An Account of the Atrocities at a Detention Centre in Liaoning Province

The Yingkou City No. 1 Detention Centre in Liaoning Province has been illegally detaining Falun Gong (Falun Dafa) practitioners for quite a few years, and is carrying out inhumane tortures against them. Many Dafa practitioners were maimed as a result of torture, including 38-year-old Li Wei. The common criminal inmates used tin-snips to cut both of his nipples off. Falun Gong practitioners were routinely tortured and beaten. Their physical and mental health was constantly under threat. They were also forced to perform prolonged hard labour. Sometimes they were not allowed to sleep in order to work overtime through the night.

Even though the detention centre director was replaced, the torture and ill treatment of Falun Dafa practitioners still continue.

Li Wei was abducted and brought to the detention centre in July 2003. He was subjected to such tortures as being bound to a bed, wearing shackles and being gagged, and being beaten by guards and inmates. These tortures resulted in multiple injuries to his chest and head. His lower limbs and kneecaps were swollen. His eyesight deteriorated to the point that his vision was constantly blurred by a layer of brown mucus. The regular criminal inmates, the prison doctors and guards frequently verbally abused Mr. Li, in attempt to harm him psychologically. He suffered headaches, unbearable chest pains and pressure, and acute anxiety syndrome during his detention. Often he remained awake at night and was forcefully sent to the hospital for the so-called "physical examinations" and "medical treatment." At times Mr. Li lost the ability to take care of himself.

The inmates often humiliated Li Wei for fun. They rubbed pepper oil into his eyes, nostrils and genital areas. They hit his eyes with their palms and slammed the back of his head against the wall. After Li Wei lost consciousness, two inmates would lift him up, and then throw him onto the floor several times to wake him up. They kicked and stepped on his genitals, and cruelly cut off his nipples with tin-snips. They also cut other areas of his body, including his scrotum, causing pus and blood to seep all over his pants.

The inmates tortured Mr. Li by pouring a pot of boiling water onto his body causing scalding on his chest and abdomen. They also burned his hands and feet with cigarette lighters. Li Wei was also forced to do hard labour at the detention center. Later, he was sentenced to three years of suspended detention.

List of Perpetrators (guards and criminal inmates):

Director of the Yingkou No. 1 Detention Centre: Zhu Yingjie
Deputy Director: Jiang (given name not known)
Instructor: Ren Zhaoyun

Several of the inmate perpetrators:

Shan Shirui, Jia Guofeng, Su Sheng, Guo Xiaoming, Xue Feng, Ma Zeqi, Ren Xiaodong, Wang Zaogang, Yu Wenbai, Huang Baodu, Wang Zhenjia, Zhang Xiaohui, Pang Haiwei.

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.ca/mh/articles/2004/4/28/73351.html