A Warming Experience I Had Whilst Been Illegally Detained in China

Because I said, "Falun Dafa is good," I was forced into a labour camp by the evil Chinese Communist Party.

At the labour camp, regular prisoners who are sentenced to forced labour are mistreated physically, but Falun Gong practitioners are mistreated both physically and mentally. In addition to the heavy labour, practitioners are subjected to forced brainwashing attempts, are compelled to write reports on what they think and are forced to talk about their thoughts on Falun Gong. The aim is to make practitioners give up and stop practising.

At that time, there were six practitioners in my cell and so we all took the chance to talk about Falun Gong to those who happened to come to our cell. One time, when I talked to a drug addict about the persecution of Falun Gong, I was surprised at his clear analysis.

He said, "Your master, Mr. Li Hongzhi is so powerful, I really admire him. In such a society, with science and technology developing dramatically, it is understandable that a person that has had such achievements in a single field or several fields would impact so many people. It is achievable if someone put a great deal of time and effort into it. However, it is very difficult to do as your teacher has done, convincing so many people in all kinds of fields. These people are willing to study and practise [Falun Gong]. Many are scientists already in the advanced stage of their career fields. It is extremely difficult to convince these people to accept another's theory."

And then he said, "See, among the Falun Gong practitioners in our forced labour camp, there are PhD graduates, instructors at universities, doctors, engineers, statisticians, college students, and farmers. I hear there is a practitioner who used to be a policeman that is now detained in the Women's Ward. From the population structure, I see that practitioners have come from all walks of life. I have also observed that each of you is very kind. No one is picky when they are assigned labour work. No one is found to be lazy and none of you tries to seize a chance to work less."

I said, "Yes. Our teacher comes to teach the Fa - the Falun Gong teachings. He asks for people to be kind and benevolent. Falun Gong practitioners are self-disciplined. We do not need to be watched over by others. If we do not do something well and do not act according to the requirements of the Fa, we will criticise ourselves."

He continued, "When I get out, I will definitely read the book [Zhuan Falun] to learn the content of your teacher's lectures. I want to see what it contains that could make so many different people come to practise it."

I replied happily, "Yes, that's a good idea. If you have time to stop by my house, I will see to it that you can read our Master's precious book, Zhuan Falun."

At the end of our conversation, he said again, "Your teacher is so powerful. I am in awe of him! He is truly admirable!"