Guards and Inmates Collude to Mistreat Falun Dafa Practitioners in the Wangcun Forced Labour Camp in Shandong Province

Since Jiang Zemin launched the persecution of Falun Gong, the prison guards in the Wangcun Labour Camp in Wangcun Town, Zibo City of Shandong Province have been using inmates to torture Falun Dafa practitioners with brutal means that one cannot imagine.

In the eighth ward, the guards have established a "Strictly Managed Group". Several inmates were placed there to "strictly control" Falun Gong practitioners. In December 2006, Mr. Wang Zhaohua was sent to the "Strictly Controlled Group" to be tortured for refusing to do hard labour. The villains only allowed him to sleep from 2 am to 4:15 a.m. each night and beat him any time they wished. His cries from the extremely cruel torture were often heard in the corridor. Wang Hongtao (male), Zhang Huchen (male), and Zhan Baogang (male) were among the inmates who beat Mr. Wang Zhaohua.

Early on the morning of May 3rd, 2007, inmate Zhan Baogang beat Mr. Wang Zhaohua again. Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Hu Jinyan reported the incident to a prison guard on duty. The guard not only did not stop the inmate but told the inmate Zhan Baogang that Hu Jinyan reported him. On May 6th, with the encouragement of the prison guards, Zhan Baogang brutally beat Mr. Hu Jinyan for revenge in front of many prison guards and Falun Dafa practitioners. Afterward, the prison guards berated Mr. Hu Jinyan. On May 7th, Mr. Hu Jinyan was again beaten by prison guard Wang Baohua (male) and another inmate.

Mr. Wang Zhaohua was frequently beaten, which caused protest from many Falun Dafa practitioners and demand for an immediate end to the mistreatment. Guard Zheng Wanxin (male) (head of the Ward) said, "Didn't he refuse to cooperate? Beat him until he cooperates." Mr. Wang Zhaohua steadfastly adhered to his belief and refused to accept "transformation¹".

In late April 2007, Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Ren Huaiqiang was beaten by three inmates, which led to the recurrence of his heart disease.

Prison guards took another Falun Dafa practitioner to a special torture room. Guard Li Gongming (male) cuffed this practitioner with his arms tightly crossed (left hand cuffed to the right corner of a bed and right hand to the left corner), which made the practitioner suffer excruciating pain, and he could not move at all. Because his lower back was twisted, he was unbalanced, but he could not stand or crouch down; it was unbearably painful. Whenever the practitioner cried out, guard Liu Lin (male) would stuff his mouth with rags and kick his buttocks violently. The practitioner was tortured this way for over two hours.

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://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2007/5/29/155829.html