The Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners in Changlinzi Labour Camp in Harbin City

The chief officer of the Changlinzi Labour Camp is Shi Changjing. It is known that regular prisoners all fear him, however he is even more ruthless towards Falun Dafa practitioners. He wantonly confined practitioners in small solitary compartments. [In these gloomy and damp cells, the prisoner is handcuffed in a position such that he or she can neither move about freely nor lie down. The compartments are usually full of rats and with a horrible odour as a result of prisoner's not being allowed to use normal bathroom facilities and having to relieve themselves in their solitary confinement cell. The prisoner is also starved, given only half a meal a day.] Each confinement period could be as long as half a month. He continuously punished any practitioners who were steadfast by confining them in these solitary compartments. On August 10, practitioners in the 4th team persisted in reciting Teacher Li Hongzhi's articles. Shi Changjing ordered the captain of the 4th team -- Hao Wei to instigate the guards into leading the regular prisoners to brutally beat any practitioners. Practitioner Zhang Lin and over ten other practitioners suffered from varying degrees of injuries. Amongst them, Zhang Lin was injured the most severely: his ear drums became ruptured, two front teeth were knocked out, his nose and mouth were bleeding, both of his eyes as well as his head and face were swollen, and his whole body was covered with bruises. It was only after 24 hours of emergency treatment that he finally stabilized from his critical condition. One malevolent guard named Wang Baofeng had beaten at least three practitioners. On the next day, he held an iron shovel and yelled at the practitioners, threatening that he would beat to death whomever dared to step forward. He yelled threats in an arrogant manner. He had also used thin ropes to tie up practitioners, which can cause severe injury to circulation, nerves and tendons. After the incident, Shi Changjing defended and covered up the crimes of the assailants in every possible way.

Shi also ordered the hospital to use the method of ‘nasal force-feeding’ on any practitioner who was sent to the hospital because of his hunger strike. As force-feeding is a very painful procedure, the hospital tried to justify its actions by claiming that it was done for humanitarian reasons [the more likely reason would be to deter practitioners from continuing their hunger strike]. The force-fed food had very high concentrations of salt, which would cause dizziness and nausea. These were in fact symptoms of poisoning due to excessive salt intake. Practitioners were force-fed as many as one hundred and fifty times.

Changlinzi labour camp had intentionally created conflicts between Falun Dafa practitioners and regular prisoners. They forced two prisoners to supervise each practitioner. If anything happened (for example, the practitioner went on a hunger strike), the "supervising" prisoner would have his imprisonment period extended, would have to suffer from verbal abuse and beating, or would have his family visiting sessions cancelled. Therefore, the relationship between the regular prisoners and Falun Dafa practitioners was very tense. The prisoners vented their anger and frustrations from the unfair and cruel treatment on the practitioners without restraint.

Changlinzi Labour Camp recalled some practitioners who were in life-threatening condition and thus receiving medical attention on parole, on the pretext of a physical re-examination. These practitioners continued to be tortured after being detained upon their return to the labour camp. Xu Naiwen (male) was confined in a solitary compartment and made to sit in a steel chair for an extended period of time. [The prisoner is usually handcuffed to the chair such that he must remain motionless for extended periods such as several days or weeks.] As he was also on hunger strike for nearly 40 days, his heartbeat was very weak and his lower body was severely swollen. The doctor said that his life was in critical condition and could be in danger of dying at any time. The labour camp released him immediately for fear that he would die in the camp. However in less than a month's time, the labour camp recalled him back on the pretext of a physical re-examination and detained him. They never carried out any physical examination at all.

September 22, 2001

Source: http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2001/9/30/14274.html