Dujun Cement Plant Prison in Guizhou Province Brutally Persecutes Falun Dafa Practitioners

Because the head of the Dujun Cement Plant Prison in Guizhou Province was Luo Gan's(1) buddy, this prison was awarded the title of "Department Model of Forced Labour." This prison is an evil place that actively participates in the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. The Dujun Cement Plant Prison is divided into several detention sections. The No. 4 Section was specially set up to detain practitioners that were illegally sentenced to prison. As of July 2004, there were a total of 57 practitioners detained in this section. Over 60 prisoners were transferred from other sections to the No. 4 Section in order to constantly monitor practitioners.

Everyone is forced to wear prison clothing immediately after they enter the jail. Practitioners were beaten by prison guards and prisoners for refusing to change into prison clothing. These prison guards and prisoners first beat the practitioners, then stripped them and put prison clothes on them. Prison guards along with four prisoners, beat Liu Bo until his face was swollen. Then they pinned him to the ground, stripped of all his clothes off and dressed him in prison clothes.

One week after practitioners are detained, the prison requires everyone to write a pledge to give up practising Falun Gong. If practitioners refuse, they are beaten and tortured using such tactics as forcing them to squat for a long time and the "Death Bed" (3). The "Death Bed" requires handcuffing the victim's hands and feet to the four corners of a bed. The victim is unable to move or use the toilet. After being restrained this way for a long time, the person's hips become sore, the back stiffens, and the pain becomes unbearable. Those tortured on the "Death Bed" also develop painful boils because their backs touch the bed for such a long time.

In March 2004, the prison posted pictures of Teacher Li and newspapers with contents defaming him and Falun Gong on the bulletin boards and in the hallways so that everyone could see them. The prison also forced practitioners to watch video programmes defaming Falun Dafa. Three prisoners were assigned to watch each practitioner, and several prison guards took turns monitoring the practitioners as well. Practitioners were forced to sit on small, backless stools and put both hands on their knees. Their eyes had to focus on the screen, and they were not allowed to close their eyes, look away, or speak. If they did, they would be beaten terribly. Every practitioner is detained separately and cannot use the toilet without permission from the prison guards. Practitioners are only allowed to use the toilet one by one and are called by number. Authorities do not call them by name in order to prevent practitioners from spreading information about each other.

(1) Luo Gan is a close associate of Jiang Zemin and also the head of the "610 Office".

(2) "The 610 office" is an agency specifically created to persecute Falun Gong, with absolute power over each level of administration in the Party and all other political and judiciary systems.

(3) "Death Bed" torture: A practitioner is tied to a bed with his hands handcuffed above his head to the bed rails, and his legs tied with thin nylon ropes. The rope is then tightly wrapped around the practitioner's body and the bed, from his legs to his chest. The rope is wrapped so tightly that the practitioner has difficulty breathing and eventually loses consciousness.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2005/1/14/93502.html