Thank you.
I began my Falun Gong practice in 1995 and benefited a lot from the practice. I worked in the Ministry of Construction in China as a senior engineer. In 1999, with the persecution of Falun Gong, I realized there would be no freedom of belief in China, so I applied for immigration to Canada.
In 2000 my immigration application was approved, but just before I was prepared to move to Canada, I was arrested, simply because I sent personal letters to my friends trying to clarify the truth to them. I wanted them to know the persecution was based on lies and that wasn't really beneficial to people and the nation. I didn't realize all that time I was followed, monitored, and my letters were intercepted. Later I was charged with trying to sabotage the political solidarity of China. I was arrested and sent to prison for three and a half years.
In prison I suffered a lot physically and mentally. When I was detained I was stripped naked, and they poured cold water over my body. I had a high fever for almost two months. Later I was transferred to another place, and I was forced to do tough physical drills like endless running and jumping. This kind of physical punishment almost devastated my health. When I was on the verge of death I was sent to a prison, and the physical examination proved my lung adhered to my diaphragm because I had had a high fever for a long time. The X-ray showed my lung wasn't clear. I could not even take short breaths, and I also had other problems like very serious kidney problems. I cough a lot and urinate a lot.
Despite my poor health, I was shocked with tens of thousands of volts by an electric baton because I still refused to give up my belief. I also suffered mentally because every day in the prison I was forced to watch videos that purposely fabricated bloody scenes of suicides and killings. I watched them hour by hour every day, and it was worse than slavery I think. After three and half years I was released, in January 2004.
Again, I'm very grateful the Canadian government gave me permission to move to Canada . I was reunited with my wife in May 2004.
This is a great opportunity. I say thanks.