Mr. Wang Hongshu Taken Into Custody And Beaten Savagely by Officers of Diaobingshan City

Mr. Wang Hongshu is a 50-year-old practitioner. At about 5 a.m. on January 17th, 2008, when he was on his way to his sister's home in Faku County, he was intercepted by a car without any licence plate. There were two people in the car. They did not show any ID and were not in police uniform. After they discovered that Mr. Wang was a Falun Gong practitioner, they dragged him against his will and tried to force him into the car. Mr. Wang tried to inform them about the true nature of Falun Gong. They said, "Do not talk with us about this. We must seize you." Mr. Wang refused to cooperate with them, so they beat him savagely. As a result, one of Mr. Wang's front teeth was knocked out, and another became loose, his face became blue and purple and his left eye filled with an abnormally large amount of blood. They held Mr. Wang to the ground for approximately 15 minutes. One of them then called for a police car and forced Mr. Wang into the car and took him to the Police Department.

At the Police Department, a body search was conducted. Before the search, he had 275 yuan¹ cash on him. After the search, there was only 75 yuan left. The 200 yuan disappeared without a trace. At about 8 a.m., Mr. Wang was taken to the office of State Security. Mr. Wang spoke out for justice for Falun Gong to the officers there. Instead of listening to him, they berated him and beat him savagely. Mr. Wang felt so much pain in his waist that he could not stand up. Officer Wang Xueping (male) handcuffed Mr. Wang's hands behind his back. Mr. Wang could not help but tumbling on the bed due to the pain. His handcuffs weren't removed until two hours later.

When taking notes of their conversation, officer Zhang Fenglai (male) asked him with whom he had contact. Mr. Wang replied, "as a Falun Gong practitioner, I will not betray any good person." Because of this, Mr. Wang was detained for 15 days.

Since July 20th, 1999, Mr. Wang had been subjected to persecution many times. Consequently, his lower limbs developed paralysis, and his lower back had to be fixed with a steel plate. This time, he was taken into custody without any reason and beaten savagely. Due to the beating, the steel plate dislodged. His chest developed serious pain, his throat swelled so much that he could not eat, and he fell into a coma twice.

It wasn't until the fifth day of Mr. Wang being critically ill that the police allowed Mr. Wang to be taken to the hospital for a check-up. He had to be lifted into the taxi by his family members and four cell mates. The doctors discovered that the dislocation of the steel plate in his back caused it to press heavily onto his lower limbs, his chest swelled with fluids and his throat was too swollen to eat. Since Mr. Wang could not afford the medical fee, he had to go home to recover.

Due to several years of persecution, Mr. Wang's family was extremely poor. This time, after he was taken into custody without any reason, Zheng Fenglai, the director of the State Security Division, and Wang Xueping, the deputy director, still extorted 3,000 yuan cash from his family without any receipt.

Note

1. "Yuan" is the Chinese currency; 500 yuan is equal to the average monthly income of an urban worker in China.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2008/2/3/171633.html