Legal Training Centre in Guiyang Detains Falun Gong Practitioners

The "Legal Training Centre" (a euphemism for "brainwashing centre") in Guiyang is located at a remote, hard to find location. The front door without even a single sign is tightly closed, and the building is surrounded by tall walls.

Entering the front door, there is a two-story building. This is where the officers detain Falun Gong practitioners. Female practitioners live in the upper story of the building, while the male practitioners live in the bottom story. One practitioner is assigned to each room. However, there are three beds inside each room: One is for the practitioner, while the other two are for the inmates that are assigned to serve as monitors to watch practitioners all the time.

The practitioners are not allowed to come and go as they please. Even when they go to the toilet, they are tightly monitored by those inmates. As well, on the roof of the building, in the hallways, and at each corner of the tall walls are many monitors, who watch 24 hours every day. There are also eavesdroppers in each room to monitor every word and action of the practitioners.

The longest term for this kind of detention here is one and a half years. Since the practitioners all have steadfast hearts and won't give up their beliefs, they are not allowed to go home. They are facing detention here forever unless they change their minds. The other inmates are basically unemployed workers. Although they know that to monitor the detained practitioners is against the law, they have been deceived by the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) ploys and refuse to follow their consciences. Someone with a conscience made these comments in private: "It is really a big joke to call this place a 'Legal Training Centre,' since what it does is all against the law. I cannot keep doing this, since Guiyang City is not a big city, and I'm afraid that when the detained Falun Gong practitioners get out later on, I won't have the courage to face them."

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2008/4/21/176902.html