UK: Online Petition Created to Rescue Bao-lian, Yongjie and Xujun

An online petition for the release of UK practitioners family and friends persecuted and detained in China has been created. The three victims include the sister of a UK practitioner, who was jailed for 4 years in Bejing simply for handing out leaflets which explained the truth about Falun Gong, and the fiancee of another practitioner, who has was arrested in November 2002.

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Ms. ZHU Baolian was sent to prison for 4 years in Beijing for distributing leaflets against the persecution of Falun Gong, her whereabouts were not known until August 2001 when her relatives learned that she was being held at the Beijing (Daxing) Women’s Prison. Her brother Mr ZHU Baosheng who lives in London, calling for the immediate release of his sister.

Ms ZHU Yongjie is 29 years old. She lived in Beijing, China. The Ministry of National Security in China arrested her on November 4, 2002 in Beijing. Since then, her whereabouts are unknown. After Yongjie was arrested, the Ministry of National Security interrogated her parents about her fiancé’s activities in UK. Her fiancé Mr. XIE Weiguo has just completed his PhD study at UMIST in Manchester. He is also a Falun Gong practitioner and has been blacklisted by the Chinese Ministry because of his involvement with Falun Gong human rights events in UK.

Mr. ZHENG Xujun was a Ph.D student in China Electric Power Research Institute, studied in Liverpool University (UK) for a joint research project in January 1999, he ran a free weekly Falun Gong exercise class in Liverpool. He also attended Falun Gong events in UK. When he returned to China, he was arrested and sentenced to two years in a forced labour camp in September 2001. His wife Mrs SU Nan also a practitioner, was sentenced to 3 years in a forced labour camp, during this time she was subjected to unimaginable torments, including being handcuffed to a window for over 40 days.