Dafa practitioner Mr. Zhang Zidong from Harbin City, who was sentenced to a 12- year term, became paralysed from the waist down due to persecution in Daqing Prison. He can no longer take care of himself, yet the prison authorities still refuse to release him.
Mr. Zhang Zidong was originally an undergraduate student in the School of Arts, Harbin Normal University. In October 1999, he was expelled for going to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Gong. He was detained in the Nangan District Police Department in Harbin City for 27 days. On November 9th, 2000, he was arrested for printing Falun Gong leaflets exposing the persecution and was locked up in the detention centre of the Daowai District Police Department in Harbin. In July 2001, the Intermediate Court of Harbin City sentenced him to a 12-year term. In March 2002, and he was put into Harbin Prison.
In July 2002, guard Geng Hao from Harbin Jail assigned two prisoners with severe pulmonary tuberculosis to the bunk next to Mr. Zhang's, which caused him to become infected with tuberculosis, pleurisy, and peritonitis. He suffered severe oedema and was hospitalised at the Harbin Pulmonary Hospital for 30 days. During this time, he had over 10 pounds of water drawn out of his chest and belly. Later he was hospitalised in Harbin Prison Hospital for nine months. On July 1st, 2004, Mr. Zhang was transferred to Daqing Prison.
On March 31st, 2005, Mr. Zhang did the Falun Gong exercises. Because of this, Guo Chuntang, Chief of the Education and Reform Section in Daqing Prison, ordered other prisoners to put him under what they called "strict discipline." That evening, the prisoners on duty harassed Mr. Zhang and refused to let him sleep. In order to protest the persecution, Mr. Zhang went on a hunger strike. On April 1st, 2005, when his mother came to visit him, he told his mother in front of the perpetrators about the atrocities they had committed. After that they restrained themselves a little. During his hunger strike from April 1st to April 7th, Mr. Zhang was force-fed twice, which severely injured him both physically and mentally.
On May 12th, 2005, because Mr. Zhang refused to wear the prison uniform, the guards from the Education and Reform Section ordered five or six prisoners to tear up his clothes. They slapped his face and stepped on his glasses. Mr. Zhang was put in solitary confinement for eight days, during which time conducted a hunger strike and was force-fed twice. From May 20th to July 25th, he was prohibited from leaving his cell, going to the canteen, going to the shop, or even to fetch water. They also assigned two prisoners to monitor his daily activities.
At noon on August 30th, 2005, when Mr. Zhang was sitting in the sun outside his cell, guard Cui Zhengui ordered prisoners to carry Mr. Zhang back to the cell. While this was happening, Mr. Zhang kept shouting, "Falun Dafa is good!" After being carried back to the cell, Mr. Zhang wanted to report the incident to Officer Zhao Dianwei, who was on duty that day, but the two prisoners stopped him. They threatened to beat him. Officer Zhao Dianwei came out of the office and said, "Get him back." The two prisoners again carried Mr. Zhang back to the cell and threatened, "If you leave your cell again we will make you sorry." While he was being carried back, his back was injured and he couldn't stand up. He became bedridden and lost the ability to take care of himself. Mr. Zhang has been hospitalised in the Prison Hospital since August 31.
Mr. Zhang's mother Wei Guangzhen needs help to have him bailed out for treatment.
Address of Daqing Prison: Daqing City Hongweixing Prison, Ranghu Road, Daqing City, Zip code: 163159
Telephone numbers of Daqing Prison (Country Code and Area code: 86-459):
Tang Yongfu, the former warden, currently deputy head of the Daqing City Political and Judiciary Committee: 86-459-5056688 (Office), 86-13303690588 (Mobile)
Wang Yongxiang, warden: 86-459-5964388 (Office), 86-13904867068 (Mobile)
Chen Qingfa, member of the Political Committee: 86-459-5058588 (Office), 86-459-4686358 (Home), 86-13329491288 (Mobile)
Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2005/10/16/112529.html
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