazhuang tractor plant. She is now in eighth grade.

Zhang Lingjiang's family lived at the Bolin north area building #10 in Shijiazhuang City. Despite the severe persecution against Falun Gong, they have been very determined in following the principles of truth, compassion and tolerance. They have always done good deeds and thought of others.

Yu Jingxia had been in the clothing business for many years and her business had been very prosperous. Since July 20th 1999, the Jiang regime has been relentlessly persecuting Falun Gong, so they felt the need to clarify the truth of Falun Gong to the government and their family and friends.

On the evening of February 4, 2000, practitioners in Shijiazhuang City spontaneously went to practise the Falun Gong exercises at the Hebei Theatre. They also went with the purpose of letting people know that "Falun Dafa is good and righteous." However, without reason, police arrested many practitioners. Yu Jingxia was arrested and detained for 15 days by the Shigang street security office.

One evening in July of 2000, several friends went to visit Yu Jingxia. As a result, the police once again harassed her. Yu Jingxia refused to open the door, so the police from the security office then forcefully broke it down. They arrested all the people in her house and she was sent to the Shijiazhuang second detention centre, where she was detained for one month. The evil deeds by the police were exposed on Clearwisdom.net, and overseas practitioners made many phone calls to the Shigang street security office and the Xinhua public security division bureau. This righteous action shocked and suppressed the evil. As a result, Yu Jingxia was released.

Zhang Lingjiang and several other practitioners who were forced to leave home rented a room for printing and making truth-clarification materials. On September 28, 2001, police discovered this site. They arrested every practitioner there and took away all the equipment, cash and other items. Zhang Lingjiang was detained at the Shijiazhuang City first detention centre for nearly two years. In July of 2003, he was sentenced to 13 years in prison. He is currently detained at the Baoding first prison.

After the arrest of Zhang Lingjiang, police searched everywhere for Yu Jingxia, so she was forced to leave home. A happy family was thus shattered simply because they appealed for justice for Falun Gong. The clothing store is now taken care of by Yu Jingxia's younger sister. Her sister also adopted her teenage daughter. Xinxua public security division bureau interrogated every staff member and relative who used to work in the clothing store. As a result, they no longer dare to work there.

At 3:00 pm on January 19, 2004 (several days before the Chinese Spring Festival), Yu Jingxia went to visit her family in the clothing store. The undercover police arrested her in the store. She was detained at the Shijiazhuang second detention centre, and continuous torture caused her to become emaciated. Both of her legs were very swollen and she was unable to walk without serious complications. Her organs were also severely damaged and her life was in great danger.

Because she was extremely weak, they released her for "house surveillance." However, the persecution did not end there. The police once again arrested her soon after that. She is currently detained at the Shijiazhuang second detention centre. Yu Jingxia was sentenced to 10 years in prison and she is appealing to the Hebei Supreme Court.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.org/mh/articles/2004/10/12/86436.html