Falun Gong Practitioners Subjected to Brainwashing and Physical Abuse at Fanjiatai Prison in Hubei Province

Fanjiatai Prison is located in Shayang, Hubei Province. On June 10th, 2011, a “transformation” [forcibly renounce Falun Gong] base was set up inside the prison, specifically to violently brainwash Falun Gong practitioners. The following are the methods adopted by guards and criminals to persecute practitioners.

1. Criminals Are Assigned to Monitor and Physically Abuse Practitioners

In Division 8, two criminal inmates are assigned to monitor one practitioner. They force the practitioner to sit on a small bench all day long. They beat and kick the practitioner if he or she move even a little bit. The practitioners who refuse to be “transformed” are tortured like this for a long time.

Practitioners held on the same floor are forbidden to see or talk to each other. If any criminal is able to “transform” a practitioner, the criminal will get four months reduction of his or her term. Criminals who physically abuse practitioners are rewarded by having their terms reduced.

In Division 4, practitioners are forced to do hard labour 12 hours per day.

The guards instigate criminals to persecute practitioners. Criminal Ye Ming was sentenced to 14 years in prison for drug trafficking, and he has a gang of henchmen. Zhou Renlong was released early because he beat practitioners. Mafia heads Hu Feixiang and Li Xiaoquan viciously beat practitioners.

2. Guards Instigate Criminals to Beat Practitioners

Mr. Liu is in his 60s. He was beaten many times when he was detained in Division 4. In October 2010, criminals Hu Feixiang and Zhou Renlong beat him so severely that he lost consciousness. The criminals who beat him were rewarded with term reductions.

On May 22nd, 2011, criminal Li Xiaoquan again beat Mr. Liu until he lost consciousness. Political head Xiong Zuyong claimed that Mr. Liu was faking it. Mr. Liu's blood pressure soared after the beating. Deputy division head Zu Jian said, “I don't care if you have high blood pressure. If you can't work, you will be put in a solitary confinement cell.” After being locked up in a solitary confinement cell, practitioners are often handcuffed and shackled and subjected to the death bed¹ torture.

The May 22nd beating injured Mr. Liu's facial nerves. He had symptoms of a stroke on June 4th, 2011, and both his mouth and eyes were crooked. The prison hospital doctors said he needed treatment at the Shayang General Hospital. The doctors there said he needed to be hospitalized. Division head Xiao Tianbo wouldn't allow Mr. Liu to be hospitalized, so Mr. Liu was left untreated.

Mr. Cai and Mr. Huang, who were detained in Division 4, both suffered from high blood pressure and heart problems. They were unable to obtain medical parole and were forced to do excessive amounts of work.

Perpetrators in Division 4, Fanjiatai Prison:

Xiao Tianbo: Division head
Zu Jian: Deputy division head
Cheng Hao, Xiong Zuyong and Wang Xiongjie: Political heads

Note

1. "Death Bed" torture: A practitioner is tied to a bed with his hands handcuffed above his head to the bed rails, and his legs tied with thin nylon ropes. The rope is then tightly wrapped around the practitioner's body and the bed, from his legs to his chest. The rope is wrapped so tightly that the practitioner has difficulty breathing and eventually loses consciousness.

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2011/9/1/246093.html