Weinan Prison in Shaanxi Instigates Criminals to Torture Falun Gong Practitioners

Weinan Prison in Shaanxi Province, also known as Shaanxi Province Second Prison, is for serious, hardened criminal offenders.

In 2005, male Falun Gong practitioners from all the province's prisons, such as Zhuangli in Fuping County and Hanzhong, were sent to Weinan Prison.

A mandatory “transformation” [forcibly renounce Falun Gong] of practitioners was implemented in 2006 in the prison. Warden Wang Zhixiong, deputy warden Huo Feng, deputy section chief-in-charge of brainwashing Liu Gengnian, Zhang Yage and Li Wensheng were closely involved in carrying this out. They bought in Chen Bin, a former practitioner who had been misled, and attempted to deceive and confuse practitioners.

Systematic Persecution

The persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in Weinan Prison is systematic. Each practitioner is assigned to a prisoner, whose job is to monitor the practitioner every movement. The prisoners who are monitoring practitioners do not have to participate in the forced labour, and the police give them high points every month. At the end of the year, they are able to get the “Activists” reward. Many criminal prisoners bribe the guards to get to be a monitor or “prisoner guardian.”

Apart from this, they have arranged a secret post (secret cangues who report regularly to guards who are in charge of persecuting practitioners). These people secretly report to the guards what the practitioners have said and who the practitioners interacted with. They are awarded more points every month, but these extra points are given surreptitiously and the guards do not dare to let the regular prisoners know what is going on.

There is also a third layer of persecution. There are “steward prisoners” who are responsible for managing the prisoners' day-to-day affairs. Many of them give the guards ideas on how to persecute practitioners, and many personally beat practitioners.

Deputy warden Huo Feng is responsible for the overall persecution in the prison. He gives orders to Liu Gengnian, the deputy section chief of education; the ward head (originally known as the political head); and guards in charge of brainwashing in every ward.

Intensity of the Persecution Leads to Tortured Death of a Practitioner

In June 2011, when deputy section chief of education Liu Gengnian was transferred to No. 11 Section (the prison admissions section) as a political head, he increased the intensity of the persecution. At 11 p.m., on May 15, 2012, practitioner Gao Shouhai who was in the No. 11 Section, died as a result of being brutally tortured.

For more details about the persecution of Mr. Gao Shouhai, please read: “Pharmacist Mr. Gao Shouhai from Shaanxi Province Died as a Result of Persecution in Weinan Prison” http://en.minghui.org/html/articles/2012/6/26/134133.html

Dan Zhonglin has now succeeded Liu Gengnian as the deputy section chief responsible for “brainwashing.” He was originally from Huashan Prison and was responsible for the sale of products produced by prison slave labour.

Prisoners who are responsible for the “guardianship” and monitoring of practitioner Gao Shouhai include Chen Shuo, Su Mingying, Lu Guangqing, Dong Jie, Bai Yawen. Guards of the No. 11 Section who are responsible for persecuting practitioners are mainly Liu Gengnian, Zhang Zhongqiu, Yuan Yongzhi, Yuan Jian, and Liu Jianhong.

Su Mingying, One of the Most Evil Prisoners

Su Mingying worked in Pubai Coal Mine in Baishui, Shaanxi Province. He was convicted of raping his wife's sister and was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1999. After spending more than ten years in the dark prison environment, his mind became even more twisted and now he is even more ruthless.

For a long time by the guards encouraged Su to participate in the persecution of many Falun Gong practitioners.

-- Mr. Han Xu from Gansu Province was persecuted for about two years. Mr. Han was forced to sit on a small bench for a long time and was not allowed to move or blink. He went on a hunger strike several times in protest.

-- Mr. Xi Shuansheng from Baoji was forced to stand for the entire day and both his legs swelled. He was not allowed to sleep and was tortured.

-- Mr. Zhang Huipu from Xi'an was beaten until he fainted. He was bounds with thin ropes and had water poured down his throat until he almost choked to death.

-- Mr. Gao Mantang, Mr. Xie Xinhao, and Mr. Pang Ning from Xi'an were slapped in the face and their legs were kicked and stomped on. One of them became lame.

-- Mr. Ma Jie, Mr. Gao Shouhai, and Mr. Jia Ye from Xianyang were hung upside down from the upper berth of the bed and essential balm was poured into their noses. They were forced to stand in a fixed posture without moving for long periods of time.

-- University student Mr. Han Dongjin from Shandong Province was beaten until his screams could be heard in the middle of the night.

Other Criminal Inmates Actively Participated in Persecuting Practitioners

Chen Shuo, a rapist from Yulin, Shaanxi Province, participated in the persecution of Mr. Gao Shuohai, Mr. Han Xu, and other practitioners. Chen's relationship with the guards is very strong. Because he bribes them, he is always appointed to be a “guardian.” Under order from and in cooperation with the guards, he has actively persecuted practitioners.

Lu Gangqing and Dong Jie are both prisoners from Weinan. They have participated in persecuting many practitioners, including Mr. Gao Shuohai.

Bai Yawen, a prisoner from Hancheng, Shaanxi, has also participated in persecuting many practitioners, including Mr. Gao Shuohai and Mr. Xi Shuansheng.

Prison Officials Involved in the Persecution

Zhang Gengnian, former deputy chief of education, was responsible for the “transformation” of Falun Gong practitioners in all prisons. In the second half of 2011, he was transferred to the Prison Admissions Section as a deputy political head. The intensity and types of persecution employed in the Prison Admissions Section is closely tied to Zhang.

Zhang Zhongqiu is a full-time police officer involved in persecuting Falun Gong practitioners. He does one thing openly and another behind a person's back, so many practitioners were confused by his appearance. Because he is active in persecuting practitioners, he has “rendered meritorious service” in the Shaanxi Provincial Bureau of Prisons. Because he is rewarded, he works even harder in persecuting practitioners.

Yuan Yongzhi handles affairs. He is reckless and only considers the outcome, using whatever means it takes to “transform” practitioners. He likes to make use of thugs like Su Mingying.

Yuan Jian is the political head (ward head) of No. 11 Section. He is responsible for the overall persecution of practitioners in the Prison Admissions Section.

Lu Jianhong is the deputy ward head of No. 11 Section. Among the leaders in the four wards, he concentrates mainly on persecuting practitioners in the Prison Admissions Section.

We would like to offer a stern warning to those prison guards and prisoners who participated in persecuting Falun Gong practitioners and those in the 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong), police, Domestic Security system, judiciary, procuratorate, and neighborhood committees: Heaven will not spare those who carry out these evil acts. Do not be blinded by your greed and desire to be an official and disregard the consequences. You will inflict irreparable harm on yourselves and suffer bad consequences.