Ruthless Torture of Falun Dafa Practitioners in Banqiao Forced Labour Camp

Since March 2003, the Banqiao Forced Labour Camp has been conducting a so-called "Law Study Class" to brainwash Falun Gong practitioners. Camp officials attempt to force practitioners to read anti-Falun Gong propaganda day and night. If a practitioner resists in any way, guards including Zhang Qiuhai, Liu Tie, Zhang Lizhi, Hua Dui, Sun Lianyuan, Da Liudui, etc, shock them with electric batons. Practitioners have also been insulted and beaten by the inmates.

During his detention, Mr. Du Yinhui, a university student, developed a severe case of scabies with open sores. This did not stop the guards Zhang Qiuhai and Zhang Lizhi from continuously shocking him with electric batons over his entire body. He was also badly beaten by several criminal inmates, including Jiao Guohong and Li Yong, until he lost consciousness. Several hospitals refused to take him because his blood pressure had dropped to a very low level. After enduring all this, he had a mental breakdown and signed a "repentance letter" against his will. Only after this was he was allowed to see a doctor outside the prison. When he later regained his freedom, he sued the Banqiao Labour Camp. The camp threatened to detain him again, forcing him to leave his home. His current whereabouts are unknown.

Mr. Chu Xudong was shocked with electric batons, beaten, and deprived of sleep for two days. After seeing that these methods of torture could not break his determination, camp guards Zhang Qiuhai, Liu Tie, Zhang Lizhi, Hua Dui incited criminal inmates to publicly humiliate him. His current condition is unknown.

Mr. Zhang Wensheng was also forcibly held in a brainwashing class for several days. Criminal inmates kept his eyes open with a match so that he was unable to blink. He was continuously beaten in an attempt to force him to swear never to practise again. His body was swollen and he could not walk. He had to be helped to the bathroom. Under such pressure, he was forced to recant his belief. He was beaten again before an official meeting designed to further humiliate and reinforce that the practitioners had recanted their belief. On September 10th, Zhang Wensheng refused to write a summary of serving his terms and was tortured further and deprived of sleeping. He was recently released.

Mr. Zhao Shunli is 56 years old. He was deprived of sleep for two days while in the brainwashing class and then sent to the group leader's office. Guards here also incited criminal inmates to curse and beat him, and subsequently shock his private parts. Under this torture, Zhao Shunli was forced to swear not to practise again. In July, Zhao Shunli publicly declared "the repentance letter" he signed to be null and void. He was again sent to a brainwashing class to be tortured and was forced to write a so-called "account" of his thoughts.

Names and Phone Numbers of Various Individuals and Groups Responsible for the Torture of Falun Dafa Practitioners:

Banqiao Forced Labour Camp in Tianjin City: Women No. 1 group: 86-22-63251823
Women No. 2 group: 86-22-63251423
Names and numbers of policemen: Hua Dua (male): 86-13920822253 (cellular), Yu Lu: 86-1330218765 (cellular)
Names of additional policemen: Kou Na, Li Wenjin, Yang Fengxia, Bai Hong
Shankou Forced Labour Camp in Tianjin City: Name and numbers of policemen in No. 3 group: Zhang Dongchang: 86-13802193131 (cellular)
Shi Guang: 86-13820300232 (His father Shi Dahong is the political committee leader in Qingbowa Labour Camp in Tianjin City)
The political and security department in Tianjin police department, No.4 division: 86-22-23396960
The political and security department in Tianjin police department, Nankai subdivision: 86-22-27350720
Xuefujie police station in Nankai police subdivision: 86-22-27382157, 86-22-27374488

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2003/10/31/59802.html