Practitioner Chen Heng Beaten and Tortured in Fujian Province, Still Detained

Name: Chen Heng
Gender: Male
Age: In his 20s
Address: Lianjiang County, Fujian Province
Occupation: Unknown

Date of Most Recent Arrest: May 27th, 2008
Most recent place of detention: Fuzhou Men's Prison
City: Fuzhou
Province: Fujian
Persecution Suffered: Forced labour, electric shocking, long-term standing, sleep deprivation, hung up, solitary confinement, beatings, home ransacked

On July 20th, 1999, Mr. Chen Heng went to Beijing to appeal to the government for Falun Gong. In 2000, he was arrested and sentenced to forced labour at the Rujiang Compulsory Treatment Reformatory in Fujian Province. In 2001, when he was due to be released, his term was extended for another year because he had not renounced Falun Gong. In the reformatory, he was beaten by police and also suffered from electric shock torture, being forced to stand for a long time, not being allowed to sleep, being hung up by both hands, being detained in a small solitary room, and other forms of torture.

Squad leader Hu Bo used an electric baton to shock Mr. Chen, who was just 18 years old at the time. Hu also instructed criminals to beat Mr. Chen, causing him to faint and experience a mental disorder. He was sent to Jianxin Hospital in Fuzhou, Fujian Province after falling unconscious, and was later released.

At around 7:00 p.m. on May 27th, 2008, Mr. Chen, who was living in Fuzhou temporarily, was arrested by police from the national security team of the Fuzhou Public Security Bureau. His landlord's home was ransacked, and their computers and printers were confiscated. Mr. Chen was detained at the No. 1 Detention Centre in Fuzhou.

On November 14th, 2008, the Gulou District Court in Fuzhou secretly put Mr. Chen on trial without telling his family. He was sentenced to four and a half years of imprisonment, but his family members could not verify the information, and they never saw any written judgment or documents.

On January 21st, 2009, Chen's brother-in-law went to the No. 1 Detention Centre to deposit money for him, but was notified that Mr. Chen was not there anymore. He asked where Mr. Chen was transferred, but nobody would tell him. Chen's family members worried about him very much and could not learn his whereabouts from anyone.

Later they found out that Mr. Chen was being detained in the Third Team, Fifth Division of Fuzhou Men's Prison and that family members were allowed to see him on the 26th day of each month. When Mr. Chen first arrived, criminals Zhuo Chun and Dong Xianmin were designated by the police to beat him.

On November 19th, 2010, Mr. Chen was transferred from Fuzhou Prison by the local 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) to a juvenile forced labour camp and brainwashing centre. He is still being detained there now.

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2011/4/26/239592.html