Additional Evidence of Crimes that Jinzhou Forced Labour Camp (Liaoning Province) Officials Have Committed against Practitioners

The crimes committed by Jinzhou Forced Labour Camp officials have previously been exposed on the website several times. The following is additional information.

1. The Jinzhou Forced Labour Camp Clinic

The Jinzhou Forced Labour Camp clinic has for several years been used by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials for persecuting Falun Dafa practitioners. The clinic's medical staff cooperates with the guards and participates in the persecution of practitioners. They use cruel methods in force-feeding practitioners that are beyond imagination.

Practitioner Shi Zhongyan died in April 2003 as a result of force-feeding.

In 2005, in order to resist the force-feeding, practitioner Mr. Qi Mingli bit the feeding tube. Guard Shi Zhenshan pulled the tube back and forth repeatedly in and out of Mr. Qi's nose and beat him on the head.

The guards are cruel and careless whenever they force-feed practitioners; guards Sun Li and Song Yanming are no exception. If a practitioner starts bleeding from the nose, they continue their rough handling while verbally abusing the practitioner.

Some practitioners showed symptoms of illness and qualified for release for medical treatment. However, the clinic cooperated with guards in the Second Division to prevent medical release of practitioners.

Currently, practitioners Li Yong, Hu Shaowei, Shao Minggang, and Qi Mingli are being severely persecuted. The clinic guards used all tactics at their disposal to prevent their release for medical treatment. When some practitioners were sent to the clinic and had symptoms of illness, disqualifying them for admission, they were nonetheless accepted. Mr. Qi Mingli had a serious leg injury on admission. The clinic accepted him without physical examination. Later, when his family discovered that the injury might require amputation and petitioned for him, the officials dodged the request and forbade his release.

The clinic officers also work with officials at the Petroleum Hospital to persecute practitioners. Hu Shaowei and Li Yong were severely abused; they were taken to the Petroleum Hospital as a token gesture.

Clinic Manager: 86-416-4575187
Duty Office: 86-416-4575020
Emergency Office: 86-416-4575023

.2. The Jinzhou Forced Labour Camp's "Inspection Office" is a nominal organisation

The Jinzhou Forced Labour Camp "Inspection Office" exists in name only. On the surface it is the organisation empowered to ensure fair treatment and inspect labour camp work. However, when practitioners were treated poorly, agents from that organisation merely fell in line with the CCP and colluded with other guards to continue the persecution of practitioners. The agents have never truly resolved any issue of the unlawful persecution of practitioners, ignoring even the most serious transgressions.

At the beginning of 2005, practitioners Qi Mingli, Miao Jianguo, and Hu Shaowei went on a hunger strike to protest the persecution. Inspection office manager Wang (surname) simply listened briefly to the report and did not solve any of the practitioners' issues. In addition, he worked with the guards to come down hard on practitioners.

3. Crimes of "Four-Surveillance" Prisoners

Chen Changbin, one of the "Four-Surveillance" prisoners, bribed guard Bai Jinlong so that he could commit violent acts time after time at the Second Division. He had previously persecuted practitioners to please the guards. This time he wanted something from the practitioners. Therefore, he bribed Bai Jinlong with money and goods in order to influence the duty schedule, etc. Some guards could not put up with his tactics; they got angry but did not dare to speak out. Chen often reported everything about practitioners to Bai Jinlong and Li Songtao to please them. Similar events happened often at the Second Division.

The Second Division used the "Four-Surveillance" prisoners to restrict practitioners' freedom. The guards put pressure on the "Four-Surveillance" prisoners during monitoring periods, such as forbidding them to read or listen to the radio and so on. The "Four-Surveillance" prisoners' use of a cigarette lighter is forbidden. All "dangerous" items are forbidden. These prisoners were required to stay with Falun Gong practitioners and monitor them.

Between May and June 2006, the Second Division accepted outside handiwork for export sales to make some money. They forced practitioners to do the work. Because at that time there were few practitioners in "Da Ban" (group of imprisoned practitioners), those under strict monitoring could not work, making the "Four-Surveillance" prisoners work. Some of them went to the guards and complained, "We were forbidden to read and could not even use a cigarette lighter! Why are we now told to work with scissors?" The guards had nothing to say in reply.

On January 6th, 2007, the Jinzhou Forced Labour Camp Second Division's "Da Ban" was dissolved, but the firm practitioners are still detained there. On January 10th, 2007, practitioner Li Kai was sent there and held in isolation for 12 days. He was strictly monitored beginning January 22nd, 2007.

Several guards monitor each room. Zhang Jiabin was the only one who didn't monitor the practitioners and served merely in his position as a gate sentry. The guards use the "Four-Surveillance" prisoners to maintain the Second Division and hold many meetings for them. Officials at the judicial bureau, disciplinary inspection office, labour camp, and administration section are unaware of these circumstances.

4. The guards spy through windows to monitor secretly

The Jinzhou Forced Labour Camp officials still have not stopped the persecution of practitioners. They had previously covered the windows of practitioners' cells with opaque adhesive tape to prevent them from seeing each other; now the officials have ripped off the lowest tape segment to spy inside. They put pressure on the "Four-Surveillance" prisoners to monitor the practitioners.

5. The health of several practitioners is poor

The labour camp has prevented ill practitioners from being released for medical treatment. Several imprisoned practitioners are now being severely persecuted. The camp officials deceived their families and others and concealed their health conditions. The officials reported to the related departments that once a disease inspection team concluded their report, the practitioners could be released for medical treatment. However, they used all available methods to prevent ill practitioners from being released for treatment.

Practitioner Mr. Li Yong's blood pressure was as high as 240. A doctor at the town centre hospital said that was the highest he had ever seen for his age group in the hospital's history. The labour camp officials claimed that they had started the paperwork for Li Yong's release but later let it go. In August 2006, Mr. Li's blood pressure rose again. He asked for medical treatment but the camp officials ignored his request. He went on a hunger strike to protest but was force-fed.

Practitioner Mr. Shao Minggang had a blood pressure reading of 260. The camp officials also ignored him and would not even tell him the blood pressure reading following another exam.

Practitioner Mr. Qi Mingli had an injury when he arrived at the labour camp. He told prison doctor Shi Zhenshan that he was sent there because of falsified evidence. Doctor Shi ignored him and accepted him. Due to long-term imprisonment and torture, Mr. Qi's legs were numb and he had extreme difficulty walking. The camp officials simply ignored him. When a family member came to visit, the authorities just handled things perfunctorily. His family members brought the x-ray image of his previous leg injury as proof of a medical condition, but camp officials refused to release him.

Practitioner Hu Shaowei had optic neuritis (inflammation of the optic nerve, frequently associated with multiple sclerosis) and had trouble moving his legs and feet. He also has acute cardiomyopathy; however, the hospital said that they could not detect these conditions. Labour camp officials Li Fenglin, Liu Xingjiang, Li Songtao, and Qi Fang from the Judicial Bureau and others had promised Mr. Hu during his hunger strike in December 2005 that if his illnesses required medical treatment, they would release him. However, later nothing happened. Mr. Hu felt quite uncomfortable again in August 2006. He was diagnosed with serious coronary disease, fatigue, heart angina, and heart arrhythmia, but the camp officials still refused his release for medical treatment. Mr. Hu had a heart attack but nobody paid attention to it. On September 9, he again went on a hunger strike but was force-fed. During his force-feeding at the Petroleum Hospital, the guards even inserted the tube into his lung and almost killed him.

Second Division supervisor Bai Jinlong of the Jinzhou Forced Labour Camp, administration section head Tang Danping, Zhang Lijun from the instruments section, and others are torturing and creating difficulties for practitioners and their families. Only a small number of family members are permitted access for the monthly camp visits. The rest have to wait outside and the allowed visiting time is half an hour. The guards are monitoring everyone. They search everyone's belongings thoroughly prior to admission and if there are so-called "unqualified" items found, the visitors are forbidden to enter and are verbally reprimanded. Those who refuse to cooperate with the search are forbidden to enter.

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2007/2/20/149359.html