Savage Brainwashing Attempted at Hebei Provincial Prison for Women

In early May 2006, the Hebei Provincial Women's Prison created a so-called "attack team." Some Falun Dafa practitioners were carried into the prison for further persecution and some were from confinement cells. The guards cried out loudly when they sent those Dafa practitioners there: "This is to make you obey!"

At first they formed teams comprised of four collaborators¹, to surround Dafa practitioners and spread rumours. If practitioners resisted, they were attacked. When practitioners refused to be reformed², their next step was to carry out the so-called "stewing the eagle," by taking turns torturing Dafa practitioners day and night, and depriving them of sleep.

They formed three teams of eight collaborators and two prisoners. The eight were divided into two groups to take turns torturing practitioners. The two prisoners were scheduled to take over during mealtimes and lunchtime rest periods. They took turns talking to practitioners or squabbling with practitioners so as to not let them rest. If they suspected the practitioners were resting, they made loud banging noises and then blamed them for the ominous condition they created. They looked upon practitioners' anti-persecution efforts with hatred. Practitioners who were in poor health were allowed to have three to four hours of rest.

The persecutors followed practitioners everywhere they went and didn't let them have any leisure time. During the rest time after midnight, they told the prisoners to do bad things such as let in mosquitoes, open and close drawers repeatedly to make a noise, or talk loudly. They did not allow practitioners to go outside. Prisoners were ordered to do all outside activities such as cooking, fetching water, and hanging clothes, and they rebuked practitioners for it. They forbid practitioners from seeing one another, afraid they would establish ties. Those so-called captains who came from different prison sections insulted and scolded practitioners abusively. They forced those who were not "reformed" or compromised to watch videos slandering Dafa (all the videos were fabricated by the Chinese Communist Party to slander Dafa), read books slandering Dafa, or read articles written by those who were "reformed."

Those who betrayed Dafa led studies to do further "strengthening." They led practitioners in singing and dancing in an attempt to confuse them. They also instigated prisoners, who were either murders or sentenced for life, to persecute them. Those practitioners who refused to be "reformed" were beaten, locked in small cells and humiliated. Practitioners were also punished by being forced to face a wall with their noses and the tips of their feet touching the wall and then ordered to stare at it. When practitioners moved slightly, they were beaten.

The guards set a time limit for practitioners to answer their questions. If the answer wasn't what they wanted to hear, the practitioners were beaten with a wooden club. They instigated prisoners to carry out beatings. The guards used a "carrot and stick" in an attempt to make practitioners yield. If they still refused to be "reformed", the persecution was intensified. Footprints from being kicked all over their bodies were visible each night as they returned to their room. The guards shouted, "I am not afraid of your going on a hunger strike. People say I am bad. I want you to see what I am like." They added further, "I know you will enlist me in the official "List of Perpetrators" and I am not afraid of that."

They were afraid of receiving the solemn declarations written by practitioners who yielded and were "reformed" under pressure. They destroyed the declarations. They knew that brainwashing wasn't working. Dafa practitioner Liu Xiaorong went on a huger strike after she was imprisoned. She is a very steadfast Dafa practitioner, so the guards intensified her persecution.

People responsible for the persecution:

Yu Shuqi, captain, Prison Warden Han, Ge Shuguang, Duan from the Second Prison Section, Ma from Taixing Prison, Du and Huang from the Fourth Prison Section, Zhang Ping, Tang Delin, section head, and prisoners Wu Luzhen and Li Meizi.

Collaborators: Lan Qizhi (Shijiazhuang), Qin Shue (Renqiu, Cangzhou), Li guijuan (Hejian, Cangzhou), Ni Chunxiang (Beijing), Li Yucui (Xingtang), Xie Zhanfen (Renqiu, Cangzhou), She Qiaoling (Handan), Fan Xiuqin (Chengde), Tang Hui, Liu Runling, He Jinhuan, and Cai Yongcun.

Note

1. "Collaborators": Former practitioners who have turned against Falun Gong under brainwashing and torture. They are then made to assist in brainwashing and torturing practitioners.

2. "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://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2007/2/27/149820.html