Accountant from Liaoning Province Tortured in Prison

Mr. Chen Fu, a 44-year-old Falun Gong practitioner from Shenyang City, is detained in Xihu Prison in Benxi City, Liaoning Province. He is confined to a solitary cell and being severely tortured.

Mr. Chen was very healthy before the abuse, but his physical condition is now worrying. The guards deny that they have physically abused him, but they refuse to let his family see him. They have asked his family telling questions, such as, "Who has seen us abusing him? Where is your proof?"

The Arrest of Mr. Chen

Mr. Chen worked as an accountant and lived in the Sujiatun District in Shenyang City. His earnings were his family's only source of income. Mr. Chen and his wife were celebrating their son's 8th birthday at home on July 19th, 2013, when police officers broke into their apartment and arrested him.

The officers were from the Shenjingzi Police Station and the Domestic Security Division of the Dongling District Police Department in Shenyang City. They also confiscated many of Mr. Chen's personal belongings.

Although Mr. Chen's own parents passed away years ago, he is very close to his parents-in-law. So, after the arrest and despite his many illnesses, Mr. Chen's father-in-law insisted on visiting Mr. Chen, as did other family members.

When the family asked about the arrest, the police said that Mr. Chen told a co-worker a year ago to say, "Falun Gong is good; Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good."

Mr. Chen's father-in-law passed away after the family was denied their right to visit him.

Soon after, Mr. Chen's family hired two lawyers. However, during several court sessions, the lawyers were denied admission to the courtroom, and Mr. Chen was sentenced to three years in prison. He is now in Xihu Prison in Benxi City.

Forced "Transformation"

Xihu Prison is one of the main locations for “transforming” [forcibly renounce Falun Gong] Falun Gong practitioners. This prison was appropriated 10 million yuan (approximately $1.6 million) in May 2008 to construct a building especially to oversee the "transformation" of the practitioners detained there.

Deputy Political head of the prison Chen Zhongwei, director of the Educational Division Zhao Xuezeng, director of the Disciplinary Division Tian Yong, and others who persecute practitioners at Xihu have worked out a systematic procedure to see the “transformation” process through:

—First, brainwashing in the so-called Educational Division.
—Next, if the brainwashing fails, practitioners are sent to various divisions for different levels of torture and abuse.

He was electrically shocked, whipped, beaten with canes, punched and kicked, deprived of sleep, made to do hard labour, doused with hot water when it was hot and cold water when it was cold, forced to sit on a miniature bench for a long time, and had his fingers pierced; .

Address of Xihu Prison:
PO Box 842, Huolianzhai Town, Xihu District, Benxi City, Liaoning Province, China 117003 (or #44 Huolianzhai East Road, Xihu District, Benxi City, Liaoning Province, China 117003)

People Responsible for the Persecution of Mr. Chen:
Bao Jieqing (鲍杰青), prison warden: +86-414-5538901, +86-414-5538173, +86-13304141588, +86-414-2821555, +86-414-5538666
Chen Zhongwei (陈忠维), deputy political head (head of the 610 office):
+86-414-5538903, +86-13841407866, +86-414-2186669