Mr. Liu Yong Has Been Detained and Persecuted at a Mental Hospital For Nine Years

Name: Liu Yong
Gender: Male
Age: 39
Address: 1 Luochengtou, Handan City
Occupation: Employee of Handan Steel, LLC
Date of Most Recent Arrest: June 2nd, 2001
Most recent place of detention: Baoding Mental Hospital
City: Baoding
Persecution Suffered: Beatings, brainwashing, forced injections/drug administration, solitary confinement, physical restraint, mental hospital

A mentally and physically healthy person has been detained at the Baoding Mental Hospital (No. 6 People's Hospital of Hebei Province) for nine years. Falun Gong practitioner Liu Yong is still being forced to take drugs every day, and doctors still monitor him on the medication that he is forced to take.

The hospital refuses his rights of visitations. Authorities involved say that visiting Liu Yong is a "political" issue. The head of the hospital cannot make decisions and must seek authorization from the provincial government.

Mr. Liu Yong had gone to Beijing four times to appeal for Falun Gong since July 20th, 1999 when the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started persecuting Falun Gong. He was detained in September 1999 and was later sent to a forced labour camp.

Mr. Liu was sent to Handan Forced Labour Camp for persecution on November 26th, 1999. There he suffered brainwashing and physical torture. Deceived by the guards, he gave up practising Falun Gong by compromising with their demands.

After being released, Mr. Liu realized his mistake of being "transformed" [forcibly renounce Falun Gong]. He was in such remorse that he had thought about suicide (This is often the result of the CCP's historical brainwashing techniques that destroy people's consciences). On June 2nd, 2001, Mr. Liu, who was 30 years old and just released from the forced labour camp, was sent to the Baoding Mental Hospital by Handan Steel, LLC with the help of his own mother, and he has been persecuted there since then.

Mr. Liu was forcefully injected with some unknown drugs during his early days in the hospital. He almost lost his life from the severe reaction he was experiencing.

Mr. Liu is forced to work every day in the hospital. Twice he tried to escape while he was taking out the rubbish, but failed. Another time, he was intercepted while riding on a bus. Since then he has been under strict surveillance and is not even allowed to leave the premises of the building. He is forced to clean the building every day.

Fearing that the news of Mr. Liu's persecution would be exposed, the hospital does not allow him to have access to a pen or a piece of paper. Mr. Liu's friends have tried to call the doctors' office, but the doctors have never allowed him to answer the phone.

Mr. Liu is very anxious to get out of the hospital after being detained for such a long time. The head doctor has insisted that only Handan Steel LLC can take him out, but the Head of Handan Steel LLC has ignored this matter.

We ask for assistance in this matter from the international community. Please help to end the nearly ten years of illegal detention and persecution of Mr. Liu Yong.

Handan Steel LLC:
President, Li Guiyang; CEO: Peng Zhaofeng
Office: 86-310-6072141
Party Branch Head, Yan Jiwen: 86-310-6075776 (Office), 86-13803296016 (Mobile)
Baoding Mental Hospital Director, Cao Guoyuan: 86-312-5079282

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2010/3/24/220334.html