Labour Camp Rewards Criminals With Reduced Sentences for Torturing Practitioners

Fengxiang County, Shaanxi Province

It is extremely difficult to be an inmate in Fengxiang County's Zaohezi Forced Labour Camp in Shaanxi Province. Labour Camp officials have instigated common criminals to force practitioners to give up the practice of Falun Dafa. As an incentive, they reward the criminals or reduce the sentences of those who torture the practitioners. According to an internal document, the criminals would not be held responsible if they beat Falun Gong practitioners to death. Two criminals are usually in charge of torturing one practitioner. Given these incentives, the drug user and repeat offender inmates often madly beat up practitioners. One practitioner was beaten so severely that he was ill for 5 months. Another practitioner was beaten to the point where he could not sit down or fall asleep. Some practitioners were not allowed to use the bathroom, while some were deprived of their right to sleep. The criminals took turns torturing practitioners. One practitioner was beaten so harshly that he remained unconscious for several days. The wardens even took away the items the practitioners' families sent in.

We call on people from all walks of life to pay close attention to the practitioners' safety in the Zaohezi Forced Labour Camp. We ask the camp authorities to immediately stop the atrocities they are committing against Falun Gong practitioners.

Source: http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2001/12/10/16591.html