Former Cancer Patient Ms. Hong Lixian Arrested Five Times and Subjected to Relentless Persecution

Ms. Hong Lixian was a terminal cancer patient from Huangshan City, Anhui Province. After practising Falun Gong, she regained her health. Even the medical experts who performed her surgery admitted that Falun Gong has an amazing healing effect. However, exactly because of her perseverance in cultivation, lawless personnel from Jiang's regime and the CCP arrested her five times. As a result, her physical condition declined, and she was sent to the hospital wearing foot shackles. On December 23, 2004, despite the seriousness of her illness, she had to be carried by her husband to the court to receive a sentence of three years in prison. The judge said that the ruling was not from his own will but rather orders from above, because he could do nothing.

Below is Ms. Hong Lixian's own personal account:

My name is Hong Lixian. I am 39 years old. I am from Huangshan City, Anhui Province. In September 1998, I was diagnosed with cancer and had surgery at the Chinese Medical Hospital of Huangshan City (medical experts from other regions were also invited to treat my case). However, despite their best efforts, they told me in the end: "Your cancer is already in the late stage. We are afraid that we are not able to help you anymore and you don't have many days left to live." I was only 33 years old at that time, what a heavy blow it was to hear those words. So I thought that my life would soon be over.

However, on November 28, 1998, I was fortunate to have encountered Falun Dafa. As soon as I opened the book, Zhuan Falun (1), I was attracted to Teacher Li's calm and compassionate image. I felt that I had met him before, so I read the book enthusiastically from cover to cover without stopping. Immediately I was deeply touched by the contents of the book and decided to start practising Falun Gong. At that time, I had no feeling in my limbs and I was so weak that practitioners were somewhat reluctant to teach me the exercises. Because of my repeated requests, they agreed finally.

Then, miracles happened. I could not raise my hands before. However, the first time I did the exercise, I could hold my arms over my head. As my practice time increased, my body experienced positive changes. Two months later, I could look after myself and do chores for the family. In the past, I needed someone else to take care of me.

With studying the Falun Dafa teachings, my mind was purified as well. Long-term family problems were solved because of my sincere behaviour. My large family started to live a harmonious life. My family members were especially impressed by the power of Falun Dafa that had improved my health and personality. Even the medical experts that did my surgery all agreed: Falun Gong has an amazing healing effect. Falun Gong is good indeed!

But since July 20, 1999, with the persecution of Falun Gong by Jiang's regime and the CCP, my home could never have peace again. On August 1, 2001, my husband was on a business trip, and only my child and I were at home. A group of more than 30 lawless people rushed into my home and abducted me. That night they ransacked my home three times. The first time they found some Dafa books, so they came back again and searched more carefully, but they found nothing. After returning to the police department, they thought about it and came back again. In the end, they took away the computer that we had purchased about two months ago. The next morning, they came to get the monitor and the keyboard. They decided that they didn't need the keyboard, so they left it but took away the mouse. But in the afternoon, somebody came to get the keyboard as well. Later on, we heard from someone who knew the situation that the Political Security Section of the Police Department was in need of a computer. Our PC was a fairly expensive one, so they wanted to use it and the keyboard was needed.

The lawless people found out that I had downloaded one of Teacher's articles for fellow practitioners, so they detained me and confiscated my PC and printer. When my health problems returned, my husband bailed me out.

In October 2002, the persecutors forced me to attend a brainwashing class and didn't let me have any rest. They forced me to watch video programmes full of lies and write a Repentance Statement (2). They promised me again and again that I could practise Falun Gong at home if I wrote the statement. I was extremely weak at that time and my husband said that he could help me write it. I let him cooperate with the authorities to write it. Later, after I returned to my senses, I regretted it a lot and wrote a solemn statement on-line declaring them to be null and void.

At noon on August 21, 2003, eight people came to my house, six men and two women. They forced me into a car and took me to a hotel in Huangshan City secretly. Nobody in my home knew about it. I was detained there for ten days and was forced to watch brainwashing videos until midnight. Then they took turns trying to coerce me into writing the "Three Statements." (3) On September 1, they sent me to the Huangshan City No. 1 Detention Centre and ransacked my home in an attempt to find some evidence. They used one of Teacher's articles to coerce another practitioner to acknowledge that it was from me but the practitioner refused. They also went to the elementary school to threaten that practitioner's 14-year-old son. They wanted him to claim that it was I who gave him the article; otherwise they would lock his mother up.

After several rounds of threats, the child finally wrote what they wanted. Then, the lawless people came to force me to admit it and write the "Three Statements". I refused them all. They detained me for over four months. Because of the long-term persecution of my mind and body, I was too sick to get up and eat anything. They suspected that my illness was fake, so they put shackles on my feet and sent me to the People's Hospital in the city to have a check up. The doctor said: "She is very ill, and yet you still put shackles on her feet?"

The doctor said that I should be put in the hospital immediately, but the detention centre still would not release me. They sent me back. In the end, the management of the detention center agreed to release me. Only then did the persecutors inform my husband that he could bail me out.

The fourth time they arrested me was at 6 a.m. on September 29, 2004. I was at home recuperating. More than ten people knocked on our door. My husband told them that I was still in bed. They rushed upstairs, kicked the bedroom door open and abducted me. They also illegally ransacked the house and arrested my husband. They locked me in an iron cell and wrote many words slandering Dafa. They wanted me to sign it, but I tore it up. They sent me to a detention centre over 75 km (almost 50 miles) from my home. The director there refused to take me upon seeing my physical condition. After pressure from the police, the detention centre finally agreed. My husband was also persecuted by implication. He was made to pay a fine of 10,000 yuan (4) or be subjected to detention. Later on, they made our 13-year-old child borrow 3000 yuan to obtain the release of his father. But they forced my husband to pay another 2000 yuan the next day and ordered him to report to the National Security Division every day.

The third day after my arrival at the detention centre, the director there took me to the hospital for a check up when he saw my poor health. The doctor said that my cancer had returned and spread to a lung and the affected area was quite large. So the director reported my situation to his upper management immediately. However, he received no response until I went into shock. The management called for an emergency van to be dispatched for me. My blood pressure was not measurable at that time and the intravenous drip was not working either. The detention centre called the National Security Division about my situation and on October 21, they finally agreed to let my family bail me out.

On November 15, 2004, they took me away for the fifth time and put me on trial. They collected fabricated evidence and even the lawyers sighed after reading it. The court would not listen to any of my explanations or my lawyer's defense. On December 23, they sentenced me to three years in prison and wanted me to sign the verdict. I refused. The judge said: "The ruling didn't come from me. It was an order from above and I could do nothing about it."

My husband had to carry me into court. The lawless people treated me cruelly, a seriously ill patient and a kind Falun Gong practitioner who follows the principle of "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance."

Responsible persons in Xi County:
Wu Yinhua, director of 610 Office, 86-559-6512528 (Office)
Wang Yang, head of National Security Division, 86-13805591520 (mobile)

Note:

(1) "Zhuan Falun": This book comprises the principal teachings of Falun Dafa.

(2) Repentance Statement: In this statement the practitioner is forced to admit remorse for practising Falun Gong, promise to give up Falun Gong, and never again associate with other practitioners or go to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong.

(3) "Three Statements": Practitioners are coerced under brainwashing and torture to write "Repentance Statement," "Guarantee Statement" or 'Dissociation Statement" as proof that they have given up their belief. In the statement, the practitioner is forced to admit remorse for practising Falun Gong, promise to give up Falun Gong, and never again associate with other practitioners or go to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong.

(4) "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/2005/3/13/97261.html