ĦĦĦĦBEIJING, March 19 (Xinhuanet) -- Former Falun Gong follower Teng Chunyan, a
U.S. green card holder, was released from jail more than one month earlier than
prison term Wednesday morning for regretting for her crimes.
ĦĦĦĦTeng, 40, was born in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang
Province, and went to the United States in 1990. She came back to China with a
Chinese passport in May, 2000 and was sentenced to a three-year imprisonment by
the Beijing Municipal No.1 People's Court on December 12, 2000 for illegally
collecting and sending intelligence for overseas organizations.
ĦĦĦĦWhile in jail, she showed repentance for her crime under the education by
police and finally freed from the yoke of Falun Gong cult.
ĦĦĦĦTeng said, "The change of my ideology is from the bottom of my heart."
ĦĦĦĦIn an interview with Chinese and overseas reporters on the first day of
being released, She said, "Falun Gong is an out and out evil cult. I am willing
to tell the truth to the public and reporters."
ĦĦĦĦAsked about the life in jail, Teng said, "I lived a substantiallife in the
prison. Policemen educated me with reasons and emotion,which made me know what
is kindness."
ĦĦĦĦA prison guard said Teng led a regular life in prison. She often read
newspapers and loved to take part in physical and recreational activities. She
also persuaded other Falun Gong followers to apart from Falun Gong.
ĦĦĦĦTeng had interviews with Chinese and overseas reports on three occasions
when in imprisonment, exposing the evil nature of Falun Gong cult with her
experience.
ĦĦĦĦTeng Yuben, who greeted the release of his daughter Teng Chunyan, said,
"Falun Gong had turned my daughter from a human being into a devil and the
government has turned her from a devil into a human being again."
ĦĦĦĦTeng Chunyan said, "I am very happy and exited to see my familymembers upon
going out of the jail."
ĦĦĦĦIn response to a question about her future life, Teng said, "I will lead a
regular life with my family members. If Falun Gong cook up stories again, I will
tell people the facts, which are notlike the propaganda the Falun Gong cult has
made."
ĦĦĦĦHuang Qinghua, an official in charge of the ward where Teng hadstayed, said
Teng abided by prison rules, accepted transformation and had showed repentance,
which tally with the terms of penalty reduction. The Beijing Municipal No.1
People's Court reduced her penalty in accordance with the law. Enditem
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