Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Qu Hongkui, from Liaoyuan City, Jilin Province risked his life and went out to tell people about the terrible persecution many times. As a result he was sentenced to three years of forced labour in December 2001, and developed tuberculosis inside the Chaoyanggou Forced Labour Camp in Changchun City. He was released on December 29, 2004, however he died on February 13, 2005.
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The first time 41 year old Mr. Qu Hongkui was sentenced to forced labour, he served his term in Liaoyuan City Forced Labour Camp. According to eyewitnesses, Falun Dafa practitioners in that camp had to perform hard labour, such as digging ditches, mixing concrete, and carrying rocks. The uniformed guards in the camp often tortured them by tying their hands behind their backs, depriving them of sleep, and forcing them to work all day.
In order to prevent Falun Dafa practitioners from practising, guards demanded that they stand up facing the wall or "ride an airplane" (1), around the clock. They were not allowed to move. If practitioners moved, the guards ordered the inmates to beat them with wooden boards. When the wooden boards broke into pieces during a beating, they would whip them with cables, while cursing and threatening them at the same time. One day in August 2000, Mr. Qu Hongkui was beaten so severely that he could not walk for a long time afterwards.
On December 30, 2001, Mr. Qu Hongkui was sentenced to forced labour for the second time, this time in Chaoyanggou Forced Labour Camp. He endured countless brainwashing sessions and many rounds of torture, and he also suffered from scabies and tuberculosis. Due to malnutrition and lack of medical treatment, he could not recover and was only skin and bones. He was released on December 29, 2004. Mr. Qu died on February 13, 2005.
(1) In this torture, the head bends down until it cannot go down any further, while the hands pull up to the highest point. The hips have to point up. One is forced to stay in this position without moving for a long time. The body in this position looks like the shape of an airplane, which is how this torture is named.
Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2005/3/12/97174.html
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