Facts about the Persecution of Mr. Kang Zhiguo from Shanxi Province and How He Suffered Before His Death

Mr. Kang Zhiguo, who was born in 1954, was a mechanical and electrical worker with the Xishan Coal Electricity Group Inc. in Taiyuan City. He started practising Falun Dafa in 1997. After July 20th, 1999, he appealed in front of the gate of the Shanxi Provincial Committee and was arrested. In February 2000, he went to Beijing to appeal and was again arrested. Later he was sent to a labour camp for one year.

In 2002, head of Fudi Police Station Zhang Zishan, political instructor Zhang Shiping, and deputy heads Ma Baoyin and Wang Zhiliang (these four persecuted Dafa practitionerYang Qingmin to death) forced Mr. Kang to write a "guarantee statement¹." He was forced to leave home with another practitioner, Li Guozheng, to avoid further persecution.

On October 1st, 2002, when Mr. Kang was distributing leaflets exposing the persecution in the Xinghua South District in Taiyuan City, he was arrested by Chinese Communist Party (CCP) agents. They had formed a special case team called "Critical Case 101" and arrested more than 20 practitioners. Yang Mingxi, the deputy head of Wanbolin District Public Security Bureau, was appointed leader of the case; Zheng Yongsheng of an anti-drugs team was appointed deputy head. They brutally tortured Kang Zhiguo and other practitioners.

At Wanbolin Detention Centre, prisoner Wu Ke tortured and beat Mr. Kang many times. On December 9th, 2002, practitioner Ding Liyan was persecuted to death at Taiyuan Detention Centre. On July 22nd, 2003, practitioner Wang Zhiming was tortured to death by Jia Junfeng, the deputy head of Wanbolin Detention Centre, Dr. Ma, and other officials. Policeman Zheng Yongsheng shot both Zhong Zhongjiang and Meng Fengwei in the legs and crippled both practitioners.

At the beginning of November 2003, Mr. Kang was imprisoned at the fifth ward zone of Jinzhong Prison in Shanxi Province. Prison guard instructor Zhao Weizhong of the first brigade threatened to "transform²" him. At the end of December, they launched the first round of concentrated force and violence. They ordered the prisoners to persecute Mr. Kang. Zhao Weizhong promised those criminals that as long as they "transformed" Kang Zhiguo, they could use any means they chose. He just cared about the result, not the process. As long as they could "transform" Kang Zhiguo, there would be no problem getting their sentences reduced. He could reduce their terms as much as he chose.

They tortured Mr. Kang by forcing him to sit for long periods of time without moving and to stand without moving for a long time. A prisoner named Duan Shi, a murderer from Linfen, Shanxi Province, who had a postponed death sentence, beat Mr. Kang every day. The scenes were horrible to witness. Only after Mr. Kang became paralysed from the beatings were his tormentors slightly restrained. The persecution lasted for one month.

In May 2004, a new round of persecution started. This time, the prison guards employed even more wicked prisoners. A murderer named Hou Senbiao, a gang kidnapper from Taiyuan, Shanxi, serving a 20-year term, beat Kang Zhiguo mercilessly with a wooden club. Mr. Kang shouted "Help!" Prison guard Li Weiping from Pingyao heard Mr. Kang. He did not stop the criminal but instead said to Kang, "What are you shouting about!" Then Li forced Kang Zhiguo to stand with his face against the wall.

The other prisoners involved in the beatings included Wang Jingdong, a murderer from Qingdao, Shandong Province, who was imprisoned for life, and Hu Wenxue from Shanxi Province. This time, the persecution lasted for three months.

Mr. Kang Zhiguo was beaten until he was paralysed in January 2004. On May 18th, 2005, he suffered a relapse. Three days later, he died.

Those who orchestrated the event were Kong Xiangjing and Zhao Weizhong, political instructors of the prison guards in the fifth ward zone. Those directly responsible for Mr. Kang's death were prisoners Duan Shi, Hou Senbiao, Wang Jingdong, and Hu Wenxue.

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Note

1. "Guarantee Statement": A statement to declare that one is remorseful for practising Falun Gong and guarantees not to practise Falun Gong again, not to go to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong, and never again associate with any Falun Dafa 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/2007/1/4/146152.html