The Horror Behind the Scenes at the Shijiazhuang Labour Camp Where Criminals are Given "Promotions" for Beating Practitioners

Policemen in Shijiazhuang Labour Camp violate both national law and the regulations of the labour camp. In order to make Falun Dafa practitioners give up their belief in "Truth-Compassion-Tolerance," the policemen use inhuman and extreme torture methods on them: beating, physical punishment, tying with ropes, hanging them up with hands cuffed behind the back, kicking, shocking with electric batons, etc. The police tie up the practitioner with a thin rope, circle the rope around his neck, and tie his hands behind his back. Then they use all their force to tighten the rope. The rope becomes tighter and tighter around the body of the practitioner, making it more and more difficult for him to breath. The pain is so intense that the practitioner sometimes loses control of his bladder. There have been instances when the rope was tightened enough to break a practitioner's arm. The police also instruct local ruffians and criminals in the labour camp to torture, abuse, and insult Falun Dafa practitioners. Practitioners are often beaten up. Their mouths and noses bleed, their faces are bruised and swollen, and it is hard for them to walk. The police in Team #3 of the labour camp are the most vicious of all. The torture they use on practitioners consists of continuous sleep deprivation day and night, forcing them to stand for a long time, "riding a plane" or the motorcycle position, [The body in this position looks like the shape of an airplane. The head is bent down until it cannot go down any further, while the hands are pulled up and held at the highest point. The victim is forced to remain in this position unchanged for a long time.] or squatting on the floor, beating them on the neck and back wrist, etc.

The director of Team #3 whose family name is Chen, together with other policemen in his charge, often get drunk while they are on duty. In a drunken stupor, they beat and abuse practitioners, and instruct the criminal inmates to persecute them as well. They are relentless even with older practitioners. They beat and kicked 58-year-old Xing Wuqiang, tied him with ropes twice, and hung him up with hands cuffed behind his back. Eventually they couldn't even open the handcuffs and had to cut them with a saw. They forced the 54-year-old Shenzhou practitioner, Li Zhenshui, to squat in the corner of his cell, to "ride the airplane" and did not allow him to sleep. Several criminals in detention including Wang Sihong, Xu Gang, and Kang Xinjian beat up Li Zhenshui. His face was bruised and swollen, and it was hard for him to move. Then the labour camp awarded a "special prize" to the criminal inmates. A reduction of their term by one month and a promotion to "assistant leaders" of the cell was offered to all criminals involved in beating Falun Gong practitioners.

Source; http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2001/12/20/16966.html