(Clearwisdom.net) Forty-three-year-old Mrs. Li Xiaojie is the wife of Mr. Zhang Dehui, a Falun Gong practitioner from Taoshan District, Qitaihe City, Heilongjiang Province. The following are the details of the persecution that their family was subjected to between July 2000 and August 2004.

Except for Mrs. Li, all the other members of the family practice Falun Dafa, including her husband Zhang Dehui, her parents-in-law, her older brother-in-law Zhang Deming and his wife, her other brother-in-law Zhang Decai and his wife. In July 2000, all those in the family who practiced Falun Dafa were arrested. Li Xiajie went everywhere and endured all sorts of insults and accusations in order to rescue her family members. She eventually was able to get them all released. Her father-in-law had suffered enormous emotional trauma and as a result he died soon after he got out of detention.

In spring 2003, several plainclothes policemen broke into Li Xiaojie's house and arrested her husband without presenting any arrest warrant. Li Xiaojie tried to stop them and was subjected to brutal beatings. She and her husband were dragged to the police station, where Mr. Zhang was severely tortured. Due to the torture, one of his lumbar vertebrae was dislocated, and he could not walk normally. Zhang's two brothers and their wives were forced to leave home. The intense emotional shock and lack of parental care led to the death of her second brother-in-law's son at the age of 21. Her husband Zhang Dehui was sentenced to two years in prison. The only relatives left at home Li Xiaojie and their two children. Li Xiaojie's four-year-old daughter, Zhang Jing, always cried and wanted her father.

In May 2004, Li Xiaojie brought little Zhang Jing to visit her father in the prison. As soon as they entered the prison gate Zhang Jing started to shout, "I want my daddy!" However, she was shocked speechless when she saw her father. His eyes were bruised, he held his hands to his chest and had difficulty breathing. With the strong request of family members, he was examined in a hospital and diagnosed as suffering injured rib bones.

On August 23, 2004, without any reason or legal document the police arrested Li Xiaojie at a motel. The next day, the police searched her home without justification and took her bank book, which is required in China to make transactions at one's bank. Li Xiaojie is still detained and her current situation is unknown. When her father went to the police station asking for his daughter the police involved in the case told him, "She will be released in few days if you pay some money." The lawless policemen from Qitaihe Police Bureau have extorted tens of thousands of yuan from the family members of Falun Dafa practitioners and pocketed the money.

It is not currently known where Li Xiaojie's two children are. The corrupt policemen are still searching for Li Xiaojie's son, Zhang Qiang.

The persecution that Li Xiaojie was subjected to is merely a drop in the ocean. To prevent such a tragedy from happening again and to prevent the forced separation of parents and children, we appeal to all people in the world to raise your voices of justice and helping hands, to expose the wrongdoings, and end the persecution.

Qitaihe City Police Bureau: 86-464-8297121

Taoshan Sub-Bureau: 86-464-8263281

Qitaihe City "610 Office": 86-464-8267610

August 31, 2004