Tian Shaoyan Persecuted to the Point of Loss of Functioning Abilities

Name: Tian Shaoyan
Gender: Female
Age: Unknown
Address: Unknown
Occupation: Unknown

Date of Most Recent Arrest: May 6th, 2008
Most recent place of detention: Masanjia Forced Labour Camp
City: Shenyang
Province: Liaoning

Persecution Suffered: Imprisonment, Electric Shocks, Beatings, Solitary Confinement, Sleep Deprivation, Torture, Forced Labour.

Ms. Tian Shaoyan is a Falun Gong practitioner in Suizhong County, Huludao City. She has been arrested and imprisoned several times due to her belief in the practice. On May 6th, 2008, Ms. Tian was arrested by the Domestic Security Division of Suizhong County, and sent to Masanjia Forced Labour Camp on May 27th.

At Masanjia Forced Labour Camp she has been tortured and is now unable to stand up or walk by herself. She is unable to hold things in her hands, has no facial expressions, has lost several teeth, is unable to talk or recognise her own daughter, and is not mentally healthy. She is unable to feed herself and has lost a lot of weight; she cannot take care of herself.

Ms. Tian Shaoyan had been persecuted several times before being sent to Masanjia in 2008. From September 1999 to June 2000, she was detained at the Suizhong County Detention Centre, where the deputy director, Ji Shuxun, shocked her with electric batons, and the warden, Zhang Wenzhong, poured ice water on her and other practitioners while keeping the windows open in winter.

In September 2000 in the Masanjia Labour Camp, warden Huang Haiyan beat Ms. Tian until her mouth bled, then shocked her with electric batons on her hands, feet, neck, and chest. Along with the beatings and kicking, she pulled out Ms. Tian's hair. Ms. Tian was forced to crouch and stand for long periods of time to go through the so-called "forceful transformation¹." In December 2002, Huang Haiyan manipulated others to lock her in a toilet to deprive her of sleep. Ms. Tian was also forced to carry a heavy workload for long periods of time in the camp, which caused severe pain to her lower back, legs, and chest. She had a hard time breathing and could not walk or sleep well in April 2003.

Ms. Tian Shaoyan is currently imprisoned and being persecuted at the Masanjia Forced Labour Camp; she is unable to perform daily tasks.

Note

1. "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/2009/11/13/212525.html