(Clearwisdom.net) Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Yan Zhiqiang was a teacher at Miuying High School, Li County, Hebei Province since July, 2000. He achieved a high position, was genuine and kindhearted and was praised by the school community. However there were many reports slandering Falun Gong on TV and in newspapers at the time, which had a bad effect on his students. He did not want the kids to be misled and poisoned so he told the students in his class the truth about Falun Gong, such as how it instructs people to be kindhearted and how it improves people's health, and that Falun Gong practitioners are being cruelly persecuted. After hearing the truth, some students shed tears and their benevolent nature was enlightened.
One week later, due to orders from the Disciplinary Secretary of Li County Education Bureau, Yan Zhiqiang was arrested by Chen Guixing and other policemen from Li County Police Department. Yan Zhiqiang was held in the detention center for over fifty days and experienced all kinds of abuse. Zhu Guoyu even notified all the schools in Li County that Yan Zhiqiang had been talking about Falun Gong to students. Because Zhu Guoyu pressed hard, Yan Zhiqiang was sent to Baoding Labor Camp for a three year term beginning in May 2001.
In the labor camp, Yan Zhiqiang was punished, beaten, and deprived of sleep. After sixteen months of detention, he was released. When he saw his mother, he found his mother's hair had turned half white. His father also had become ill from worrying about him. His father was struggling and on the verge of death.
After coming home, Yan Zhiqiang went to the 610 Office several times and tried to recover his job. The director of the 610 Office, Zhang Chunliang, kept refusing. When the head of the Education Bureau, Li Zhiyong (who has now left the post), heard that Yan's father was sick, not only did he give no sympathy, but he also said fiercely, "It serves him right!" Yan Zhiqiang has appealed to the government and the Education Bureau dozens of times. At one time he just saw a glimmer of hope when the 610 Office issued an order restoring his job, however the secretary of the Education Bureau Zhu Guoyu abused his authority and refused to carry out the order. Yan Zhiqiang has still not got his job back.
The continuous persecution caused Yan Zhiqiang to suffer a great loss to his reputation, his mental state and his finances. He is currently in his thirties, but he cannot get married and it is very difficult to find a job. He also still needs to tend to his older parents. He is a teacher admired by his students and respected by his colleagues. However he has been persecuted to such a degree because he believes in Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance, and "clarifies the truth" to people. This is the result of persecution originating with Jiang Zemin, Zhang Chunliang, Zhu Guoyu, Li Yongzhong and Chen Guixing, and others in the powerful Jiang clique.