Mr. Jiang Renzheng and his wife encountered severe persecution shortly after
they went back China. Because they practice Falun Gong, when they were in Germany,
they filed application for asylum status there. Unfortunately, their application
was turned down and they had to go back China. Their plight shocked the German
society. The following is compiled from a report filed by by Radio Free Asia correspondent
YangTianyi on April 5.
Mr
Jiang Renzheng and his wife and their young children
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In
recent years, although the German public and government have learned about the
brutal persecution encountered by Falun Gong practitioners in China and the government
has protected a good number of persecuted practitioners by granting their political
asylum status, the brutality of the persecution, in many cases, is far beyond
the imagination of the government officials who handle the matters.
During
the period of their life outside China, Mr. Jiang Renzheng and his wife started
practicing Falun Gong. The government officials who handled their asylum application
did not believe that they would be persecuted if they went back to China. Therefore,
earlier this March, they did not give a thought to the public opinion and forcefully
deported the couple to China.
Shortly after the couple stepped onto China’s
territory, they encountered brutal persecution. The incident shocked the German
society. Hence, this reporter interviewed Ms. Tang who is actively working on
and calling for the rescue of this couple.
Ms. Tang: On March 7, they were
deported from Frankfurt to Beijing. Two weeks later, three leaders, including
Director Yan and a Sector Chief, Mr. Yi from National Security Bureau in Benxi
City took turns interrogating Mr. Jiang Renzheng. In addition, they even brought
in Mr. Jiang’s father. The interrogation started at about 4 pm on March 17 and
went on to 4 am the next day. The officials forced him to report all he had done
in Germany over the past few years, especially things associated with Falun Gong.
They pressured him to write a statement renouncing Falun Gong, but he refused
to do so. They then tried to put pressure on his father.
This kind of forceful
interrogation lasted a few hours and was then repeated.
Ms. Tang: Now their
entire family has lost their peaceful lives. Mr. Jiang’s father suffered a tremendous
mental shock, and as a result, he is unable to recognize his family members. His
mother keeps crying every day.
Ms. Tang said that in less than one month
after Mr. Jiang and his wife went back to China, their parents, children and they,
themselves, are now facing physical and mental collapse.
Ms. Tang: This
matter has raised a great impact. It aroused the media’s attention just before
the couple was deported. Human rights organizations, some related institutions
and some politicians were all aware of this matter. At that time, the related
German government officials indeed could not imagine that the persecution is so
severe and so brutal that it affects every Falun Gong practitioner.
Ms.
Tang said that what occurred to this couple did not only shock the governmental
departments that deal with asylum applications, but because it is so typical,
it also became one of the issues of most concern for human rights organizations
and German media. Therefore, they will continue to follow up on this incident
and will make all possible efforts to help Mr. Jiang Renzheng and his wife regain
their freedom.
The above news is reported by Tianyi, correspondent of Radio
Free Asia in Germany.
Posting date: 10/April/2005
Original
article date: 8/April/2005
Category: Media Reports
