Mr. Liu Hongwei Tortured in the Chuanying District Police Department of Jilin City, Jilin Province

On the morning of October 24th, 2006, Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Liu Hongwei from Jilin City was arrested by plainclothes police, without a warrant, when he was doing business at the Chaoyang District Tax Bureau in Changchun City, Jilin Province. His wife Ms. Mu Ping, a practitioner, was also arrested. Jilin City state security agents and the police from the Mengjiatun Police Station in the Chaoyang District of Changchun City searched their home. They took away their computer, bank deposit book and savings of 70,000 yuan¹, Falun Gong books, and DVDs exposing the persecution. On October 25th, Mr. Liu and Ms. Mu were sent to the Jilin City Detention Centre, where they are currently detained.

The police have frequently interrogated Liu Hongwei and extorted a confession from him by using harsh methods to gather information to keep persecuting him during his imprisonment at the detention centre. During one interrogation, they took him from the detention centre in the morning and returned him after 4:00 in the afternoon. That afternoon the police forced him to sit on the iron chair² and he was unable to walk after he came back. His back was also severely injured. After a long period of time, Mr. Liu was taken back to interrogation, and was only able to move step by step with the support of the windowsill. Mr. Liu still has difficulty walking.

After the couple were arrested, Ms. Mu Ping's mother, who is 76 years old, could not withstand the sudden shocks, and her heart disease recurred. Mr. Liu Hongwei's 74-year-old mother was close to mental collapse. She bore tremendous mental pressure and went to Chuanying District Police Department in Jilin City many times to enquire of policeman Wang Shouyi about her son's status. After a kind person disclosed to her that her son had been so badly beaten that he had difficulty walking, his mother was very worried. She found Wang Shouyi and questioned him as to why her son had been beaten so badly that he could not even walk and requested to see him. Wang Shouyi deceitfully replied, "It is impossible. We don't beat people."

In April of this year, Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Wang Jian'guo was persecuted to death. Wang Shouyi was one of the main people responsible, as at that time Jilin City state security agents had secretly instructed Wang Shouyi to handle Mr. Wang's case. On the day before Wang Jian'guo was tortured to death, Wang Shouyi went to Jilin City Detention Centre to interrogate Mr. Wang. He therefore knew full well the reason for the death of Mr. Wang Jian'guo.

Phone numbers (Area code 0432)

Jilin City State Security Bureau No. 9 Department: 86-432-2409864
Jilin City Police Department Address: No. 51 Beijing Road, Jilin City, Jilin Province, Zip code: 132084

Acting Police Department Head Liu Peizhu (Male), 86-432-2497117 (o), 86-432-2586707(h)
Chuanying District Police Department in Jilin City, No.100 Jie Fang Da Lu, Zip code: 132012, telephone: 86-432-2026300
Control Centre: 86-432-6962999, 86-432-6962900, Fax: 86-432-6962990
Wang Shouyi: 86-13943232110 9 mobile)

Note

1. "Yuan" is the Chinese currency; 500 yuan is equal to the average monthly income of an urban worker in China.

2. Iron Chair: The "Iron chair" is made of iron pipes. Victims are restrained on the iron chairs with both arms and legs tied for a long period of time, see illustration at http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2002/1/9/17577.html

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2006/12/22/145243.html