Six-year-old Girl Longs to Be Reunited with Her Parents

Gao Xinhui was born on January 21, 1999. Both of her parents and some of her relatives are Falun Gong practitioners. After the persecution of Falun Gong began in July 1999, her parents and relatives have been constantly persecuted. For the past several years, this little girl was not only separated from her parents, but has also been without a stable home environment.

When Xinhui was only three months old, her mother, Shan Lingling, carried her while participating in the "April 25" (1) peaceful appeal by Falun Gong practitioners in Beijing. Shan Lingling was dismissed from her job not long after that. In 2000, her workplace confiscated the flat assigned to her. As a result, Xinhui became homeless with her parents. In July 2002, Shan Lingling was abducted by the police. In November 2002, Xinhui's grandmother on her father's side was also abducted. Her father continued to live in exile and Xinhui was sent to her uncle's home. Not long after that, on November 9, 2002, her uncle and aunt were both abducted, so little Xinhui and her uncle's child Mingming were sent to her maternal grandmother's home. Because of the unstable life and lack of nutrition, Xinhui had become extremely thin. Her grandmother had difficulty caring for two children. At the end of November 2002, Xinhui was sent to her paternal grandfather's home. While there, Xinhui was often ill and was hospitalized several times. Sometimes she even needed emergency rescue. In November 2003, Xinhui was returned to her maternal grandmother.

In July 2003, Xinhui's father, Gao Jinjun, was kidnapped and was sentenced in December of that year. He was not allowed to see his child. In March 2004, Shan Lingling (Xinhui's mother) was sentenced to eight years in prison and sent to Beijing Women's Prison. Gao Jinjun's mother, Wang Junlan, was sentenced to three years of forced labour and is now detained in Sanshui Women's Labour Camp.

Little Xinhui longs to be reunited with her parents.

(1) "April 25": This refers to the "sensitive" anniversary of April 25, 1999, on which date ten thousand Falun Gong practitioners peacefully gathered outside the Zhongnanhai compound (China’s central government building) and successfully appealed for the release of forty-five practitioners who had been illegally arrested in Tianjin City.

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