Crimes Committed in Jilin Province Prior to the Olympic Games

Prior to the 2008 Olympics, thousands of Falun Gong practitioners were sentenced to forced labour camps in cities throughout Jilin Province, such as Songyuan City, Jiutai City, Yanji City, Jilin City, and Changchun City.

In Songyuan City, Ms. Liu Shumei was recently sentenced to an additional one-and-a-half years of forced labour--immediately after she finished serving a two-year prison term.

In Jiutai City, local police sentenced a male practitioner to an additional one-and-a-half years of forced labour just as he completed his prison term in the Jiutai Forced Labour Camp.

In Yanji City, Ms. Zhang Shuxian, a resident of Yanji City, was taken to a forced labour camp on July 21st, 2008, and put in solitary confinement. To protest her imprisonment, Ms. Zhang went on a hunger strike. Three days later, female guards Liu Shuxia and Liu Lianying tied her up to a torture device called the death bed and force-fed her.

Ms. Jin Yingshi, also a resident of Yanji City, was ordered to write the so-called "four statements"¹ . When she refused, the guards locked her up in solitary confinement, then further forced her to stand still for over a week.

On June 18th, 2008, Ms. Yin Jinzi from Yanji City refused to wear a prison name tag, do forced labour or write the so-called "thought report." She also shouted, "Falun Gong is good!" As a result, female guard Jia Honglian shocked her with an electric baton, beat her mercilessly, then tied her up to the "death bed²."

Some practitioners reported the situation to the manager on duty, but that only resulted in Ms. Yin being tortured even more brutally. The guards ordered a criminal inmate named Yin Chun (female), to tie up Ms. Yin's hands and feet with a leather belt and handcuffs. The more she resisted writing the so-called "self-criticizing letter," the tighter the guard made the belt and the handcuffs. After being tortured like this for over a week, the guards forced her to read the letter she wrote in public.

In Changchun City, resident Ms. An Fengxiang, was taken to Heizuizi Women's Forced Labour Camp in May 2008, where she was locked up in solitary confinement for four months.

When Ms. An Fengxiang refused to write the so-called "thought report," female guards Liu Lianying and Liu Shuxia shocked her with electric batons for a whole morning. Ms. An eventually passed out.

When Liu saw people returning from their lunch break, she grabbed Ms. An, put her on a stool, and force fed her more than 20 prescription pills used in the treatment of heart disease.

Note

1. "Four Statements": Practitioners are coerced under brainwashing and torture to write the "four statements" as proof that they have given up their belief. Created by the 610 Office, they consist of "a letter of repentance," "a guarantee" to never again practise Falun Gong, a "Dissociation Statement" to declare a dissociation with Falun Gong and promise not go to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong, and a list of names and addresses of all family members, friends and acquaintances who are practitioners.

2. "Death Bed" torture: A practitioner is tied to a bed with his hands handcuffed above his head to the bed rails, and his legs tied with thin nylon ropes. The rope is then tightly wrapped around the practitioner's body and the bed, from his legs to his chest. The rope is wrapped so tightly that the practitioner has difficulty breathing and eventually loses consciousness.

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2008/9/23/186414.html