Deng Fangchen Detained in Brainwashing Centre in Guangzhou for 1.5 Years

Name: Deng Fangchen
Gender: Female
Age: 35
Address: Baiyun District, Guangzhou City
Occupation: Self-employed businesswoman
Date of Most Recent Arrest: January 13th, 2010
Most Recent Place of Detention: Guangzhou Brainwashing Centre
City: Guangzhou
Province: Guangdong
Persecution Suffered: Detention, business shut down, brainwashing, damaging force-feeding, denial of washing face and brushing teeth, denial of visitation.

Deng Fangchen, a Falun Gong practitioner, was arrested on January 13th, 2010. Since then, she has been detained at the Guangzhou Brainwashing Centre, where she has been force-fed and tortured.

Ms. Deng, from Hunan Province, became a Falun Gong practitioner in 2004. She followed the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance, and always held herself to high moral standards.

Ms. Deng owns a leather furniture design business in Baiyun District in Guangdong. On the afternoon of January 13th, 2010, she received a phone call from the Haizhu District Residential Committee, who deceived her into returning to her shop. She was taken into custody for “purchasing tickets for the Shen Yun¹ performance in Hong Kong.” The staff from the Residential Committee told her husband and brother that they would release her as soon as “things are cleared up.” She was taken to a detention centre, and later transferred in secret to Guangzhou Brainwashing Centre. The staff from the Residential Committee searched her bags and shop, and found Falun Gong materials. Soon afterward, the 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) of Haizhu District shut down her shop and forbade the landlord from continuing to lease to her. Her brother, who ran the shop with her, thus also lost his job.

At the brainwashing centre, Deng refused to give up her faith and went on a hunger strike to protest her treatment. The staff at the brainwashing centre tied her to a chair and poked a tube down her nose. They frequently force-fed her and forced her to urinate and defecate while on video. She was not allowed to wash herself or brush her teeth for a very long time. They hoped such humiliation and torture would make her give up her faith. When her brother came to give her clothes, the brainwashing centre refused to let him see her.

Perpetrators:

Leaders of Guangzhou Brainwashing Centre: Pan Jinhua (male), +86-20-81730648; Hua Shaoxia
Guards: Zhou Jing and Tian Lihui
Domestic Security Office of Haizhu District

Note

1. Shen Yun performance, a world-class traditional Chinese cultural show.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2011/9/7/246384.html