Jilin Province: Jiutai City Court Puts on a Cultural Revolution Style Show Trial

On November 11, 2003, Jiutai City Court of Jilin Province secretly put thirteen Dafa practitioners on trial. Handcuffed from the back and rope tied around the neck, the practitioners were brought to court. Choked by the ropes, they were not allowed to defend themselves and all later sentenced to jail terms. The following are the details.

These thirteen Dafa practitioners had been put into handcuffs from the day they were put into Jiutai City Detention Centre until they were illegally sentenced and transferred to jail, where they experienced A few days before this secret trial, these thirteen Dafa practitioners, who had been kept in the Jiutai City Detention Centre for a long period of time, each suffered severe beatings. The beatings injured the practitioners in various ways: Mr. Shi Wenzhuo has bruises all over his body; Ms. Liu Yamin suffered broken teeth; Ms. Han Xiaolian's eyes were swollen shut and she could not see. The police handcuffed these thirteen behind their back, tied ropes around their necks and secretly brought them to court. In court, the police did not allow the practitioners to speak up for themselves. They would tighten the rope when anyone spoke, so the practitioner was choked and could not utter a word.inhuman tortures.

While the thirteen Dafa practitioners were held at the Jiutai City Detention Centre, they were deprived of the right to receive family visits, which continued until they were sentenced. They also suffered from the police's savage torture.

The news of the illegal and secret sentences for the thirteen people was not announced to the general public in Jiutai City. The family members of those Dafa practitioners did not know it at all. They found out from released prisoners.

Those people in Jiutai City who make a mockery of the law were afraid of Dafa practitioners exposing the facts. They deprived them of their right to defend themselves in court. However, these people will undoubtedly receive punishment for their crimes in due time.

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2003/11/24/61174.html