(Clearwisdom.net) On January 21, 2001, most people were busy getting ready for the Chinese New Year. However, that was not the experience of Dafa practitioner Ms. Zhang Lianzhi's family in Luannan County, Tangshan City, Hebei Province. Zhang was detained twice at the detention center for two months for upholding her belief, and she was detained in prison three times for more than seven months. Without going through any due legal process, on January 28, Jin Shumin from Luannan County Police Bureau, Political and Security Section, sent 11 Dafa practitioners, including Zhang, to Tangshan City Kaiping Forced Labor Camp. Meanwhile, almost 20 Dafa practitioners were arrested and detained at Luannan County Jail for going to Beijing to appeal to the government to stop the persecution.

Zhang has two daughters (the elder one is 18 years old, and the younger one is 12 years old). After their mother was arrested, nobody was taking care of them. Later, their father was arrested as well because he wrote a letter to Hou Zhiyu, the County Party Secretary, to clarify the facts. This letter stated: after practicing Falun Gong, my wife, who had been ill, was healed without having to receive any treatment. At the same time, both her mind and body have been improved. She took initiative to take on the most difficult work, and her performance has been reviewed as excellent for eight consecutive years. The practitioners that I have interacted with before are all good people. I ask you, please do not treat these innocent, good people like this.

Political and Judicial Committee Secretary Zhou Zuofu, Secretary Assistant Zhang Pinlong, "610 Office" ⁽¹⁾ Manager Chen Ruishan, Police Station Deputy Chief Wang Huiling, and Political and Security Section Manager Jin Shumin forcefully arrested Zhang's husband and took him to the County Detention Center. They accused Zhang's husband of giving the leader pressure by writing that letter and speaking up for Falun Gong. Zhou asked Zhang's husband to pay a fine of 2000 yuan ⁽²⁾.

On January 23, Chinese New Year's Eve, most households were full of happiness and the aroma of delicious food. However, these two children were in their cold home, alone. They waited and waited, and looked forward to their father's return so that he could cook them a dinner on Chinese New Year's Eve. They were left wondering why people as good as their parents were sent to jail.

Kindhearted people, please help these two sisters, and help tens of thousands of families who were ruined by persecution simply because their family members upheld their belief.

(1) "610 Office": a bureau specifically created by the Chinese government to persecute Falun Gong. It has absolute power over each level of administration in the Party, as well as over the political and judiciary branches.

(2) yuan: Chinese currency, the monthly salary for an average Chinese urban worker is about 500 yuan.