Police in Mishan City Cruelly Torture Falun Dafa Practitioners

More than twenty steadfast Falun Dafa practitioners were detained in No.1 Detention Centre and No.2 Detention Centre of Dongshan Prison in Mishan City. Several days later it was learned that seven of those practitioners were to be brought to trial illegally, their prison terms having already been predetermined at five to seven years.

Falun Dafa practitioners who remained unyielding suffered inhuman torture in Dongshan Prison. The policemen handcuffed the practitioners' hands behind the back and stuffed wine bottles and other objects in the spaces between their arms to cause even more pain. Policemen also hung practitioners upside down and poured hot pepper oil into their nostrils and mouths. They used crochet hooks to stab at practitioners all over their bodies, from the top of their head to the bottoms of their feet. As punishment for practicing the Falun Gong exercises, police struck two female practitioners in the face using mops. As a result, their faces were beaten out of shape. The police said they would beat practitioners in such a way so that people would not see the injuries. Because the police were afraid of being exposed for beating people, they forbade Falun Dafa practitioners who had been beaten from seeing their relatives. The food and other items sent to practitioners by their relatives were all intercepted by prison staff, and practitioners had to eat salty soup and black sorghum instead.