Ms. Sun Lianjun Suffers Internal Injuries From Beatings by Prison Guards at Masanjia Forced Labour Camp

Name: Sun Lianjun
Gender: Female
Age: Unknown
Address: Gaoqiao Town, Lianshan District, Huludao City, Liaoning Province
Occupation: Unknown
Date of Most Recent Arrest: May 31st, 2010
Most recent place of detention: Masanjia Forced Labour Camp
City: Shenyang
Province: Liaoning
Persecution Suffered: Detention, home ransacked, extortion, brutal beatings, forced labour, confinement to a small cell

Around 8:00 a.m. on May 31st, 2010, policemen from the National Security Team of the Lianshan District in Huludao City collaborated with two policemen from the Jitun Police Substation to arrest Falun Gong practitioner Sun Lianjun. Ms. Sun was then sentenced to two years of forced labour and is now being detained in the Masanjia Forced Labour Camp.

Around June 20th, 2011, when her family came to visit her at the forced labour camp, she came out of a small cell, emaciated and unkempt. Her family asked the prison guards what was going on. A guard said, “She did not cooperate, and she shouted 'Falun Gong is good'.” They threatened to extend her term.

Because Ms. Sun had shouted “Falun Gong is good,” she was beaten by guards, causing her severe internal injuries and intense pain. She was held in a small cell and made to perform forced labour.

In March 2000, Ms. Sun wanted to appeal for Falun Gong in Beijing, but was intercepted and arrested at the Huludao Train Station. She was then detained in the Huludao Detention Centre for a month. In September of the same year, she was detained in the Masanjia Forced Labour Camp.

In April 2009, Han Jun, the director of the Jitun Police Substation of Gaoqiao Town, Lianshan District, Huludao, broke into Sun Lianjun's home, arrested her and ransacked her home. Later she was taken to the Huludao Detention Centre. The Huludao National Security Team extorted 3,000 yuan¹ from Sun Lianjun's family as a so-called “deposit”.

At the beginning of May 2010, the Huludao National Security Team notified Ms. Sun, claiming that they wanted to return to her the 3,000 yuan. This turned out to be a trick to try and force her to write a document denouncing Falun Gong.

Note

1. "Yuan" is the Chinese currency; 500 yuan is equal to the average monthly income of an urban worker in China.

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.ca/mh/articles/2004/11/30/90383.html