Practitioner Survives Three Day Coma to Tell Story of Horrific Torture

Suffering Cruel Torture, Enduring Brutal Beatings

I learned Falun Gong in 1996 and have been practising ever since. Before I practised, I had many diseases that were difficult to treat, such as heart disease and nephritis. Without any medical treatments, they were all gone after I learned Falun Gong.

On July 20, 1999, Jiang used his power to start the persecution of Falun Gong. Since then, all the media, such as TV, radios and newspapers have spread lies, and slandered and framed Falun Gong. Falun Gong practitioners were kidnapped, arrested, fined, brutally beaten, detained, sentenced to forced labour, and sentenced to jail. Some were tortured to the point of injury, were disabled, or even killed.

On April 23, 2001, I was going to see my mother. Police stopped me just after I got in the car. They grabbed my bag to search it. After they didn't find anything, they left. The next day, at around 10:30 p.m., four or five policemen broke down the door to my home. I was not prepared to face this sudden event. They grabbed my book. When I tried to get my book back, they ganged up on me together. I was pushed down on the floor. One officer forcibly pinched my wrist and another forcibly pulled my hair back. My wrist hurt so badly that I thought it was broken. My neck was hurt, too. The rest of the police officers started to search my room and didn't find anything. They were going to bring me to the local precinct. I asked to wear some warm clothes, since I was wearing inside clothes and the weather was cold. They wouldn't even wait for me to put on my coat and my shoes. With my arms twisted back and my hair pulled back, I was sent to the local station. Later I was sent to a detention centre.

On April 30, two policemen interrogated me. They threatened me, that if I refused to sign the "Guarantee Statement,"[1] I would be sent to a forced labour camp. They tried to trick me into telling them some information. I told them I didn't know. They said they found many truth-clarifying materials at my home and asked me to admit it. I told them that they were framing me and I would never accept it. Policeman Tian said, "If you don't tell us the truth, we will beat you to death." They started to torture me. My arms were twisted all the way to the back and almost out of their position. I couldn't help yelling out under the extreme pain. They closed the door to prevent others from hearing it. One police enforcer held the handcuffs and the other began beating me with his fists. The pain became more unbearable.

They tried to kick me, to force me to kneel down, and failed. The two policemen dragged me by my hair, to force me to bend down from the waist, and then one of them stepped on my back with one foot. I thought to myself that I am a Dafa practitioner, and how could I allow them to step on me in such a way? With that thought coursing through me, a strong power came to me from nowhere. I straightened my back promptly and my head rose up high, which was so sudden and strong that one policeman was thrown into a chair and the other almost fell to the ground. Another policemen came into the room. He slapped me fiercely. I felt a sharp pain on my face and saw swirling lights before my eyes. I couldn't hear any sounds.

Then they started to torture me more viciously. I was pushed against the wall. Officer Tian covered my nose with a piece of paper and covered my mouth with his hand. Another police enforcer grabbed my neck with both of his hands. I couldn't breathe. My eyes were bulging out, and my head seemed as if it was going to explode. When they saw I was on the verge of death, the hand covering my face would loosen a little bit and I would be able to have one breath. An officer started to pull the handcuff on my back. I was in such extreme pain that my whole body was sweating, like water pouring down. I lost consciousness. Later I came to. Someone tried to open my eyes. Someone choked me with cigarette smoke. They twisted my arms again, which caused me to faint again.

I didn't know how long I had fainted when I gradually recovered consciousness. I heard crying. I saw the fellow practitioners around me crying. A doctor measured my blood pressure and gave me an injection. Fellow practitioners told me that I had been in a coma for two days and three nights. When I finally woke up, I felt my whole body was in so much pain, like ten thousand of needles sticking me. I couldn't move my arms at all. They were severely swollen and covered with black and blue marks. My hands were very swollen. My face was so swollen that I looked like a creature with a big head. My right eye was covered with solid bruises and I could not see anything at all. There was a big bump on one of my temples, as big as a goose egg. My neck, showing fingerprints, was swollen from the choking. The handcuffs had left deep marks on my wrists. My left arm was totally numb without any feeling at all. I couldn't take care of myself.

The fellow practitioners took care of me, helping me to go to the bathroom, turning me over on the bed or helping me to get up. The pain made me unable to sleep for several days and nights. I vomited, had tinnitus (ringing in the ears) and a headache, and I couldn't see things clearly. Being in such a condition, the police still didn't let me go. Without any evidence against me, by law, they could only hold me for 15 days. After two police officers from the city came, they extended my detention for ten more days. They tried to force me to sign the paper and I refused. I told them I was not guilty at all and I had been tortured so much that I couldn't be recognised.

[1] The so-called "Guarantee Statement" is a statement to declare that he or she is remorseful for practising Falun Gong and guarantees not to practise Falun Gong again, not to go to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong, and never again associate with any Falun Dafa practitioners.

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2003/4/28/49259.html