(Clearwisdom.net) According to local villagers, several police officers came to Houzhuang Village in the afternoon on May 26, 2010. They knocked on the door of one house, but nobody was at home. Then they went to another house, but the people there were out too. They waited on the road until dawn, and then they went to the village officer's house. That night, they arrested Falun Gong practitioners Mr. Cui Xibiao and Ms. Wang Jingtai.
The relatives of the practitioners went to the village officer to get more information. At first, the village officer denied knowing anything about it, but when the relatives continued to press him for information, he told them that the practitioners were taken to Hengshui City Brainwashing Center.
Villagers who were arrested are as follows:
Mr. Cui Xibiao, 60, single. Mr. Cui has had poor eyesight since he was young and lives with his mother. When he was young, Mr. Cui was weak and easily got ill. He relied on his brothers and relatives to cover his medical expenses. In 1997, Mr. Cui started practicing Falun Gong and learned about being a good person. His health improved and he was no longer ill. He could even leave his home to work in other places. In 1999, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Jiang Zemin started persecuting Falun Gong, and Mr. Cui was asked to sign a guarantee statement. After thorough consideration, Mr. Cui felt that he could not lie against his conscience, so he started to describe the benefits he received from practicing Falun Gong.
Ms. Wang Jingtai, 49, had polio when she was young and couldn't walk without crutches. After Ms. Wang started practicing Falun Gong, her illness was gone and she became a vibrant, happy person. When the CCP started persecuting Falun Gong, her family members became scared and often prevented her from studying the Falun Gong teachings and doing the exercises. The village officer often requested that she give up practicing, but Ms. Wang persisted.
The next day, at 5 a.m. on May 27, six other policemen from the Liangwa Township Police Station in Anping County, Hebei Province went to Houzhuang Village. They arrested Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhao Xiaoqiao, 65. When the police were pushing Ms. Zhao into the police car, her husband begged the police not to take her, saying, "I am sick, and I need her to take care of me. Please don't take her away." The other villagers present also asked the police not to arrest her, but the police still took Ms. Zhao to a brainwashing center.
Individuals involved in the persecution:
Cui Zhanshan, Houzhuang Village Party Secretary: 86-13102783300 (Cell)
