Directing the International Community’s Attention to the Situation of Jiang Renzheng from Germany, who was sent back to China and is now in a Forced Labour Camp

It has been confirmed that Falun Gong practitioner Jiang Renzheng, who was sent back to China from Germany, was taken away on the 8th of April by five policemen from Benxi Police Station in Liaoning province. Two of the policemen were Li Zipping and Qu Yuanjun. Jiang’s family members were informed from the police station that he had been detained in Benxi Forced Labour Camp. The reason for his detention is that he acted against national rules and disturbed the order of society.

Married Falun Gong practitioners Jiang Renzheng and Guo Rui have been harassed by Benxi State Security Bureau since they returned to China from Germany on 7th March this year. When they called on Jiang’s parents in Benxi, the staff from the State Security Bureau first took Jiang and his father to a local training centre where they were interrogated for over ten hours by six to seven policemen who took it in turns. Jiang was forced to reveal in detail all the Falun Gong activities he and his wife took part in when they were abroad and give information about some other Falun Gong practitioners who took part in these activities. He was forced to write a guarantee that he would give up practising Falun Gong.

The policemen threatened and forced Jiang’s father to ask his son to give up Falun Gong. When he refused, they went to Jiang’s home many times and continued to harass him. Every time Jiang Renzheng refused, they continued threatening his parents: “Your son is not allowed to leave Benxi to go to Shenyang. If he doesn’t give up practising Falun Gong, he will be responsible for what he has done. Our patience is wearing thin now.” Jiang’s parents have suffered huge mental and emotional pressure. His father is scared and cannot live a normal life. His mother worries and cries a lot.

When Jiang’s situation was exposed by overseas media, the staff from the State Security Bureau didn’t go and disturb Jiang’s home for a period of time. On 1st April, Jiang Renzheng and Guo Rui left Benxi to see Guo’s parents in Shenyang. On 7th April, the State Security Bureau hadn’t taken any action yet. On the afternoon of 8th April, Jiang was forcibly taken away from the home of his in-laws by five policemen from Benxi Police Station and he was told they wanted to talk to him. On 9th April, Guo Rui was informed by the police station that Jiang Renzheng had been detained in Benxi Labour Camp for committing crimes and disturbing the order of society.

As soon as Falun Gong practitioners in Germany knew about the misfortunes of Jiang Renzheng and Guo Rui after they were sent back to China, they immediately reported the matter to the Diplomatic Department of the German Government and other government departments, Amnesty International, the International Human Rights Association, European Parliament and the United Nations. This has already aroused the attention of the departments, who are watching the development of the matter with great concern and have taken action. Many have written letters to Falun Gong practitioners in which they say they feel sorry about the matter and are shocked by it.

Since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began to persecute Falun Gong, it has been making use of Chinese Embassies in every country. The Chinese Embassies have spread a great deal of lies in the international community and tried very hard to stigmatise Falun Gong. They have confiscated passports from Chinese practitioners, bribed bad people to sabotage Falun Gong activities and assaulted practitioners. The Communist Party has also sent a great number of secret agents overseas to spy on Falun Gong practitioners, collecting information so that they can persecute practitioners if they get the chance.

The persecution of Jiang Renzheng and Guo Rui when they were back in China has fully exposed the evil nature of the CCP: It wants to persecute everyone who believes in Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance and destroy their bodies and minds. What it has done is against human nature and is opposed by kind people all over the world. We are calling on the German Government, the European Parliament, the Human Rights Commission of the United Nations and those who are pursuing peace and justice to defend the basic human rights of Jiang Renzheng and his wife and put an end to this inhuman persecution.