Practitioner Zhou Bin's Genitals Were Seriously Injured in Shanghai Prison

In Shanghai's Tilanqiao Prison on February 24, 2005, Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Zhou, who was in a small cell wearing handcuffs, was brutally beaten by the inmate in-charge at the orders of prison guards. Zhou Bin's genitals were badly injured. When the prison guard saw that Zhou Bin might die, they sent him to the hospital.

After committing such a brutal crime, these policemen tried to cover up the truth and told the other prisoners to lie. Division Head Ou Ligang, who persecuted Falun Dafa practitioners, took the lead, and the warden at Shanghai Tilanqiao honoured him as "the most promising young" division head. Three prison officials all joined together to persecute Zhou Bin.

Those who have not spent any time in prison will not understand that environment. The true conduct of the prison guards is kept hidden, and what is shown to the public is filled with lies. They will have accomplices, usually those who try to ingratiate themselves with the authorities, to lie. This is a common practice with them. Under these circumstances, no matter what practitioners do, they are stigmatised, slandered, and accused with the "crime" of "disregarding prison regulations and order."

Practitioner Zhou Bin is now facing such a situation. In order to get promotions, these prison supervisors will stop at nothing. Those higher ranked leaders and members of the 610 Office (1), in order to reach their transformation quota, turn a blind eye to their subordinates' brutal crimes. Even more seriously, they will cover up the truth about those policemen who have directly persecuted Falun Gong practitioners.

Some sources have indicated that in order to persecute practitioners, the prison guards use "regulations" as a reason to transfer practitioners elsewhere to make investigation by international human rights groups more difficult. Tilanqiao Prison is an important window for "human rights education," because prison guards from outside China frequently come to visit. As in other prisons in China, whenever visitors come, the prison will put on a show for them.

Judicial Bureau's Bureau Chief Mail box: [email protected]
Judicial Bureau's Deputy Bureau Chief Liu Zhongding
Shanghai Judicature Bureau Monitor Chamber
Monitor telephone: 86-21-64742194
Address: Wu Xian Street, Nr. 225, Postal Code: 200030.

Miao Xiaobao, male, 51 years old, is the Shanghai Judicial Bureau Communist Committee Secretary, Director, and City Jail Administrative Bureau First Political Commissar.

Zhang Ling, male, 54 years old, is the Shanghai Judicial Bureau Communist Committee Deputy Secretary, Deputy Director and City Jail Bureau Party Committee Secretary.

Note:

(1) "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.

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2005/3/12/97156.html