Mr. Fan Zhongzhuang Was Abducted and Persecuted

Mr. Fang Zhongzhuang is a practitioner from Jinyun County, Zhejiang Province. On August 9th, 2005, he was arrested by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) police and persecuted until he was comatose and a doctor stated that he was dying. Mr. Fang is still bedridden to this day and depends on others to take care of him. He has been in a forced labour camp twice and suffered four and a half years of brutal persecution in Shiliping Forced Labour Camp.

These pictures, taken in Lishui City Centre Hospital, are evidence of his arrest and persecution.

Mr. Fan Zhongzhuang, 59, had poor health in the past, but after practising Falun Gong he became healthy. He was sentenced to forced labour for a year and a half because he went to appeal and wrote several letters to the leaders in the central government about the situation of Falun Gong. He was once hung from an iron door for fifteen hours. He was handcuffed on a door for six days and tied on a "tiger-bench¹" for three days at the first labour camp. When he was sentenced to three years of forced labour the second time, he was held for 38 months. Most of his time was spent in solitary confinement. The labour camp authorities also extended his sentence.

On August 9th, 2005, the police raided his home, arrested him, and took him to Jinyun Detention Centre. His family went to the Public Security Bureau and asked them what kind of crime Mr. Fan had committed. The police answered, "He exercised at home and sent out leaflets exposing the persecution. We heard all that outside your door!"

Mr. Fan was interrogated for five consecutive days. Later the CCP police intensified the persecution. They handcuffed him and brutally tortured him. On August 27th, 2005, he was sent to Lishui Centre Hospital. He was in a coma, had a compound fracture of the cervical spine, and injuries and wounds covered his entire body. The doctor stated that he was dying.

Mr. Fan woke up two weeks later in the hospital, but was unable to talk for two months. He is still bedridden and depends on others to take care of him but is improving steadily. The physician is amazed at his recovery. Those responsible for his condition sent out rumours that he tried to commit suicide by jumping out of a building. The perpetrators from the Public Security Bureau fabricated accusations against him and sentenced him to two years of forced labour. At the present time, he is regarded as being under "house detention." Since the persecution began on July 20th, 1999, Mr. Fan has been sentenced three times to forced labour.

Mr. Shi Biao from Wuyun Town, Jinyun County, was 35 years old. In September 2001, the County 610 Office² arrested him and took him to a brainwashing centre. He was beaten severely and covered with bruises. He also suffered severe internal injuries. He passed away on December 17th, 2003, due to his severe injuries.

Jinyun County government
Address: 154 Fuxing jie, Wuyun County, Zhejiang Province 321400
Phone: 86-578-3131083
Fax: 86-578-313133134

Shiliping Forced Labour Camp, Longyou County, Zhejiang Province 324402
Phone: 86-570-7066002

Note

1. "Tiger Bench": Prisoners are forced to sit on a small iron bench that is approximately 20 cm (6 inches) tall with their knees tied together. With their hands tied behind their backs or sometimes placed on their knees, they are forced to sit straight up and look straight ahead without movement for long periods of time.

2. "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/2006/2/16/120935.html