It was a happy and perfect family. The couple was young; their child would be born in a few weeks. Suddenly the family began falling apart.

Dou Xianhong, the husband, graduated from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (BUAA). He was an assistant engineer in Shijiazhang Airplane Manufacturing Company. He was honest, kind and diligent; he respected old people and loved children; he was always happy to help others and had been elected a model employee. He began practicing Falun Dafa in 1996. During the past Chinese New Year holiday season, he went to Beijing to clarify the truth of Falun Dafa and to stop the lies that were being spread. Before his departure, he decided not to disclose his identification in order to protect the local officials from getting in trouble. He began the journey with a practitioner's heart of great benevolence. His parents and wife didn't selfishly stop him. Everyday his family hoped that Dou would overcome his difficulties and safely return home. Then a few days ago, his company told his family that he disappeared on the way while being brought back by local police.

Dou Xianhong's father is an elementary school teacher, and his mother is an honest farmer. His younger brother drowned several years ago in an accident. The family was compensated with 15,000 Yuan [about US $1900] from the one responsible for the accident. In 1997, his parents started to practice Falun Dafa and started to understand the value of being good people. Although they worked hard and still had difficulty financially supporting their son's education, they donated 15,000 Yuan to the flooded area during the Southern China Flood. Now they only have one son but fear they have lost him too, since no one knows where he is or whether he is still alive.

Dou Xianhong's wife, Song Guilan, started to practice Falun Dafa in 1997 and has greatly benefited physically and mentally. In the summer of 1999, she married a man named Zhao, who later divorced her. In order to force Song Guilan to give up Falun Dafa, local police threatened to not give them an apartment. Zhao tore up her Dafa books and the Master's picture, and physically abused Song Guilan. Fearing more persecution from the government, Zhao eventually divorced Song Guilan in the fall of 1999, causing Song Guilan to become homeless. In October 1999, Song went to Beijing to clarify the truth of Falun Dafa. She was in custody for 13 days in Xingtang Detention Center [Beijing] after being arrested in Beijing and was brought back by local police. Her company gave her a major disciplinary warning and put her under surveillance. She was prohibited from receiving any job promotion for five years. Although she had passed several employment skill tests, her job applications were always denied because she practiced Falun Dafa.

In May 2000, Song Guilan and Dou Xianhong went back to their hometown to get married. A local police car tried to follow them but did not succeed. When Song Guilan was five months pregnant, some supervisors purposely asked her to do intense work, which required bending over for a long time. To protest such unjust treatment, she handed in her resignation letter stating her reasons. However, she was only allowed to take a leave without pay and she had to write a statement claiming "self-responsibility" during her leave. The officials from her company also put pressure on her parents who were visiting her. As a result, her father was over stressed and sick after he got back home to the countryside and had to be sent to the hospital. He is still taking medicine. This is the government's so-called "care": on holidays or other sensitive days, the officials from the company would make phone calls to her family to show their "care" (other practitioners in the company were harassed the same way).

Freedom of belief, freedom of speech, and freedom of appeal are the basic rights of each citizen and are granted by the Constitution. Dou Xianhong's family believes in the Universal Law of Truth-Compassion-Tolerance and they cultivated themselves with compassion while contributing to society. It was such a happy, harmonious family. Simply for legally appealing for Falun Dafa, their family was torn apart. Dou Xianhong's kindly parents are worried about their son's life, while his wife faces giving birth without a husband by her side. They have no family income. Why is it wrong for Dou Xianhong to appeal? Why does he deserve to be detained and brutally tortured? Where is he now? Who prevents practitioners from returning home? Why are those truly wicked and corrupt people free from the laws? How many people suffer poverty with no help from the government, while unlimited manpower, materials and financial resources are used to persecute the most peaceful and kind group of people? We appeal to correct all the unjust treatment imposed on Falun Dafa practitioners. We ask Shigan Street Administration Office, local police, and Dou's company to send back the victim. We know that no courtrooms dare to take this kind of lawsuit. We hope all the kind-hearted people give assistance and support justice for Dou's family.

Officials from different government branches, shouldn't you have such true qualities as the cardinal principles of righteousness, unselfishness, and fearlessness, and appeal for the people? Shouldn't you protect the people? Do not commit criminal acts because your superiors ask you to. Ask yourself if there is any kindness and human nature left in your hearts, and whether gaining tiny personal interests is worth losing your life for eternity. Please uphold Justice with courage. Remember, the practitioners' fearless contributions are for the wonderful future of all of us.

Responsible individuals and units

Mr. Li, Shigan Street Administration Office, Tel. 86-311-7761210 or 86-311-7753080 Mr. Feng and Zhou, Chief and Deputy Chief of Shigan Street Police Station, Tel. 86-311-777363, 86-311-7752119 Cheng Bingyou, CEO of Shijiazhang Airplane Manufactory Company, Tel. 86-311-7754251 ext. 6601 Hu Congmin and Li Minda, Party Committee Secretary of Shijiazhang Airplane Manufactory Company, Tel. 86-311-7754251 ext. Party Committee Office Bai Guanjun, Feng Xiulin and Gao Guanghui, Chief and Deputy Chiefs of No.11 Branch Factory, Tel. 86-311-7754251 ext. 5111

Mr. Hu, Party Committee Secretary of Shijiazhuang Fabric Factory, Tel. 86-311-6827541 ext. 2003 Mr. Zhang, Branch Party Committee Secretary of Fine Fabric Workshop, Shijiazhuang Fabric Factory, Tel. 86-311-6827541 ext. 2127

Provided by a practitioner who knows the details