The 610 Office Disabled Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Zhang Zhe from Hebei Province through Brutal Beatings

In April and May 2001, the local 610 Office¹imprisoned Dafa practitioner Ms. Zhang Zhe and her husband Mr. Chen Xijian from Hebei Province. They subjected the couple to all kinds of torture and mistreatment. The following account describes how the 610 Office's beatings and brutality against Ms. Zhang four years ago caused her to be permanently disabled.

On the morning of September 10th 2001, 610 Office officials handcuffed and foot-shackled Ms. Zhang and brought her from the Xinji City Detention Centre to the home of Ms. Zhang's husband's elder brother, Mr. Chen Xipu, at the Kangsu Residential Area, Building 16, Room 202. At the time, Mr. Chen and his wife were both imprisoned in the detention centre and being persecuted. The police set up a torture room at this place, and violently beat Ms. Zhang. At first, they beat her feet, knees and shoulders. In the process, they broke several wooden clubs. Later, they soaked the clubs in water to prevent them from breaking. Jia Lichao ordered Liu Guangxu, Chen Kuo, Nie Xiaohua, Wen Xianghui, and a man with a short haircut wearing glasses to take turns beating Ms. Zhang's legs with the wet clubs.

After stopping to eat a full meal, they continued to torture Ms. Zhang in the afternoon. First, Liu Guangxu punched her face and chin and they pushed her to the ground. Her hands were handcuffed behind her back. They lifted her by her hands and put a wooden board on her lower legs, with one person standing on each side of the board, jumping on the board with force. The police were afraid that her screams of pain would be heard, so they shut all the doors and windows. They also pulled down all the window shades. All throughout this ordeal, they denied Ms. Zhang meals, water, and use of the toilet.

That day, Ms. Zhang was beaten black and blue all over her body. Her upper legs turned purple-black in colour, her face was also blue and purple and her mouth was swollen.

As there were vegetable stands outside and many pedestrians about, when the police were moving Ms. Zhang out , they became afraid of being seen with her since she was in such bad condition. They stopped and covered her up inside the building. After their car stopped right in front of the building entrance, they secretly pushed her into the car and drove away.

To this day, Ms. Zhang's legs and feet are still numb and without any feeling. Her left leg was left with a deep scar. This has prevented her from walking normally, or standing for more than a short while. Her back aches and she is unable to lift even a bucket of water. Her vertebrae protrude like wooden clubs. Her chin often goes out of socket and is numb. It is very difficult for her to eat. Ms. Zhang is permanently disabled.

In April 2003, Ms. Zhang Zhe filed a lawsuit in the Xinji City People's Procuratorate against the 610 Office officials Jia Lichao, Liu Guangxu, Chen Kuo, Wen Xianghui, Nie Xiaohua and the man with the short haircut wearing glasses who secretly tortured her. Because she did not receive any results for a long time, Ms. Zhang submitted the case to the Xinji City People's Procuratorate again on June 1st 2003.

Report phone number for the City Procuratorate: 86-311-83384976

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://minghui.org/mh/articles/2005/9/29/111448.html