Police Use Iron Shovel to Beat Female Practitioner

Qiqihar City, Heilongjiang Province

The Anshun Police Station at Qiqihar City arrested a large group of Falun Gong practitioners in October 2001. At the specific request of the station director, the police persecute Dafa practitioners widely. A few such cases are presented below.

(1). Illegal detention of practitioners for long periods of time. The police handcuffed practitioners' hands to heat radiators for as long as 50-60 hours.

(2). Roughing up. Aushun police arrested practitioners without regard to the legality of the situation. The police then violently beat the practitioners. Female Practitioner Li Shujie from the Education College was beaten so badly that her face was bashed in, and her lower back was damaged so that she was not able to move. However, the police still continued to torture her. Li was beaten to the point of losing control of her bowels and bladder. The police even claimed, "We are an organ of the dictatorship." After practitioner Yang Jie was arrested, evil police used an iron shovel to beat her stomach. Torture such as "Cuffed and Hung up" [With both hands cuffed, both feet off or only toes touching the ground, one is hung onto the beam of the house by the handcuffs. The hands and arms will soon become numb.] is often used. Yang Jie suffered so much from cuffing and hanging that she was not able to manage her life for several days because her hands and feet were severely swollen. The police hung practitioner Wang Yuxian for a whole night before they released her handcuffs.

(3) They are maltreating practitioners by every means. The police did not permit practitioners to use a toilet for 24 hours, nor did they give practitioners any water. They even withheld food that relatives had brought to the practitioners. Around midnight the police opened the faucet to let practitioners listen to the water flowing. The police then whistled while beating practitioners and laughed.

(4). Acting wildly against the law and public opinion: Practitioner Wang Yuxian is single, with no one at home when she was arrested. The police used the excuse of searching for Dafa materials to open her door with a master key and stole 600 Yuan in cash [about one month's salary for an average urban worker in China] and a gold ring. The police detained practitioners for a long period of time and would not release them until their relatives paid a "security fee" of several thousand Yuan.

Source:
http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2002/3/10/19661.html