Torture

  • A Partial List of Practitioners from Yunnan Province Murdered by Jiang Zemin's Followers

    Mr. Kong Qinghuang, 33, resided in Jianshui, Yun'nan Province. He was Deputy Mayor of Lin'an Town. He told local people that he became an honest government official because Falun Gong helped him to improve his morality. But the local authorities "showed their appreciation" by putting Mr. Kong under house arrest, subjecting him to brainwashing, and illegally ransacking his home. He was fired from his job then detained in a detention centre and tortured through force-feeding. Mr. Kong Qinghuang died on September 3, 2000.
  • Falun Dafa Practitioner Sun Ying Died in May, 2004 as a Result of Persecution in the Dalian City Forced Labour Camp

    My wife, Ms. Sun Ying, a Falun Dafa practitioner from Dalian City, Liaoning Province, was tortured during her illegal imprisonment in a forced labour camp. She was 62 years old. During her imprisonment, both her body and her mind were seriously injured, and she began suffering from many illnesses. Upon her release she was constantly monitored and harassed by staff from the local police stations. Due to the constant pressure, her diseases turned more serious, and she passed away on May 12, 2004.
  • Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Cai Huilan, from Jilin Province Died in 2001 as a Result of Persecution (Photo)

    Ms. Cai Huilan was for Jilin Province. In November 2000, she went to Beijing to appeal for Dafa. The police in Beijing violently beat her and fiercely kicked her in the abdomen. She was kicked to the floor and rolled around in unbearable stomach pain. After she returned home her health deteriorated further. Later, she went to a hospital and was diagnosed as suffering from uterine cancer. She died in November 2001.
  • The Responsibility of Beijing's Tongzhou District "610 Office" in the Tragic Death of Ms. Liu Ying

    Liu Ying was a 35-year-old college graduate, with a degree in engineering.Because she practised Falun Dafa she was abducted by the Beijing "610 Office" who forced her to become a spy, to betray her family and fellow practitioners. She was deceived into thinking she was helping practitioners, yet her mother and other practitioners were arrested and sent to brainwashing. When she found out the true nature of the "610 Office", she stopped working for them. On June 24, 2003, in a dazed and confused state she jumped off a tall building to her death.
  • Ma Jujun and Chai Yong, Falun Dafa Practitioners from Changji City, Xinjiang, Killed as a Result of Persecution

    Mr. Ma Jujun and Mr. Chai Yong were both Dafa practitioners from Xinjiang Province, persecuted for their belief in Falun Dafa and tortured to death. Ma Jujun's sister reported him to the police and he was thus incarcerated in a mental hospital and tortured. Chai Yong was sent to a forced labour camp and subjected to beatings and electric shocks.
  • Ms. Wang Fang Tortured to Death by Harbin Women's Prison

    On September 8, 2004, Ms. Wang Fang was sent to the Harbin Women's Prison. Policeman Jiang Yuntao arrested her in Mudanjiang City. She endured all kinds of inhuman tortures, leaving her skin and bones, which meant that police had to release her. She died at home on the morning of September 24, 2004, less than two months after she was released.
  • Sixty-Six-Year-Old Falun Gong Practitioner Mr. Mao Rulun from Jiangxi Province, Passes Away as a Result of Persecution

    Mr. Mao Rulun was from the province of Jiangxi. He was sixty-six years old. In December 2000, he was abducted and taken to Jiujiang city's Labour Camp, where he was brutally tortured with the torture method of "hanging". When he was released, he was in such bad condition that he was unable to recover. He passed away on February 11, 2004.
  • The Savage Guards at Gaoyang Forced Labour Camp Ask: "Do You Want to be Burned to Death or Buried Alive?"

    One evening between April 20 and April 23, 2003, close to 30 Gaoyang Forced Labour Camp guards took five Falun Gong practitioners to a deserted field, and pushed them towards five burning bonfires. Each bonfire was separated from another by about 100 feet, with pre-dug pits next to them. There were 5-6 guards next to each bonfire. The guards yelled at the practitioners; "Do you want to be burned to death or buried alive? A quick death means less suffering than a slow painful one!"
  • More Information Concerning the Persecution and Death of Practitioner Mr. Cui Fengqi

    Mr. Cui Fengqi, 40 years old, was employed at the Coking and Gas Production Plant of the Tangshan Steel Corporation in Hebei Province. because he was a Falun Dafa practitioner his workplace harassed him, unlawfully searched his home, monitored him, detained him, humiliated him in public and sent him to a detention centre and brainwashing centre. This awful treatment caused Mr. Cui Fengqi physical and mental anguish, causing him to become disabled and finally he died on October 15, 2004.
  • Wife's Story of How practitioner Li Liang Died in 2003

    "In September, the detention centre informed me that my husband, Li Liang was sentenced to three years of forced labour in the Sanshui Forced Labour Camp. At around 8 o'clock on November 23 of that year, a man from Sanshui Forced Labour Camp called and informed me that Li Liang was very ill. They asked us to go there immediately. That night we went to Sanshui People's Hospital. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw Li Liang. My son said he didn't know this man. He didn't look like his father but like an old man. He was only 45 years old. On the last day of his life, he cried out: "It hurts so much." He couldn't eat or drink water, nor could he excrete. He couldn't rest still either lying down or sitting up. One can imagine how painful and helpless he was. He died the following day."
  • Practitioner Ms. Li Huixin Suffers Disability of Both Arms After Persecution

    A group of people from the Political and Security Division came, covered her head with a black plastic bag, and took her to an undisclosed location. Ms. Li kept asking where they had taken her. They threatened that they would bury her alive and threw her down on the ground. Before handcuffing her hands behind her back in a small cage. Li Huixin was left in this hanging position for more than ten hours and her arms became disabled.
  • More Information about the Death of Mr. Song Wenhua, a Practitioner from Jilin Province

    Mr. Song Wenhua, a 56-year-old railroad employee in Tonghua City, Jinlin Province, went to Hulutao Town to spread the truth about Falun Dafa during the SARS epidemic in 2003. He was arrested by the county government and sent to Chaoyanggou Forced Labour Camp, where he was subjected to terrible persecution. On October 8, 2004, the labour camp released himbecause he was dying and they could not treat his condition. Song Wenhua left the world on the night of October 17.
  • The Terrorist-Style Persecution Tactics of the National Security Bureau 610 Office in Chongqing (Part I)

    According to preliminary estimates, at least 1,000 Falun Gong practitioners who had experienced tremendous improvements in their health from practising Falun Gong, died after torture, brainwashing and abuse by personnel from the "610 Office" of the National Security Bureau. Another 1,000 practitioners were seriously injured and disabled from suffering insidious torture in brainwashing classes, detention centres and labour camps. The official policy of the National Security "610 Office" toward practitioners is to "defame their reputation, bankrupt them financially and destroy them physically."
  • More Information on the Death of Ms. Gao Shuqin, a Practitioner from Heilongjiang Province in March 2004

    Ms. Gao Shuqin, 51, was a teacher in Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province. She was named as an outstanding teacher of Daqing City. Between 12:00 p.m. and 12:30 p.m. on March 27, 2004, Ms. Gao accidentally fell from a building whilst trying to climb down a sheet so as to escape unlawful arrest by the police. She died soon after.
  • Belated News: Three Falun Dafa Practitioners from Chongqing Die During the Persecution

    Mr. Nie Jiheng, in his sixties, lived in Chongqing City. He was detained at a detention centre in May 2003 and died soon after. The police fabricated a lie, saying that he had committed suicide by jumping from the building. Before dying, Mr. Nie wrote a note to his wife on a scrap of paper, "I hope the truth will be exposed on the Internet that my death was a direct result of the persecution."