I am a Falun Dafa practitioner, and until recently I was also a college student. Many practitioners by now have been illegally detained, sent to labor camps, and even persecuted to death. But our great teacher bears even greater hardships for each us.
In Tiananmen Square, we unfolded different colored banners which said: "Treasure And Cherish It. The Fa Is Right In Front Of You!" "Falun Rotates Forever", "Zhen-Shan-Ren", "The Fa Rectifies The Human Heart" and "The Fa Rectifies The Universe." In a very short time, we were arrested by both uniformed and plainclothes police. Their brutality could not hide their fear. Such is the power of Dafa.
In theTiananmen police substation, there were several hundred practitioners from different places. Although we would not willingly submit to illegal detention, we conducted ourselves in a dignified way. Many practitioners were locked up in a room and beaten. When they came back, their mouths were bleeding, but they were still in good spirits. Later, all of us in turn were locked up in detention centers. Several practitioners were sent to Tongzhou detention center.
As they were beating us, the police shouted: "This is a dictatorship!" They used electric rods to purposely shock our bodies' sensitive parts such as our ribs. During this time, practitioners truly transcended the limits of ordinary people. After being beaten, we were detained indefinitely, against the law.
We will not quietly submit to evil. We will tell everyone the truth about how the government sows discord among the people. We will clarify the facts about Dafa, and contrast the government's viciousness with our benevolence. In this way, we will be victorious without fighting.
Eventually I was claimed and taken back to our school police station. The people there were very familiar with us, and knew about our beliefs. One of the policemen wanted to hear us recite "Hong Yin." We recited it in turn, one by one. At last he said, "I have never understood why so many people practice Falun Gong, but now I understand." These words were spoken by the same man who, while drunk, had previously beaten a practitioner beyond recognition.
One female practitioner could recite the Fa skillfully and accurately. She never told her name and address in the detention center and only admitted that she was a Dafa practitioner. In order to protest being illegally detained, she went without food and water for several days. At last she was force-fed and made to stand as a punishment. She was handcuffed, gagged, and a plastic bag was put over her head. Still, she endured.
After I went back to school, everything returned to normal and the university did not take note of it. Later, when I received my graduate degree certificate, I left school.
A practitioner from mainland, August 25, 2000
