Practitioner Bai Sanyuan Given Four to Seven Year Prison Sentence

Chen Mingrui, deputy police chief of the Jingyuan County Police Department in Gansu Province, along with Pan Qianrui, captain of the local National Security Team, and six plainclothes police officers broke into Mr. Bai Sanyuan's home in Jingyuan county at about 7:00 p.m. on May 16th, 2010. As a result, he went to hide in his barn. Three hours later, the police shot tear gas canisters into the barn, which immobilised him and made him dizzy. They then forced him into a police car and took him to the Jingyuan County Detention Centre.

Immediately after arriving at the detention centre, Mr. Chen was tied down on the "tiger bench¹" for five days. He went on a hunger strike for 19 consecutive days to protest the detention. As a result, he became emaciated, his lips turned purple, and his legs cramped. He was then taken to Jingyuan County Hospital for an intravenous injection.

Authorities at a Jingyuan County Court secretly tried Mr. Bai on June 18th, 2010. The Court sentenced him to a prison term of four to seven years, but didn't announce the sentencing at the end of the trial. Mr. Bai is currently detained at the Jingyuan County Hospital.

Jingyuan County Police Department: 86-943-6121407
Jingyuan County Detention Centre: 86-9467-21408
Jingyuan County Court: 86-943-6121417
Zhang Zhiqiang, director of Jingyuan County Court

Note

1. "Tiger Bench": Prisoners are forced to sit on a small iron bench that is approximately 20 cm (6 inches) tall with their knees tied together. With their hands tied behind their backs or sometimes placed on their knees, they are forced to sit straight up and look straight ahead without movement for long periods of time.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.org/mh/articles/2010/6/23/225864.html