Exposing the Persecution in the Shanghai Women's Forced Labour Camp

On December 29th, 2004, I was arrested and detained by police from the Luoshan Precinct, on Deping Road, Shanghai due to reports made by people who did not know the truth of the persecution. Two days after the arrest, on December 31st, the police ransacked my home, confiscating five sets of Falun Gong practice tapes, and one Falun Gong DVD exposing the persecution. At 4:00 a.m. I was transferred to the Shanghai City detention centre, and 30 days later I was sent to another detention centre. About 20 days after that, I was transferred to the Shanghai City Women's Forced Labour Camp for eighteen months, where I was placed in the First Team of the 5th Brigade.

In the forced labour camp, my normal schedule ran from 4:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.. The other prisoners, in contrast, normally wake at 6:00 a.m. and sleep at 8:00 p.m.. During the day, I was watched by criminal inmates, and made to read the labour camps' system of regulations and teaching materials in an effort to brainwash me. A week later, I was assigned to the First Team of the 5th Brigade, where I was forced to watch DVDs full of lies, as a means to brainwash me and force me to quit Falun Gong. Since I did not submit to their demands, I was forced to stay in a small cell, sit for extended periods on a small stool, and to write self-criticism essays.

After I had been there for thirty days, my legs became swollen and my blood pressure rose to 220. They wanted me to take some pills, but I refused, so I was taken to the hospital. When I was returned to the prison from the hospital, I was again placed with the First Team and forced to do physical labour, which I resisted. The brigade captain grabbed my collar and dragged me to her office, where she kept slapping my face left and right, and kicking my whole body. Again, I resisted, and again, I was put in a small cell and forced to sit on a small stool.

Later on, I was returned to the First Team for further persecution. I was released 18 months later. However, during that entire time, I did not give in, from beginning to end.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2009/3/3/196463.html