Practitioners Tortured in Handan City Forced Labour Camp in Hebei Province

For many years, the Handan Forced Labour Camp has followed the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in its persecution of Dafa practitioners, especially those who have strong faith.

On August 23rd, policemen Zuo Tao and Zeng Yiwei forced practitioner Zhao Zhanzhongto to sign what's known as the Four Statements¹. Practitioner Zhao said he would not part with Dafa and refused to sign. He persisted in practising Dafa. Zuo Tao and other policemen thus brutally beat him. Zhao was forced to stand for a long time, beaten hard on the head and face, and kicked all over his body. Later, the policemen also tortured him with electric batons and beat him with rubber sticks, and burned Teacher Li's photos in front of him.

Practitioner Guo Shehan was originally arrested and detained in the fourth brigade at the labour camp. Because he always yells "Falun Dafa is good", he was transferred to the "specially-managed brigade", where there is more intense torture. On the morning of September 6th, the leader of the forced labour camp was there for an inspection, and Guo kept yelling, "Falun Dafa is good". Policemen Gao Jinli, Zuo Tao, Zeng Yiwei, Li Poyong and others thus took him to the "police club" on the first floor (where there are two empty rooms solely for the purpose of torturing Dafa practitioners) and beat him brutally for over an hour. Later four or five people carried him back to a bedroom on third floor. He was in bed for more than a month, and could not take care of himself. The forced labour camp assigned people to watch him and did not allow anyone to contact him.

Practitioner Yang Hailin was a worker in the Third Construction Company of Handan City.Because he persisted in practising Dafa, policemen Gao Jinli, Zuo Tao, Zheng Yiwei and others beat him brutally with rubber sticks and electric batons for over an hour on October 12th.

Practitioners Zhang Huaijun and Yang Guoqiang were from Guantao County and Dongguang County, Changzhou City, respectively. On October 18th, police officers Gao Jinli and Zeng Yiwei beat them brutally to force them to stop practising Dafa. They also ordered some prisoners to torture a practitioner from Raoyang County with "swallow flying" (a brutal torture, see demonstration on http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2004/6/10/49058.html), and then the practitioner was brutally beaten, shocked with electric batons, and pressured to sign the Four Statements.

Practitioner Zhang Wenliang from Tangshan City is 61 years old. He was originally the commander of the Liaoning-based missile launching battalion. After he left the military, he was the CCP leader of the Tangshan City Food Factory. Because he insisted on cultivation and refused to be "transformed²", he was tied to a cross by police Gao Jinli, Zuo Tao, Zheng Yiwei, Zhang Wenshan, Lin Tao and others, who are all in the "specially-managed brigade". The police stuck two electric batons from his neckline to his chest, and shocked the front of his body and armpits, and then shocked the inside of his legs and genitals. The skin of his entire body was burned. There was no spot left untouched.

Now the police and prisoners of the "specially-managed brigade" in Handan City Forced Labour Camp all use the first floor "police club" as a place to torture Dafa practitioners. Whoever persists in practising Dafa and doesn't give in will be sent there and tortured. Many practitioners have experienced inhumane torture in this place.

Handan City Forced Labour Camp:

Political Instructor: Wang Zhiming
Captain: Li Poyong
Police: Gao Jinli, Zuo Tao, Zeng Yiwei, He Changjiang, Gao Fei

Forced labour camp telephone numbers:

Supervision: 86-310-4010152
Specially-watched brigade: 86-310-4010193 86-310-4010192

Note

1. "Four Statements": Practitioners are coerced under brainwashing and torture to write the "four statements" as proof that they have given up their belief. Created by the 610 Office, they consist of "a letter of repentance," "a guarantee" to never again practise Falun Gong, a "Dissociation Statement" to declare a dissociation with Falun Gong and promise not go to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong, and a list of names and addresses of all family members, friends and acquaintances who are practitioners.

2. "Reform or Transform" Implementation of brainwashing and torture in order to force a practitioner to renounce Falun Gong. (Variations: "reform", "transform", "reformed", "reforming", "transformed", "transforming", and "transformation")

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2006/12/13/144559.html