Detained in a Forced Labour Camp for Three Years, Practitioner Mr. Li Wenming from Shanxi Province Is Still Being Persecuted

Because of Mr. Li Wenming's insistence in his Falun Dafa cultivation, the authorities have persecuted him since July 20th, 1999, when the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started the persecution. In November 1999 and December 2000, he went to Beijing to appeal and was detained twice. Between January 2001 and November 2005 he was detained many times. Those responsible were from the Yunquan Police Station, the detention centre, the Xiazhai Forced Labour Camp in Datong, the Xindian Forced Labour Camp in Taiyuan, the Second Detention Centre, the Shanxi Province First Prison, and others. He was only home for eight months between February and November 2002. When he returned in November 2005, his workplace still persecuted him and didn't pay him a salary, so he lost his source of income.

On November 14th, 1999, Mr. Li was arrested again when he went to Beijing to appeal. He was able to escape, but on his way home a security person from his workplace who happened to be on the train recognised him. Mr. Li was sent to the Xihuayuan Police Station. He wasn't able to go home until after 38 days in the police station.

On December 20th, 2000, Mr. Li went to Beijing again to appeal and was arrested by the police at Tiananmen Square. Two days later he was sent to the Hebei Province Liaison Office in Beijing and later released.

In January 2001, Mr. Li was taken to the Security Section at his workplace. Those responsible were Zhen De and others from the Security Section. After Zhen beat Mr. Li brutally, Zhen sent him to the Yunquan District Police Department. Several officials, including the section chief of the police department and the 610 Office¹ head Yong Junfeng, used an electric baton on Mr. Li, even in his mouth and on his penis. On the third day he was tortured all night long. Then he was sent to the Mine Detention Centre. Guard Liu Jiang and several inmates beat Mr. Li. He was held in the detention centre for three months. On May 27th, he was sent to the Xingdian Forced Labour Camp in Taiyuan and was abused there for over a year. The abuse included corporal punishment, being forced to stand for long periods of time, sleep deprivation, and other methods. Guards Wang Xing and others were involved in this. On February 17th, 2002, Mr. Li Wenming returned home.

After he returned, he was not spared from the persecution. He was followed every day. He was not allowed to return to work and he received no pension.

On November 9th, 2002, three people showed up to search Mr. Li's house and arrest him. He was sent to the district police department, where he was handcuffed to a chair and several guards beat him with electric batons. During the night of November 11th, the guards dragged him down to the basement, took off his clothes, and handcuffed him to a metal chair. Guard Wang Shan beat him using electric batons. Liu Yi, Zhang Ji, and Kang from the 610 Office were present. They beat him and injured his penis. Four guards held his legs down and beat him from 7:00 p.m. until after 11:00 p.m.

After being detained in the Second Detention Centre for 15 months, Mr. Li was sent to the First Prison in Shanxi Province. The guards there incited criminal inmates such as Zhao Junfeng and others to beat and choke Mr. Li. They forbade him toilet use and deprived him of sleep. They forced him to stand. Between July and September 2004, they beat him every day because he refused to be "reformed." From 8:00 a.m. till midnight, if he didn't stand and tried to sit, he would be beaten.

After being grossly abused and tortured for three years in the forced labour camp, Mr. Li Wenming returned home in November 2005. So far his employers have refused to hire him back and have not paid him one penny. The persecution is continuing.

CCP committee head Hao Xiangdong: 86-352-7019166, 86-13935249066 (mobile)

Zheng De: 86-352-70374641, 86-1383445821 (mobile)

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/2006/3/20/123254.html