Three Falun Gong Practitioners Emaciated Due to Brutal Persecution in Jinshi Prison

Mr. Lu Songming, Mr. Peng Shaohui and Mr. Tang Hao from Hunan Province became emaciated as a result of brutal persecution in the Jinshi Prison. They are still being detained there.

Mr. Lu Songming graduated from Hunan Normal University and was a teacher at the Xiangtan Electric Machine School. Mr. Lu has been imprisoned for 10 of the past 11 years due to the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) persecution of Falun Gong. In 2000, he was arrested and sentenced to five years in prison. He was detained in the Second Division of the Jinshi Prison. Soon after he was released in 2006, he was arrested again and sentenced to another five years in prison. He was detained in the Fifth Division of Jinshi Prison. The guards ordered other prisoners to torture him, both physically and mentally. Mr. Lu was handcuffed and shackled for a long time. In 2009, under the guards’ orders, several prisoners held him and force-fed him with faeces. As a result of the vicious persecution, Mr. Lu became very thin and his face looked yellowish. Later on, he was sent to a hospital. His current situation is unknown.

Mr. Peng Shaohui from Yueyang, Hunan Province was arrested in 2006 and sentenced to seven years in prison. He was detained in the Second Division of Jinshi Prison. Wang Jun, the guard team leader, poured cold water on him in the winter, which soaked his clothes and turned to ice. He was tortured in this manner for more than 10 hours. The guards also instigated other prisoners to punch and kick him. In 2010, guards Li Bairong and Mei Shuangyue ordered several prisoners to force-feed him for several months. His mouth bled and he vomited blood as a result. Due to the persecution, Mr. Peng became very thin and now only weighs about 90 pounds. He was sent to a hospital and is currently still detained there.

Mr. Tang Hao, in his 20s, from Zhuzhou, Hunan Province, was detained in a forced labour camp for one year in 2001. In 2002, the Zhuzhou Court sentenced him to four years in prison. On May 18th, 2007, he was sent to a forced labour camp for a two-year term. His forced labour term was cancelled on May 8th, 2008, but he was then sentenced to 10 years in prison. Officers from the Zhuzhou Police Department transferred him to the Second Division of the Jinshi Prison. Upon his arrival, guard Wang Qi handcuffed him to a steel bar and kept him there for almost three months. He was also shackled, which caused his feet to swell and ooze blood and pus. Afterward, guards Liu Keyan and Song Xianfeng ordered several prisoners to force-feed him for more than one month. A healthy, strong young man was reduced to an emaciated state and now weighs about 90 pounds as a result of the brutal persecution.

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2011/4/11/38876.html