Mr Wang Wensheng of Shaanxi Province Persecuted to Death

Mr. Wang Wensheng worked for the General Electrical and Mechanical Manufacturing Plant at the Mining Bureau of Hancheng City, Shaanxi Province. He suffered frequent persecution for his belief in Falun Gong. He was on the verge of death when he was finally released from Zaozihe Forced Labour Camp. After a brief recovery period, officials from the Ming Bureau of Hancheng City began to illegally harass him again. He passed away on March 15th 2005.

Mr. Wang Wensheng was born in 1948. Before practising Falun Gong, he was plagued with many diseases including high blood pressure. After he began practising Falun Gong in August 1997, all his diseases quickly disappeared. Cherishing his renewed health and recognising the greatness of Falun Gong, he became a steadfast Falun Gong practitioner and always attended activities to promote Falun Gong.

After the persecution officially began on July 20th 1999, the Police Station of Hancheng City, the Public Security Division of the Mining Bureau, and the Public Security Department and party secretary of the manufacturing plant began to harass him constantly, attempting to force him to give up the practice of Falun Gong. In addition, they manipulated his son and relatives to pressure him further. Because none of the local officials would listen to him, he decided to go to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong.

On December 9th 2000, Mr. Wang left for Beijing, but on December 12th he was intercepted by employees of the Public Security Division of the Mining Bureau, who extorted all of his cash, over 3000 yuan (1), from him. The money was not returned even after his death. Mr. Wang managed to escape on the way back to Hancheng City.

Mr. Wang then went to Tiananmen Square twice to appeal for Falun Gong. On January 30th 2001, he was arrested again. He was sent back to Hancheng City and detained in the city detention centre. Because of his persistence in practising Falun Gong, he was transferred to the notorious Zaozihe Forced Labour Camp for further persecution.

In Zaozihe Forced Labour Camp, police guards Wei Qiming and Hu Xinqi from the second team persecuted Mr. Wang. He was incarcerated in an isolated room (called the "psychological consultation room" to deceive the public, this room was actually used for torturing Falun Gong practitioners). Police guards directed inmates to torture Mr. Wang both mentally and physically. He was deprived of sleep, and inmates hit his ankles with their shoe heels, causing serious swelling. In the winter, inmates put his feet into partially frozen water. Disregarding the deterioration of his health, they forced him to do physical labour, and he was often forced to work until after midnight.

Under the pressure of mental and physical torture, Mr. Wang was persecuted to the verge of death. Zaozihe Forced Labour Camp officials were afraid of being held responsible for his possible death, so they requested that his company pick him up. On February 20th 2003, the emaciated Wang Wensheng was sent to the hospital of the Mining Bureau of Hancheng City. With persistent study of the Falun Gong books and practise of the exercises, his health quickly returned. After he was released from the hospital, the Public Security Division of the Mining Bureau, the Party Secretary of the plant, and the Public Security Department of the plant still persecuted him. He was detained at home for a long time.

In June and July 2004, Mr. Wang made a wooden display board with the words, "Falun Dafa is Good. Falun Dafa is a Righteous Way." In order to expose the Public Security Division of the Mining Bureau and the Public Security Department of the plant's illegal extortion of his money, he continued to tell people about the goodness of Falun Dafa and expose the persecution at the entrance to the plant and at a high school. The party secretary of the plant lied at a general meeting, claiming that the plant had subsidised Wang Wensheng while he was imprisoned in the labour camp. Actually, not only was he not given any financial subsidy, his salary was completely terminated. They even put pressure on his son to get his father to stop his practise. Under such mental and financial stress, Mr. Wang moved out of his home, with his 90-year-old mother, to live in the mountains.

Because of the persecution suffered in Zaozihe Forced Labour Camp and harassment from the Public Security Division of the Mining Bureau and the Public Security Department and party secretary of the plant, Mr. Wang Wensheng passed away on March 15th 2005.

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(1) "Yuan" is the Chinese currency; 500 yuan is equal to the average monthly income of an urban worker in China.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.org/mh/articles/2005/8/23/108983.html