Falun Dafa practitioner Ku is from Qi County of Henan Province. He bought a set of New Year scrolls and posted them on the gate of his house for the Spring Festival (Chinese New Year's Day) of 2005. Since they contained the word "compassion," the local police beat him so viciously that he had difficulty speaking. Ku was then sentenced to two years of forced labour and is still being detained in a forced labour camp, where he is often beaten by prisoners with support from the guards. He is on the verge of death.
After he went to Beijing to appeal for justice Falun Dafa in 2000, Ku was arrested and sentenced to four years of forced labour. Six months after he was released in June 2004, county officials got three people from the city to beat him cruelly. He was carried out on a stretcher and could only speak one sentence to his wife, "I probably won't be able to come back again this time."
Ku has been detained in a large prison, the name of which is unknown, in Xuchang City, Henan Province. The prison officers tried to force him to write a Guarantee Statement (1), but he refused, so they goaded the prisoners to beat him severely.
Even though his life may be in danger, the prison is demanding 20,000 yuan (2) to release him. Ku's family members are farmers and not well off financially, while his son is an hourly worker. They have little means to defend their rights.
Note:
(1) "Guarantee Statement": A statement to declare that one is remorseful for practising Falun Gong and guarantees not to practise Falun Gong again, not to go to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong, and never again associate with any Falun Dafa practitioners.
(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/2005/6/17/104252.html
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