Torture, Death Cases, Organ Harvesting

• Mr. Sun Tiechun from Benxi, Liaoning Province Brutally Tortured, Driven to Mental Collapse by Drug Injections

  2008-09-12
  Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Sun Tiechun was recently arrested by the Chinese Communist regime, despite the fact that he had not yet fully recovered from the last time he was subjected to torture. Mr. Sun has been persecuted repeatedly for refusing to denounce Falun Gong, and as a result has suffered mental and physical torture. In September 2004, police arrested Mr. Sun. On seven or eight occasions, he was locked up in a small windowless cell that was infested with mosquitoes and other insects. The prison police tortured him with the brutal "stretching torture," and injected him with an unknown drug. When Mr. Sun screamed from the unbearable pain induced by the injection, officer Dong Bo ordered a prisoner to seal Mr. Sun's mouth with tape.
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• 70-Year-Old Mr. Wei Yingxin Tortured at Yangjiang Prison

  2008-09-12
  Mr. Wei Yingxin is 70 years old. Police officers arrested Mr. Wei Yingxin on September 12th, 2005 because he practises Falun Gong. The authorities told Wei to sign a document to renounce his belief. Wei refused, and a policeman shoved him against a sharp corner. Mr. Wei immediately lost consciousness from the pain and sustained lower back injuries. He was bedridden for two weeks. He was taken to the Yangjiang Prison in Guangdong Province on August 16th, 2006, where he remains incarcerated to this day. The guards tortured him by forcing him to bend over at a 90-degree angle, with his arms behind his back, raised toward the ceiling. They made him do this for two hours each time and put a pair of 55 lb. shackles on his feet.
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• 55-Year-Old Mr. Cheng Yuanlong Dies as a Result of Torture at Benxi City Prison

  2008-09-11
  Mr. Cheng Yuanlong, 55, wished to tell people about the goodness of Falun Gong, so he went out to distribute leaflets exposing the persecution of Falun Gong in October 2001. He was arrested, and the police detained him in November 2001. During his detention, guards stomped on his ribs, causing internal injuries that needed more than six months to heal. Mr. Cheng was sentenced to six years in prison. Several years of abuse suffered in Xihu Prison of Benxi City caused Mr. Cheng to become emaciated, but he never give up his faith. On August 20th, 2007, Prison Administration officials suddenly carried Mr. Cheng home without notification, evidently afraid that he was dying. They left him to his family. Due to the severity of his condition, he could not eat normally or recover. Mr. Cheng died on March 7th, 2008.
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• Fourteen-Year-Old Girl Beaten by Police for Requesting Her Mother's Release

  2008-09-11
  A fourteen-year-old girl came to the Ningjiang Street Police Station in Shongyuan City, Jilin Province on August 24th, 2008, and asked for the release of her mother, who had been imprisoned there for three months. The girl had been thrown out by her landlord, and she had no money for tuition or room and board for the upcoming school year. On August 25th, the girl's aunt went to the police station with the girl, but the director refused to release the mother. Officer Yuan Chuanlei entered the room and he punched and kicked the girl dozens of times. Her head was badly bruised, and she was dizzy long after the beating. The officer threatened her, "You will be sent to juvenile reform if you dare to ask for your mother again."
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• His Mother Sentenced to Prison, Ms. Deng Linfeng's Son Dies after Being Threatened by the Police

  2008-09-11
  Ms. Deng Linfeng, 42, and her 17-year-old son went through the security check before entering the train station and was arrested when security staff found informational materials exposing the persecution of Falun Gong that she was carrying. The police forced her son, who was terrified, to lead them to their home. They threatened Ms. Deng and demanded information about other Falun Gong practitioners. When she refused to cooperate, they took her to the Jiamusi Railroad Detention Centre. After the trauma of seeing his mother arrested the boy became seriously ill. Ms. Deng's husband had to sell their house to take their son to see the doctors. Even after spending several thousand yuan, he still couldn't prevent their son from dying on their way home on August 20th, 2008.
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• Mr. Qiu Baohe from Jiaohe City, Jilin Province, Secretly Sentenced to Five Years of Imprisonment

  2008-09-11
  As of July 29th, 2008, Mr. Qiu Baohe, a Falun Gong practitioner, has been detained for over four months in Jiaohe Detention Centre. He has been secretly sentenced to five years of imprisonment by the Jiaohe City Court. A guard surnamed Li refused to allow Mr. Qiu's family to visit him in the detention centre. Li also threatened them, saying that practitioners weren't allowed to hire lawyers. The court issued a verdict on July 21st but did not notify Mr. Qiu or his family. Court officials did threaten Mr. Qiu, saying, "Your sentence will be longer if the case is appealed."
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• Mr. Yang Guang Tortured to Death in Jilin Province Prison

  2008-09-10
  Mr. Yang Guang, 56, was arrested in November 2000. Changchun City Police Department interrogated Mr. Yang using cruel torture methods such as: long duration electric baton shocks, tiger bench, beatings with a steel rod, being hung up and beaten with hands cuffed behind the back, sleep deprivation, oxygen deprivation (suffocation with plastic bag over the head), and being force-fed liquor. He was detained in prisons and his health worsened. In 2006, Mr. Yang Guang was 100 per cent paralysed but the Prison would not release him. He died on August 25th, 2008.
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• The Tragic Death of a Falun Gong Practitioner in Panjin City, Liaoning Province during the Olympics

  2008-09-10
  During the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, over ten practitioners from Panjin City, Liaoning Province were arrested by police in their homes. Because Ms. Yang Jingfen practised Falun Gong, six policemen from broke into her home on August 18th 2008. The leader waved his name badge and told her husband: "Yang Jingfen is suspected of being a Falun Gong practitioner, we will take her away." Later her husband found out she was dead in front of their apartment building. The policemen told him that she had jumped to her death. Whether she jumped to escape persecution or was pushed out the window, aren't the police responsible for her death in either case?
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• Falun Gong Practitioner Xu Peng from Songyuan City Subjected To Torture, Secret Trial

  2008-09-10
  Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Xu Peng from Songyuan City, Jilin Province was arrested on April 22nd, 2008. He is being held at the Shanyou Detention Centre. Guard Ma Hongzhe tortured him using a procedure called the "Big Hang-up," which rendered him unable to walk. Mr. Xu has been arrested three times. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) personnel extorted a confession from him and framed him for committing a crime, labelling him as an "anti-CCP ringleader." Now they intend to hold a secret trial to sentence him.
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• Liu Ruping and His Wife from Jinan City Arrested Again

  2008-09-10
  Mr. Liu Ruping, a Falun Gong practitioner, was a lawyer. On August 12th, 2008, just as Mr. Liu's wife, Ms. Zhang, was leaving home, officials from the 610 Office and the police station in Changqing arrested her. They took her house key and entered her home without the permission of her husband (Liu Ruping) and son, who were home at the time. The police ransacked the home. So that Mr. Liu wouldn't shout, the officers sprayed pepper water on his face, keeping him from talking or opening his eyes. Liu Ruping was taken to a Jinan brainwashing centre in the Liuchangshan District. Ms. Zhang was put in the Jinan detention centre.
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• Ms. Chen Wenbei Sent to Forced Labour Camp Prior to the Olympics

  2008-09-09
  Beijing resident Ms. Chen Wenbei was arrested by police officers on the evening of May 17th, 2008, at her home. She was sentenced to forced labour and taken to Inner Mongolia prior to the Olympics. On August 9th, 2008, she turned 42 years old in Tumuji Forced Labour Camp in Inner Mongolia. When she was taken away, seminars that she was to attend with personnel from different hospitals and that were planned in advance using sophisticated techniques had to be cancelled. Her husband is unable to make a living and lives at home with their 16-year-old child on borrowed money.
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• Mr. Meng Hualong Tortured in the Hot Summer at the Xinhua Forced Labour Camp in Sichuan Province

  2008-09-09
  Mr. Meng Hualong, nearly 60, a practitioner, has been imprisoned since 2005 at the Xinhua Forced Labour Camp in Sichuan Province. He has suffered from such torture methods as "tying the ropes," electrical baton shocks, and being forced to wear a winter hat and down coat for 10 hours on a hot 86oF summer day. In October 2007, the guards colluded with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) members in the Deyang City 610 Office and the Deyang City Refractory Materials Factory. They stopped Mr. Meng's pension payments and caused Mr. Meng's family to fall on hard times.
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• Mr. Qin Baoli Persecuted in Wucheng County, Shandong Province

  2008-09-09
  On August 3rd, 2008, over 20 policemen broke into Falun Gong practitioner Qin Baoli's home in Jiangguantun Village. They searched Mr. Qin's house and confiscated his property. It was in shambles when they left. They even took a ladder and climbed up to the rooftop and damaged the roof. In the end, the police took a computer, a printer, and some other personal effects, filling up a car. Later, the police arrested Mr. Qin and his wife. Mr. Qin's wife was so terrified that she had a heart attack and had to lie down on the floor. The officials tried forcing an unknown drug into her mouth, but she refused to take it. The police did not care if she died from the heart attack, and sent Mr. Qin to the Wucheng Detention Centre.
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• The Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners from the Fuxing District of Handan City, Hebei Province

  2008-09-09
  On July 14th, 2008, practitioner Ms. Wang Yan was followed by officers from the Hualin Police Station in Fuxing District when she left her home. The police took her back to her home and placed her residence under surveillance. On July 22nd, she was arrested without any legal procedures being followed, and was taken to the Shijiazhuang City Women's Forced Labour Camp in Hebei Province. A physical examination when she arrived at the forced labour camp indicated that she suffered from hypertension.
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• Young Zhenzhen's Wish: To Be Reunited with Her Parents and Brother, Who Are Being Detained and Brutally Tortured

  2008-09-08
  Yu Zhenzhen is a pretty, ten-year-old girl in China. She studies at the Baita Primary School in Dadong District, Shenyang City, and was supposed to begin the fourth grade on September 1st. She was hoping that her mum could take her to school like her classmates on the first day of school and that her little brother could meet her at the school gate when she finished class. However, her mother Ma Li, and her little brother were secretly arrested on August 13th by police officers from the Liaoning Province Public Security Bureau. No one knows where they are.
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