By our correspondent from Sichuan Province, China
Name: Zhang Weihua (张卫华)
Gender: Female
Age: 32
Address: #62, 4th Section of Liulichang Village, Jinjiang District, Chengdu City(琉璃场村4组62号)
Occupation: Unknown
Date of Death: January 29, 2010
Date of Most Recent Arrest: November 20, 2007
Most Recent Place of Detention: Jinniu Brainwashing Center in Chengdu City (成都市金牛洗脑班))
City: Chengdu
Province: Sichuan
Persecution Suffered: Forced labor, brainwashing, beatings, solitary confinement, torture, force-feedings, physical restraint, home ransacked, interrogation, detention, denial of restroom use
(Clearwisdom.net) Ms. Zhang Weihua used to suffer from asthma, but her health greatly improved after she began practicing Falun Gong in 1996. She went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong after the persecution began in July 1999. She was arrested multiple times, detained, and sent to a forced labor camp and brainwashing center, which damaged her health. She died on January 29, 2010, at the young age of 32.
Ms. Zhang's family had to move to her parent's house in 2001 to avoid police harassment. Her mother, He Jianqing is also a practitioner. Her father, Zhang Changwen did not practice. He was a factory director.
On the morning of May 13, 2005, about 20 officers from the Yangliu Village Police Station, a branch office of the Jinjiang District Police Department in Chengdu City, broke into the home of Ms. Zhang and her husband, Zhou Jingdong, located in Liulichang Village. The police searched their home for more than half a day. At dusk, they blocked the areas around the home and took the couple to the Pi County Detention Center in Chengdu City. Ms. He Jianqing, Ms. Zhang's mother, was forced into a brainwashing session held at the intersection near Chengren Street in Chengdu City, while her father, Mr. Zhang Changwen, was under huge pressure, and her younger brother was forced to leave home to avoid arrest.
Upon entering the detention center, Ms. Zhang was forced to strip off all of her clothes and be searched. All of her buttons and zippers were cut off, and her 102 yuan in cash was stolen. She tried to clarify the truth to the police, but they did not listen. She started a hunger-strike to resist the persecution. The police attempted to force her to eat by beating her and cursing, but it was no use. They then sent several criminal inmates to try to persuade her to eat. When she did not heed them, they force-fed her. Prisoner Ma Xiaoqiang sat on her, holding her arms down, and another male prisoner inserted a three-foot-long tube into her nose and force-fed her three boxes of milk. She was miserable, vomiting non-stop, getting her face, head, and clothes all dirty.
When the force-feeding did not work, they gave her an intravenous injection. She still would not cooperate so they tied her to a metal bed. Afterward, the criminal inmates tortured her in every way imaginable. They even took urine from the restroom and used it to "wash" her face and brush her teeth.
On the afternoon of May 27, 2005, guards took Ms. Zhang to Qingyang District People's Hospital. There was a special patient ward guarded by armed police, monitoring cameras, and locked gates. This was specially used for sick prisoners and Falun Gong practitioners on hunger strike. Some practitioners have been tortured to death here. Guards restrained Ms. Zhang in bed 45 and handcuffed and shackled her ankles. During the day, her cuffs were sometimes taken off, but during the night, she would be both handcuffed and shackled. There was a bucket for her to use as toilet. She was locked like this for up to three and half days at a time. 20 days into her hunger strike, Ms. Zhang Weihua was in critical condition. Only then did they release her.
After she was taken home she was supervised in her home by three officers from the Yangliu Village Police Station. One of them was Yang Hongqiang. The next day (June 7, 2005), an officer from the Yangliu Village Police Station and other policemen took Ms. Zhang to the Jinjiang Police Department Brainwashing Center, where she was detained with her mother. Her husband, Zhou Jingdong, was still in the Pi County Detention Center.
After his wife, his daughter, and his son-in-law were all arrested and taken away, Ms. Zhang's father, Zhang Changwen, had a hard time maintaining the empty home. There were also three policemen at his home waiting to arrest other practitioners, should they visit. Around June 7, Mr. Zhang told others that the police might start torturing him. There were signs afterward showing that from June 7 to June 9, officers from the Yangliu Village Police station or Department I of the Jinjiang District Police Department locked him up, threatened him, and carried out a brutal and violent interrogation. On the night of June 9, Mr. Zhang's family was notified that he had died of a sudden stroke.
The same day, despite Ms. Zhang just learning of her father's death, she was take to the Air Force Hospital. She kept on her hunger strike and was finally released after one more week in custody. Local police assigned officers to watch her 24 hours a day at her home. In order to avoid further mistreatment, Ms. Zhang escaped home by climbing out of her window. Police arrested her mother, taking her to the Jinjiang District Brainwashing Center again. Her younger brother, Zahng Weiguo, and all her friends were under 24-hour surveillance.
On the afternoon of November 20, 2007, Domestic Security agents from the Xindu District Police Department of Chengdu City stormed Wuli Village, ransacked the place, and arrested Ms. Zhang and two other practitioners. The police were afraid their violent methods would be made public, so they covered their heads with bags and forced the practitioners into the police vehicle. Around December 11, 2007, officers from Guangrong Community Police Station picked up Ms. Zhang from the Xindu District Police Department and took her to the Jinniu Brainwashing Center.
After she finally returned home, six community security guards were assigned to watch Ms. Zhang by living in her home. The long-term surveillance, detention and tortures severely damaged Ms. Zhang's health. She died at the untimely age of 32.
Earlier report:
http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2005/6/28/62328.html
Posting date: 3/31/2010
Category: Death Cases
Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2010/3/20/220098.html
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Ms. Zhang Fengzhen Paralyzed as a Result of Beatings Suffered at Liaoning Women's Prison--Dies after Five Years
By a correspondent from Liaoning Province, China
Name: Zhang Fengzhen (张凤珍)
Gender: Female
Age: 63
Address: Unknown
Occupation: Unknown
Date of Death: March 9, 2010
Date of Most Recent Arrest: 2001
Most Recent Place of Detention: Liaoning Province Women's Prison (辽宁省女子监狱)
City: Shenyang
Province: Liaoning
Persecution Suffered: Illegal sentencing, beatings, imprisonment, torture, force-feedings, extortion
Key Persecutors: Guo Haiyan, An Rui (prison guards); Shan Xia, Yang Jing, and Zhang Yingying (inmates)
(Clearwisdom.net) Ms. Zhang Fengzhen died in Shenyang City, Liaoning Province, on March 9, 2010. For five years, she was paralyzed and suffered pain as a result of vicious beatings she was subjected to while unlawfully held at the Liaoning Province Women's Prison, for refusing to renounce her belief in Truthfulness-Benevolence-Forbearance.
Ms. Zhang was arrested in 2001 for distributing Falun Gong-related materials. The Heping District Court in Shenyang City illegally sentenced her to three and a half years in prison. In March 2003, she was taken to the Liaoning Province Women's Prison (then known as Dabei Prison). Prison guards ordered inmates to beat her nonstop for six hours. As a result, her liver was ruptured. She was extremely weak when she was released in 2005. Shortly after her release, she became entirely paralyzed, and later lost the ability to speak.
A description of what she suffered in prison was previously published by the Chinese Minghui site in 2006:
"I am a Falun Gong practitioner. I was unlawfully placed under arrest by the Heping District Court in Shenyang City in 2001 for distributing Falun Gong materials. During the trial, I was ordered to sit in the defendant's seat. I told them that the seat was reserved for Jiang Zemin [the CCP head who initiated the persecution of Falun Gong]. I was then told to just stand there. The attorney assigned to me did not even try to defend me. I was sentenced to three and a half years in prison. I was taken to Dabei Prison in March 2003, which has since been renamed Liaoning Province Women's Prison."
"When I arrived at the ward, Guo Haiyan, a section head of the No. 3 Division, asked me whether anyone else in my family practiced Falun Gong. She then ordered me to memorize statements inmates were required to recite whenever they were to enter the guards' office. I told her, 'I am not guilty and will not recite those statements.'"
"Guo was angry when she saw me standing firm with my arms behind me. She cursed me, then asked again in a threatening tone, 'Are you going to do as you are told?' She told a guard named An Rui to take me out of the office. An called over an inmate called Shan Xia, who had been convicted of theft. An gave Shan a few orders and left."
"Shan took me to a warehouse for stacks of cloth. Then another criminal inmate, Yang Jing, came in. They immediately asked me whether I would recite the statements and I told them no. They started punching and kicking me as they had been ordered to do by the guards. Shan started to kick me in the head. When I fell down, they dragged me upright and kicked me in the head again."
"A third inmate, Zhang Yingying, later joined Shan and Yang. All three were in their early 20s. They cursed while attacking me, 'Who do you think you are? We've taken care of stronger ones.' They stripped off my clothes, whipped me with electric wires, and smeared slanderous words about Falun Dafa on my back. The three took turns beating me from 3:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., nonstop."
"I suffered severe injuries. My face was bruised and swollen. I felt excruciating pains in my internal organs, as well as when urinating. I was not able to stand with my back straight. A bitter taste filled my mouth. Even breathing caused pain all over my body. I was not able to turn over in bed. It hurt whenever someone bumped into me. I demanded a physical examination, but the guards did not heed me. I went on a hunger strike for over a week to protest. The guards tried everything to make me eat, but I refused to cooperate. They ordered four or five people to force-feed me, but I refused to swallow. There were spills all over my clothes. There were numerous cuts around my neck, although they had wrapped neck with a towel during the force-feeding.
"After eight or nine days on a hunger strike, I was taken to the prison hospital for an examination. It turned out that my liver was severely ruptured, my lungs and heart were functioning abnormally, and my blood pressure was high. To cover up their crimes, the guards lied to me and told me that I had a liver tumor. They told my family that I was not in good enough health to be able to see them, but they refused to release me on medical parole. They took 1,000 yuan from my family 'to cover medical expenses.'"
A fellow Falun Gong practitioner in the prison at about the same time as Ms. Zhang gave another account, which was published on July 24, 2008, by the Chinese Minghui website:
"Ms. Zhang Fengzhen was in her 50s. When I first saw her, she had to be supported by others to walk. At night, she needed help to slowly lay down on her bed, and she had no strength to even turn over. At one point, the guards ordered three criminal inmates, Yang Jing, Zhang Yingying, and Shan Xia, to beat her for six hours. Ms. Zhang still refused to renounce Falun Gong.
March 16, 2010
Related article:
"Account of Persecution in the Liaoning Province Women's Prison" http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2008/8/6/99576.html
Posting date: 3/30/2010
Category: Persecution Accounts
Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2010/3/16/219884.html
Name: Zhang Fengzhen (张凤珍)
Gender: Female
Age: 63
Address: Unknown
Occupation: Unknown
Date of Death: March 9, 2010
Date of Most Recent Arrest: 2001
Most Recent Place of Detention: Liaoning Province Women's Prison (辽宁省女子监狱)
City: Shenyang
Province: Liaoning
Persecution Suffered: Illegal sentencing, beatings, imprisonment, torture, force-feedings, extortion
Key Persecutors: Guo Haiyan, An Rui (prison guards); Shan Xia, Yang Jing, and Zhang Yingying (inmates)
(Clearwisdom.net) Ms. Zhang Fengzhen died in Shenyang City, Liaoning Province, on March 9, 2010. For five years, she was paralyzed and suffered pain as a result of vicious beatings she was subjected to while unlawfully held at the Liaoning Province Women's Prison, for refusing to renounce her belief in Truthfulness-Benevolence-Forbearance.
Ms. Zhang was arrested in 2001 for distributing Falun Gong-related materials. The Heping District Court in Shenyang City illegally sentenced her to three and a half years in prison. In March 2003, she was taken to the Liaoning Province Women's Prison (then known as Dabei Prison). Prison guards ordered inmates to beat her nonstop for six hours. As a result, her liver was ruptured. She was extremely weak when she was released in 2005. Shortly after her release, she became entirely paralyzed, and later lost the ability to speak.
A description of what she suffered in prison was previously published by the Chinese Minghui site in 2006:
"I am a Falun Gong practitioner. I was unlawfully placed under arrest by the Heping District Court in Shenyang City in 2001 for distributing Falun Gong materials. During the trial, I was ordered to sit in the defendant's seat. I told them that the seat was reserved for Jiang Zemin [the CCP head who initiated the persecution of Falun Gong]. I was then told to just stand there. The attorney assigned to me did not even try to defend me. I was sentenced to three and a half years in prison. I was taken to Dabei Prison in March 2003, which has since been renamed Liaoning Province Women's Prison."
"When I arrived at the ward, Guo Haiyan, a section head of the No. 3 Division, asked me whether anyone else in my family practiced Falun Gong. She then ordered me to memorize statements inmates were required to recite whenever they were to enter the guards' office. I told her, 'I am not guilty and will not recite those statements.'"
"Guo was angry when she saw me standing firm with my arms behind me. She cursed me, then asked again in a threatening tone, 'Are you going to do as you are told?' She told a guard named An Rui to take me out of the office. An called over an inmate called Shan Xia, who had been convicted of theft. An gave Shan a few orders and left."
"Shan took me to a warehouse for stacks of cloth. Then another criminal inmate, Yang Jing, came in. They immediately asked me whether I would recite the statements and I told them no. They started punching and kicking me as they had been ordered to do by the guards. Shan started to kick me in the head. When I fell down, they dragged me upright and kicked me in the head again."
"A third inmate, Zhang Yingying, later joined Shan and Yang. All three were in their early 20s. They cursed while attacking me, 'Who do you think you are? We've taken care of stronger ones.' They stripped off my clothes, whipped me with electric wires, and smeared slanderous words about Falun Dafa on my back. The three took turns beating me from 3:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., nonstop."
"I suffered severe injuries. My face was bruised and swollen. I felt excruciating pains in my internal organs, as well as when urinating. I was not able to stand with my back straight. A bitter taste filled my mouth. Even breathing caused pain all over my body. I was not able to turn over in bed. It hurt whenever someone bumped into me. I demanded a physical examination, but the guards did not heed me. I went on a hunger strike for over a week to protest. The guards tried everything to make me eat, but I refused to cooperate. They ordered four or five people to force-feed me, but I refused to swallow. There were spills all over my clothes. There were numerous cuts around my neck, although they had wrapped neck with a towel during the force-feeding.
"After eight or nine days on a hunger strike, I was taken to the prison hospital for an examination. It turned out that my liver was severely ruptured, my lungs and heart were functioning abnormally, and my blood pressure was high. To cover up their crimes, the guards lied to me and told me that I had a liver tumor. They told my family that I was not in good enough health to be able to see them, but they refused to release me on medical parole. They took 1,000 yuan from my family 'to cover medical expenses.'"
A fellow Falun Gong practitioner in the prison at about the same time as Ms. Zhang gave another account, which was published on July 24, 2008, by the Chinese Minghui website:
"Ms. Zhang Fengzhen was in her 50s. When I first saw her, she had to be supported by others to walk. At night, she needed help to slowly lay down on her bed, and she had no strength to even turn over. At one point, the guards ordered three criminal inmates, Yang Jing, Zhang Yingying, and Shan Xia, to beat her for six hours. Ms. Zhang still refused to renounce Falun Gong.
March 16, 2010
Related article:
"Account of Persecution in the Liaoning Province Women's Prison" http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2008/8/6/99576.html
Posting date: 3/30/2010
Category: Persecution Accounts
Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2010/3/16/219884.html
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Mr. Mei Chunfu Dies as a Result of Persecution
By our correspondent from Henan Province, China
Name: Mei Chunfu (梅春富)
Gender: Male
Age: 63
Address: Shawuo Township, Qi County, Henan Province
Occupation: Unknown
Date of Death: 2009
Date of Most Recent Arrest: February 7, 2007
Most Recent Place of Detention: Jilin City Detention Center (杞县看守所)
City: Qi County
Province: Henan
Persecution Suffered: Forced labor, brainwashing, beatings, solitary confinement, torture, physical restraint, detention
(Clearwisdom.net) Mr. Mei Chunfu had many diseases before practicing Falun Gong. He became a healthy person in both mind and body soon after practicing, and his entire family was moved by the miracles of Falun Gong. Since July 1999, after the persecution began, he was detained for almost seven years, endangering his life.
Mr. Mei went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong in October 1999. The police arrested and detained him in the Qi County Detention Center. The guards tortured him with tightening the ropes (1) and ankle shackles; they punched and kicked him, locked him up in a small cell (2), and deprived him of drinking water. Because Mr. Mei persisted in practicing his faith and did not accept the brainwashing, the guards locked his shackles together with handcuffs, which meant that he could not stand up or sit down, and he had to stay in a very painful bent position. When it was meal time, he was still not released from this torture, and had to hold the bowl with both handcuffed hands, bending his head down hard. Mr. Mei clarified the truth to guards, and was locked in the small cell another 15 days without drinking water. He could not bear the thirst, and had to drink some dirty water from the toilet bowl.
In May 2000, Mr. Mei went to Beijing again to appeal. He was arrested and picked up by the Qi County police, detained in the Qi County Detention Center, and sentenced to three years of forced labor in the Kaifeng City Forced Labor Camp.
Not long after he was released from the labor camp, Mr. Mei went to Kaifeng City to visit family on March 16, 2004. He was talking to people about Falun Gong on the way, and was arrested and sentenced to another three years of forced labor at the Kaifeng City Forced Labor Camp.
In the autumn of 2006, Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Zhang Zhagen was tortured to death in the Kaifeng City Forced Labor Camp. To avoid an investigation, the camp administration transferred all detained practitioners to the Xuchang City Forced Labor Camp, where Mr. Mei was again tortured.
Only two months after his release from the Xuchang City Forced Labor Camp, Mr. Mei was still suffering both mentally and physically from the torture. On the afternoon of February 7, 2007, Qi County Domestic Security Division Chief Liu Hongtao had Shawuo Township police take Mr. Mei and his family to the Township Police Station. After a few questions, Liu said, "His thoughts are still not converted, take him in." They detained Mr. Mei again.
Mr. Mei went on a ten-day hunger strike to protest his illegal arrest. He had not recovered from the forced labor camp, so ten days on a hunger strike caused him to be emaciated, and he could not walk. The Qi County Detention Center authorities were afraid he would die, so they notified his family to pick him up.
The police never left him in peace, and kept harassing him at home. Mr. Mei never fully recovered, and died in 2009.
(1) The torture method "Tightening Rope" utilizes a finger-size hemp rope soaked in water. The persecutors set it on the Dafa practitioner's neck, and tightly wrap it around the arms. In order to maximize the pain for the victim, they often strip the practitioner down to his underwear. Usually, over three persecutors work together to apply this torture. When the rope reaches the wrists, it is tightened. They pull the practitioner's hands behind his back, both ends of the rope are inserted through the portion of the rope on the neck, then two persecutors forcefully pull down both ends of the rope as hard as they can and then tie it. At this time, the blood circulation is cut off and the victim will experience increased heart rate, excruciating pain in both arms and within a few minutes, heavy sweating.
In order to make sure the rope is as tight as can be, the persecutors insert glass bottles and wooden sticks under practitioner's wrists, so the rope will sink deep into his flesh. Meanwhile, they also slap the practitioner's face and shock him with electric baton(s). Each session of "Tightening Rope" lasts ten to twenty minutes. After the rope is loosened, the victim has lost the feeling in his arms, and it takes a long time to regain it. For those who have experienced this torture, their arms are often disabled in severe cases, or they cannot raise their arms or they lose some function in the arms. The marks left on the arms by the rope usually don't disappear for one or two years. See case on http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2004/1/31/44607p.html
(2) The detainee is locked up in a very small cell individually. The guards handcuff practitioners behind their back in a fixed position, in which the practitioners can neither move nor lie down. The small cell is very damp and no sunshine comes in. Detainees have to urinate and defecate in the cell. Only half of a regular meal is served to detainees locked up in a small cell during the daytime. During the night the rats are running around. The stench in the small cell is so bad that it is difficult to breathe.
Written on March 18, 2010
Posting date: 3/21/2010
Category: Death Cases
Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2010/3/19/220042.html
Name: Mei Chunfu (梅春富)
Gender: Male
Age: 63
Address: Shawuo Township, Qi County, Henan Province
Occupation: Unknown
Date of Death: 2009
Date of Most Recent Arrest: February 7, 2007
Most Recent Place of Detention: Jilin City Detention Center (杞县看守所)
City: Qi County
Province: Henan
Persecution Suffered: Forced labor, brainwashing, beatings, solitary confinement, torture, physical restraint, detention
(Clearwisdom.net) Mr. Mei Chunfu had many diseases before practicing Falun Gong. He became a healthy person in both mind and body soon after practicing, and his entire family was moved by the miracles of Falun Gong. Since July 1999, after the persecution began, he was detained for almost seven years, endangering his life.
Mr. Mei went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong in October 1999. The police arrested and detained him in the Qi County Detention Center. The guards tortured him with tightening the ropes (1) and ankle shackles; they punched and kicked him, locked him up in a small cell (2), and deprived him of drinking water. Because Mr. Mei persisted in practicing his faith and did not accept the brainwashing, the guards locked his shackles together with handcuffs, which meant that he could not stand up or sit down, and he had to stay in a very painful bent position. When it was meal time, he was still not released from this torture, and had to hold the bowl with both handcuffed hands, bending his head down hard. Mr. Mei clarified the truth to guards, and was locked in the small cell another 15 days without drinking water. He could not bear the thirst, and had to drink some dirty water from the toilet bowl.
In May 2000, Mr. Mei went to Beijing again to appeal. He was arrested and picked up by the Qi County police, detained in the Qi County Detention Center, and sentenced to three years of forced labor in the Kaifeng City Forced Labor Camp.
Not long after he was released from the labor camp, Mr. Mei went to Kaifeng City to visit family on March 16, 2004. He was talking to people about Falun Gong on the way, and was arrested and sentenced to another three years of forced labor at the Kaifeng City Forced Labor Camp.
In the autumn of 2006, Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Zhang Zhagen was tortured to death in the Kaifeng City Forced Labor Camp. To avoid an investigation, the camp administration transferred all detained practitioners to the Xuchang City Forced Labor Camp, where Mr. Mei was again tortured.
Only two months after his release from the Xuchang City Forced Labor Camp, Mr. Mei was still suffering both mentally and physically from the torture. On the afternoon of February 7, 2007, Qi County Domestic Security Division Chief Liu Hongtao had Shawuo Township police take Mr. Mei and his family to the Township Police Station. After a few questions, Liu said, "His thoughts are still not converted, take him in." They detained Mr. Mei again.
Mr. Mei went on a ten-day hunger strike to protest his illegal arrest. He had not recovered from the forced labor camp, so ten days on a hunger strike caused him to be emaciated, and he could not walk. The Qi County Detention Center authorities were afraid he would die, so they notified his family to pick him up.
The police never left him in peace, and kept harassing him at home. Mr. Mei never fully recovered, and died in 2009.
(1) The torture method "Tightening Rope" utilizes a finger-size hemp rope soaked in water. The persecutors set it on the Dafa practitioner's neck, and tightly wrap it around the arms. In order to maximize the pain for the victim, they often strip the practitioner down to his underwear. Usually, over three persecutors work together to apply this torture. When the rope reaches the wrists, it is tightened. They pull the practitioner's hands behind his back, both ends of the rope are inserted through the portion of the rope on the neck, then two persecutors forcefully pull down both ends of the rope as hard as they can and then tie it. At this time, the blood circulation is cut off and the victim will experience increased heart rate, excruciating pain in both arms and within a few minutes, heavy sweating.
In order to make sure the rope is as tight as can be, the persecutors insert glass bottles and wooden sticks under practitioner's wrists, so the rope will sink deep into his flesh. Meanwhile, they also slap the practitioner's face and shock him with electric baton(s). Each session of "Tightening Rope" lasts ten to twenty minutes. After the rope is loosened, the victim has lost the feeling in his arms, and it takes a long time to regain it. For those who have experienced this torture, their arms are often disabled in severe cases, or they cannot raise their arms or they lose some function in the arms. The marks left on the arms by the rope usually don't disappear for one or two years. See case on http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2004/1/31/44607p.html
(2) The detainee is locked up in a very small cell individually. The guards handcuff practitioners behind their back in a fixed position, in which the practitioners can neither move nor lie down. The small cell is very damp and no sunshine comes in. Detainees have to urinate and defecate in the cell. Only half of a regular meal is served to detainees locked up in a small cell during the daytime. During the night the rats are running around. The stench in the small cell is so bad that it is difficult to breathe.
Written on March 18, 2010
Posting date: 3/21/2010
Category: Death Cases
Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2010/3/19/220042.html
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Mother and Daughter, Both Hong Kong Residents, Detained for Nine Months
(Clearwisdom.net) On June 4, 2009, Hong Kong residents Ms. Li Yaohua and her daughter, Zhang Yibo, were arrested in the Xuhui District of Shanghai by personnel from the Tianlin Police Station and the local 610 Office. They have been detained ever since, for a total of nearly nine months. Their case files have been sitting in the Xuhui District Court for over four months. They are still being detained in the Xuhui District Detention Center along with other practitioners Zhang Qin, Lu Yuzhi, and Ye Ying and her daughter.
Since the practitioners' arrest and detention, the local police authorities have been to Ms. Li's husband's workplace to harass him. In mid-November of last year during U.S. President Obama's visit to Shanghai, the local police assigned several policemen to watch the husband 24 hours a day. His workplace terminated his work contract at the end of last year.
Ms. Li Yaohua's father, Li Shanzhen, is 91 years old. In order to try to secure the release of his daughter and granddaughter, Mr. Li visited the Tianlin Police Station, the Xuhui District Police Branch, the Shanghai City Police Department, the local Procuratorate, and the local People's Congress Standing Committee. He was unsuccessful each time.
Ms. Li's son, Zhang Yiyuan, teaches at the University of California at Los Angeles in the United States. He initiated a rescue effort overseas and gained attention from the international community. California State Assemblymen Chuck Devore and Van Tran wrote to Han Zheng, Mayor of Shanghai, and President Obama and requested that the Chinese Communist regime immediately release Li Yaohua and Zhang Yibo.
In November 2009, Mr. Li Shanzhen and Mr. Zhang Yiyuan flew to Taiwan from Shanghai and Los Angeles, respectively. They appealed to the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC), Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF), and the Taiwan Ministry of Justice.
Due to pressure from the international community, Shanghai authorities have repeatedly delayed the proceedings. Reportedly, in early February of 2010, Xuhui District prosecutor Xu Zhenhui attempted to persuade Ms. Li Yaohua to plea guilty in return for a lenient sentence, but she did not agree.
February 27, 2010
Posting date: 3/11/2010
Category: Persecution Accounts
Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2010/2/28/219000.html
Since the practitioners' arrest and detention, the local police authorities have been to Ms. Li's husband's workplace to harass him. In mid-November of last year during U.S. President Obama's visit to Shanghai, the local police assigned several policemen to watch the husband 24 hours a day. His workplace terminated his work contract at the end of last year.
Ms. Li Yaohua's father, Li Shanzhen, is 91 years old. In order to try to secure the release of his daughter and granddaughter, Mr. Li visited the Tianlin Police Station, the Xuhui District Police Branch, the Shanghai City Police Department, the local Procuratorate, and the local People's Congress Standing Committee. He was unsuccessful each time.
Ms. Li's son, Zhang Yiyuan, teaches at the University of California at Los Angeles in the United States. He initiated a rescue effort overseas and gained attention from the international community. California State Assemblymen Chuck Devore and Van Tran wrote to Han Zheng, Mayor of Shanghai, and President Obama and requested that the Chinese Communist regime immediately release Li Yaohua and Zhang Yibo.
In November 2009, Mr. Li Shanzhen and Mr. Zhang Yiyuan flew to Taiwan from Shanghai and Los Angeles, respectively. They appealed to the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC), Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF), and the Taiwan Ministry of Justice.
Due to pressure from the international community, Shanghai authorities have repeatedly delayed the proceedings. Reportedly, in early February of 2010, Xuhui District prosecutor Xu Zhenhui attempted to persuade Ms. Li Yaohua to plea guilty in return for a lenient sentence, but she did not agree.
February 27, 2010
Posting date: 3/11/2010
Category: Persecution Accounts
Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2010/2/28/219000.html
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Suspicious Circumstances Surround the Death of Falun Gong Practitioner Mr. Xu Chunhua
By our correspondent in Liaoning Province, China
Name: Xu Chunhua (豏春华)
Gender: Male
Age: 60s
Address: Liuwentun Village, Qilihe Town, Yi County, Liaoning Province
Occupation: Farmer
Date of Death: February 23, 2010
Date of Most Recent Arrest: Unknown
Most Recent Place of Detention: Unknown
Province: Liaoning
(Clearwisdom.net)
On February 23, 2010, a shepherd discovered a body in a well near Liuwentun Village and reported it to the Qilihe Town Police Station. Authorities have identified the body as that of Mr. Xu Chunhua. The cause of death is still under investigation.
Mr. Xu disappeared three months ago. Someone said that he had been arrested and imprisoned at the Yi County Detention Center. On December 28, 2009, a family member of Mr. Xu visited the detention center, but guards told him that no such person was in the center. The family asked others to check for the whereabouts of Mr. Xu, and was told that, "the person practicing Falun Gong was sent to a forced labor camp." The family asked the detention center for the name of the forced labor camp, but were told that no such person was ever in the detention center.
Mr. Xu Chunhua was a practitioner in Liuwentun Village, Qilihe Town, Yi County, Liaoning Province.
Posting date: 3/10/2010
Category: Death Cases
Chinese version available at http://minghui.org/mh/articles/2010/2/26/218863.html
Name: Xu Chunhua (豏春华)
Gender: Male
Age: 60s
Address: Liuwentun Village, Qilihe Town, Yi County, Liaoning Province
Occupation: Farmer
Date of Death: February 23, 2010
Date of Most Recent Arrest: Unknown
Most Recent Place of Detention: Unknown
Province: Liaoning
(Clearwisdom.net)
On February 23, 2010, a shepherd discovered a body in a well near Liuwentun Village and reported it to the Qilihe Town Police Station. Authorities have identified the body as that of Mr. Xu Chunhua. The cause of death is still under investigation.
Mr. Xu disappeared three months ago. Someone said that he had been arrested and imprisoned at the Yi County Detention Center. On December 28, 2009, a family member of Mr. Xu visited the detention center, but guards told him that no such person was in the center. The family asked others to check for the whereabouts of Mr. Xu, and was told that, "the person practicing Falun Gong was sent to a forced labor camp." The family asked the detention center for the name of the forced labor camp, but were told that no such person was ever in the detention center.
Mr. Xu Chunhua was a practitioner in Liuwentun Village, Qilihe Town, Yi County, Liaoning Province.
Posting date: 3/10/2010
Category: Death Cases
Chinese version available at http://minghui.org/mh/articles/2010/2/26/218863.html
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Eyewitness Account: Falun Gong Practitioner Driven to Mental Collapse at a Forced Labor Camp
(Clearwisdom.net) As shocking as it is that Ms. Liu Zhimei, a Falun Gong practitioner and a former Tsinghua University student, was driven to mental collapse at the hands of Communist Party regime prison guards, she is certainly not the only one. ("Former Tsinghua University Student Ms. Liu Zhimei Sustains Nervous Breakdown From Injections of Unnecessary and Harmful Drugs" http://www.clearwisdom.net/html/articles/2010/2/18/114775.html) Minghui reporter Hua Qing recently interviewed Ms. Zeng Zheng, a practitioner living in Sydney, Australia, who recounted a similar incident she witnessed while in detention.
Ms. Zeng Zheng holds a master's degree in geochemistry from Beijing University. She began her cultivation practice once she discovered answers to questions about life and the universe in Falun Gong's teaching. After the persecution started, she was once detained at Beijing Women's Forced Labor Camp for one year and was brutally tortured.
While speaking with people in Sidney about Falun Dafa and the persecution, Ms. Zeng often brings up what she once saw with her own eyes: a practitioner was driven to mental collapse in the labor camp. She told the reporter, "Information about Tsinghua University student Liu Zhimei being driven to a mental breakdown reminded me of the true reason why some detained practitioners who suffered from ruthless torture had severe mental problems. I witnessed a practitioner's mental collapse."
Ms. Zeng continued, "With me in the labor camp was a young woman in her 20s from Gansu Province who had been arrested for appealing on behalf of Falun Gong. She was initially determined in her belief. After five days and nights of non-stop torture, however, her mind broke down. I was present the night she had a nervous breakdown. She was perfectly normal one minute, but the next minute I noticed a confused and blank look in her eyes. The look appeared sort of stupid. Then she burst into really loud and silly laughter. I knew right away she was no longer her true self. At that moment I felt a chill running down my spine and realized what I had seen was the most frightening thing in the world. Nothing compares to the fear that a bubbly person was deprived of her basic ability to think and suddenly became mentally abnormal. I had no idea what torture she was subjected to prior to that moment, or if she was given any kind of injection, but I will never forget that moment."
Ms. Zeng also recalled that she was once given an IV containing unknown substances. "That was during my hunger strike when the guards took me to the clinic for an IV on the fourth day. Somehow the doctors couldn't get the drug into me, so they ordered a criminal detainee to do it. As soon as the detainee began the IV process I became extremely uncomfortable and muddle-minded. I felt as if I was floating in air without any strength at all. I had to lean against a dresser in the clinic. I couldn't even hear what they were talking about. They sort of ' phased out' of my sight, just like in a movie."
Ms. Zeng mentioned a very vicious torture involving using electric needles at acupuncture points, which can cause excruciating pain or even lead to a mental breakdown. She said, "Between 2000 and 2001, another practitioner and I were sent to and taken out of two places almost at the same time: Beijing Forced Labor Dispatch Division and Beijing Women's Forced Labor Camp. She had just turned 20 and was a pretty young woman with big eyes.
"Prior to being sent to the dispatch division, she was held at the Dongcheng Detention Center, where the guards used every conceivable means to torture her. Despite their attempts to have her give up Falun Gong, she always held firm to her belief. Later on the guards resorted to the above-mentioned electrical torture, using an electric needle to apply high-voltage electricity at her acupuncture points. She lost consciousness immediately. She was mentally disoriented when she regained consciousness and had lost her memory. She couldn't take care of herself at all. The guards manipulated her any way they wanted. When told to do so, she simply transcribed all the slanderous materials they gave her without objection. When there was nothing to do she was just like a living dead person. Because her eyes were very big, her blank looks were even more prominent. She became thinner and thinner, and later on, she was extremely fragile.
"While at the dispatch division I saw how much effort it was for her to take even a small step. After she swayed for a long time she 'threw' her left foot forward, since that foot didn't seem to belong to her. She almost lost her balance and swayed precariously. She would find her balance after rocking back and forth for quite a while. Still shaking, she bent down with difficulty and pressed her hands on the ground. After panting for a while, she suddenly pushed up and threw her right foot forward. She often had to remain on all fours for quite a while before gathering sufficient strength to straighten her back and then to move on."
Posting date: 3/7/2010
Category: Persecution Accounts
Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2010/2/21/218477.html
Ms. Zeng Zheng holds a master's degree in geochemistry from Beijing University. She began her cultivation practice once she discovered answers to questions about life and the universe in Falun Gong's teaching. After the persecution started, she was once detained at Beijing Women's Forced Labor Camp for one year and was brutally tortured.
While speaking with people in Sidney about Falun Dafa and the persecution, Ms. Zeng often brings up what she once saw with her own eyes: a practitioner was driven to mental collapse in the labor camp. She told the reporter, "Information about Tsinghua University student Liu Zhimei being driven to a mental breakdown reminded me of the true reason why some detained practitioners who suffered from ruthless torture had severe mental problems. I witnessed a practitioner's mental collapse."
Ms. Zeng continued, "With me in the labor camp was a young woman in her 20s from Gansu Province who had been arrested for appealing on behalf of Falun Gong. She was initially determined in her belief. After five days and nights of non-stop torture, however, her mind broke down. I was present the night she had a nervous breakdown. She was perfectly normal one minute, but the next minute I noticed a confused and blank look in her eyes. The look appeared sort of stupid. Then she burst into really loud and silly laughter. I knew right away she was no longer her true self. At that moment I felt a chill running down my spine and realized what I had seen was the most frightening thing in the world. Nothing compares to the fear that a bubbly person was deprived of her basic ability to think and suddenly became mentally abnormal. I had no idea what torture she was subjected to prior to that moment, or if she was given any kind of injection, but I will never forget that moment."
Ms. Zeng also recalled that she was once given an IV containing unknown substances. "That was during my hunger strike when the guards took me to the clinic for an IV on the fourth day. Somehow the doctors couldn't get the drug into me, so they ordered a criminal detainee to do it. As soon as the detainee began the IV process I became extremely uncomfortable and muddle-minded. I felt as if I was floating in air without any strength at all. I had to lean against a dresser in the clinic. I couldn't even hear what they were talking about. They sort of ' phased out' of my sight, just like in a movie."
Ms. Zeng mentioned a very vicious torture involving using electric needles at acupuncture points, which can cause excruciating pain or even lead to a mental breakdown. She said, "Between 2000 and 2001, another practitioner and I were sent to and taken out of two places almost at the same time: Beijing Forced Labor Dispatch Division and Beijing Women's Forced Labor Camp. She had just turned 20 and was a pretty young woman with big eyes.
"Prior to being sent to the dispatch division, she was held at the Dongcheng Detention Center, where the guards used every conceivable means to torture her. Despite their attempts to have her give up Falun Gong, she always held firm to her belief. Later on the guards resorted to the above-mentioned electrical torture, using an electric needle to apply high-voltage electricity at her acupuncture points. She lost consciousness immediately. She was mentally disoriented when she regained consciousness and had lost her memory. She couldn't take care of herself at all. The guards manipulated her any way they wanted. When told to do so, she simply transcribed all the slanderous materials they gave her without objection. When there was nothing to do she was just like a living dead person. Because her eyes were very big, her blank looks were even more prominent. She became thinner and thinner, and later on, she was extremely fragile.
"While at the dispatch division I saw how much effort it was for her to take even a small step. After she swayed for a long time she 'threw' her left foot forward, since that foot didn't seem to belong to her. She almost lost her balance and swayed precariously. She would find her balance after rocking back and forth for quite a while. Still shaking, she bent down with difficulty and pressed her hands on the ground. After panting for a while, she suddenly pushed up and threw her right foot forward. She often had to remain on all fours for quite a while before gathering sufficient strength to straighten her back and then to move on."
Posting date: 3/7/2010
Category: Persecution Accounts
Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2010/2/21/218477.html
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