September 22, 2000
On
February 21, 2000, a Falun Gong practitioner, Ms. Chen Zixiu, over fifty-years-old,
of Weifang in Shandong province was cruelly beaten to death by Jiang Zemin's
local henchmen because she would not give up her faith.In
order to expose this brutal occurrence, Mr. Ian Johnson wrote an article
that was printed on the Wall Street Journal entitled "Practicing
Falun Gong was a Right, Ms. Chen Said, Up to her Last Day."Chen
Zixiu's daughter, Zhang Xueling, sought legal recourse to reveal the abuse,
but instead, the thugs who had tortured her mother to death turned around
and arrested and punished Ms. Zhang on "fabricated charges."In
order to avoid further abuse, Ms. Zhang has been forced to leave her hometown
and is now in exile.
Please
read the following reports that came from the people of Weifang at that
time:
After
Chen Zixiu had been so flagrantly beaten to death by the neighborhood watch
people (unofficial police force), her daughter Zhang Xueling wanted to
clear up the false charges against her mother and made a plea to all kindhearted
people in the world.In order to
cover up their criminal actions, the local government and Public Security
Bureau blocked information, hid the evidence, and used intimidation against
Chen Zixiu's family.They also restricted
their personal freedoms and treated Zhang Xueling's actions to bring justice
to her mother as "suspicion of collaborating with the enemy," "damaging
the nation's image," and so on.They
also kept her in detention.The facts
are as follows:
On
the afternoon of April 3, the Public Security department summoned Zhang
Xueling for questioning, and the reason was for "suspicion of collaborating
with the enemy."During the interrogation,
the municipal Public Security Bureau's chief Mr. Lee told Zhang Xueling
that her actions had already objectively constituted damage to the country's
image, that one has to bear legal responsibility even when slandering one
person, let alone when damaging the nation's image.The
interrogation lasted 48 hours.
On
the evening of April 5, after Zhang Xueling went home, she was kept under
close surveillance by the local neighborhood watch and police station 24
hours a day.Even when she went to
the bathroom to bathe or went out to buy bread, there was always someone
closely following her.
On
April 11, Zhang Xueling was summoned again.The
questioning was much as it had been on April 3.This
time, she was locked for 15 hours with a young man in a small room that
was less than four square meters (10 ft) with three walls and one side
that was an iron door.
At
10 am on April 17, public security officers forcibly took Zhang Xueling
from her home.The officers were
afraid that she would contact media during the kite festival and reveal
the truth.Thus, they detained her
for 15 days on charges of disturbing public order.
At
a time when Jiang Zemin and his lackeys are recklessly and illegally persecuting
Falun Gong, we are again sending out Ms. Zhang Xueling's letter of appeal
in the hopes that the people of justice and goodwill in the international
community will lend a helping hand.We
hope they can help Ms. Zhang Xueling clear the false charges against Ms.
Chen Zixiu through legal procedures overseas to bring justice to bear on
her murderers.
[Translated
from http://www.minghui.org/gb/0001/Sep/22/help_zhangxuelin.htm]
Enclosure
1 below is Ms. Zhang Xueling's appeal letter entitled "I am willing to
believe in the government, but what is there that the government can let
me believe in?"Because of the length
of the letter, it will be posted in two sections:á
I
am willing to believe the government, but what is there that the government
can let me believe in? (Part 1)
http://www.clearwisdom.net/eng/2000/Sept/05/MNC090500.html
I
am willing to believe the government, but what is there that the government
can let me believe in? (Part 2)
http://clearwisdom.net/eng/2000/Oct/14/EWA101400.html
Enclosure
2:Wall Street Journal:Practicing
Falun Gong was a Right, Ms. Chen Said, Up to her Last Day
http://www.clearwisdom.net/eng/2000/Apr/21/IR042100_1.html
Enclosure
3:Wall Street Journal: A Daughter
in China Follows Tortuous Path to Seek Justice
