Exposing the Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners in the Guangzhou City Brainwashing Centre

The Guangzhou City Legal Education School is located at 56 Xizhou North Road, Chuotou Area, Shijing Town. The school was established in April, 2001. It is actually a brainwashing centre where Falun Gong practitioners are subjected to persecution.

Use of Torture to Extract the Three Statements¹

Policemen Lai Jianfeng and Yang Yongcheng directed guards to subject practitioners to various forms of abuse. At first, practitioners were only allowed to sleep for two or three hours a day. After several days or even weeks, some practitioners were tortured until they were lethargic and unable to think clearly. They tortured practitioners in the middle of the night. They ordered guards to restrain practitioners' hands and feet when they wanted to do the Falun Gong exercises. When the practitioners were most vulnerable both physically and spiritually, they were tied up with their feet crossed, and a rope looped around the neck tied to the rope binding their legs together. Soon the practitioners would feel terrible pain in their lower back, neck, legs, and feet. Screams of pain were frequently heard in the middle of the night.

Mr. Li Jianzhong insisted on doing the Falun Gong exercises and did not write the so-called "three statements". He was not allowed to sleep at night, and a week later, he was in terrible shape both physically and mentally. Mr. Li Jianzhong's feet swelled up after he was forced to stand for several days. A guard surnamed Long had some guards bind Mr. Li's legs together with tape, so that he could not bend over or squat down. Mr. Li was forced to stand, and it was all he could do not to tip over. Mr. Li was tortured for more than two weeks.

Falun Dafa practitioners Mr. Wang Hongfa and Ms. Deng Yi were illegally sentenced to two years of forced labour. After their terms ended, they were taken to the brainwashing centre. Ms. Deng did not write the "three statements" and went on a hunger strike. The policemen had her force-fed by some helpers. Yang Yong pried Ms. Deng's teeth apart with chopsticks and metal spoons. Yang Yong also instructed others to pinch Ms. Deng's nose and cheeks and hold down her limbs. By the time they were done, Ms. Deng was bleeding profusely from the mouth. After her mouth was forced open, she was brutally forced-fed. Ms. Deng went on hunger strike for three or four months and was force-fed many times. Her teeth came loose, and she also nearly suffocated numerous times. She has a five-year-old son who needs her care, but he was forced to go back to their hometown of Wuhan to be looked after by his grandparents.

There are some elderly practitioners including Ms. Liang Xuefang, Ms. Chen Xuexing, Ms. Chen Xueqing, Ms. Chen Aiyu, Ms. Lin Xiujin, and Ms. Xu Saiying, who all are over 60. They were also taken to the brainwashing centre. Ms. Li Suzhen is over 70 years old and has trouble walking. She needs some assistance if she walks across an uneven road. Nevertheless, she was also taken to the brainwashing centre.

Some personnel involved in the persecution at the Guangzhou City Legal Education School

Current Head, Pan Jinhua (male), 020-81730648
CCP Political Leader, Tao Biao (male)
Deputy Head, Liu Zhixiong (male)
Policeman, the head of instructors, Lai Jianfeng (male), 020-81730646, 13302213938
Policeman, Yang Yongcheng (male), 020-81730322 (mobile)

Note

1. "Three Statements": Practitioners are coerced under brainwashing and torture to write "Repentance Statement," "Guarantee Statement" or 'Dissociation Statement" as proof that they have given up their belief. In the statement, the practitioner is forced to admit remorse for practising Falun Gong, promise to give up Falun Gong, and never again associate with other practitioners or go to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2006/11/16/142535.html