Practitioner Cheng Fengxiang Suffers the Torture of "Hammering Bamboo Sticks under the Fingernails"

Because of his involvement in tapping into a local cable TV station to broadcast a Dafa truth-clarifying video in Shahe and Xingtai areas, practitioner Cheng Fengxiang from Yongnian County was arrested on January 28, 2004. Chen Jushan, head of the county's Political and Security Section, led the arrest. The officials used torture on the practitioner during the interrogation. To find out the location of the specific electronic device, the head of the criminal police squadron tortured Cheng Fengxiang with "Hammering Bamboo Sticks under the Fingernails"(1), which shocked even many police officers who witnessed the process.

Later, Cheng Fengxiang was sent to a detention centre in Handan City. His wife Shuangqin was also arrested and detained. Mr. Cheng Fengxiang went on a hunger strike for over a month to protest the persecution. On August 2, he was sent to Yongnian County No.1 Hospital, and it is suspected that Cheng Fengxiang's life is in danger. His family was prohibited from visiting him. Police tried to cover up the arrest and torture. The perpetrators told the hospital administration that Cheng Fengxiang was deranged and practising fasting. Mr. Cheng is currently being force-fed several times a day.

Related information:

Yongnian County No.1 Hospital:

Zhang Lujun, chief administrator of the hospital, 86-310-6817993 ext 8138(Office), 86-310-6600076 (Home), 86-310-6822276 (Office)

Kang Xiaoshu, director of the No.3 Internal Medicine Department, 86-310-6817993 ext 8025(Office)

Liu Yumian (Kang Xiaoshu's wife), deputy head of the hospital 86-310-6829705

(1) "Hammering Bamboo Sticks under the Fingernails": the police hammer thin, sharpened bamboo sticks under the practitioner's fingernails. In the process, the fingernail will become completely ripped off. As one's nail beds are extremely sensitive, the hammering process causes excruciating pain. The police begin by hammering a bamboo stick into just one finger. If the practitioner still refuses to comply with their demands, they will then hammer bamboo sticks into more and more fingers, until they have mutilated all ten fingers.

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.ca/mh/articles/2004/8/5/81085.html