Persecution Facts of a Farmer in Shandong Province

Mr. Sun Zhitian is a farmer in Nanjin Village, Fenghuang Town, Zibo District, Zibo City. He began to practise Falun Gong in 1997. He had many diseases and could not work all year long. He lived a very difficult life until he began to practise and his diseases disappeared.

In July 1999, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began to persecute Falun Gong. Mr. Sun went to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Gong. He was arrested and returned to Zibo by police officers from the local government's Liaison Office in Beijing. During the detention period, he was tortured both physically and mentally. After he was released from the detention centre, he was not allowed to go back home. Police and government officers took turns watching him. Even when he later returned home, he was required to report to the police station every day. His normal life was severely interfered with. His wife, Ms. Zhan Fengying, could not tolerate such mistreatment under the persecution and divorced him in July 2000.

From August to September of 2000, Mr. Sun was again tortured when he was arrested for printing and delivering Falun Gong materials. In the Weibei Prison Factory, the political instructor Yang Xuewu (male), and the head of the workplace Zhao (who is in charge of the wool section), forced Mr. Sun to sit on the ground with his hands backwards and his legs straight. The two guards stepped on Mr. Sun's legs, which caused his legs to be covered in dark bruises. They also forced Mr. Sun Zhitian to take part in line training. Prisoner Jiang Huihong (male) suddenly pushed him from behind many times, which caused Mr. Sun extreme pain in his legs. Guards also ordered the head of prisoners in the wool section, Jiang Wenxing (male), to open the door and then forced Mr. Sun to stand by the door to freeze. This lasted over ten days.

Mr. Sun was tortured to the point of emaciation, weighing only 90 pounds. His legs were covered in bruises, and he had difficulty talking and walking due to lack of energy. At the beginning of April 2002, Yang Xuewu beat Mr. Sun's face with the soles of cotton shoes. Mr. Sun's face became swollen and he soon passed out. Guards made prisoners move Mr. Sun to the infirmary and treated him with medication. At that time, Mr. Sun's blood pressure was 80/40mmHg and he was very weak. On April 11th, 2002, he was transferred to the Prison's General Factory Hospital and forced to be treated with medication.

After he was released in 2004, officers and police still went to his house to harass him. They would not allow him to work. They sneered at him and deceived him. Mr. Sun Zhitian is still being mistreated.

We hope kind people will work together to stop the persecution against practitioners who believe in "Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance" and restore Falun Gong's reputation.

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2006/8/1/134424.html