Mr. Wang Xinchun Again Arrested and Tortured for 72 Hours After Being Crippled from Persecution (Graphic Photo)

On December 8th, 2008, Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Wang Xinchun was arrested by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) again. Mr. Wang lost his feet and became crippled from the last time he was arrested. The police involved in his arrest were Tao Xuwei, Wang Hailong, Sun Lilong, Zhang Guoli and Dagang from the Criminal Police Group of the Jinshantun Police Department. The police tortured Mr. Wang for 72 hours, and his face was deformed and his wrist was injured in four places. After Mr. Wang was released home, the police closely monitored him around the clock, disrupting his family life.

Wang Xinchun was crippled as a result of police persecution

Mr. Wang Xinchun, 32 years old, is a resident of Yichun City, Jilin Province. He had suffered from pancreatic cancer in the past. In 1998, he started to practise Falun Gong and recovered from the illness. In 1999, he was sentenced to one year of forced labour, during which his imprisonment term was extended. After he returned home in October 2001, he was cruelly beaten with metal batons by the chief of the Fenggou Police Station Wang Wei, Wang Shoumin and other police officers.

On the night of January 8th, 2002, the temperature was -30oC (-22oF). Wang Xinchun was chased by the police when he fell into a river and suffered frostbite on his feet. After the police arrested him, they forcibly soaked his feet in hot water, which caused them to fester. The police took turns to torture and beat him cruelly for more than 10 hours. Later, they escorted Wang Xinchun home and closely monitored him.

After he went home, Mr. Wang's feet became worse. After 10 months of suffering, he lost his feet and was crippled for life. (See related report: http://www.clearharmony.net/articles/200407/20898.html)

In order to seek justice, Mr. Wang wrote letters to the authorities about his suffering, which drew retaliation from the authorities. Officers from the Jinshantun Police Department, local 610 Office¹ members and government officials repeatedly broke into his home. They harassed and arrested his parents and tortured them cruelly. They sentenced his mother to three years of forced labour.

The Wang family has no income currently and lives on 60-yuan² per month from welfare. Some kind people sent him some money and clothes, but the police from Fengmao Forestry seized it for themselves.

In order to make a living, in early April 2005 Mr. Wang went to the Jinshantun District to learn shoe repair. However, only a few days after he started, chief of the 610 Office from the Jinshantun Police Department Xiao Jingyu and officers from the Fenggou Police Station arrested him from the shoe repair shop. They interrogated him about how his persecution story was published on the Internet. Xiao Jingyu and Wang Shoumin punched and kicked him so violently that his limbs were injured and bled.

Later, Mr. Wang was sent to a detention centre, where he went on a hunger strike to protest the persecution. On the fifth day, some police officers dragged him to a large metal frame. Police agent Wang Shoumin and Dawei pulled on Wang's arms and legs, and they fastened them to the iron rings on the frame. Because Mr. Wang had no feet, Wang Shoumin used some aluminium wire to bind his legs. He fastened them to the iron rings, in the process stretching his whole body to the maximum extent. With his head also fixed to the frame, Mr. Wang could not move a bit. Then Wang Shoumin kicked Mr. Wang's head, chest, abdomen and ribs, raising large lumps on his head. Wang Shoumin was fastened to the metal frame for more than five days. He was forced-fed every day and repeatedly lost consciousness. It was truly a heartbreaking scene. The police did not release him until he was in critical condition. During the same period, Mr. Wang's father was detained for 15 days.

Wang Xinchun was arrested in July 2005, April 2006, December 2006 and March 2008. He was cruelly beaten and tortured each time.

We hope that people and organizations from the international community will offer their support to stop the persecution of Wang Xinchun.

Relevant telephone numbers:

Ye Yan, chief of the Criminal Police Group: 86-458-3736655, 86-138-46633555 (Mobile)
Jinshan Police Station: 86-458-3738593
Chief of Jinshantun Police Department, Che Mingxin, Mobile: 86-136-64589889, Office: 86-458-3738537

Note

1. "The 610 office" is an agency specifically created to persecute Falun Gong, with absolute power over each level of administration in the Party and all other political and judiciary systems.

2. "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/2008/12/17/191725.html