A Falun Dafa Practitioner's Wife Tearfully Exposes the Persecution of Her Husband

I am the wife of a man who has been subjected to brutal torture by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) regime just because he practises Falun Dafa. Here I am exposing the sad experience of my husband, Mr. Zhou Renyin, who was first tortured by the CCP because of his steadfast practice of Falun Dafa and is now having to endure long-term imprisonment. I want to show the people of the world how the CCP violently persecutes kind Chinese people.

In 1998, my husband was introduced to the practice of Falun Dafa because of his health problems. Since he started to practise Falun Dafa, he has radiated power and vitality. I was happy for him. In 1999, Jiang Zemin and the CCP started to persecute Falun Gong for no justifiable reasons. My husband was repeatedly called into the local police station. The local police and the 610 Office¹ all wanted him to give up the practice. He refused. Because he refused, he was taken to the Brainwashing Centre by the 610 Office. At that time, they forced him to write the so-called Three Statements².

After he returned home, my husband's physical and emotional state worsened daily. We simply had to let him continue the practice of Falun Dafa.

After he resumed the practice, his physical body again recovered and he was again in high spirits. Both of us deeply experienced the miraculous power of Falun Dafa. My husband and I felt that the practice of Falun Dafa not only allows one to be healthy physically, but also allows one to have an open mind and open heart, to have increased wisdom, and to upgrade one's morality. Thus, Falun Dafa provides only benefits to the family and to society.

In order to allow more people to understand the truth, my husband put a poster reading "Falun Dafa is a righteous practice" on a wall. Because of this, he was taken to prison by the local police. He was repeatedly beaten. The prison guards were ordered to kick and punch him and to humiliate him in many different ways. They forced him to drink water that was used to wash feet, and they also used their elbows to strike and beat him. His head had several big lumps due to the beatings. His entire body was covered with blood and wounds. Sometimes, in fear of my husband calling out, the guards used cotton quilts to cover his head. Several thugs beat him until he started to spit blood.

The warden also colluded with the guards to extort money from practitioners' family members. If no money was handed in, they then beat the practitioner until he or she passed out. To avoid the beatings, the person had to hand in 500 yuan³. My husband was beaten until he passed out 35 times. He has become almost handicapped due to the beatings.

All of the beatings were ordered by the local 610 Office and the State Security Guards. My husband was later sentenced to six years of imprisonment. At present, I do not know whether or not he is still alive.

As I write, I cannot help weeping. I sincerely hope that every person of conscience will stand up and speak out on behalf of the innocent practitioners who are being persecuted.

Note

1. "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.

2. "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.

3. "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://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2006/10/15/140170.html