The conditions in Jiamusi Forced Labour Camp

Jiamusi City's Forced Labor Camp in Heilongjiang Province is located in the suburban Xigemu area of Jiamusi City. Over 50 practitioners are illegally detained there. Their detention terms ranged from 3 months to 2 years. The oldest practitioner in detention is 62 years old and the youngest is 21. Among them are associate professors and lecturers from universities; government officials and employees; university students, workers, farmers and housewives. Several of them are XX Party members. Some were arrested from their homes without any valid reason. Some were tortured to the point of being emaciated and could not take care of themselves or even walk.

Some officials in the labour camp embezzle "boarding fees." The food is very bad and far from enough. Sometimes there are no vegetables. The police also do not allow the families to send in food. The price of commodities is several times higher than the same item bought on the outside. Some poor practitioners have to use cardboard instead of toilet paper. One tube of toothpaste has to last for a year. They do not discard the water that is used to boil vegetables but keep it for the next meal. The practitioners are compassionate to the police and criminals in the labour camp, always considering others more than themselves. Criminals no longer abuse or beat each other at will.

Practitioners are not allowed to study the Falun Gong books or practice Falun Gong exercises in this labour camp. The wardens force practitioners to walk in formation and perform heavy labour. However the practitioners show fortitude and never cooperate with the evil persecution. They tried to practice in the labour camp and resisted the forced labour, and went on a hunger strike to protest. Unfortunately, practitioners are often beaten, electrically shocked, handcuffed and tortured. Sometimes the chief warden would personally torture practitioners.

In the "strictly managed team," every practitioner is held in solitary confinement. Some criminals were assigned to specially watch them. Practitioners are not allowed to get out of their cells. They are only allowed to go to the bathroom, one by one and are not permitted to talk with each other. The police and criminals watch practitioners around the clock.

Posting date: 1/1/2002
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