Mr. Liu Wenwei, former Harbin Railroad Procuratorate Employee, Persecuted to Death

Name: Liu Wenwei
Gender: Male
Age: 51
Address: Unknown
Occupation: Former Employee of Harbin Railroad Procuratorate
Date of Death: November 11th, 2012
Date of Most Recent Arrest: October 17th, 2012
Most Recent Place of Detention: Qiqihar Brainwashing Centre
City: Harbin
Province: Heilongjiang
Persecution Suffered: Sleep deprivation, forced labour, brainwashing, forced drug administration, beatings, hung up, torture, physical restraint, forced job transfer, home ransacked, interrogation, detention, denial of toilet use, and denied visitation
Key Persecutors: Go Dayong, Wang Xiaodong, Zhao Guangcai, Fu Yanchun, Zhu Xianwu, Jing Ji, Zhu Ziquan, Zhang Xibin

Once employed at the Harbin Railroad Procuratorate, Mr. Liu Wenwei began to practise Falun Gong in 1999. During the past 13 years, he was detained three times, sentenced to three years of forced labour, and taken to a brainwashing centre twice. His home was ransacked four times, and he was monitored for a long period of time. He was also re-assigned to a new job at work. On November 11th, 2012, at the age of 51, he passed away a few days after he was released from the brainwashing centre.

On the morning of the day he passed away, Gao Dayong, an officer from the 610 Office of Harbin Railroad Bureau, still forced his mother to write the Repentance Statement to renounce practising Falun Gong even though his mother does not practise Falun Gong.

Below is what Mr. Liu wrote about the persecution he endured:

Persecuted for Appealing in Beijing

On March 18th, 2000, I was on my way to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Gong. This is a Constitutional right. However, the security officers of the Harbin Railroad Bureau arrested me on the way and escorted me back to Harbin. While I was detained in the Harbin Railroad Detention Centre for 15 days, I was beaten and cursed. After I was released, my employer, Harbin Railroad Procuratorate, put me on probation from March 2000 to December 2000. My freedom was limited and my salary was cut to only 195 yuan¹ per month.

On April 30th, 2000, Harbin Railroad Police Department officers came to my workplace and arrested me again "to prevent me from going to Beijing to appeal." I was detained for 13 days and deprived of my salary. I was hung up by my handcuffs continuously for more than 27 hours. I was not allowed to eat, sleep, or go to the toilet. I was also verbally abused non-stop.

Detained for 49 Days for Exposing the Persecution and Brutally Beaten

On October 15th, 2000, Nangang Police Department of Harbin arrested me because I exposed the persecution to people publicly. I was detained for 49 days, and my employer stopped my salary. On the evening that I was arrested, the director of the Hexing Police Station, along with officers Wang Xiaodong and Zhao Guangcai, ordered others to beat me. They covered my head with a plastic bag. They kicked my chest and fractured my ribs. They tortured me all night long. My arms were covered with bruises. I was in extreme pain. The next day, I was sent to the Nangang Detention Centre. At the detention centre, the inmates took away my winter clothes. I was beaten and cursed every day. The food was really bad, and I was not allowed to go to the toilet when I need to.

Tortured During Three Years of Forced Labour with the Iron Chair, Sleep Deprivation, and Slave Labour

On January 15th, 2001, I was arrested at work after one of my colleagues reported me to the authorities. Sentenced to three years of forced labour, I was sent first to Fuyu Forced Labour Camp and then transferred to Shuanghe Forced Labour Camp in Qiqihar. My employer stopped my salary, bonuses, and all my benefits.

In the summer of 2002, a cement truck ran over me and drove over my legs. My legs were almost disabled. The camp guards arranged for me to sleep between two inmates with scabies on purpose. Later, I caught scabies, which never fully healed on my legs.

In Fuyu Forced Labour Camp, the camp guards and inmates often beat me and cursed me. I was forced to do hard labour work and attend brainwashing sessions. When I tried to stop them from torturing me, they forced me to sit on an iron chair for a week and extended my term for a month. They also forced me to take an unknown drug, from which I had allergic reactions for a week. I was not allowed to use the toilet.

In March of 2003, they tried to “transform” [forcibly renounce Falun Gong] me. They opened the cell window and forced me to sit on an iron chair with bare feet and deprived me of sleep. They did not allow me to report the torture to the prosecutor in the labour camp nor allow my family to visit me. The inhumane treatment I suffered during those three years was beyond description.

On December 28th, 2003, I was released.

Re-assigned at Work and Monitored Long-Term

In January 2004, I hoped to return to work. Because I had received no income for the past few years, my family had suffered great hardship. The officials of Harbin Railroad Procuratorate re-assigned me to work at the Harbin Railroad Housing Division.

I disagreed with the new assignment. I consulted the lawyers and courts and was told that there was no such law stating that Falun Gong practitioners could not work in the procuratorate. I had been a hard worker and was rewarded for my work performance in 1998 and 1999.

I was constantly being monitored and harassed while I worked at the Harbin Railroad Housing Division. During the October holidays of 2006, people were assigned to monitor me around my home. My family and I were followed constantly. They threatened me, telling not to leave Harbin. Sometimes, I was afraid of going home. I often woke up in the middle of the night from nightmares.

Arrested and Sent to a Brainwashing Centre

On the morning of August 13th, 2009, the division chief, Zhang Xibin, reassigned me to a subdivision. When I arrived at the gate, several people pushed me into a police car. I was taken to the Wuchang Brainwashing Centre. From August 13th to September 13th, 2009, I was brutally tortured in the brainwashing centre. Fu Yanchun, Zhu Xianwu, and Jing Ji tortured me by handcuffing me, stretching my arms, punching and kicking me, and forcing me to squat for long periods of time. My kidney was damaged and I urinated blood. My back hurt so much that I had difficulty walking.

When I was released, I was on the brink of a mental breakdown. I was unable to sleep at night and lived in constant fear. My wife often sat by my bedside to look after me and helped me to regain my courage to live. But I was still mentally unstable. The officials at work threatened me and tried to force me to renounce Falun Gong or guarantee not to appeal.

On the morning of October 17th, 2012, the officials from the Security Section of my workplace, including section chief Zhu Ziquan, took me to the Qiqihar Brainwashing Centre, with the excuse that the 18th National People’s Congress was approaching. The officials at the brainwashing centre mentally tortured me every day. Some of them threatened me with electric batons in their hands. It was unbearable, and I wrote the three statements to give up Falun Gong against my will.

On November 5th, 2012, I was released from the brainwashing centre. However the officers from the Harbin Railroad Bureau 610 Office and local police officers kept monitoring and threatening me. I was unable to live in peach. They also confiscated all of my Falun Gong books and recordings, my MP3/MP5 player, and my computer hard drive. The officials at the brainwashing centre told me before I was released that they had installed monitors in my home to monitor me. I felt that I could be taken away at any time and always felt insecure. I was mentally unstable, and my mind easily drifted.

My wife was taken to the brainwashing centre around the same time that I was released.

Mr. Liu Wenwei Passed Away

On the morning of November 11th, 2012, Mr. Liu passed away six days after his release, at the age of 51.

Mr. Liu loved China very much. He simply followed the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance and wanted to be a good citizen. His family was devastated when he passed away.

Participants in the persecution of Mr. Liu:

Gao Dayong, chief of the Politics and Law Committee of Harbin Railroad Bureau and also an officer with the 610 Office of Harbin Railroad Bureau: 13895750788 (Mobile)
Zhu Ziquan, section chief of Security Section of the Harbin Railroad Housing Division: 13936136231 (Mobile)
Zhang Xibin, a division chief of the Harbin Railroad Housing Division: 13766914115

Note

1. "Yuan" is the Chinese currency; 500 yuan is equal to the average monthly income of an urban worker in China.