Persecution of Practitioners in Shiling Prison, Siping City, Jilin Province (Part 2)

Part 1 - http://www.clearharmony.net/articles/200701/37524.html

Although the information we are able to document is not complete, the little we can recount below gives a clear picture of the extremely evil acts committed at Siping Shiling Prison against Falun Gong practitioners.

D. Brutal Beating

Practitioners are often beaten brutally, because Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials told the prison staff that "beating to death will count as suicide." This attitude is also supported and backed by criminal inmates. Criminal inmates serving long sentences are bored. Giving practitioners brutal beatings relieves the boredom and has become a recreational activity. At the same time, they will be rewarded with early release from their sentence if they beat practitioners until they agree to be "transformed¹." For them, it is killing two birds with one stone. Why not do it?

A relative of a criminal inmate said: "I just saw my son. My son is the cell leader in charge of Falun Gong practitioners. I heard from him that practitioners inside do group exercises and go on hunger strikes. Many are suffering from severe torture. Practitioners inside suffer a lot."

Practitioner Mr. Zhang Keshan from Songyuan City, Jilin Province, was arrested and is held in the 13th division. On Chinese New Year's Day 2005, inmate Zhang Renhua beat him cruelly. He took hold of Mr. Zhang Keshan's head and hit against the edge of a bed with it. Mr. Zhang Keshan came down with a high fever and became very weak.

Practitioner Mr. Guo Zhiren from Fusong County, Jilin Province, was transferred from Liebei Prison in Changchun City to Siping Prison on March 30th, 2006. He was held in the eighth Division. In April, he told fellow practitioners not to work as forced labourers (Falun Gong practitioners are forced to labour). Therefore, he was brutally beaten and kicked by the eighth division prison instructor, Gao Wei, whose younger brother was the former head of the prison.

Practitioner Liu Bin was brutally beaten because he called out, "Dafa is good."

Practitioner Huang Xuelin was taken to the washroom and brutally beaten.

Practitioner Mr. Jiang Quande is emaciated from all the torture. Almost all his teeth have fallen out from being beaten, and the rest are broken off halfway.

Practitioner Mr. Liang Zhenxing's family saw that he was wearing leg-irons when they visited him in Siping City Hospital. He said that no one in the prison is allowed to talk to him, and even looking at him was not allowed. Whoever looked at or talked with him would be brutally beaten.

E. Electric Batons

Electric Batons are the most used torture instruments, especially when the guards are angry and out of their minds. Many Falun Gong practitioners are near death after being beaten with electric batons. The guards shock the practitioners regardless of the time, place, or occasion. One can hear the sizzling noise and smell burning flesh.

Practitioner Mr. Li Wenbo from Meihekou City, Jilin Province protested with a hunger strike. He was taken to the guards' office and tortured with electric batons.

Practitioner Mr. Liu Xiaoyong from Baicheng City, Jilin Province, was held in the fourth division. Because Master's writings were found on him, he was locked up in a small cell and tortured with electric batons.

Police tortured practitioner Mr. Wang Guiming with electric batons for three days. His body was in terrible condition after they ended this torture.

F. Force-feeding

Practitioners who protest with hunger strikes are force-fed. Force-feeding is one of the tortures that destroys practitioners' wills and brings more suffering than one can imagine. It actually is one of the most brutal, cruel, and deceitful torture methods. They use it to torture practitioners and deceive the outside world.

Practitioners that are force-fed are all in terrible condition. Their mouths, throats, and intestines are injured. After having been force-fed for a while one suffers constant internal pain. It feels as if one's intestines are being torn apart. This kind of internal injury takes a long time to heal. One without strong faith cannot bear such long-term force-feeding. Every moment feels like forever and is filled with pain. There are practitioners who could not bear this torture and began to eat again.

Practitioner Mr. Wang Guming from Tonghua City, Jilin Province, was transferred from Jilin Prison to Shiling Prison, Siping City. Mr. Wang wrote an appeal letter, which prison staff refused to deliver. He went on a hunger strike to protest and was force-fed. Later Teacher Li's writings were found on him and he was locked up in a small isolation cell. Inside the small cell the guards tortured him with four electric batons. His face was totally out of shape from the beating. Mr. Wang again went on a hunger strike to protest, and the police put him into the prison hospital where he was force-fed. They tortured him for close to a month.

Practitioner Mr. Liang Zhenxing from Changchun City, Jilin Province, was transferred from Teibei Prison in Changchun City to Siping Prison. He was locked immediately into a small isolation cell after entering the prison. Later he was taken to the Educational Division. During the beginning of May 2006, he was force-fed in the prison hospital. They put leg irons on him, and he was handcuffed to the bed. They made him defecate and urinate on the bed. They also left the force-feeding tube in his stomach. He was tortured like this for a long time. On June 5th, 2006, his family was allowed to visit him. Mr. Liang appeared extremely weak. Two guards carried him to the visitors' room. Feeding tubes were in his nose. The lie that they authorities had told the family--that Mr. Liang was given daily intravenous food injections--was now clearly revealed.

Practitioner Mr. Fu Hongwei from Shulan City, Jilin Province, was arrested and imprisoned in the 12th division in 2005. Because he refused to participate in prison activities, including answering to the name-call and numbering, the director of Office of Re-education Unrelenting People, Yin Shoudong, called him in and talked to him. He was later locked up in a small isolation cell. In the small cell, the guards used several electric batons to torture him for over an hour. He protested with a hunger strike, and was taken to the prison hospital for force-feeding.

Practitioner Mr. Wang Honge who was held in the 11th division was brutally force-fed because he refused to cooperate.

CCP members involved in the persecution in this division are:

Head: Yin Shoudong
Team captain: Zhang Yejun
CCP members: Geng Mingcai, Wu Tie, Yang Yejun, Yi Haifeng,

Guard He Yulin: he tortures and attempts to "transform" practitioners. For each "transformed" practitioner one earns 100 yuan (6.5 GB pounds). He also let it be known that no one outside that division, that is, Changchun 610 Office and "transformed" practitioners who are involved in the torture of firm practitioners, would be paid for "transformation" work.

Note

1. "Reform or Transform" Implementation of brainwashing and torture in order to force a practitioner to renounce Falun Gong. (Variations: "reform", "transform", "reformed", "reforming", "transformed", "transforming",
and "transformation")

Chinese version available at http://minghui.org/mh/articles/2006/12/28/145663.html