Brainwashing, Illegal Detention and Imprisonment, Inside the Labour Camps, Individual Accounts, 6-10 Office
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Despicable Acts Towards Hebei Province Dafa Practitioner Mr. Xu Junshan
2004-01-06On the morning of April 27, 2001, the Xingtai Public Security Bureau and the Special Case Investigation Group again came to Junshan's home. This time they did not find him at home. Not satisfied, they abducted his daughter as a hostage, even though neither Junshan's son nor daughter practised Falun Gong. Junshan's wife had to ask people who had connections with the police to secure the release of their daughter after more than two days of detention and another 1,000 yuan in extortion fees. But the harassment did not end there. -
The Persecution of Hebei Province Dafa Practitioner Chen Guoyou's Family (Part 2)
2004-01-05Chen Ji was released from the camp in April 2002. He asked his work unit to return his ID card and asked to be returned to his former post. The director, Tian De, pushed the responsibility to the "610 Office" and would only allow Chen Ji to return to his post if he would sign statements promising not to practise Falun Gong and expressing regret over practising in the past. Faced with no other choice, Chen Ji had to take an outside job. -
Facts about Daqing City Brainwashing Centre: Two Million Yuan Used to Persecute the Innocent
2004-01-05Shocking facts: As of December 2003, at least 24 Dafa practitioners whose names can be verified through civil channels were tortured to death in Daqing City. That is 18% of all torture deaths or deaths as a result of torture in Heilongjiang Province, and ranks only behind Harbin City, in which 27 practitioners were tortured to death or died as a result of torture. That makes Daqing City one of the areas with the most severe Falun Dafa persecution in China. Daqing City's government and the Party secretary are exclusively responsible for this persecution. -
Non-Practitioner Arrested and Beaten for Exposing the Persecution of His Family
2004-01-05On December 18, 2003, the municipal court of Dehui held an unjust trial of thirteen Falun Gong practitioners who were still being imprisoned after their initial terms expired. After the court session began, Sun Ke, a family member of Falun Gong practitioner Sun Qian, exposed the crimes committed by the public security system in Dehui inside the courtroom. He told people how Sun Qian was detained beyond his term, and how he was tortured in an attempt to elicit a confession. After the court session ended, however, Sun Ke was kidnapped near the warning line outside the gate of the court by several policemen from the criminal guard section of the Dehui Municipal Public Security Bureau. -
Yoko Kaneko Recalls Her 548 Day Abduction By the Followers of Jiang Zemin and His Regime (Part 2)
2004-01-04I remember one day, Li Jirong, the head of a division who was elected as a representative to the 16th Party Congress due to her "achievements" in persecuting Falun Gong, told me, "Don't think this is just a labour camp. Our labour camp also has a death quota! Don't forget that you are still a Chinese citizen, so you still have to follow the laws of China. You are no different from anyone else." -
Running Brainwashing Classes - A Way to Make Money for the Party in Fujian Province
2004-01-04Although they have the finances in hand, they still force Falun Gong practitioners' workplaces to pay anywhere from one to two thousand yuan [500 yuan is the average monthly income for an urban worker in China]. The surplus funds go into the committee officials' own pockets as "bonuses." Once someone in the brainwashing classes yields, these officials demand that his or her employer hold all kinds of conferences for the purpose of getting credit from higher-level officials. -
Practitioner's Terms in Jinzhou Labour Camp Arbitrarily Extended For Refusing To Renounce Falun Dafa
2004-01-04Jinzhou Labour Camp willfully extended the sentence of these firm Dafa practitioners, and has relentlessly tortured them: Shi Zhongyan, a worker from the Jinzhou Supermarket, was to be released from the labour camp in 2000, but his term was extended again and again because he refused to renounce his belief in Falun Dafa. He died as a result of the persecution on April 26, 2003. -
Supplementary Information on Dafa Practitioner Mr. Xuan Chengxi's Death by Torture
2004-01-03The lawless policemen were enraged and brutally beat Mr. Xuan repeatedly. Wang Xinmin and Zhu Yongjun poured cold water on Mr. Xuan after beating him. When he awoke from unconsciousness, they beat him again. They continuously beat him until they killed him. When Mr. Xuan died, he was face down, lying on the cement floor covered with muddy water and blood. -
Secretly Sentenced to Eleven Years in Prison Without The Right to a Lawyer
2004-01-03On April 8, 2003, the Jinshui District Court put Song Xu on trial. Only a few government officials from the police, procuratorate, and legal system showed up. Under strong protests from Song Xu, they hurriedly proceeded with the trial. They held the trial secretly and did not allow him to have a lawyer or the ability to appeal. He was unjustly sentenced to 11 years. His family never received any notice from the court. -
Mr. Sun Baoyu is Severely Beaten, His Fingertips Pierced with a Safety Pin
2004-01-03In the station, several policemen handcuffed Mr. Sun Baoyu behind the back and forced him to squat by a wall. Then they pressed a stool on his head, sat by his side, and put their feet on the stool. They tried to force him to tell his name, address, and the source of the Dafa truth-clarifying materials. He resisted the persecution with righteous thoughts and started to clarify the truth to them, and the policemen started to beat him. Several policemen kicked him in his chest, then took turns fiercely kicking his face and head. They slammed his head against the wall and it bounced back. This continued for more than 20 minutes. -
Henan Rebecca Hair Products, Inc. in Henan Province Uses Slave Labour in Forced Labour Camps
2004-01-02Xuchang City in Henan Province is a major production centre for wig products in China. When the Henan Province No. 3 Forced Labour Camp was on the verge of bankruptcy, the labour camp abducted many Falun Gong practitioners and forced them to do slave labour making wig products for export. The labour camp survived and prospered this way. -
Torture Methods at the Daqing City Forced Labour Camp
2004-01-02The "Tiger Bench" torture uses a modified steel chair. The chair seat is a thick steel plate. The original chair armrests are modified with a rounded metal barrier. Both feet are tightly clamped into foot shackles under each front chair leg; a nylon rope is used to tightly tie up the person; the upper arms are tied tightly behind the back, both lower arms are forced to the front to reach armrests on both sides, then two hand straps are used to bind the lower arms to the armrests. The person is tied like this for long time, while tortured and brutally beaten. -
University Graduate Qu Yanlai on Hunger Strike for 400 Days in the Shanghai Tilanqiao Prison
2004-01-02Qu Yanlai, a Falun Gong practitioner who is currently illegally detained in Tilanqiao prison in Shanghai, has been on a hunger strike for over 400 days to protest the unjust persecution of Falun Dafa. The violent and frequent force-feeding administered by the prison guards has caused bleeding in Mr. Qu's stomach, and because of the violent nature of the force-feeding he is being temporarily detained in the Tilanqiao Prison Hospital. -
Ms. Wang Kaiying from Henan Province is Unlawfully Detained, Tortured and Sent to a Forced Labour Camp
2004-01-02The next day, these Dafa practitioners were forced to balance bottle caps on their heads. If the bottle caps fell off at any point, the police would beat the practitioners and slam their heads against the walls. Wang Kaiying suffered injuries to her head and a fist-size bruise. In the afternoon, these practitioners' had their hands cuffed and they were hung up by handcuffs to an iron rail. Their feet, far from the ground, were lightly touching a barely reachable wooden stool, which could be easily kicked aside. In this way, these Dafa practitioners were hung up for several hours -
Torture Case: Ligament Torn Apart through the Cruel Method of "Wu Ma Fen Shi"
2004-01-01Lu Jinhu covered Mr. Huang's head with a piece of cloth and violently jerked, rubbed, and shook Mr. Huang's head until he felt dizzy, vomited, and could not move his head and neck anymore because his cervical vertebrae were broken. He was then sent to the hospital in the forced labour camp. When practitioners in the "Enhanced Torture Team" spoke out for Mr. Huang, the police even denied the persecution and said that Mr. Huang was suffering from a bone spur.