How Liu Chengjun Was Tortured to Death in Jilin Prison (Photo)

Liu Chengjun

Liu Chengjun, a 32-year-old man from Nongan County, Jilin Province, was one of the people in Changchun and Songyuan who broadcast programmes over China's state-run airwaves exposing the systematic cover-up of atrocities against Falun Gong practitioners arrested for tapping into cable TV networks, for which he was arrested. He was sentenced to 19 years in Jilin Prison. Liu was severely tortured in the prison and died at 4:30 in the morning of December 26, 2003. In order to cover up their crime, the guards responsible for his death cremated his body at 10:40 the same morning, against his family's will.

Police Prevent Liu's Family from Visiting Him

At 10:30 p.m. on December 25, 2003, before he had died, six police officers from the Jilin Province Labour Reform Bureau, the Jilin Prison, and the Nongan County Debiao Police Department, rushed into Liu's home. The police said that Liu was severely ill and was in the First Hospital of the Changchun Medical School (also known as the First Clinical Institute of the Jilin University), and wanted the family to visit him immediately. The police kept on inquiring about the condition of Liu's parents' health and suggested that they take medicine to Liu in the hospital. The police offered only a small car as transportation to the hospital so no other friends and family, other than his parents, could come to visit Liu.

When they arrived at the First Hospital of the Medical School, where the police had told them their son was being held, they didn't stop but rather continued to another hospital, the China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University. When his parents arrived, Liu was experiencing a fever of 39oC (102.2oF). There was ice underneath his armpits and his head. His entire back was bruised. He was in a coma. He was hooked up on a ventilator to keep him breathing.

The rest of the family went to the First Hospital and could not find anyone anywhere. The police had told them the wrong hospital. They checked the hospital's admittance record from a microcomputer and found nothing about Liu. They then went to another branch of the hospital, finding nothing. Not knowing what to do, they went back to the First Hospital and searched the whole night and still no information could be obtained. The next morning (Friday the 26th) the rest of the family received Liu's parent's phone call saying that they were in the China-Japan Hospital. Before that, Liu's parents tried to borrow a mobile phone from the police but were denied. His parents had to run down five floors to make a phone call to the rest of the family. When the rest of the family arrived (at the China-Japan Union Hospital), Liu had stopped breathing. Liu died with his mouth and eyes open as though trying to speak.

Right after Liu stopped breathing, the police would not allow Liu's parents to change his clothes. The police wanted Liu's dead body to wear the clothes of a prisoner his parents wanted their son's clothes back. The police wanted the parents to pay for their own son's clothes to be returned.

Family Asks that Liu's Remains Not Be Cremated - Police Insist on Cremation Nevertheless

Liu's death was almost life ending for his parents because he was so young. Liu's father was immediately choked and could barely breathe. Liu's mother cried until she fainted. She kept on asking the police, "Did you wait and inform us until he is in such a bad shape? We're his family! Have you no human decency!" The police responsible for these crimes couldn't speak.

The family asked the police why they were told to go to the wrong hospital. Lin (first name unknown), who is the captain of the fifth team (where Liu was illegally detained before his death) in the Jilin Prison, couldn't utter a word as to why.

The family told the police that it was illegal to wait to inform the family until a person is dying. The police again were speechless. After all this the police gathered more people to "monitor" Liu's family. They even sent police to the funeral.

After the remains were cremated, the police were nowhere to be found.

Liu's family wanted to take his dead body back to his hometown. However, the police strongly objected the idea and interfered with the process. They forced the family to cremate the body immediately. During the argument, some other police came and eventually at 10:40 that morning, Liu's remains were sent to Chaoyang'gou where they were cremated quickly. The police initially didn't even let the family buy a box to put the ashes in. The police finally agreed to that but threatened Liu's family not to disclose this incident to the outside world.

Police Disregard Hospital Warnings About Liu's Critical Condition Many Times

In fact, as early as on Oct 23, 2003, the Jilin Central Hospital knew that Liu was in a critical condition. When the family asked for him to be on probation to receive medical treatment, Chief Lin from the fifth team said it couldn't be done unless they ask those in charge of the prison. The family went to the prison where they were told that the people responsible for that decision were all on a business trip. The doctor in the prison said they had already reported Liu's case to the provincial authority.

Information on Liu's being brutally tortured and was in a critical condition appeared on Clearwisdom.net. This report caused strong reactions all over the world. Dafa practitioners went to the Chinese Consulate in their countries to appeal for Liu's release and an end to the brutal persecution of Dafa practitioners in Jilin Prison. However, in order to cover up the crime, the authorities transferred Liu to the Jilin Police Hospital, which is known for its brutal torture means, and continued torturing Liu even more.

Later, the labour camp hospital gave a notice of Liu being in a critical condition again and asked for him to receive treatment on probation. The Nongan County "610 Office" police system denied the request. The Nongan County "610 Office" later took Liu back to the Jilin Prison.

No Visits Allowed by Family Members - Police Lie About His Condition, Calling Him "Very Healthy"

During this time, Liu's family had requested to visit him but were denied many times. The prison said that once Liu can write letters home (Which meant when he had given up his belief in Falun Dafa due to torture and was in their opinion "transformed"), only then could his family visit him. Every time the family asked about Liu's health, the police lied "perfectly fine."

The next time Liu was in critical condition and the police had to let his family see him, but they lied about his location to delay the visit.

Before His Death, Liu Revealed that the Police Asked Prisoners to Torture Him Every Day

Before he died, Liu told his family that every day there were prisoners sent by the police to torture him. When the family mentioned this to the police, they pretended to be shocked and claimed that no such thing had occurred.

When the family was changing Liu's clothes, they found him bleeding a lot from his ears, nose and mouth. Most disturbingly the family found an opening on his thigh bleeding continuously. This wound appeared to have resulted as a means of torturing Liu by forcing him to be injected with some unrecognisable liquid.

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2004/1/4/64005.html