Jidong Prison in Hebei Province Denies Visits by Mr. Wei Haiwu's Wife and Subjects Her to Brutal Mistreatment

The Xinshi District Court sentenced Mr. Wei Haiwu of Baoding City, Hebei Province, to four years in prison. He is currently in the No. 16 Group, No. 2 Division of Jidong Prison in Tangshan City and has been hunger striking to resist the persecution. In an attempt to brainwash him into renouncing Falun Gong, prison guards subjected him to sleep deprivation, forcing him to stand for long periods of time and slapping him on the face. He has suffered both mentally and physically. For the past six months, his wife has requested to visit him, but the guards denied her each time because she too practises Falun Gong.

Again on February 7th, 2007, Mrs. Wei requested to see her husband and waited at the reception desk until past 11:00 a.m. When Wu Peidong, head of the Education Section, came out she asked him, "Why can't I see Wei Haiwu?" He replied, "I just don't want to let you see him," and went back into his office. Mrs. Wei was then stopped by an armed security guard at the gate. At around noontime, Mrs. Wei stopped two people on their way to the cafeteria and explained her situation. They then called Wu Peidong. Wu told Mrs. Wei that there were regulations prohibiting her from seeing her husband. When she asked to see the documents, he brushed her off saying, "Do I have to show you everything!?"

At that moment, a vehicle without any licence plate parked by the reception room. Three people came out of the car and Wu Peidong told them to take Mrs. Wei away. When one of them tried to drag her away, Mrs. Wei told them that she used to have a lot of illnesses that disappeared after she practised Falun Gong. Also, that she would have a heart attack if she got upset. The person stopped when he heard that.

A plainclothes policeman in his 40s, accompanied by Wu Peidong, then dragged Mrs. Wei into the vehicle. When she got into the car, she started to have a heart attack. Her body began shaking, but the police ignored her. They drove her to a makeshift hotel and left her there. The hotel owner saw that Mrs. Wei was very ill and suggested that they take her to the hospital. However, Li Changmin of the Protection Section of No. 2 Division and his subordinates ignored the hotel owner. They took Mrs. Wei and threw her roughly onto the cement floor saying, "This has nothing to do with us." Then they left.

The hotel owner brought a blanket and a cup of hot water for her. After a while, she felt better.

The next day she decided to take her case to the Jidong Prison Administrative Affairs Department. She met a section head named He, who made a phone call and rudely said, "It was the right thing to do to not let you see Wei Haiwu. It would not be good for his 'transformation¹.' If we had let you see him, we would have violated the rules of the prison." Mrs. Wei asked, "How about taking me away by force and leaving me when I was having a heart attack? Was that the right thing to do?" He responded, "Yes." When Mrs. Wei said, "You are persecuting us by jailing good people," he jumped at and swore at her. Then he called two people to push her towards the stairwell.

Address:
Jidong Prison Headquarters
Hebei Province Tangshan City Fengnan District, P.O. Box 2002, Postal Code: 063305

Phone numbers of responsible persons at Jidong Prison:

Warden Song Chenliang: 86-315-8327666 (Office), 86-315-8327966 (Residence), 86-311-83807666 Home in Shijiazhuang City: 86-13930530566 (Mobile), 86-13832978666 (Mobile),
Chief of Staff Pang Yanjie (main perpetrator): 86-315-8327888 (Office), 86-315-8502668 (Home), 86-13903157108 (Mobile),

Jidong Prison Headquarters, postal code 063305
Head of 610 Office An Yao: 86-315-8501899 (Home), 86-315-8327668 (Office), 86-315-8519568
Member An Li (sister of An Yao): 86-315-8310518 (Home), 86-315-8327238 (Office)
Member Bai Guang: 86-315-8310768 (Home), 86-315-8327235, 86-315-8327236
Head of Prison Affairs Department Xu Ziqiu (main perpetrator): 86-315-8327128 (Office), 8327998, 8327588
Head of Prison Affairs Department He Lizhi (main perpetrator): 86-315-8317886, 86-13323250699 (Mobile),

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.ca/mh/articles/2007/3/6/150252.html