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Prison Cremate Body of Female Practitioner to the Destroy Evidence of Their Horrific Torture
2003-11-05China's Shenyang Dabei female prison has been using prisoners to perform slave labour up to 15 hours per day. In this high pressure environment, the prisoners have been known to sleep only 1-2 hours on the worst days. Under the heavy workload that overwhelms the body's capacity, prisoners often find it hard to catch their breath and some frequently pass out in the sweatshop. The prison police frantically pursue economic gains and try hard to squeeze more work out of the prisoners, no matter how young or old. -
A Retired Member of the Military Recounts the Torture She Suffered over the Past Four Years
2003-11-05We felt so hungry and cold after being tortured and being forced to stand in the rain for over 10 hours. Our clothes were soaking wet and we were trembling because of the cold. (6 among us were over 60 years old.) All others could go back to their cells, but we 4 were locked in a cage less than 10 square metres in diametre for 2 months. We ate, drank and urinated in that cage. The vicious policemen were in the adjoining rooms. The cage was in their path for them to see when walking back and forth. They could see us when we urinated. -
The Crimes of the Gongjiawan Brainwashing Centre in Lanzhou City
2003-11-05People being held here are given no terms for their detention. No paper work is filed. No one is released until he/she gives in to the pressure and signs the "Three-Statements" [to denounce Falun Gong]. Brainwashing director Shan Yongsheng claimed that no one can walk out without agreeing to stop practising Falun Gong. According to Shan, if the brainwashing class fails to reform someone, the person will be sent to a forced labour camp. -
Exposing the Tactics of the Head of the "610 Office" at the Daqing Survey Drilling Company
2003-11-05Since Zhao Xinwu became Assistant Party Chair and the head of the "610 Office" of the Daqing Survey Drilling Company under the Daqing Oil Administration Bureau, he adopted the following policy for persecuting Dafa practitioners: "Once someone assumes responsibility over reforming one practitioner, his benefits and compensation will be directly linked to it." This has directly intensified the persecution of Dafa practitioners. -
Dehui City Police Extort 10,000 Yuan from Practitioner and Sentence Him to 2 Years Forced Labour
2003-11-04They told her: "You just stay home and wait for the news from him." Several days later, she heard the outrageous news from her husband that he had been sentenced to two years of forced labour. This means that she had spent the money in vain, but she was never able to get it back. Such extortion manifests the policy of the "610 Office", "bankrupt them financially." -
"Law Education School" in Shenyang City Cruelly Persecutes the Innocent
2003-11-04I was sent to the "Law Education School" of the Shenyang Zhangshi Labour Camp. A group of former practitioners came up to assault me right away. Their language was venomous and vulgar. They forbade me to sleep and force-fed me. After a few days, the people brought what they wrote and tried to force me to sign it with some arm twisting by a couple of them. I asked what it was. They told me that signing this paper would help to get me back home. -
Various Forms of Deception at the Changchun City Women's Labour Camp
2003-11-04"However, at the same time that the campfire party took place, those steadfast and unyielding Dafa practitioners were placed upon torture instruments, were forced to stand painfully, or were handcuffed within small dark cells and made to sit on the icy ground while hearing music that defamed Dafa."-- Author -
Elderly Chenzhou City Female Falun Dafa Practitioner Tortured to Death
2003-11-03Many of Deng's family and friends who wanted to pay their last respects could not fulfill their wishes. The policemen said, "Deng Guojun died of a cerebral haemorrhage." However, why did the policemen cremate her body in such a hurry? Did they intend to cover up something? According to the local customs, before the body was cremated, the deceased's family would hire a band to play some Chinese folk music and set off firecrackers. However, this custom was not observed. Sources said that Deng was physically beaten to death by the policemen of the "610 Office." -
The Abduction and Shooting of Jilin Province Dafa Practitioner Liu Chengjun
2003-11-03The police was afraid that if Liu Chengjun were burned to death, their superior would blame them, so they dragged him out of the pile. His face, buttocks, the back of his hands and feet were injured, especially the back of his hands. The police stripped off all of his clothes except his underpants. The police handcuffed and shackled him. One officer pulled out a gun and shot him twice in the thigh, shouting, "Now where are you going to hide?" Another police officer shouted hysterically, "Beat him to death!" -
Two Shandong Province Women Practitioners Unjustly Sentenced to 4 Years Imprisonment
2003-11-03Here in Shandong, brainwashing takes place to force the practitioners to give up Falun Gong. Even saying, "Falun Dafa is a righteous practise" will get you sent to jail, and fined 2000-5000 Yuan. Also, you would be forced to sign a "guarantee" to stop practising. If you refuse to sign the guarantee, you could be detained and subjected to brutal torture, such as deprivation of sleep for days. The sole purpose of the torture is to try to get practitioners to give up their belief in Dafa. -
Dafa Practitioner Passes Away From Severe Torture-Induced Injuries
2003-11-02His elderly mother was heart broken after learning of his death. Now she is paralysed because of the trauma. His wife and his son were left behind. A once happy family was thus ruined. Even though more and more people are awakening to the lies and becoming aware of the persecution of Falun Gong, still the persecution is running rampant. The plight of Liu Yan is just the tip of the iceberg of the persecution of tens of millions of Falun Gong practitioners. -
Tragic Fall Leads to Female Falun Gong Practitioner's Death Whilst Evading Unlawful Arrest
2003-11-02On October 8, 2003 at 10 p.m., eight policemen from the Chalukou Police Branch in the Hot Spring Development Area broke into her house without showing their badges and attempted to take her away, for no lawful reason and without following a legal process. Xu Yufeng locked herself in her room, but the police pressured her family to unlock the door. When she tried to escape from her sixth floor window by sliding down on a long strip of cloth, she tragically fell to the ground and died. -
For Speaking the Truth Practitioner Ms. Liu Congmei Incarcerated in Bingzhou City Mental Hospital
2003-11-02Liu Congmei was illegally held at the Shandong Women's Forced Labour Camp for 8 months. During that period, she and other practitioners were forced to work more than ten hours a day, suffering untold hardships. She was finally released after 8 months. Returning back home, she continued to appeal for Falun Dafa and clarify the truth about the persecution. As a result, she was sent to the No. Three Mental Hospital in Binzhou City, Shandong Province by the local government officials and unfortunately is still there. -
First Husband Tortured to Death, Now Wife Forcibly Abducted by Police in Shijiazhuang City
2003-11-02Within a year of her husband's unjust death, his wife was abducted. Now only the elderly parents and their children are left behind and without anyone to care for them. Not only have husband and wife suffered many torments. Many family members have been affected. The Jiang Zemin regime has destroyed another peaceful and loving family. -
The Persecution of a Hebei Province Associate Professor
2003-11-02Ms. Yang's husband divorced her when he could no longer take the pressure caused by the persecution. In addition, their only daughter was also jailed for 10 months, tortured and shocked with electric batons several times, simply because she had gone to Beijing to appeal. At the time she was only sixteen. Her father eventually got her released with the help of his friends and with 3,000 Yuan.