Police Harass Family During Funeral Ceremony for Mr. Liu Guangbao's Wife

Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Liu Guangbao from Luangu Village, Zibo City, Shandong Province, has been homeless for several years due to the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) persecution. On September 23rd, due to illness, his wife passed away, and they held the funeral on September 24th. Unexpectedly, a group of people from the 610 Office¹ and police came to the funeral and harassed the attendees. This caused anger among the neighbours and relatives, who were upset with the inappropriate actions of the police.

In recent years, Mr. Liu Guangbao constantly suffered harassment from local police and people from the 610 Office; he was forced to become homeless all year long. Moreover, police from the 610 Office tried to look for him everywhere. They once even arrested his son and daughter-in law and detained them at the police station.

Mr. Liu Guangbao's parents are in their nineties. He has a son who is not married yet. His wife had a stroke before and the stroke caused her to become blind so she needed to be looked after. His elderly parents had to take care of his wife. Despite such conditions, the 610 Office of Zhou Village, Zibo City, the National Security Team, and police from the local police station often went to his home to harass his family members. On several occasions, they climbed over the wall and broke into his home and his parents' home. They took away their motorcycle, cell phones, etc. Two elderly parents were afraid all day long.

Mr. Liu Guangbao's wife suffered harassment from the police for a long time and she worried about her husband's safety. Her illness became worse and worse. On September 23rg, 2009, she passed away at only 45 years old. September 24th was the funeral day and their relatives and folks in the village came to help them. After 8 o'clock at night, while his relatives and folks from his village were having dinner in a restaurant, over a dozen police led by Dong Changliang, the team leader of the National Security Team of Zhou Village, Zibo City, surrounded the restaurant and said they were looking for Mr. Liu Guangbao. They searched for him at every table.

The police also broke into Mr. Liu Guangbao's home and his elder brother's home at the same time and searched their homes. Nearly 50-60 plainclothes police in ten police vehicles participated in this action.

In addition, practitioner Mr. Liu Guangbao was not in contact with his wife in the three months before her death.

Dong Changliang, team lead of the National Security Team of Zhou Village, Zibo City: 86-533-2139441(Office); 86-13953361155 (Mobile)

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.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2009/10/23/210947.html