Practitioners Mr. Liang Runcheng and Mr. Liu Chengguo Are Severely Persecuted in Benxi City Forced Labour Camp

In Benxi Forced Labour Camp in Benxi City, Liaoning Province, Mr. Liang Runcheng, a practitioner from Fengcheng City, Liaoning Province, was severely tortured for more than 20 days. Mr. Liu Chengguo started a hunger strike from the day of his arrest and now has been without food for 41 days. He is very weak.

Mr. Liang, 38, a college graduate, used to work as a teacher in the Fengcheng Professional School. Later, he passed the government employee exam and became an employee of the Fengcheng City People's Court. After the persecution of Falun Gong started in July 1999, Mr. Liang was transferred to the Water Resource Bureau since he persisted in his belief of Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance. He was a kind person in his workplace and in society. He worked diligently and never complained. All his coworkers knew that he practised Falun Gong. The police frequently came to his place of work to harass him, but he was still honoured as a "model worker" every year.

On January 3rd, 2006, when Mr. Liang distributed Falun Gong leaflets exposing the persecution, he was beaten up by four policemen from the Kuandian Police Bureau and lost consciousness. Later, he was detained in Kuandain Police Bureau. The police beat him with a baton and forced him to sit on the cement floor with both handcuffs and shackles. During his detention, he went on a hunger strike to protest. The police did not tell his family about this and did not allow his family to visit him, either.

Mr. Liang was sentenced to two years of forced labour and is currently being persecuted in Benxi City Labour Camp.

On March 13th, 2006, while practitioner Mr. Liu Chengguo was practising the Falun Gong exercises at his home with his wife and six other local practitioners, the police came and arrested him and several other practitioners. That same day, local policemen Yu Hongxi punched Mr. Liu's face and head more than 50 times. To protest the inhumane treatment, he started a hunger strike, which has lasted for 41 days. Mr. Liu is very weak. He is "skin and bones" in appearance when he used to be a strong man of over 160 pounds.

Mr. Liu was sentenced to two years of forced labour after being detained in the Fengcheng City Detention for over 33 days. The officials of Fengcheng Detention Centre were afraid that Mr. Liu's life was in danger and quickly transferred him to Benxi City Forced Labour Camp. The seven other practitioners were sentenced to between half a year and a year of forced labour.

Mr. Liang Runcheng and Mr. Liu Chengguo have suffered severe persecution and their lives are in danger.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2006/4/24/125936.html