The Criminal Behaviour of Zhang Shoujiang and Yi Xiuyan in Panjin Labour Camp [Part 1]

By Falun Gong practitioners that had been sent to Panjin Labour Camp

May 25th, 2001, at noon, after a few rounds of threats, Zhang Shoujiang dragged more than 20 female Falun Gong practitioners onto the second floor of the reception building, trying to force them to compromise their belief in Dafa, and tortured them. Doors and windows were covered with newspaper so as to hide the evil deeds of Zhang Shoujiang and Yi Xiuyan. The perpetrators locked 2 to 3 practitioners in one room, and forced them to bend over and recite the rules of the forced labour camp. If the practitioners dropped the book on the floor, the perpetrators would start to beat them, or make them squat down with both hands on top of their heads. Or, they would make them put both hands on their heads, bend over fully, and stand "Horse Step" [squatting down with the legs apart, keeping a certain gap between the buttocks and the ground]. The policemen held spiked sticks in hand and continuously cursed the practitioners loudly. If practitioners' standing positions were a bit off from the police's requirements, or if they failed to straighten their legs or torsos, they would be immediately tortured with these sticks, smacked on the face or kicked. They were only allowed to use the toilet three times in twenty-four hours. On the playground, the sound of electric batons, torturing and cursing could be heard continuously. On that night, practitioners were not allowed to sleep until 2 a.m. They were woken up at 4 a.m. the next morning. After they got up, they were forced to put both hands behind their backs, and position their knees without the slightest of bending.

After 4 p.m., the policemen again made them put both hands on top of their heads, bend their legs and proceed to stand in the "Horse Step" posture. Practitioners also weren't allowed to use the toilet.

At night, the policemen took practitioners one by one downstairs to the dining room and brutalized them. They used paper to cover the doors and windows, so others would not see, and then proceeded to torture them. Around 7 p.m., Qi Xia, Liu Jing and Cai Li took turns slapping Teng Lianxiang's face [a form of torture used to insult the practitioners and break down their will]. They slapped her more than one hundred times, until they all got tired and gasped for breath. They rested for a while and then started punching and kicking her again on her head, neck, ears, chest, and back. They kicked her legs and feet, then took turns beating her with the spiked sticks for at least 40 strokes, until they were out of strength. There were bruises covering Teng's back, buttocks, and legs. Teng's back and buttocks were purple and black, with flesh badly bruised and lacerated. Her chest area was too painful to bear, and her left upper arm was dislocated. Painfully she had to put her arm back in place by herself. The pain from this episode lasted for more than 20 days and she could not lift her arm up at all. Her right upper arm was beaten so badly that her hand lost much of its strength, and it became very difficult for her to hold onto things. After all of this torture, the police took her back and made her to continue standing "Horse Step". She stood there until 11 p.m. only to be tortured again by officers Yi, Liu, Cai, Qi and Huang Liang. They dragged her hair and smashed her head against the wall, beat her with police nightsticks and electric batons. Yet she did not compromise. They stripped off her clothes, pants and underwear (only leaving her with a small vest). Then they came together to randomly pinch and twist at her arms, armpits, the insides of her thighs and lower abdomen. Purple bruises were everywhere and many parts of her body bled. At that time, officer Yi asked others to stop, but Liu Jing said: "I have not pinched enough." Then they all laughed loudly. At that moment, Teng Lianxiang became unconscious. She felt her head become heavy, and the need to vomit. She got a severe headache and lost her strength, but the policewomen dragged her upstairs and still would not allow her to sleep. Throwing her into a room, they only allowed her to sit on the edge of the bed for the entire night. Her whole body was so painful that she felt like dying. She started to spit blood after breakfast the next morning, and felt sick. Teng did not stop spitting blood from morning until night. On the third day, she also had blood in her stool and it lasted for three consecutive days. She spit blood badly and only became slightly better after ten days. Finally, she stopped spitting blood by the end of September 2001.

Four Policewomen, Liu Jing, Cai Li, Qi Xia and Wang Yan stripped off Su Ying's clothes, pushed her on the ground and took turns beating her with police nightsticks, until they were too tired. Then they pinched Su on her legs and armpits. The inside of her arms became all purple. As they pinched Su more and more, they began laughing and screaming in delight like demons. Such shrills penetrated the dark nighttime sky. These long lasting brutal torments made Su become unconscious. Su was then sent to the First People's Hospital in Panjin City for emergency treatment. The doctor operated on her buttocks to draw off blood, as they were very swollen and rotten. She was hospitalized for half a month.

Gu Yanhua's buttocks were beaten so badly that they became swollen and festered; her face was also swollen, and her shoulders were blue and purple. Lu Shuxuan and others were also brutally tortured. For those practitioners who still would not compromise, the police would straighten out these practitioners' arms, cuff their hands to hot air pipes and water pipes, so they could neither squat down nor stand up, from 4 a.m. to 1 a.m the following day. Li Shujuan was handcuffed for one month, bent over, and was forced to recite the rules for more than 10 days in a row.

However, as Teacher has said, "Coercion cannot change people's hearts." Practitioners all realized that Falun Gong is the truth no matter which state of mind they were in. After they compromised against their wills under the cruel torments, they all wanted, at every moment, to proclaim their practice again, and wash off the shame. In the forced labour camp, it is common to see practitioners stating the brainwashing to be null and void. Sun Jian in No. 1 brigade stated that what he wrote before was null and void, and was at once tortured for more than 60 strokes by Officer Liu Minghua. Later, another 8 people stated their brainwashing to be void. Officer Chen Changli personally beat these practitioners. He forced practitioners to take off their pants, show their buttocks, and then beat them with dozens of strokes. If this did not work, he would then make practitioners bend over until 4 a.m. next morning.

From June 25th, female guards started the second round brainwashing. Yi Xiuyan and Liu Jing brought 14 of us back to the reception building, cursed us everyday, and physically punished us with such cruel measures as standing "Horse Step", bending down, squatting down, squatting and turning circles. The police would slap our faces and kick us with shoes when they were a bit dissatisfied. They did not allow us to go to the toilet, and only allowed 2 hours sleep per day or no sleep at all. If the practitioner still would not give up, then they would hang them cuffed in strange positions. After 12 a.m. midnight on June 29th, Officer Liu Min and Zhao Hongyan cuffed Teng Lianxiang's one hand high up on the window, the other hand on the hot air pipes that were very close to the ground, like the position of "Flying Airplane". She could neither stand up nor squat down. Her hands were stretched tightly and her head was forced to be very low, after which, she started to sweat after a short while. In this gruelling position, she was hung till 2 a.m. and brought down only when she became unconscious. After she regained consciousness, Liu Min kicked her and said, "She is feigning death, take her back to the cell!" Both her hands and feet were numb. Her hands were swollen with blue and purple bruises, she had chest pain, headache and was spitting blood. After a long time she could crawl, but could not stand up, so she had to crawl back to her cell. After getting her up at 4 a.m. the next day, the police continued to physically punish her. They made her put both hands on her head, squat down and turn circles in the classroom continuously. Because she had chest pain, when she touched her own chest, Liu Min and Liu Jing would loudly curse at her. They also kicked her, pounded her with the rule book and did not allow her to use the toilet.

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