Ms. Xie Xiugai from Anping County, Hebei Province, Subjected to Cruel Torture

Name: Xie Xiugai
Gender: Female
Age: Approximately 50
Address: Anping County, Hebei Province
Date of Most Recent Arrest: October 2002
Most Recent Place of Detention: Luquan Women's Prison
City: Luquan
Province: Hebei
Persecution Suffered: Electric shock, sleep deprivation, forced labour, brainwashing, forced injections/drug administration, beatings, hung up, imprisonment, solitary confinement, torture, violent interrogation, detention

Ms. Xie Xiugai, who is over 50 years old, is a Falun Gong practitioner from Anping County, Hebei Province. She has followed the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance since she started practising Falun Gong in 1996. As a person who's benefited both physically and spiritually, she deeply understands the significance of Falun Gong's acceptance throughout the world. Since July 1999, when the Jiang Zemin regime of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) regime started brutally persecuting against Falun Gong practitioners, Ms. Xie has been arrested five times and sentenced to nine years in prison. During this period, she suffered brutal torture both physically and spiritually. She was released and returned home in the autumn of 2011.

At approximately 8:00 p.m. on February 23rd, 2012, government officials from Liangwa Township and officers from Liangwa Township Police Station—over 10 people in all—broke into Ms. Xie's home. They ransacked it and tore down her calligraphy painting. The officials confiscated some Falun Gong materials and cash. Since mid-February, the Hebei Hengshui 610 Office has directed officials from townships, towns, villages, and workplaces in Anping County to harass Falun Gong practitioners in all kinds of ways. Many practitioners were arrested.

Ms. Xie was subjected to torture during the past 12 years. The following is a partial record of what she has endured.

In order to help people to understand the facts about Falun Gong, Ms. Xie appealed to the government. From 1999 to 2002, she was arrested four times and held for over four months at the Anping Detention Centre and Raoyang Detention Centre. Hou Dajian, Wu Zhenxiang, and Zhao Bingqiang from Anping County Domestic Security Division, and police officers from Anping County Detention Centre extorted 15,000 yuan (approximately $2,380 USD) from her family. In October 2012, Ms. Xie was arrested for the fifth time because she explained the facts about Falun Gong and exposed the CCP's staged self-immolation incident in Tiananmen Square¹. She was arrested by Yan Youzeng, the Xushui Criminal Police Department commander. They ransacked her home and confiscated her motorcycle, car, about 10,000 yuan in cash, kitchenware, clothes, and other personal property.

Beaten by Over 20 Police Officers

Yan Yongzeng, Sun, and other officers interrogated Ms. Xie using torture. When he first saw her, Yan Yongzeng made three statements. First: “Listen, Jiang Zemin gave an order that stated that it's not a crime to beat a Falun Gong practitioner to death, and to just treat it as a suicide.” Second: “My last name is Yan, which is the same word as the King in Hell (pronounced Yan Wang). So today, meeting me is equivalent to meeting the King in Hell.” Third: “In order to find you, I haven't been home for a month.” He then started to brutally beat and curse her. He struck her face until he was fatigued. He grabbed her hair and thrust her head against a wall.

Not long after Ms. Xie was taken back to Xushui Detention Centre, she was sentenced to nine years in prison. Another 15 practitioners were sentenced to prison terms at that time.

In October 2003, Ms. Xie was taken to Baoding Taihang Prison, where the staff attempted to brainwash and “transform” [forcibly renounce Falun Gong] her. She was transferred to Group 2 in Shijiazhuang Women’s Prison the following day. Two years later, she was transferred to Ward 9, Luquan Women’s Prison. Since she resisted the CCP’s brainwashing attempts, refused to be “transformed,” and continually disclosed the Jiang Zemin regime’s crimes, she was placed in solitary confinement for over 40 days. During that time, she was given only two pieces of leftover steamed bread and a small piece of pickle each day.

Ms. Xie was held in Ward 9 for five years, then transferred to Sub 11, which was actually a psychiatric ward. Practitioners resisting the “transformation” process were detained in Ward 11. Two inmates, Zheng Xiaoyu and another named Li, explained to Ms. Xie, “Just 'transform' immediately. If you don't, the commander told me that she will add drugs to your food. I asked her what kind of drugs, and she said, ‘That is an absolute secret. Don’t let her know.'”

Given Drugs

The staff added unidentified drugs to Ms. Xie's food. During her year in prison, she frequently felt heavy-headed and suffered memory loss. She became very quiet after losing her memory. Zhang Luhua, head of Ward 11, tortured her severely in order to get a promotion. Psychiatric patients were allowed to sleep after taking medication, but Ms. Xie was subjected to sleep deprivation. Zhang Luhua ordered inmates to take turns monitoring her. Whenever she closed her eyes, they beat her violently and stuck her with bamboo sticks. She was deprived of sleep for over 10 days. Finally, Zhang Luhua threatened Ms. Xie and said, “If you don't 'transform,' we'll take you to Ward 13. You will either die, or at least suffer tremendously.”

She was then transferred to Ward 13, where she remained for seven months, until her prison term expired. As soon as she arrived, she disclosed Zhang Luhua’s evil acts to the commander and told them that she would further disclose their actions as soon as she was released, if they continued torturing Falun Gong practitioners. From then on, they stopped torturing her.

Note

1. The "Tiananmen Self-Immolation" an incident on Tiananmen Square in January 2001 whereby four people set themselves alight and the Chinese Communist claimed they were Falun Gong practitioners, yet there was video evidence to strongly disprove this claim.