The "Cells within a Cell" and the Illegal Trade and Commodity Production in Chinese Labour Camps

By a Falun Gong practitioner in Mainland China

March 15, 2002

I am a Falun Gong practitioner in Hunan province. I was illegally forced into a labour camp for a year because I went to Beijing to appeal and for persisting in practicing Falun Gong. During my stay in the labour camp, I suffered severe torture, both physically and mentally.

In the labour camp, Falun Gong practitioners were forced to work 18 hours a day. This work was valued at more than 1000 Yuan per month, but the rewards were just spoiled rice and rotten vegetables. This is a typical case of slavery and intentional torture. I witnessed that all those who were forced into the labour camp were treated as slaves.

The persecution applied to Falun Gong practitioners by the police was far more severe than the treatment of ordinary labourers in the camp. Police took turns brainwashing Falun Gong practitioners in order to exhaust them. Practitioners were not allowed to sleep or to practice Falun Gong. When sitting on a bed, one' legs had to be motionless; otherwise the police would accuse you of practicing. No lip movements were allowed, or police would accuse you of reciting Falun Gong articles. At the same time, they used all means and shameless methods to defraud, harass, and intimidate Falun Gong practitioners.

Falun Gong practitioners are actually held in an "additional jail" inside the labour camp. Police coerce criminals to take three shifts every day to monitor and control Falun Gong practitioners. In every group, two or three criminals keep an eye on one Falun Gong practitioner. Falun Gong practitioners were confined in a 10 square metre room all day long and bullied by criminals. Practitioners are even monitored when going to the toilet. Police have even forced drug addicts to beat Falun Gong practitioners.

Xiong Gaijian who was in the Fourth Brigade in Xinkaipu labour camp, Hunan Province was once tortured in the bathroom where police beat him with an electric baton. In such a vicious environment, and in the face of these tribulations, Falun Gong practitioners have been following the principle of Zhen-Shan-Ren (Truthfulness, Benevolence, Forbearance), by showing great kindness and compassion.

So what work was actually done in the labour camp? They made bootleg copies of best sellers and famous or classic books. They also secretly make pornographic books and magazines. This has happened in different labour camps everywhere in the country. They say they want to "reform" people. Aren' they transforming people into something worse?

The persecution acts by the evil forces against Falun Gong practitioners are too numerous to record. We hope all people with a righteous mind will denounce those who are ill hearted, defend the righteous, and uphold the truth.

Source : http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2002/3/23/20167.html