Mr. Zeng Zhaokuan's Entire Family Persecuted in Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region for Many Years

I. An entire family benefits from practising Falun Gong

Mr. Zeng Zhaokuan and his family live in a remote village in Songshan District, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Before practising Falun Gong, his wife and daughter had poor health and many illnesses. His wife, Ms. Ji Lanrong, had a hard tumour in her lower abdominal area that often caused her pain. Because the family was poor and had to provide schooling for three daughters, she could only afford painkillers or anti-inflammation drugs on some occasions. The oldest daughter often had headaches, dizziness, common colds and neurasthenia. She took a lot of medicine, but didn't see any improvement. Since learning Falun Gong in 1996, Mr. Zeng's wife and daughter experienced better health and their illnesses went away. The whole family lived in harmony.

II. Chinese Communist Party (CCP) personnel harass, extort money, and take the family into custody

Since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began to persecute Falun Gong on July 20th, 1999, this farming family of simple and honest practitioners experienced extortion, detention and labour camp imprisonment.

At the time, Mr. Zeng was the accountant on the village committee. He often faced threats and pressure from government officials because his family appealed for justice to higher levels. They were referring to his family's letter to the city government appeals office after April 25th, 1999, explaining the family's benefits from practising Falun Gong. The oldest daughter, Ms. Zeng Xiandong, was arrested and taken to the Mujiaying First Police Station in Songshan District on July 20th, 1999 (she had rented a place there at that time). She was subpoenaed by the Songshan District Police Department and threatened that she wouldn't be released unless she wrote a guarantee statement promising to never practise Falun Gong again. She was detained for a day, after which a manager at her workplace posted bail for her.

At the end of October 1999, the police once again went to Mr. Zeng Zhaokuan's home to harass the family and ransack their house. They confiscated Falun Gong materials,and the second son-in-law, third daughter, nephew and niece were all taken to the local police station. They were beaten with bats, shocked with electric batons and 200 yuan¹ was extorted from each person. Mr. Zeng's oldest daughter refused to sign the guarantee statement and was detained at the Chifeng City Detention Centre. She practised the exercises in the detention centre and the guards severely beat her, shocked her with electric batons and hung her up with handcuffs. After more than twenty days, she was returned to the local police station. Afterwards, police often went to their home to harass them.

In 2000 during the National People's Congress, Mr. Zeng's wife and four daughters were arrested on their way to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Gong. The 800 yuan they borrowed for the trip and all of their personal cash on hand were taken by the police. When they returned, the captain of the Songshan District Police Department Domestic Security Division, Liang Zhanting, insulted, punched and kicked them while officer Xue Hongjun humiliated and shocked them with an electric baton. They were detained at the Chifeng City Detention Centre for one month. Afterwards, Mr. Zeng's wife and three daughters were taken to the local police station and forced to do labour for a week before they were released. Mr. Zeng's oldest daughter was sentenced to one year of forced labour.

In 2001, the oldest daughter returned from the labour camp. CCP agents often went to their home to harass them. A few people who did not know the truth about the persecution were enticed by reward money and often reported the family's actions. A villager said that a single phone call to report on Mr. Zeng's family could earn them 300 yuan.

Around December 2001, the Chifeng City Police Department, Songshan District Police Department, Hongshan District Police Department and local police station together sent four cars with almost twenty officers, including armed police, to ransack the home of Mr. Zeng. They arrested Mr. Zeng, his oldest daughter, second daughter and son-in-law, third daughter and fifth daughter. They were detained at the Chifeng Detention Centre. A month later, all were released except for the oldest daughter, and 3,000 yuan was extorted from them. In March 2002, the local police went to Mr. Zeng's home and coerced him, his second daughter, son-in-law, third daughter and fifth daughter into going into the city for a meeting. However, the police took them to the Songshan District Detention Centre. The next day, they were taken to the Wuyuan City Forced Labour Camp and the Huhhot City Women's Forced Labour Camp. The oldest daughter was sentenced to three years of forced labour, and the rest were sentenced to one year. Six people in the family were put into labour camps. Only Mr. Zeng's wife and the three-year-old child of the second daughter were left at home.

They were subject to repeated brainwashing and forced labour in the labor camps. Because Mr. Zeng suffered so much mental pressure, his blood pressure exceeded 200 for a long period. In December 2004, Mr. Zeng died of stroke.

This family is still harassed on the CCP's sensitive dates by the local (Wenzhong Town, Hongshan District) Comprehensive Management Office and police. Even guards from the labour camps go to their home. Over the past few years, the family has experienced much more persecution than what's written here. This is only an account of what is known.

Note

1. "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.org/mh/articles/2008/9/26/186594.html