(Minghui.org) Two women in Pingdu City, Shandong Province, were arrested on June 8, 2017, for talking to people about Falun Gong, a spiritual discipline being persecuted by the Chinese communist regime. They are Ms. Wang Meirong and Ms. Zhang Yuemei.
Ms. Wang's daughter Jiang Wenjun, who lives in San Francisco, is calling for the Chinese regime to release her mother and Ms. Zhang.
Ms. Wang Meirong
Interrogation
Guo Yucheng and Dai Yugang, leaders of the Pingdu 610 Office, and a bald-headed man rushed to the Datian Police Station to interrogate Ms. Wang and Ms. Zhang as soon as they heard about the arrest.
Ms. Wang did not cooperate with them and refused to give her name.
Guo Yucheng twisted her arms while the bald-headed man grabbed her hair and bashed her head against a wall.
Ms. Wang kept shouting, “Falun Dafa is good! Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good!”
Detained at Jimo Pudong Detention Center
The two women were transferred to the Jimo Pudong Detention Center the next day, but Ms. Wang’s husband was not notified of her detention until June 11. They accused Ms. Wang of “undermining the implementation of the law,” an umbrella criminal charge used to sentence practitioners.
Her family hired a lawyer, who saw her at the detention center on June 13. The Pingdu Police Department had interrogated Ms. Wang.
Ms. Wang, 52, used to work as deputy director of Malan Township Credit Cooperative in Pingdu City.
Ms. Wang Shares Her Story
Miserable Before Practicing Falun Gong
Ms. Wang said that she started to practice Falun Gong in October 1998. At that time, she was in excruciating pain and her heart was filled with sorrow. She had lost the desire to live because of severe psoriasis.
The psoriasis spread all over her body, including her face, hands, and feet. She felt that she was ugly, because she was covered with a layer of skin that looked like fish scales. When she moved or bent down, her skin would crack and bleed. It was also extremely itchy and she suffered from insomnia.
“I tried all kinds of Western medicine,” she said, “as well as traditional Chinese medicine. I also tried a variety of folk remedies, but nothing worked and all our savings went down the drain. I felt desperate and hopeless, and often thought I would be better off dead.”
Falun Gong Gave Her a Second Life
When she thought she had reached the end of her endurance, she obtained the book Zhuan Falun, the main teachings of the Falun Gong practice.
She eagerly read the book and began to follow the Falun Gong principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance.
“Within three months,” she said, “I had recovered, and my psoriasis disappeared. My body felt so light and I was a changed person. Falun Gong gave me a second life. My home was once again filled with laughter.”
Her family members and colleagues witnessed the power of Falun Gong.
“Falun Gong not only gave me a new life,” she said, “but also helped me improve my sense of right and wrong. I worked hard, and my superiors acknowledged my good work ethic.”
Given her long-term illness, her family was having financial difficulties. The administrators where she worked told her to apply for subsidies. She thanked them, but declined their kind suggestion, since a practitioner does not accept money if not earned. They were touched by her honesty and integrity.
Persecution
Jiang Zemin, the former head of the communist regime, launched a nationwide persecution of Falun Gong in July 1999.
Her superiors ordered her to hand in her Falun Gong books and tried to force her to write a statement renouncing Falun Gong. They also demanded that her family members sign the statement.
“The persecution deprived me of my freedom of belief,” she said, “and caused me enormous mental and physical suffering. My friends, colleagues, and family members lost the opportunity to practice Falun Gong, which they all know is good. In a way, they are the true victims of the persecution.”
Arrest
In order to help more people find out the facts about Falun Gong, Ms. Wang and her fellow practitioners often went out out to clarify the truth about this cultivation practice to people.
When they were talking to people about Falun Gong, Ms. Wang and Ms. Zhang were arrested.
Her 80-year-old father, who is bed-ridden, needs Ms. Wang to take care of him. Her family members and friends are also very concerned about her.
We call on all kindhearted people to extend a helping hand and support the efforts in rescuing Ms. Wang and all the innocent Falun Gong practitioners still incarcerated by the communist regime.
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