Hubei Gongan County Primary School Teacher Tortured in Mental Hospital

Ms. Zhang Lieju is a teacher at a Primary School in Gongan County, Hubei Province. Because she is steadfast in practising Falun Gong, she was often persecuted by "610 Office" personnel, police and some former workplace cadres. Many times she was on the verge of death. She was taken forcibly to mental hospitals and injected with drugs that damage the central nervous system. She became disabled, yet the depraved people claim that they cured her!

The "610 Office" in Gongan County, Hubei Province is a government organization that persecutes Falun Gong. For several years, policemen led by Liao Xuesheng have committed atrocities against Falun Dafa and its practitioners. They are responsible for one death, six people being jailed, more than a dozen people being held in forced labour camps and many people being tortured in mental hospitals. They intended to force practitioners that follow "Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance" to renounce their belief through torture.

Policeman Liao Xuesheng personally instructed police officers to make arrests, and organized three times the so-called brainwashing sessions. Practitioners were arrested at all times during the day. Some were arrested at midnight when they were asleep, some were making dinner or lunch at home and some were involved in conducting business. Every time, when the police arrested about seven or eight practitioners, they pocketed the practitioners' money. The lawless personnel had armed police officers help them persecute practitioners. They forced practitioners to watch television productions that slander Falun Gong.

In order to keep their positions and gain bonuses, the "610 Office" officials violated the law. They ignore their conscience and keep punishing practitioners who do not compromise. They often use handcuffs and foot shackles on practitioners. Such instruments are generally used only for death row inmates. They beat and kick practitioners, tie them onto boards, brutally force-feed them, send them to mental hospitals to be tormented and injected with nerve-damaging drugs.

Ms. Zhang Lieju has suffered inhuman persecution. Because she appealed for Falun Gong in Beijing, she was illegally sentenced to one year at forced labour camp. Shayang Farm (forced labour camp) refused to accept her. Therefore, she was detained in a detention centre for more than a year. Furthermore, she was not released after she had served her term. Zhang Lieju began a hunger strike, but was taken forcibly to a mental hospital for further persecution. In the neurology department of the People's Hospital, a group of policemen instructed medical personnel to tie her tightly to the bed. They wanted to make sure that she could not move her hands and feet. They injected her with medicine that damage the central nerve system. The dosage was several times higher than what is medically allowed for those suffering from severe mental disorders. Zhang Lieju was tied to the bed for five to six hours daily. She lost control of her bowels and bladder, her mind was not clear and she was frightened and restless. Her entire body itched as if ants were biting her. She felt nauseated upon seeing food and had showed severe symptoms of being poisoned.

During the force-feeding sessions, the police often beat her body and pried her mouth open with tongs, cutting her mouth. She was locked up and abused around the clock.

The "610 Office" police often went to the hospital and threatened Zhang Lieju. Policeman Chen Yude once visited the hospital. Upon hearing that Zhang refused to take their drugs, Chen ordered the doctor to use electrotherapeutics, and said, "If she dies, the hospital won't be responsible." The inhumane persecution caused Zhang to be on the brink of death many times. Zhang could not take the medicine for three days and vomited continuously when given medication. She was emaciated and unable to take care of herself. Her arms were painful and stiff. At one time in the detention centre, she lost lots of blood through her mouth while sleeping. The inmates were frightened and did not dare to be in the same cell with her.

Zhang Lieju, a young primary school teacher, was tortured into disability by those depraved people. The "610 Office" personnel even announced that they had cured her! Zhang's 70-year-old mother heard her life was in danger, so she requested to see the daughter. However, the "610 Office" policemen extorted 500 yuan (1) from her. She had a difficult time getting that much money together, as her income was earned by picking cotton in the countryside. She saw her daughter only once. The officials even extorted nearly 20,000 yuan from Zhang's work unit. They claimed that Zhang had been going to appeal in Beijing.

Note:

(1). Yuan - 500 yuan is the average monthly income for an urban worker in China.

(2). "Guarantee Statement" - A statement to declare that he or she is remorseful for practising Falun Gong and guarantees not to practise Falun Gong again, not to go to Beijing to appeal, and never again associate with any practitioners.

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2004/8/15/81839.html