Torture Methods Used at the Masanjia Forced Labour Camp

On November 4th, 2008, the forced labour camp in Jinzhou City transferred 16 practitioners to the No. 1 Division of the Masanjia Forced Labour Camp in Shenyang City. Upon arrival, the guards at the Masanjia camp forced these practitioners to take off their clothes in order to carry out a general physical examination. During this process, the practitioners were insulted and were forced to put on prison uniforms. They were ordered to stand still and face the wall, and then the guards began to attempt to make the practitioners renounce their belief.

Mr. Liu Cheng was beaten severely and handcuffed behind his back for shouting "Falun Gong is good." The guards ordered inmates to use clear tape to seal his mouth and took away his crutches. Mr. Liu had been sentenced to forced labour three times. He was forced to stand for a long period of time as a form of punishment while he was in the Jinzhou Forced Labour Camp. As a result, his left leg was crippled and he could not walk without crutches.

On November 5th, the prison guards at the Masanjia camp tried to use force on the practitioners, who had refused to write the three statements¹. As they still did not compromise, they were subjected to a torture called "stretching." In this torture method, handcuffs are used to secure the victim's hands and legs to two bed frames; the guards then stretch the person in four directions. Practitioners who endured this torture included Mr. Wang Jingzhong, Mr. Zhao Yu, Mr. Zhang Xiaohua, Mr. Liu Xuezhi and Mr. Liu Cheng. The guards shouted, "If Liu Cheng still refuses to write the three statements, we will chop off one of his legs." At the end of December, Mr. Liu declared that he wanted to return to practising Falun Gong; therefore, he was tortured once again. In March 2009, he was once again forced to write a guarantee statement².

In November 2008, when Mr. Cui Dejun from Dalian was forced to "study," he stated that he wanted to resume cultivation. The inmates reported this to the guards and the guards took Mr. Cui away. He was handcuffed and forced to listen to recordings that slandered Falun Gong.

In December, the leaders from the Liaoning Provincial Department came to inspect the Masanjia camp. When they questioned Mr. Cui, he spoke out for Falun Gong. Thereafter, he was locked up in a storage room. As a result, Mr. Cui was seriously injured and had difficulty moving around. One evening when it was time to go to bed, Mr. Cui asked another practitioner to help him to lay out his bedding, and guard Wang Yanmin saw this. Wang threatened the practitioner not to help Mr. Cui. The following day, another policeman tortured Mr. Cui and also beat the practitioner who had wanted to help him. Ever since that time, no one has dared to help him. As of today, Mr. Cui still has not recovered from his injuries.

In November, Mr. Sun Yi was forced to stand for a long time, as punishment for resuming cultivation. Mr. Sun protested with a hunger strike and was force-fed.

In December, Mr. Li Baozhong from Beizhen Township suffered from high blood pressure as a result of the inhuman torture he was subjected to. He informed the guards, and the evildoers escorted him to the Masanjia hospital. Mr. Li was hospitalized for about half a month and authorities at the forced labour camp took advantage of his condition to extort 4,500 yuan³ from his family. He was then sent back to the labour camp. Mr. Li has been released because his forced labour term expired.

Note

1. "Three Statements": Practitioners are coerced under brainwashing and torture to write "Repentance Statement," "Guarantee Statement" or 'Dissociation Statement" as proof that they have given up their belief. In the statement, the practitioner is forced to admit remorse for practising Falun Gong, promise to give up Falun Gong, and never again associate with other practitioners or go to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong.

2. "Guarantee Statement": A statement to declare that one is remorseful for practising Falun Gong and guarantees not to practise Falun Gong again, not to go to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong, and never again associate with any Falun Gong practitioners.

3. "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/2009/4/14/198926.html