Mr. Geng Dong Arrested and Taken Away While His Family Members Need His Care and Support

On July 27th, Nankai District, Tianjin City practitioner Mr. Geng Dong was arrested at home by the police from the Xuefu Street Police Station. After his release on July 28th, he was arrested again on July 29th and his personal computer was confiscated. Currently, Mr. Geng may be detained at the Nankai District Detention Centre. Mr. Geng was arrested after authorities at the Tianjin City Police Department received secret orders to "severely suppress Falun Gong" before the Olympics when the Olympics torch relay was passing through Tianjin City on August 1st and 2nd.

Three days before he was arrested, Mr. Geng's wife gave birth. She was weak and needed care. His mother, shocked by the repeated arrests of her son, had a stroke. She can no longer speak, continues to drool and has lost the ability to take care of herself. Mr. Geng's father is in tears over the repeated loss of his son.

Mr. Geng Dong was a volunteer assistant at one of the Falun Gong practice sites at Tianjin University before the persecution began in 1999. After July 20th, 1999, Mr. Geng was brutally mistreated numerous times. In March 2001, he was sentenced to a forced labour camp for two and a half years by Tianjin City authorities. In January 2004, he was detained after publishing a "solemn statement" on the Minghui/Clearwisdom website. Also in January 2004, Mr. Geng took photos to expose the Zhuhai City Brainwashing Centre located in Zhuhai City's Fumin Hotel. For this, he was sentenced to a forced labour camp for two years. He was released in May 2006 after being detained longer than the scheduled term.

Mr. Geng Dong's story is just one of the countless cases of persecution carried out by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). According to incomplete figures, more than 8000 practitioners have been arrested since the second half of 2007. We hope that the international community will pay attention to the human rights violations in China and help end the crimes still being committed there.

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.ca/mh/articles/2008/8/9/183734.html