Torture

• Account of the Persecution of Wang Jinfang at the Wangcun Forced Labour Camp in Shandong Province

  2007-12-22
  On May 23rd, 2003, Wang Jinfang was detained and sentenced to two years of forced labour. At the Wangcun Forced Labour Camp she was subjected to two years of imprisonment by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). When she was released from the labour camp on March 15th, 2005, the CCP members sent her to the Weifang Brainwashing Centre for further persecution as they thought that she had not been fully "transformed." Due to his refusal to give up his beliefs, the CCP members tortured him using a variety of methods. All sorts of cruel methods were used to torture Dafa practitioners, and each is forced to pay a fee of 30,000 yuan. A couple from Cangyi City was disabled from the torture. The husband's private part was shocked with electric batons until it was terribly swollen and injured, and his wife was injured so badly that she could not tend to her daily activities.
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• Details About The Persecution of Ms. Shen Yanhui, a Teacher in Zhangbei County, Hebei Province

  2007-12-22
  Teacher and Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Shen Yanhui began to practise Falun Gong in July 1998. Her mother-in-law, another practitioner, has been arrested several times. In March, 2000, Ms. Shen wrote a letter to the secretary of the Communist Political and Judiciary Committee. She explained the real situation of Falun Dafa and defended her mother-in-law's innocence. As a result, Li Dianxian ordered government agents to seriously harass Ms. Shen. The Chinese Communist Party secretary of Hailiutu Township went to Ms. Shen's work place over 20 times to try to coerce her to give up Falun Gong. He told Ms. Shen that she would have to give up her faith in Falun Dafa and threatened her that she would lose her teaching job if she did not comply. Finally, Ms. Shen Yanhui quit her teaching job on December 25th, 2000, because she could no longer endure the constant harassment and pressure.
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• Ms. Chen Guolan Sent to Guizhou Province Women's Forced Labour Camp

  2007-12-22
  Ms. Chen Guolan, 43, was persecuted several times for practising Falun Gong, and the managers at her workplace withheld a 20,000 yuan severance payment because of her belief. Eight police officers arrested Ms. Chen Guolan at her home on August 15th, 2006. On September 13th, they sent Ms. Chen to the Guizhou Province Women's Forced Labour Camp. In November 2006, Ms. Chen appeared to have uterine cancer. The camp officials made requests to send her home for medical treatment, but police officials from the different units passed the buck, saying there was no money to take her back. After Ms. Chen Guolan's family told them they would pay all the expenses, the agents finally took her back. On September 21st, 2007, Ms. Chen was arrested again in the middle of the night. Ms. Chen's whereabouts are currently unknown.
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• Father and Son Arrested after Police Besiege their Home for Four Days in Anqui City, Shandong Province

  2007-12-22
  At approximately 3 pm. on November 2nd, 2007, a dozen officers from Anqiu City "Anti-Cult" Division Armed Force Bureau, went to Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Xu Jingping's home in Anqiu City to arrest him. Mr. Xu and his son were at home but refused to open the door to the Armed Force Bureau. The officers took turns stationing themselves in front of the door of the home of Mr. Xu for four days. They continually pounded on the door until they finally broke it. The noise was so loud that it was heard in the distance, terrorizing the residents of the building. After they broke down the door, the officers arrested Mr. Xu and his son (a non-practitioner).
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• Practitioner Mr. Xiong Zhengming, a Young Teacher, Died in Police Custody

  2007-12-21
  It has just been learned that Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Xiong Zhengming from Wanyuan City, Sichuan Province died while in police custody, and his body was hastily cremated by the local police. Wanyuan City Domestic Security Division Chair Ye Xudong (male) and others gave inconsistent accounts of the cause of Mr. Xiong's death. It was first said that Mr. Xiong committed suicide while being transferred to the Xinhua Forced Labour Camp, but soon after issuing that statement, it was said he died in a traffic accident. The real cause of Mr. Xiong's death is suspicious. Why did the agents cremate his body so quickly? What are they trying to hide?
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• Elderly Dafa Practitioner Fan Juncao's Excruciating Persecution in Gansu Forced Labour Camp

  2007-12-21
  Ms. Fan Juncao, 65, persistently practises Falun Gong, follows the principles of "Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance," and exposes the persecution, and therefore she has been sentenced to forced labour twice in 2000 and 2005 by Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials. In June 2006, Ms. Fan Juncao was sent to a small cell because she did the Falun Gong exercises while in the labour camp. Guards handcuffed her to a steel bed frame in such a way that she was suspended with the tips of her toes touching the ground. After five days of this torture, her wrists were bleeding and she was in a daze. An inmate found her like this and called the head guard Wang. They let her down just long enough for her to regain consciousness and then hung her up again.
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• Exposing the Hebei Province Women's Prison in Luquan City

  2007-12-21
  Ms. Li Xiaoying is in her fifties and was previously a teacher in Shijiazhuang. Ms. Li refused to give up her belief in Falun Gong. Therefore, guards in the Hebei Women's Prison tortured and berated her and put her in solitary confinement for over three months. Li Hongzhen instigated Wang Junlan and Feng Zhiyun to slap Ms. Li until her eyes were purple and swollen and she bled from her mouth and nose. They also denied her visitations and deprived her of all freedom. She was often scolded and sometimes forced to eat excrements from toilets. After a while, Ms. Li suffered a mental collapse.
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• More Information about the Persecution of Mr. Yuan Penghong and His Family in Weifang City, Shandong Province

  2007-12-21
  In November 2007, 610 Office officials broke into practitioner Yuan Penghong's home. They arrested Mr. Yuan's eldest son and daughter-in-law. The policemen smashed Mr. Yuan's satellite TV receiver and took away his TV, DVD player, and an unknown amount of cash, along with other property belonging to Mr. Yuan. His son is detained in the Weifang Detention Centre.
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• After Two Family Members Were Tortured to Death and Her Savings Taken, Ms. Zhang Yulan Was Arrested Again

  2007-12-20
  Ms. Zhang Yulan was arrested by the local police at about 11:00 a.m. on November 28th, 2007, in Baishan City, Jilin Province. Eight or nine police officers went to Ms. Zhang's home, where they arrested her, ransacked her home, and confiscated a Falun Gong book and materials. The police officers also claimed that they would not return her bank deposit book that they had confiscated, which has access to 10,000 yuan in her bank account. This was her living allowance provided to her by her children. No one knows where Ms. Zhang was taken. In 2003, Ms. Zhang Yulan's father and brother were both tortured to death in the Changchun City Chaoyanggou Forced Labour Camp because they practised Falun Gong.
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• More Information on the Multiple Arrests of Practitioners in October by the Jiaozhou City 610 Office in Shandong Province

  2007-12-20
  On October 1st National Day, the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) 17th Party Congress, they arrested more than 12 Falun Gong practitioners. Police officers used the soles of their shoes to hit the back of practitioner Ms. Li Shiying's head, causing many swollen bumps. They also handcuffed her. They pulled the handcuffs and dragged her around the room. The handcuffs dug deeply into her wrists, which bled non-stop. They also grabbed her by the hair and banged her head against the wall. Her hair was pulled out handful by handful. Her head was covered with blood and the white skin of her scalp was exposed. They also used a hard stick to press her anklebone and rolled it back and forth
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• After Being Interrogated and Tortured, Mr. Ren Baokun from Zhuozhou City Was Sentenced to Forced Labour

  2007-12-20
  On October 12th, 2007, Ren Baokun, a Falun Gong practitioner, was detained by the Zhuozhou City Public Security Bureau. On October 31st, he was sentenced to forced labour for one-and-a-half years. Police officer Wang Hongen slapped Ren Baokun's face without stopping over 20 times. Mr. Ren bled from his mouth and nose. His mouth was severely injured and his ears rang as a result of the beating. Two or three days later, both his ears turned purple and black. Wang also covered his mouth with a towel so that Mr. Ren was unable to breathe or speak. Ren Baokun was tortured so badly that he shivered all over. On the evening of October 17th, he was detained in Zhuozhou Detention Centre. When he protested by going on a hunger strike, the police force-fed him twice.
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• Authorities in Lingyuan City, Liaoning Province, Secretly Prosecute Nine Practitioners

  2007-12-20
  On November 28th, 2007, the Chinese Communist Party- controlled court in Lingyuan City, Liaoning Province, secretly held hearings for nine Falun Dafa practitioners, without notifying their families. Some of the tried practitioners hired lawyers, but not all of the lawyers attended the proceedings. Ms. Li Jingfang's lawyer received threats that his licence to practise law would be revoked if he appeared in court. He did not dare appear in court.
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• Mr. Liu Peng Died in Tianjin City

  2007-12-19
  In October 2000, the police arrested Mr. Liu from his home. In detention and sent to Shuangkou Forced Labour Camp. He was forced to labour for more than ten hours per day and tortured by having basins of cold water poured over his head, causing him to lose control of his lower limbs. He was in extreme pain and could not stand up. Even after his release from a labour camp Mr. Liu did not recover. He died on November 13th, 2007, at age 41, leaving his wife and ten-year-old daughter.
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• Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Wang Yanjun and Others Detained at the Huailai County Domestic Security Division in Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province

  2007-12-19
  Falun Gong practitioner Wang Yanjun is still being detained at the Ertaizi Detention Centre. Her case has been handed off to the local court. She started a hunger strike on December 1st to protest the persecution. Ms. Wang, along with other practitioners, was arrested by police at her house on October 9th, 2007. Police also ransacked her house. After Wang Yanjun was arrested, her husband was left to take care of their high school daughter.
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• Tianjin University of Commerce Officials Deprive a Student of His Right to Education

  2007-12-19
  Feng Kun, a student at Tianjin University of Commerce, was arrested on October 27th, 2007 because someone reported him for distributing leaflets exposing the persecution and telling people the facts about Falun Gong. He was released on November 2nd with outside help and returned to university on November 4th. However, Freshmen Division Party Secretary Zhao Shuai in the Department of Logistics Management, Yang from the university office, and personnel from the university 610 Office have consistently rejected him. Feng Kun attended classes despite the difficulties and explained the facts to the university authorities. Nevertheless, the authorities still revoked his registration.
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