Practitioner Mr Du Jincai has been on Hunger Strike for 190 Days; His Life Is in Imminent Danger

Falun Gong practitioner Mr Du Jincai is a worker from Jinhua of Liaoning Province. He is currently detained in the Huludao Forced Labour Camp for practising Falun Gong. To protest the persecution, Du Jincai has been on a hunger strike for 190 days and his life is in danger. We call on people from all walks of life to pay close attention to his situation and rescue Du Jincai.

Mr. Du, 43, worked for Jinhua Chemistry Industry Group. Practising Falun Gong brought him better health and raised his moral character. He is a hard working, honest and kind person whose outstanding character won him praise from his colleagues and supervisors. Du Jincai's mother is over 70 years old, his son is in school, and his wife works in Jinhua. His family environment was full of harmony and joy.

Du Jincai's mother has a heart condition. Seeing her son under brutal persecution, her heart is broken and she often cries, hoping for her son's return.

When the family went to the labour camp to visit Du Jincai, the labour camp refused any visit. When they asked the police, "Why will you not let us visit Du Jincai and how is he doing?" The forced labour camp ignored them replying, "It's not news that people die in a forced labour camp."

Since Jiang's regime began the persecution of Falun Gong in July of 1999, Du Jincai has been detained several times. During his first detention at Huludao Forced Labour Camp, he suffered both physical and mental torture. When he was released and went back to work, he worked hard as before.

On April 26, 2004, however, the National Security Brigade of Huludao Public Security Bureau at Lianshan Branch arrested Du Jincai from his workplace. He was sentenced to three years of forced labour without any legal procedures. On April 29, without notifying him or his family, the police forcefully sent him to the Huludao Forced Labour Camp.

In the forced labour camp, Du Jincai refused to give up the practice of Falun Gong. As a result, he was brutally tortured. Since July 9, 2004, Du Jincai has been on a hunger strike to protest the persecution. During his hunger strike, the forced labour camp brutally force-fed him. He was forced down on the ground. The perpetrators tightly held down his legs and arms. They tried to pry open his mouth but failed, and instead, they inserted the feeding tube down his nose into his stomach, causing internal damages. He has severe stomach pains, and headaches and his whole body is in pain. He also feels light-headed as though he is going to faint. He was locked in solitary confinement, where he was subjected to more torture.

On August 23, 2004, the head of the Disciplinary Department at the labour camp, used the excuse that the practitioners did not report their assigned prisoner numbers, and so incited an inmate to brutally torture Du Jincai and practitioner Yao Shan, who was also on a hunger strike at that time. Both practitioners were forced to down on the ground in a "body-folding" (1) position while the policemen slapped their faces, beat and shocked them with electric batons.

As of January 19, 2005, Du Jincai has been on a hunger strike for 190 days. He is extremely weak and his life is in danger.

We call for an urgent, worldwide rescue to stop the persecution of Falun Gong and support Falun Gong practitioners' human rights.

Related units and phone numbers:

(Note: for home or office phone numbers, dial country code + area code before all numbers. For mobile phone numbers, dial country code before the numbers. Country code: 86, area code: 429)

Chief of Jurisdiction Bureau Shao Shouhua: 3160055(Home), 13842970888(mobile)
Phone numbers of Huludao Forced Labour Camp:
Offices of the labour camp leaders: 3960700 3960702 3960703 3960705 3960706 3960707
Exam Office: 3960710
Forced Labor Department: 3960763
Guard of Entrance: 3960719
Labour Camp Head Yang Haiyan 3128836(Home), 13604290658(mobile)
Political Committee, Wu Shushan: 3126312(Home), 13998908533(Cell)

Note:

(1). "Body-folding" refers to standing with two legs straight and close, and bending the head down as far as it will go toward the feet, in front of the knees. The fingers point to the ground, the head is upside down, making the body form a 90-degree angle. The victim is forced to keep this position for 17 to 18 hours a day except when eating, sleeping and using the toilet.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2005/1/21/93932.html