Torture
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Violence and Torture in Shanxi Province Women's Forced Labour Camp
2003-12-13
The Shanxi Province Women's Forced Labour Camp purchased many videos made by the Chinese propaganda to slander Falun Gong. In order to gain praise from their superior, the police desperately enacted the evil policy that was made by former Chinese Leader Jiang Zemin against Falun Gong. The police are getting more and more vicious and hateful toward Dafa practitioners. They have stepped up brainwashing and are resorting to violence constantly. In order to force Dafa practitioners into renouncing their belief, the police torture practitioners in many ways such as beating, electric baton shocking, forced feeding with a stomach tube, being hand cuffed for extended periods, etc. Due to the authorities cover-up of their crimes, the evidence we have is only a small portion of the total crimes that have been committed. -
Liaoning Province: The Crimes of Dong'gang City Public Security Bureau Officer Wang Yunlong
2003-12-13"If I don't get any money from you, I will throw you into prison." This is the most common phrase heard from Wang Yunlong, a Chief of the "Public Security" Bureau. After Mr. Liu was released in 2001, he revealed the persecution that Wang subjected him to, and filed a civil lawsuit against him. With a potential litigation looming, Wang responded by complaining to the Public Security Bureau, "If we don't send Liu Zhiyun back to jail, we cannot relax and play Mah Jong [a traditional Chinese gambling game played by four people.]...Wang started to harass Mr. Liu Zhiqing since 2003. Because Mr. Liu Zhiqing owned a restaurant, Wang "hinted" to him several times to pay a bribe, but Mr. Liu Zhiqing refused to comply with his illegal demand. On June 18, 2003, Wang abducted both Mr. Liu Zhiqing and Dafa practitioner Ms. Yang Chundi. Ms. Yang questioned Wang regarding the legality of the abduction and the lack of arrest warrant, but Wang answered jeeringly, "You want to see an arrest warrant? No problem. I will produce one later." -
Jiang Zemin's Regime Resorts to Brutal Means in Its Attempt to Brainwash Charles Li
2003-12-12Experts on China issues have pointed out that forcing a person to give up his belief is the same as forcing him to give up his conscience and give up the dignity of being human. Forced brainwashing is annihilative, psychological persecution; the pain and aftermath is usually more cruel than physical torture. The Jiang regime likes to use psychological manipulation, while Jiang Zemin's persecution of Falun Gong has intensified and magnified this dark aspect. In fact, physical tortures are also used for psychological manipulation, and the goal is to force Falun Gong practitioners to give up their belief and right to practice. -
Jilin Province: Four Years of Atrocious Torture Recounted by Female Dafa Practitioner
2003-12-12The police had arrested me six times since 1999, and caused my family a great deal of pain. Before the police threw me into the forced labour camp, they forced my husband to divorce me against our will. Hence, I had no home to return to after I was released and I became homeless. Later I moved into my mother's home and stayed with her and my young brother for a short period of time, but the police frequently came and harassed us. Sometimes the police would even break into my mother's home in the middle of the night, causing my mother and brother to live in fear and terror. In addition, the police fired me from work in 1999, because I appealed for Falun Dafa, and thus cut off my income. Later, my former employer granted me 150 yuan every month which was only enough to pay for the most minimal living expenses in the urban area of Jilin City. -
The Forced Labour Reeducation Organisations of Shandong Province Actively Promote the Use of Slave Labour for Profit
2003-12-12From February 17 to March 1 of 2003, an 11-member delegation from the Labour Reeducation Bureau of Shandong Province (including Director Li Tinglu) conducted a survey in ten labour camps in Jiangsu Province, Zhejiang Province and Shanghai City. The findings of the survey were unveiled in a survey report. According to the report, "The labour camps of these areas have very actively engaged in forced labour production and have made remarkable profits. The forced labour production has not only provided financial support to the labour camps' operation, but has also brought material benefits to the police staff." The labour camps in the three areas "enjoy positive financial status. Personal incomes of police officers are substantially higher than that in Shandong Province. The bonus for each police officer in Shiliping Forced Labour Camp is always about 20,000 yuan every year." -
Jilin Province: Songan City Police Kidnap and Sentence a Mentally Disabled Person to a Forced Labour Camp
2003-12-12Ms. Meng's daughter Li Li was not a Falun Gong practitioner, because she suffers from a mental disorder. However, without any mercy, the police sentenced Li Li to one year in a forced labour camp and Ms. Meng to two years. As a result, Li Li's mental condition has deteriorated, and it has brought tremendous suffering to the family. All the neighbours have denounced the police's brutality. In persecuting Falun Gong practitioners, Jiang Zemin's followers never consider the law, let alone humanitarian concerns. -
Mr. Ma Guilin, Retired Cadre of Shandong Province, Dies After Extensive Persecution
2003-12-11On September 30, 2002, Zhou Defa, head of the "610 Office," led dozens of police and arrived at Ma's home in 5 police cars. They attempted to take him away for brainwashing. Their attempts lasted from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Because of the force police used, Ma's arms were paralysed at the scene, and he could not move them at all. The violence of the police aroused indignation among the onlookers. Afterwards, Ma became mentally disabled and had to be bedridden. He passed away in March 2003. -
Hebei Province: A Pregnant Falun Dafa Practitioner Abducted and Persecuted, Another Dies After Torture
2003-12-11One morning at around 1:00 am in August, many policemen went to Ms. Deng's home to arrest her. Her mother-in-law was frightened and fell down, but they did not let her go, and continued to search her home. When there was no one home, they entered from the roof of her neighbour's house. The neighbours were very unhappy about the disturbance. Two months after Ms. Deng gave birth, the police found her and abducted her and the child to the local brainwashing session on New Year's Day. It had just snowed, and was very cold when they arrived at the brainwashing session. As the child had a fever, they finally sent Ms. Deng and her child to the hospital, where the doctor diagnosed that the child had pneumonia. -
Sichuan Province: Xinhua Labour Camp Official: "Labour Camps Should Be Run Just Like Hell on Earth"
2003-12-11Xinhua Labour Camp is located in Mianyang City, Sichuan Province. Since July 20, 1999, it started to jail large numbers of Falun Gong practitioners. For long periods of time, the Xinhua Labour Camp has been rampantly using severe torture methods. Some prison policemen said openly, "Labour camps should be run just like hell on earth."...The Xinhua Labour Camp is stained with blood, violence and deceit. Inside the heavily guarded gate, lies the darkest place in China. -
Seventeen Year Old Girl Thrown into Masanjia Forced Labour Camp: Family Devastated by Persecution
2003-12-10Cheng Ling, aged 20, from Lingyuan City, Liaoning Province, was illegally sentenced to seven years in prison just for preparing Falun Gong truth-clarifying materials. In 2001 when she was only 17 years old, Cheng Ling was thrown into Masanjia Forced Labour Camp for two years. Cheng Ling's mother and elder sister were also sent to this same camp to be persecuted. Her mother is still in detention there. Her father was also detained illegally many times...Cheng Guanghui's son was just 13 years old in 1999. He was a terrified witness to the arrest of all his family members, leaving no one to take care of him. He was emotionally devastated. -
Heilongjiang Province: "610 Office" Responds Viciously to Truth-Clarifying TV Broadcast in Nahe City
2003-12-10On October 26, some facts about Dafa were broadcast on TV in Nahe City, Heilongjiang Province. After this happened, the "610 Office" sent a special group to Nahe City to deal with the case. The provincial police department also sent persons to Nahe City, as well as to Molidawa Banner of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and other nearby counties. According to sources within China, Luo Gan (a member of the Standing Committee of the Politburo of the Central Committee who follows Jiang Zemin closely in persecuting Dafa), and Li Changchun also gave "written instructions."...During that period, a female practitioner from Suiling County of Heilongjiang Province took a copy of "Zhuan Falun" [the main text in Falun Dafa] with her and brought her baby to Nahe for a visit. She was arrested, and her innocent baby was sent to the Welfare Centre of Nahe City. Her situation is now unknown. -
The Brutal Tactics Used by the Wanjia Forced Labour Camp Prison Guards to Torture Falun Dafa Practitioners
2003-12-10Practitioners have to endure forced hard labour beyond the tolerable limit. The major task is to fabricate and sew car seat cushions, which makes the practitioners' hands swollen. Another task is to stick eyelashes onto dolls. Each person is assigned 13 dolls a day. Several hundred eyelashes have to be stuck to each doll, one by one, with tweezers. This task gives practitioners headaches and causes eyestrain. Another task is to repair cloth, batches of defective linen, by mending. Each person is assigned 40 metres of linen cloth, and the repairs must be completed before sleeping. Sometimes one has to work until 11:00 p.m. to complete the job. They must get up at 5:00 a.m. each morning, and only 10 minutes are allowed for each meal. The rest of the day is spent working. Prison police Zhang Po said they have to make a 200,000 Yuan profit. -
Heilongjiang Province: Chinese Citizens Call the State Security Bureau in Daqing City "Shameless"
2003-12-10Around 5:00 a.m. on September 6, 2002, the Head of the State Security Bureau in Daqing City, Mr. Lin Shaojun, led a large squad of police officers to the outside of the apartment building where Dafa practitioners Mr. and Mrs. Guan Zhaoqi resided, attempting to abduct them from their home. Mr. Guan Zhaoqi refused to open the door of the apartment building, so Lin Shaojun called to Mr. Guan from the ground floor, "Open the door. We did not come to arrest you. We noticed that there was a water leak from the roof, so we want to help you repair the roof." Upon hearing such a ridiculous lie, many residents in the apartment building began to reproach Mr. Lin out loud, "Trust an idiot to run the State Security Bureau! It's nobody's business whether we need to repair our roof!" -
Guangdong Province: Guards Dislocate Dafa Practitioner's Shoulder in Sanshui Labour Camp
2003-12-09For fear of their evil deeds being exposed, the police subsequently transferred Huang Zhufeng to the Foshan Chinese Medical Hospital, where he currently is housed in room 404, building A of the Hospital of Orthopedics, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou City. However, he is not receiving any effective medical treatment but merely being guarded by six policemen taking turns. His family has never been informed of his condition. Even on August 2, when his illegal term was up, he still was not released to his family. Later, Sanshui Labor Camp sent a vehicle to take his family members to Guangzhou City to see him, lying to them that Huang Zhufeng had his hands injured because he was inattentive and failed to follow instructions. -
Violence, Forced Labour and Deception in the First Women's Labour Camp of Shandong Province
2003-12-09Every day, Falun Dafa practitioners were forced to work in the workshop or in their cells. The most frequent type of work supplied by the labour camp was to make ribbons for some factory in Changyi City, Shandong province, Christmas gifts for the Jinan City Arts and Crafts Factory; medicinal packages for the Jinan Donggang Printing Plant; pencils and coloured pens for the Jinan Youai Pen Factory, vases for an undetermined factory, as well as quilts for export. The labour camp took advantage of this type of slave labour to accumulate huge amounts of money. Not only did the guards get a very generous bonus and benefits, but a five-story, fully-equipped and decorated building was constructed between the beginning of 2000 and autumn of 2001, when the most Falun Gong practitioners were detained in the labour camp. The work generated for the imprisoned practitioners detained is endless.
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