Mr. Sun Changjun, the Only Survivor of the Falun Gong Cable TV Broadcasts in Changchun City, on the Verge of Death

Name: Sun Changjun
Gender: Male
Age: 35
Address: Unknown
Occupation: Unknown
Date of Most Recent Arrest: Unknown
Most recent place of detention: Jilin Province Prison
City: Jilin
Province: Jilin
Persecution Suffered: Beatings, imprisonment, solitary confinement

Mr. Sun Changjun, 35, was among those who were arrested and severely punished after a successful attempt to broadcast videos explaining the true situation about the persecution of Falun Gong over cable TV in China's Changchun City. The broadcasts, which occurred in March 2002, involved tapping into the state-run cable TV network and pre-empting regular programming. Mr. Sun was sentenced to 17 years in prison and is being held in Jilin Prison. The long-term brutal mistreatment has left him with a severe case of tuberculosis, and he is as thin as a skeleton and dying.

Background

In the context of widespread Chinese Communist Party propaganda devised to demonise Falun Gong in the eyes of the public, several Falun Gong practitioners in Changchun decided to tap into the state-run cable TV network to broadcast information explaining the truth about Falun Gong.

At around 8:00 p.m. on March 5th, 2002, Falun Gong truth clarification videos including "Falun Gong Around the World," and "Self-immolation or Staged Act?" were broadcasted for about 50 minutes on eight channels of the Changchun City cable TV network. The Changchun City Cable TV Network Company has 300,000 subscribers and more than one million viewers. The incident created shockwaves in the public, and many people learned the truth about the persecution of Falun Gong.

Jiang Zemin, the top Chinese Communist Party (CCP) official who started the persecution, was shocked and angered, and issued a secret order to "kill [those responsible for the incident] without pardon." Police officers from Jilin Province quickly arrested more than 5,000 Falun Gong practitioners in Changchun City. During the arrests, at least seven were beaten to death and 15 were sentenced to between four years and 20 years in prison. Mr. Liang Zhenxing and Mr. Liu Chengjun were each sentenced to 19 years in prison, and Mr. Lei Ming to 17 years. They have all died as a result of torture while imprisoned.

Brutal Torture

Mr. Sun Changjun was sent to the Jilin Prison's Tenth Ward on October 25th, 2002. That same night, instigated by guard Li Yongsheng, inmates Wu Shaochen, Cui Lijun, and Han Mingjun (who has since been released) beat Mr. Sun savagely with rubber tubes and broke one of his ribs.

On September 23rd, 2003, Mr. Sun wrote a solemn declaration to renounce his previously written "four statements" to renounce practising Falun Gong (similar to the three statements). Guards Wei Xianghui and Cui Longzhe of the Tenth Ward mistreated Mr. Sun in the "Strict Control Unit" for over 70 days. Mr. Sun lost over 20 kilograms (around 45 pounds).

In July 2004, guard Wang Yuanchun tried to force Mr. Sun to talk with Jilin Province 610 Office agent (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) Zhang Anshan, but Mr. Sun refused. Wang threatened Mr. Sun, saying that he would put him under "strict control" again.

In July 2005, Mr. Sun vomited blood due to having pleural cavities in both lungs, which indicated his tuberculosis was already in the late stages.

In November 2007, Mr. Sun's symptoms got even worse. He also suffered from fluid in his chest and abdomen. He should have been bailed out for medical treatment a long time prior, but the prison administration refused to release him.

In March 2011, Mr. Sun's symptoms got worse. He is skin and bones and on the verge of death. The prison administration still refuses to let him bail out for medical treatment because he will not write any statements to renounce Falun Gong.

We're calling for help worldwide to get Mr. Sun out of prison.

Jilin Prison contact information:

The Procuratorate inside Jilin Prison: +86-432-6468155 (Office)
The Political Section: +86-432-62409418
Wang Yuanchun, head of Sixth Ward: +86-432-62121635

Related article:

Mr. Sun Changjun Dying in Jilin Prison (http://www.clearwisdom.net/html/articles/2009/9/17/110914.html )

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2011/9/23/247059.html