Torture, Death Cases, Organ Harvesting
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In April 2007, Twenty-One Confirmed Deaths of Practitioners Due to Torture
2007-05-12Practitioner Mr. Liu Jingming worked at Qiqihar City Chinese Medicine Hospital, Heilongjiang Province. He was honoured as an "outstanding" purchasing agent. During the CCP's extremely brutal persecution against Falun Gong, Mr. Liu Jingming had been imprisoned, sent to forced labour camp and tortured. On February 8th, 2007, he was detained at Tailai Prison. It took wardens at Tailai Prison only 46 days to torture thirty nine year-old Mr. Liu to death. On March 24th, 2007, Warden Ji Hengtai of the Training Unit at Tailai Prison phoned Liu Jingming's home. He claimed that Mr. Liu died after "jumping out of the window of the building" at 1:40 a.m. on March 24th. The CCP has used this excuse for almost eight years after murdering practitioners. -
Falun Gong Practitioner Wu Guangyuan from Liaoning Province Has Died as a Result of Persecution
2007-05-12Mr. Wu Guangyuan was a Falun Gong practitioner from Fushun City. Since the persecution of Falun Gong started on July 20th, 1999, Mr. Wu was arrested and detained by police repeatedly. Later on, he was forced to attend a brainwashing session held at Fushun City Labour Camp. Mr. Wu carried on a three-day hunger strike to protest the persecution. He developed oedema after being released from the brainwashing centre, and was diagnosed has having uraemia. Wu Guangyuan died in March 2007. -
Court Sentences Hong Kong Practitioner Ms. Zeng Aihua to Prison Without Notifying Her Family or Lawyer
2007-05-12In March of 2007, Hong Kong Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Zeng Aihua was tried and sentenced to three years in prison. She appealed, but the Shanghai No. 1 Middle People's Court rejected her appeal. She was tried a second time, but the court did not notify her family or lawyer. Ms. Zeng was taken to Shanghai Women's Prison on April 16th. To conceal their criminal act, the Shanghai 610 Office and the Public Security Bureau secretly manipulated Zeng Aihua's second trial. One month after the second trial her family and lawyer were still kept completely in the dark and did not know anything about it. -
Female Practitioner Force-Fed Mustard Oil, Assaulted with Baton
2007-05-12In February and March 2007, the Jilin City Police Department arrested 19 practitioners. Officers Du Xingze and Di Shigang continue to interrogate the detained practitioners. One of the practitioners, Ms. Zhao Yingjie, was force-fed five bottles of mustard oil, which caused severe damage to her face and mouth. In addition, the police sexually assaulted her with a baton. Practitioner Ms. Wang Liqui was force-fed eight bottles of mustard oil and lost consciousness. Officers poured cold water on her to wake her up to continue the torture. Due to the severe persecution, Ms. Wang is having heart problems and her health has deteriorated. -
Mr. Ren Xichang Suffers Mental Breakdown from Torture at Chaoyanggou Labour Camp in Jilin Province
2007-05-12Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Ren Xichang from Changchun City, Jilin Province was taken to the Chaoyanggou Labour Camp against his will three times. He recently suffered a mental breakdown resulting from the torture and abuse he endured. Mr. Ren's disabled wife cries continuously; she has visited all the relevant departments many times and tearfully asked for Mr. Ren's release, but no one pays any attention to her. She went to the Chaoyanggou Labour Camp to visit Mr. Ren, but the labour camp denied her entry, so she was not aware of the persecution Mr. Ren has suffered there, until police suddenly broke into the family's home demanding that they pay a large amount of money to treat Mr. Ren's illness. -
Practitioner Mr. Su Anzhou from Lanzhou Province Tortured, His Wife and Son Died Due to Persecution
2007-05-11Mr. Su Anzhou's family was broken apart by the CCP simply for practising "Truthfulness, Benevolence, Forbearance." Torture claimed the lives of Mr. Su's wife and son. In addition to enduring the pain of losing his loved ones, Mr. Su Anzhou also had to face physical torture and the mental pressure to give up his belief in Lanzhou Prison. The long-term torture damaged his health. He was taken in and out of the forced labour hospital in 2005 but has been there since 2006. According to people who are familiar with his case, he has colon cancer, but the warden claimed that it was a colorectal polyp. Mr. Su Anzhou remains in the forced labour hospital. -
Family Members Attempted to Rescue the Arrested Practitioners in Jilin City, Jilin Province
2007-05-11Five practitioners from Jilin City--Ms. Wang Liqiu, Mr. Zhao Guoxing, Ms. Mu Chunhong, Ms. Zhao Yingjie, and Mr. Liu Yuhe--were arrested on February 12th, 2007. The police brought them to the Jilin Municipal Police Station and tortured them. Officer Di Shigang force-fed Ms. Wang with eight bottles of dark mustard oil, causing her to lose consciousness. Officer Di then doused her with cold water to revive her and force-fed her again. Ms. Wang is now exhibiting symptoms of heart disease. -
A Police Officer Forces A Person to Give False Testimony Against Mr. Li Shaozhi from Heilongjiang Province
2007-05-11On April 21st, 2007, Xiangyang District Criminal Court in Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang Province, held a trial for Mr. Li Shaozhi. Li Shaozhi had been tortured so badly that he was partially paralysed. He could not walk by himself, and two big men had to hold him up. He had become mentally disordered from the intimidating interrogations and long-term torture and "admitted everything" according to the arrangements of the police. To defend him, Mr. Li's lawyers provided a video recording of testimony by Liu Yang. In the testimony, Liu Yang disclosed that police officer Chen Wanyou had brought false charges against Li Shaozhi. Officer Chen Wanyou had threatened and pressured Liu Yang and forced him to give false testimony against Li Shaozhi. Liu Yang had cooperated against his own conscience so he made a recording to testify to the truth. -
Older Practitioner Ms. Wei Hua Wrongfully Sent to a Mental Hospital in Chongqing, Now Very Ill
2007-05-11Ms. Wei Hua, 57, has been tortured to a pitiful state. In October 2005, when she was in sound mind she was forcibly sent to a mental hospital. In November, the hospital suddenly sent a "dying notice," urging her family to come and take her home. Wei Hua was paralysed and on the verge of death. She wasn't recognisable, couldn't speak, and was mentally traumatised. -
Middle School Teacher Mr. Zhu Huajun from Henan Province Arrested and Persecuted
2007-05-11Mr. Zhu Huajun, a teacher, was arrested by police and sent to a detention centre. Without showing a warrant or identification they took him into custody without giving a reason. When his father saw Zhu Huajun, two people were holding him up. His hands were cuffed behind his back and there were tubes inserted into his chest. He couldn't walk on his own. The police were constantly yelling at him. Mr. Zhu hasn't eaten anything for 12 days now, and his life is in danger. -
Dafa Practitioner Mr. Lin Xiaoquan from Sichuan Province Imprisoned; Family Members Not Permitted to Visit for 2 Months
2007-05-10Several months ago, Falun Dafa practitioners imprisoned at the Deyang Prison in Sichuan Province were allowed to call home, and family members were allowed to visit. However, since February 12th, 2007, Lin Xiaoquan's family members have been forbidden to see him and they are very worried about his safety. It is known that if a practitioner is forbidden to see family members, most likely he is confined in a solitary compartment and suffering cruel abuse or has been tortured so severely that the police do not want others to see his condition. -
The Brutality of the Police at Liaoning Province Women's Prison
2007-05-10At Liaoning Province Women's Prison, No. 7 division head Li Ying, political head Wang Lian, guard Guo Xiaorui and some others ordered prisoners to monitor Falun Dafa practitioners 24-hours-a-day to keep them from speaking out. They hang up practitioners every day and do horrible things to them such as dousing practitioners' genitals with hot pepper liquid. In the winter time, they do not let practitioners wear any clothes except for underwear, they do not let them wear shoes, and deprive them of sleep. They put steel clips on practitioners' nipples, pour urine on their heads, physically abuse them every day, and restrict toilet use. -
The Deaths of Ms. Guo Xiumei and Mr. Jia Junxi, Practitioners from Zhoukou City, Henan Province, Are Connected to the 610 Office
2007-05-10Around 9:00 p.m. on September, 22nd, 2002, Ms Guo Xiumei was distributing leaflets exposing the persecution in the city. She was found dead the next morning in the residential area of the Xiguan District in Huaiyang County. According to an eyewitness, the dead person was a forty-some-year-old female. Her face was purple and black, the left eye socket was empty, the neck was bruised, and the chest had fist-size bruising and injuries. She was lying face down looking west. There were signs of a struggle. One eye was wide open and her face was frozen in an expression of extreme terror. Her children and relatives could only recognise her clothing, not her face. -
Ms. Song Wenjuan Tortured at Wanjia Forced Labour Camp in Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province
2007-05-10Ms. Song Wenjuan was sentenced to forced labour in July 2005 and detained in the Wanjia Forced Labour Camp in Harbin City. There she has been subject to all kinds of persecution. Ms. Song was handcuffed backwards to the bunk twice, with her feet suspended above the ground. The guards secured her onto the "iron chair" with handcuffs and shackles for more than two months. Recently, guard Huo Shuping (female), shocked her with an electric baton. As a result, Ms. Song's face was swollen and distorted, and she became critically ill. -
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Harasses Australian Practitioners' Family Members in China
2007-05-10Police officers and staff of the 610 Office started harassing my family after they learned that my father and I had gone to Australia. They fear that we will expose the CCP's crimes. Every day, they go to my home in China and threaten my mother, saying that if we don't return, my sister's school education will be affected, and my mother will also be implicated. They also told my mother to tell us that if we return, they will not hold us responsible for anything. I know in my heart that this is one of their tactics. If we were to go back to China, my father and I would be tortured physically and mentally, and we would lose our freedom.