Cruel Treatment of Practitioners Held at Jilin City Labour Camp

Jilin City, Jilin Province

On July 2, 2001, the guards at No 2 locus of Team 1, Jilin City Labour Camp made up a marching song in which the first line defamed Teacher Li. Over a dozen practitioners refused to sing. Guards ordered inmates to body search the practitioners and didn' allow them to put on belts or shoelaces. Inmates Chen Wei and Cun Bo thought that practitioner Deng Changhua was a leader and decided to beat him up. After Deng fell to the floor, he was kicked and beaten more. In the afternoon, practitioners Dong Jiarui and Cui Guiquan were taken to the office to be kicked, punched and shocked with electric batons. The other four practitioners were forced to sit on top of each other, not allowed to move or to speak. Their sleep time was also reduced. If they did not comply, the inmates would beat them. But the inmates still find excuses to swear at or beat the practitioners.

A few days later, practitioner Jiang Yaojun was taken to the office and brutally beaten. A few days after that, as Deng Changhua still refused to sing the song, (they were forced to sing the song every day before rolls were called around 8:10 a.m.), inmate Zhang Zhuo, a boxer, punched him repeatedly in the chest and stomach. The beatings continued for a few days. Deng' chest was so swollen that he could hardly sleep at night. The inmates used all means to torture the practitioners: they did not allow the practitioners to wash their faces, brush their teeth, go to the washroom or change their clothes. Insects were put into their ears. At night, boards were taken from their beds so there was only a one metre wide board for three practitioners to sleep on. Weighted blankets were also put on them to hold them down.

One day, Captain Chen Haijun shackled Deng' hands behind his back while Zhang asked Deng to sing. When Deng refused, Zhang forced Deng to kneel down, but again Deng refused to cooperate. Zhang Zhuo was so angry that he took Deng' head and slammed it against the wall. Deng fell to the ground when Zhang released him. His head was bleeding in several places. Later, the Captain accused Deng of trying to commit suicide and hitting himself on the wall, that it had nothing to do with the guards. In spite of Deng' condition, he was forced to sit on a bench for extremely long periods of time. Deng and Jiang Wei were forced to sit on a bench for over a month.

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