In Memory of Practitioner Xun Ruilin

A practitioner from China

Xun Ruilin (1953-2002), a practitioner from Handan City in Hebei Province passed away on September 8, 2002 after nine days of brutal torture by the police. He safeguarded the teachings of Falun Dafa and left us with his heart determined and faithful to the principles of Truthfulness - Compassion - Forbearance

Xun Ruilin attained Falun Dafa at the beginning of 1997. Since then, he persistently cultivated himself and introduced the teachings to others. In order for practitioners in the remote countryside to have Teacher's articles in a timely manner, he made many trips to deliver these materials. Regardless of ice and snow, bitter cold, intense heat, or thunder and rain, nothing could stop him! His family members and close friends often joked that he was looking for hardships for himself. He just smiled and said nothing. In his mind, it was the happiest and luckiest thing for him to have obtained Falun Dafa.

After July 20th, 1999, Xun Ruilin continually clarifying the truth and safeguarded the principles of Falun Dafa. He had been arrested three times and never compromised with the persecutors. After his third arrest, he sat in the double-crossed leg position for 24 hours and kept reciting the Fa [here referring to Falun Gong books and articles], which greatly encouraged other practitioners in the prison. After a six-day hunger strike, he was unconditionally released.

On August 31, 2002, an experience-sharing conference was held in Cheng'an County. The police arrested all 68 practitioners attending the conference. Since the police in Cheng'an County had dealt with Mr. Xun previously and had failed, they didn't know how to handle him. At that time, someone in Linzhang County turned him in. The police in Cheng'an County and Linzhang County sent Xun Ruilin to the police department in Linzhang County for further persecution.

Xun Ruilin immediately started a hunger strike to protest his illegal arrest and to demand his immediate release. He refused to say anything during interrogations by the police. As a result, the police brutally tortured him. When the police in Linzhang County force-fed him for the second time, Xun Ruilin passed away from all of the torture that he had endured. Dozens of policemen in Linzhang County watched his remains to prevent them from being taken away by his family members and to keep the outside world from finding out the truth. The police in Linzhang County cremated his body without permission from his family members, but that did not prevent the news from leaking out all over the entire Handan region.

There are still dozens of practitioners being illegally detained in Cheng'an County and refusing to give in to the persecution. The police are torturing them even more viciously. There is inside news that several practitioners have been tortured to the verge of the death. The police threatened, "Unless you give in, you will never be released even if you die."

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