Retired Teacher Mr. Dou Pingjun from Shahe Arrested and Robbed

On May 26th, 2012, at noon, at the entrance to the Construction Bank located near the intersection of Maoyi Street and Jianshe Avenue in Shahe, Hebei Province, three policemen forcibly pulled and dragged grey-haired Mr. Dou Pingjun away from his wife. Because of the unusually rough treatment, Mr. Dou had a heart attack. He lay on the ground for half an hour and could not move. Many people gathered around him and took pictures.

Finally, Hou Shouhong led a group of officers from the Domestic Security Division to take Mr. Dou into custody. They were observed throwing all of Mr. Dou's personal items into a bag and then putting them in a police vehicle. The police forced a bystander to delete the pictures he took of the incident.

Mr. Dou's wife shouted: “Just because we practise Falun Gong, the police have arrested us repeatedly. In the bag is 7,200 yuan¹ that we just withdrew for our living expenses.” More and more people gathered around; more and more people took pictures. Mr. Dou's wife said to the crowd: “Everyone, we practise Falun Gong. We are good people and do not steal or rob. We just want to have good health. However, the domestic security division keeps persecuting us for no reason. They have gone to our home to ransack it and arrest us many times. We have lost our right to a normal life. You see, in order to force us to give up our belief, they just robbed us of the 7,200 yuan allowance we just withdrew from the Construction Bank.”

Reportedly, Mr. Dou was released at this moment. However, the Shahe Police Department used the 7,200 yuan they took in order to threaten Mr. Dou. They demanded that he pay 3,000 yuan and return to the domestic security division to complete proper “procedures.” The details are still under investigation.

According to previous reports on Minghui.org, Mr. Dou Pingjun, 64, is a retired teacher and lives in Caozhang Village, Shiliting Town, Shahe. His health improved greatly after he started to practise Falun Gong in 1997. There was a big flood in Wuhan, Hubei Province in 1998. Mr. Dou, who was poor and lived frugally, donated 15,000 yuan to the Wuhan disaster area, all his family had. Who else would donate so much money? Falun Gong can produce such kind-hearted people.

However, since 1999 just because of his belief, Mr. Dou has been repeatedly persecuted. He was taken to the Xingtai Brainwashing Centre at least twice. He was once sent to a forced labour camp and extorted by the police several times. His home was repeatedly ransacked.

Relevant departments:
Domestic Security Division of Shehe Police Department
Wang Jianjun, Chief: +86-319-862-5807 (Home), +86-319-890-5888 (Office), +86-13503196699 (Cell), +86-13315932966 (Mobile)
Hou Shaohong, Deputy Chief: +86-13780490645 (Mobile)

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1. "Yuan" is the Chinese currency; 500 yuan is equal to the average monthly income of an urban worker in China.