Li Tiejun Dies as a Result of Torture at Chaoyanggou Labour Camp

Mr. Li Tiejun, 42, was a farmer in Kaoshan Town, Nongan County, Jilin Province. He used to suffer from various kinds of illnesses, but became healthy and strong enough to do farm work after he began practising Falun Dafa in 1996.

A group of people broke into a practitioner's home at 10:00 p.m. on May 31st, 2004. They were led by Director Pan Hengxing and Deputy Director Li Shuxiang from Kaoshan Town Police Station. They arrested 11 practitioners including Li Tiejun and his wife. An elderly practitioner passed out, but a policeman just cursed at that him, saying nobody would care if he died.

Li Tiejun was sentenced to one year of forced labour. His elderly mother, his ailing father who had had a stroke and a 16-year-old child were left at home. Since the family did not have money, the child had to drop out of school, which was a heavy blow to Li Tiejun.

While in detention, Li Tiejun was forced to wear the dirtiest labour camp uniform and eat bread that smelled like pesticide. Every day he was forced to sit on a bench in a fixed position for up to 14 hours. He was also often cursed. Later he was forced to do hard labour with designated people monitoring him all the time. He had to report to these monitors even if he only wanted to say something. Otherwise, he would be beaten or cursed.

Due to the torment, Li Tiejun was devastated both mentally and physically. He became extremely weak. The authorities were afraid of being held responsible should he die in the labour camp so they told his family to pick him up. After returning home, Li never recovered. He passed away on March 17th, 2006.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2006/5/22/128456.html