Suining Police Torture Elderly Practitioners

On July 5th and 16th, 2009, officers from the Wanglin Police Station arrested Mr. Shao Kailian and Mr. Zhang Buhue from Wanglin Township, Suining County, Jiangsu Province, both of whom are in their 60s. The police ransacked their homes, and the two elderly practitioners were taken to the police station and beaten.

Xu Jun, Li Jun and Yan Dong from the Suining Domestic Security Team went to the police station and interrogated the two practitioners. They cuffed the practitioners' hands and used ropes to secure the handcuffs up high. They pulled on the ropes, hung the practitioners up and beat them. As a result, the two elderly practitioners endured great pain.

In order to force the two practitioners to give in and renounce their faith, the police officers put sand bags on their necks. The two practitioners fainted soon after because of the burning pain from the 50 lb load. The police then put them down and poured cold water on their heads. After the elderly practitioners awoke, the police continued torturing them. During the torture, Yan Dong boasted about how brutal he had been when previously torturing female Falun Gong practitioners.

After being tortured for several days, Mr. Zhang Buhua was sent to a forced labour camp for a one-year term. Mr. Shao Kailian was first sent to a detention centre. Because his blood pressure was too high, the detention centre refused to accept him. He was then released.

In the past few years, the police have persecuted and harassed Mr. Shao Kailian and Mr. Zhang Buhua many times. They knew the facts about Falun Gong and also knew that the two elderly practitioners are good people, but still continued to subject them to severe persecution.

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2011/1/15/34910.html