(Clearwisdom.net) On March 2, 2009, 60-year-old practitioner Mr. Wen Dehuai from Huanggouya Village, Dayuanzi Township, Tancheng County, Linyi City, Shandong Province, was again arrested by agents from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) at his own home.
Mr. Wen's wife passed away years ago, and he works as a farmer. His family is very poor. During recent years, Mr. Wen has been constantly harassed, arrested, detained, and taken to a forced labor camp by CCP agents. These incidents have caused his family much pain, and the financial persecution has brought his poor family even more grief.
On the afternoon of January 22, 2007, Mr. Wen was searched by personnel from the Commerce and Industry Bureau in the Hedong District, Linyi City. He was arrested when they found copies of the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party and other materials in his possession. He was detained at the Hedong District Police Department, the police station across from the Hedong District farm market, and he was persecuted in a forced labor camp.
When Mr. Wen was detained in the Seventh Ward of Shandong Province No. 2 Male Forced Labor Camp, also called Wangcun Forced Labor Camp, the guards forced him to face the wall daily for two months because he refused to give up his belief in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. The labor camp's instructor fabricated a story that Mr. Wen ate too much, so the guard decreased the amount of his food ration, which often resulted in Mr. Wen going hungry. Mr. Wen subsequently protested the persecution by refusing to eat or drink for about 70 days, during which time he was nearly tortured to death by the guards of the Seventh Ward. In July, he was diagnosed with myocardial ischemia in the hospital. He was hospitalized for more than ten days. After the labor camp extorted 5000 yuan from him, they allowed his family to pick him up.
A few days after he returned home, on July 15, 2008, someone from the Dayuanzi Township government went to Mr. Wen's home. The director from the Township's 610 Office, along with several others, forced Mr. Wen to go with them to the town hall. They then admitted Mr. Wen to the Linyi Brainwashing Unit against his will. Mr. Wen was released after being detained for 66 days.
Before the 2009 New Year, agents from the Xinyi City 610 Office harassed Mr. Wen at home many times. They ransacked his home and tried to arrest him but failed. It was reported that, due to a large sum of money that was extorted from Mr. Wen by the guards at the labor camp, he often went to Xinyi City to look for part time jobs. While he was working in a Xinyi City government director's home, the director praised his truthfulness and compassion. Mr. Wen told the government official that his demeanor was due to practicing Falun Gong and explained to him the facts about the persecution. Later, the security agents from the Xinyi City's 610 Office often went to harass and ransack Mr. Wen's home and tried to arrest him.