Ms. Deng Caijuan Receives Inhuman Treatment at Sanshui Women's Forced Labour Camp

In July 1999, Jiang Zemin's regime began slandering and persecuting Falun Gong. Ms. Deng Caijuan went to Beijing to appeal on July 24th 1999. She was detained and later escorted back to Guangzhou City by police. Since then, police from the local police station have frequently harassed and threatened her either by phone or in person. Under such pressure, Ms. Deng's parents lived in constant fear. Between March 2000 and February 2001, Ms. Deng was detained at a detention centre.

Under pressure and persecution, Ms. Deng decided to go to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong once more on December 17th 2001, but she was arrested en-route at Guangzhou Train Station. Because she refused to tell the police her name and address, she was put in a detention centre where over thirty practitioners were detained. Some of them had been there for several months. A room of only a few square metres held about 10 people. Even though the weather was very cold, practitioners' blankets and winter clothes were confiscated. Most of the time, practitioners were given only small amounts of food and water. They suffered hunger and cold. Some of them had not had a shower for several months. Practitioners were not allowed to go outside or purchase daily necessities. Some practitioners held hunger strikes, and they were dragged away for force-feeding. After being detained for 52 days, Deng was identified by the Foshan Police Department. Four days later on February 13th Ms. Deng was sent to Sanshui Women's Forced Labour Camp. After Ms. Deng left the detention centre, other practitioners were sent to a mental hospital and were severely tortured.

Once at the Sanshui Women's Forced Labour Camp, the guards had two inmates monitor her day and night. They also had people to slander, scold and harass the practitioners there. They forced practitioners to write a guarantee statement to stop practising Falun Dafa. As time passed, the persecution became more severe. On November 19th 2002, Deng was transferred to Brigade 4, which normally detains inmates with criminal offences. Deng refused to work or wear a uniform, so the guards had other inmates forcefully put the uniform on her and dragged her to the workshop. Some practitioners were dragged to workshops in handcuffs. Other practitioners who were on hunger strikes were dragged to the cafeteria. Sometimes the handcuffs cut into practitioners' flesh, exposing the bones. Some practitioners had blisters from the dragging.

Between December 23rd 2002 and January 16th 2003, Deng was locked in a 10 square metre room on the third floor. Four guards and two inmates employed all type of torture methods trying to coerce her to write guarantee statements. The two inmates were Zhang Ling and Wang Aili. For 16 days straight, she was deprived of sleep. Whenever she started to doze off, the inmates put menthol on her eyes and inside her mouth. To keep her from sleeping, they beat her with a club, pulled her hair and scolded her loudly. For several days, they did not let her use the toilet. Deng had no choice but to urinate in her pants. Wang Aili used tissue to wipe up the urine on the floor and then stuffed the tissue in Deng's mouth. She then dragged Deng by the legs across the floor to clean up the remaining urine. Guard Tian Shuling punched Deng and shocked her with electric batons. Another guard, Yi, forced her to squat for long periods of time. As soon as Deng sat down from tiredness, Yi would use an electric baton to shock her.
On December 28th 2002, guard Yi cuffed Ms. Deng's hands behind her back and hung her from an iron window frame. Only her toes touched the floor, with her body bent over in a U shape. The pain was excruciating. Moreover, the inmates who were watching her intentionally swung her body back and forth to cause more pain.

Another time, guard Yi directed two inmates to strip off Deng's clothes. They then pulled her hands in opposite directions. They pulled until they had no strength left.

On January 1st 2003, guard Lu cuffed one of Deng's hands and hung her. Only her toes touched the floor. Hanging by one hand is much more painful than hanging by two hands. One hand bears the weight of the entire body. Her hands and feet felt like they were being cut by a knife. Even then, Lu still used the baton to shock her. Deng hung like this for over 10 hours. Both her hands and feet turned black and purple. It was extremely painful.

Deng was tortured for 25 consecutive days. In the nine days from December 23rd to December 31st, she only slept for a total of 13 hours. From January 1st to January 16th, she was not allowed to sleep at all. She was on the verge of a total collapse. She could only stand for a few minutes before falling to the floor. If she did not quickly stand up, the police and inmates would beat and kick her.

One time, guard Yi directed two inmates to tape a pen onto Deng's hand. One inmate then held Deng's other hand and body while the other one held Deng's hand and wrote statements slandering Dafa. They also cuffed Deng's left hand, and tied her feet so they were hanging in the air. They then held Deng's right hand to write the so-called guarantee statements. The pain it caused was beyond words.

One day when Deng was half conscious, the guards tricked her into signing her name on guarantee statements, "If you think we are lying to you, you can get it back later." Under such condition, Deng signed her name. In the days after that, she felt miserable. When the police asked her how was Falun Gong, she told them, "Falun Gong is really great. No matter what methods you use to torture and persecute me, I will not give up." When Deng asked to get those signed statements back, the guards refused.

On January 16th 2003, Deng was transferred back to the brigade with the other Falun Gong practitioners. Two inmates monitored her. They asked Deng to write a summary at the end of August. Deng wrote in the summary that the statements that she had signed during her half conscious state were void. At the beginning of September, Deng was locked in a room every day. She was forced to write guarantee statements. She was also forced to watch videos that slandered Falun Dafa. She had to get up at 6:00 a.m. and was not allowed to sleep until midnight. On October 13th 2003, Foshan 610 Office¹ officials took Deng to the Jiangwan Police Station. They tried to coerce her into writing the guarantee statements, but Deng refused. Deng's father and sister waited outside for her. Deng was finally let out after her family demanded her release.

There are no words to completely describe the persecution Deng Caijuan suffered in the labour camp. After she returned home, officials from the local 610 Office continued to harass Deng and her family. As a result, she and her family were under great pressure.

On April 8th 2003, police from the 610 Office again arrested Deng, charging her with giving money to other Falun Gong practitioners. Without any evidence, Deng was sent to a forced labour camp for three years. On May 10th 2004, she was sent to the Sanshui Forced Labour Camp.

Between May 23rd and June 9th 2004, Deng was locked in a room on the fourth floor of Brigade 3, and was watched by two inmates. Four guards took turns every day verbally attacking her and forcing her to watch slanderous videotapes. On June 8th she was locked in a cell in the men's ward with two female inmates. Four female guards, four male guards and their helpers continued the same routine from 6:30 in the morning until midnight. This kind of psychological torture lasted over 40 days. Later, Deng was transferred to the brigade that normally keeps drug addicts.

In the twenty some days there, Deng worked daily. In August, Deng was locked in a room in the education building for over 20 days. The guards again took turns verbally attacking her. She was forced to get up at 6:00 a.m. For five days there, she was not allowed to sleep at all, and the rest of the time she was not allowed to sleep until 2:00 a.m. or 3:00 a.m. She was forced to watch 17 hours of slanderous videotapes every day. Deng never cooperated with them though. On September 24th she was transferred to Brigade 1 and had to work every day. Two inmates were assigned to watch her 24 hours a day.
From March to April 2005, police from various departments had talks with Deng daily from afternoon until midnight. This was in fact another form of psychological abuse. During the last year, the police often used this type of method to torment her.

Ms. Deng is still at the forced labour camp. Her parents are in their seventies. Every time the police search her home, the family members are horrified. Her mother has lost over 30 lbs. She said she frequently worries about her daughter, not knowing if she will live or die, and she has trouble sleeping at night. The entire situation that Falun Gong practitioners and their families are suffering cannot be expressed clearly in words.

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.

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