Mr. Li Shigang from Jilin City Greatly Harmed Physically and Mentally As a Result of Being Arrested and Abused Five Times

Name: Li Shigang
Gender: Male
Age: 40s
Address: Longtan District, Jilin City, Jilin Province
Date of Most Recent Arrest: April 28th, 2011
Most Recent Place of Detention: Jilin City Detention Centre
City: Jilin
Province: Jilin
Persecution Suffered: Forced labour, detention, interrogation, beating, tortured to disability, home ransacked

Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Li Shigang, from the Longtan District of Jilin City, was recently released. While detained he was greatly harmed both physically and mentally. As a result he now has difficulty walking, his legs are numb, and he experiences dizziness. He lives a miserable life.

Over the past 12 years since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started the persecution, Mr. Li has been arrested and detained five times. He was tortured, which led to his disability. He was twice given forced labour terms. One for one and a half years, and another for two years.

Mr. Li's most recent arrest took place around 5:00 a.m. on April 28th. Officers from the Longhua Police Station in the Longtan District made the arrest, and took him to the Jilin City Detention Centre that same night. Detention centre officials refused to admit Mr. Li because his health was so poor that he was almost unable to take care of himself. But officers from the Longhua Police Station repeatedly urged the centre to accept Mr. Li. In the end, Mr. Li was sent to cell No. 10 in the detention centre.

During his two-week detention, the guards allowed Mr. Li to stay in bed because he was extremely weak. Inmates had to bring him meals every day, and hold him while he used the toilet.

Mr. Li should have been released at the end of his term on May 13th, but personnel from Jilin City and from the Longhua Police Station forcibly carried and lifted him into a police vehicle at noon that same day, and drove him to the Jiutai Forced Labour Camp. Mr. Li was previously in that labour camp in 2009. While there he had difficulty taking care of himself due to severe physical abuse and mistreatment. On top of that, he fell and sustained a lumbar fracture. The camp officials were afraid of being held responsible for the consequences and told his family to take him home. This time the camp officials refused to admit Mr. Li because they said he was disabled and had heart problems as well.

Officers from the Longhua Police Station , along with personnel from Jilin City who were in charge of Mr. Li's case, tried every way possible to try to have Mr. Li serve one and a half years of forced labour. But the labour camp officials didn't want to admit someone who was disabled. Mr. Li was then driven back to the Longhua Police Station that same evening. His family was contacted and allowed to take him home.

Related article: http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2009/1/18/103996.html

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2011/5/21/241239.html