Documentation of the Torture and Death of Mr Shen Baoping, a Falun Dafa Practitioner from Xinjiang Province

Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Shen Baoping of Kuitun City, Xingjiang was 32 years old. In 2001, Shen Baoping was arrested. He was detained and tortured in many different ways. For example, he was hung up by both hands while his body was beaten mercilessly by a policeman, who used electric batons, police clubs, and leather belts, until finally the torturer was exhausted. After that, in July 2001, Shen Baoping was transferred to a prison in Changji City, Xinjiang. There, the prison guards continued to use various barbaric methods of torture. They often used electric batons, police clubs, as well as rubber sticks (steel bars covered with rubber designed to cause internal injuries) to beat him mercilessly. Shen Baoping suffered cruel beatings by both prison guards and prisoners every day. In the pouring rain, he was handcuffed from a basketball hoop for almost two days. Shen Baoping, who used to have a vigorous and healthy body weighing 70 to 80 kilograms, was tortured until he was just skin and bones. The prison guards also made use of ultra-intensive physical labour to devastate him and other Dafa practitioners. Shen Baoping's firm faith in Falun Dafa drove the prison guards and criminals into a frenzy, as they had been promised many benefits if they could transform him. His unyielding belief frustrated their ambitions and they hated the fact that they he would not go against his conscience, no matter what vicious methods they employed. In August 2004, Shen Baoping was finally mercilessly beaten to death by prison guards and criminals.

Related responsible people:

Sun Guoqiang, etc., head of the first prison zone at Xiabahu Prison, Changji City, Xinjiang
Yue Jiangmin, prison guard

Changji City suburb local police station, Xinjiang
Yang (head), phone: 86-13709949919(home); 86-994-2515245 ext.8000(office); Office on duty: 86-994-2515245, transfer to duty office or various branch offices

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.ca/mh/articles/2005/2/9/95168.html