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German Media Report: Jiang Renzheng Sentenced to a Forced Labor Camp for Three Years after being Deported to China (Photo)

Mr. Jiang Renzheng, a Chinese national, had applied for
political refugee status for practicing Falun Gong in Germany but was rejected
and repatriated to China. Less than one month after he returned to China, he suffered
persecution and was sentenced to three years of forced labor.



Mr. Jiang Renzheng was sentenced to three years of forced labor
for practicing Falun Gong

A German newspaper called Prima Sonntag reported
on April 17, 2005:

Mr. Jiang Renzheng, a Chinese national, was repatriated
from Wuerzburg to China on March 7th 2005. At present he is sentenced to three
years in a labor camp for practicing Falun Gong, a Chinese cultivation practice.

Being suspected of wanting to stay in Germany by using the name of Falun Gong,
Wuerzburg Administrative Court refused Mr. Jiang and his family's application,
which was submitted with Falun Gong practitioners' verification of their
identity. The German Falun Dafa Association reminded the German Government of
the persecution situation against Falun Gong practitioners in China before the
repatriation decision was made known. At present, the association is doing its
utmost to rescue Jiang and his family back to Germany.

Subjected to surveillance
and monitoring

The facts prove that this is undoubtedly a disaster for
the family. According to information from the Falun Dafa Association, after four
weeks of surveillance and 24-hour monitoring, Jiang Renzheng was arrested and
taken to Benxi Labor Camp, where he was sentenced to hard labor for three years
without any trial or legal consultations. Jiang Renzheng's parents also suffered
pressure from the Chinese National Security Bureau. His wife Guo Rui and their
children can't imagine what the future will be. Now they have to rely on
their parents' help to survive because Guo Rui is not allowed to go out looking
for a job; she is even forbidden to go to the labor camp to visit her husband.
Guo Rui talked with Wuerzburg Falun Gong practitioners on the phone and told them,
“We have lost all rights, and even freedom.”

Application for refugee status
repeatedly rejected

Mr. Jiang Renzheng and his wife Guo Rui came to Germany
to study German in 2001 through legal channels. Since September 2004, they have
been sentenced to be repatriated several times, but the proceedings were stopped
due to the efforts of German Falun Dafa Association. Still, the whole family was
finally repatriated in March 2005.

Falun Gong is a traditional cultivation
practice. In addition to the exercises, practitioners also cultivate Truthfulness,
Compassion and Forbearance. Falun Gong has been persecuted in China since 1999.
This persecution leads to many people becoming destitute and homeless, workers
lose their jobs, students are forced to discontinue schooling, women are forced
into abortion and couples are forced to divorce.

According to information
provided by the Falun Gong Information Centre, there have been more than 1583
practitioners persecuted to death in police stations and labor camps so far.

Posting
date: 24/May/2005

Original article date: 19/May/2005
Category: Media Report