Name: Liu Zhichen (刘志臣)
Gender: Male
Age: 59
Address: Fengman Village, Wangqi Town, Fengman District, Jilin City
Occupation: Unknown
Date of Most Recent Arrest: March 4, 2011
Most Recent Place of Detention: Jilin City No. 3 Detention Center (吉林市第三看守所)
City: Jilin
Province: Jilin
Persecution Suffered: Detention, home ransacked, extortion, forced labor
(Clearwisdom.net) Mr. Liu Zhichen was illegally arrested and his home was ransacked by Wangqi Town Police Station director Dong Hongbo and other police officers on March 4, 2011. So far, Mr. Liu has been detained for over three months in the Jilin City No. 3 Detention Center. Recently, Fengman Village residents in Jilin Province learned that the Fengman District Court had set a trial date for Mr. Liu. So all the villagers sent a joint letter to the authorities in order to rescue Mr. Liu Zhichen.
Their letter:
“Mr. Liu Zhichen began practicing Falun Gong in 1998. He had suffered from heart disease, stomach problems, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol, but all his illnesses disappeared as a result of Falun Gong practice. Mr. Liu has been cultivating himself to be a moral person by following Falun Gong's principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. Whatever he has done, he has always thought about others first. It is well-known that he is a good person. He has been helping his fellow villagers all of these years.
“For example, Mr. Liu helped save others' lives instead of his property during the flood in Jilin in 2010. The flood arrived at Wangqi Town and destroyed many houses, including Mr. Liu's. Rather than trying to look for his belongings in the flood, Mr. Liu focused on helping and rescuing others, including 82-year-old Mr. Cui Zhenxing, the elderly Ms. Li, and four people of Mr. Yin Aimin's family.
“For years, Mr. Liu volunteered to fix the road between Fengman Village and Dashi Village.
“Doing construction out of town, Mr. Liu worked very hard, took responsibility for his job, and never complained. His company recognized him and praised him. Now his company is waiting for him to go back to work. The head from the company said, 'We want Liu Zhichen to work for us, no one else.'
“Officials from the local township government once said to Mr. Liu, 'If you did not practice Falun Gong, you would not have such high moral standards.'
“The villagers hope that officials from the Jilin City government will help get Mr. Liu released.”
Below is the letter from the villagers to the Jilin City government:
More information can be found at:
“An Upstanding Person Faces an Illegal Trial” http://www.clearwisdom.net/html/articles/2011/6/30/126354.html
