Thirteen-year-old Adopted Daughter: "Please Help Rescue My Father!"

Mr. Lei Zhengxia, in his sixties, is a retired teacher from the Shapingba District middle school in Chongqing City. After he started practising Falun Gong back in 1996, his mental and physical health dramatically improved, as well as his moral character.

Since the Chinese Communist Party started persecuting Falun Gong in July of 1999, he was arrested, detained, and taken to brainwashing centres on numerous occasions.

At 2:00 p.m., on January 14th, 2009, agents from the Shapingba District National Security Division stormed into Mr. Lei's home and arrested him. After being in police custody for just a few days, he was brutally tortured to the point where it was hard to recognize him. He was later released.

Just when Mr. Lei started showing signs of recovering from his injuries, officers from the Xinqiao Police Station arrested him and took him to the Baihelin Detention Centre in Shapingba District. Without Mr. Lei's income, his 13-year-old adopted daughter, her grandma Ms. Cheng Puzhen, her grandpa, and his wife--who all live at Mr. Lei's home--had no way to support themselves.

Below is Mr. Lei's daughter's appeal:

"I was adopted by my father almost ten years ago. I can tell you that he is a good person and there is a deep bond between us. On February 23rd, 2009, he also adopted my grandma, 73, and my grandpa, 81. Both of them are very poor and live on a combined pension of only 140 yuan¹ per month. My grandma is blind and my father always looks after her with kind and loving care.

In January, 2008, officer Liu Baiping, from the Xinqiao Police Station tricked my father and later arrested him. My father was beat and injured by Li Hong, the team leader of the National Security Division. After just a few days at the detention centre, my father had to be taken to the hospital. On Chinese New Year's Eve, his godson went to the hospital to pick him up.

My father left home for over a year to avoid being arrested and further persecuted. My mother was forced to leave me alone at home in order to take care of my father. At first, we could only meet once a week and then we could only meet once every two or three weeks. After I graduated from elementary school, I planned to live with my parents.

In order to support the family, my mother opened up a small food store. My father came to visit us on four separate occasions The fifth time he visited us, a security guard from a local school reported him. Police officer Chen Linxiao arrested my father at 9:00 p.m. on April 7th, 2009 . I miss my father very much and dislike those officers who arrest good people.

My grandparents visit the Xinqiao Police Station everyday to ask for my father's release. My grandma goes to the station everyday with tears in her eyes. Her heart is filled with deep sadness which causes her to feel unwell most of the time. My grandpa says that he will go to the station every day until my father is released.

The Xinqiao Police Station: 86-23-65211379
The Xinqiao Neighborhood Administration Office: 86-23-65211420
Tong Wen, director of the Xinqiao Police Station
Liu Dashuang, instructor at the Xinqiao Police Station

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.ca/mh/articles/2009/4/27/199749.html