Persecution of Zhang Zenggui and His Family in Shandong Province

Early this year, Mr. Zhang Zenggui and his wife, Ms. Liu Yuxiang, from Zhangjiabu Village, Zhangling Town, Changyi City, Shandong Province, were persecuted again just because they believe in "Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance." To this day they are still homeless. Their sons Zhang Zunyu and Zhang Zunliang were sentenced to seven and eight years respectively.

Zhang Zenggui is 62 years old. He began practising Falun Dafa on February 19th, 1997. He was diligent in living according to "Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance" at all times, correcting his words and thoughts continually, and he became a good person. Zhang Zenggui was now able to go to work on the farm, and he could also ride motorcycles and trikes. Local people all acclaimed that Zhang Zenggui had become a new person. His wife Liu Yuxiang also learned Falun Dafa. His sons Zhang Zunyu and Zhang Zunliang learned Dafa in the winter of 1998. Their whole family lived happily and harmoniously.

Since the persecution started on July 20th, 1999, Zhang's family experienced much bitterness. Policemen often went to his home to harass or arrest him, detain him or send him to the brainwashing centre. On so called 'sensitive dates', Zhang Zenggui would be arrested, making the whole family uneasy. On September 11th, 2000, Zhang Zenggui was sent to a forced labour camp in Changle for three years by the Changyi City Police Station. He was subsequently released after eight days.

When doing business in Nanjing in 2003, Zhang Zunyu and Zhang Zunliang were reported while speaking to people about the facts of Falun Dafa. On June 2nd, 2003, when having meal at home, Zhang Zunyu and his wife Yu Jianmei, his father-in-law, Zhang Zunliang and his fiancée Yu Jin were all arrested and taken to a detention centre at the Nanjing Public Security Station. They also arrested staff members at the medicine plant, and Zhao Jianshe in Weifang City. Zhang Zunyu's father-in-law did not cultivate Falun Dafa, but he was detained for three days. Yu Jianmei was detained for three days. Yu Jin was detained for one month. The staff was detained for one day. Zhang Zunyu was sentenced to seven years, Zhang Zunliang eight years, and Zhao Jianshe nine years. Now they are all detained in the Nanjing Prison.

Zhang Zunyu and Zhang Zunliang's home and medicine plant were all ransacked. Things confiscated by Nanjing City Public Station included a new van, three computers, one burner, more than 10,000 yuan¹ in cash, several mobile phones, and other things. The economic loss was more than 400,000 yuan. In detention, according to his family, Zhang Zunyu's teeth were knocked out by policemen.

At 5:30 p.m. on January 18th, 2006 Zhang Zenggui was reported to the police. At that time, Zhang Zenggui was mending his bicycle at home, and his wife was about to go to work. Six or seven policemen from the Zhangling Police Station in Changyi City entered his home, and arrested Liu Yuxiang. Zhang Zenggui escaped when the policemen were unaware.

When their eldest son saw that his mother, who was in her sixties, was detained for no reason, he went everywhere to request her release and bail her out, spending a total of 5,000 yuan. At last he went to the 610 Office² of Changyi to ask Chen Xiaodong to release his mother, but was blackmailed for another 2,000 yuan before they agreed to release her. They also asked for 300 yuan to cover the cost of her living in the detention centre for four days.

After Liu Yuxiang got out, she and her husband had to leave their home and become homeless. A good family was persecuted and forced to be separated like this.

Police Station in Zhangling Town, Changyi City, Shandong Province: 86-536-7762110

Note

1. "Yuan" is the Chinese currency; 500 yuan is equal to the average monthly income of an urban worker in China.

2. "The 610 office" is an agency specifically created to persecute Falun Gong, with absolute power over each level of administration in the Party and all other political and judiciary systems.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2006/8/27/136516.html