Recent Persecution Against Falun Gong Practitioners at Masanjia Forced Labour Camp in Liaoning Province

1. On December 5th, 2006, Ms. Cui Defeng was reported by Inspector Xue Dan because "Falun Dafa is Good" was embroidered on the inside of her coat. Group leader Ren Huaiping and Wang Shuzheng cuffed her wrists to a bed, tied her legs with cloth strips, slapped her face and denied her food and toilet use. Wang Shuzheng kicked Ms. Cui Defeng in the face, and she wasn't released until the evening. Her arms, legs and face were swollen from the beatings.

2. Since Ms. Wang Xiaoyan refused to perform forced labour she was seriously punished. One wrist was cuffed to the ladder of a bunk bed and the other cuffed to the headboard of another bed. Her legs were tied together at the calves with cloth strips. Being restrained in this way forced her to bend at the waist with her head down. She could neither stand up straight nor squat. She was cuffed in this position for two consecutive days. All the while guards shocked her face and body with electric batons. After being tortured in this way Wang Xiaoyan's arms, legs and feet were swollen, and she was unable to walk for four or five days.

While this was going on, practitioners Zou Xiuju and Yuan Shuzhe were also tortured the same way for refusing to perform forced labour, and Zou Xiuju's face was swollen for many days after the being beaten.

3. At the beginning of November 2006 the Liaoning Province Ideology Education School and Women's Forced Labour Camp were combined. Falun Gong practitioners and common criminals were arranged into three groups. The new name is Women's Re-education through Labour Administration Centre of Liaoning Province

4. On November 13th, 2006, forty-five Falun Gong practitioners were transferred from the 3rd Group to the 1st and 2nd Groups, which are for common criminals. Beginning in mid-December 2006 every Falun Gong practitioner was grouped with one to two prisoner monitors. No matter where a Falun Gong practitioner goes, be it the restroom, water room, or the shop floor, the monitors always follow. Falun Gong practitioners are forbidden from talking to each other. If it's learned that the practitioners did speak with each other, the group leader subtracts points from the monitor's score. Every criminal has 300 points for a month to start with. The period of incarceration is increased for anyone whose score falls below 275. The group leader not only subtracts from their scores, but also holds them responsible. Out of fear, they tightly follow Falun Gong practitioners.

5. From December 20th, 2006 to January 10th, 2007, the majority of prisoners in the 1st and 2nd Squadrons of the 2nd Group were forced to increase their work time by skipping their rest periods after lunch and dinner. They started to work before 6:30 a.m., had lunch at 11:15 a.m. and dinner at 4:11 p.m. They continued to work until 11:00 p.m.

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2007/1/30/147897.html