Older Practitioner Ms. Liu Gaixian from Shaanxi Province Died as a Result of Torture

Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Liu Gaixian, about 55 years old, lived in Wushao Village, Fengming Town, Baoji City, Shaanxi Province. She was arrested in 2001 while distributing leaflets exposing the persecution and telling people the truth about Falun Dafa. She was sentenced to 18 months of forced labour and served her term in Shaanxi Province Women's Forced Labour Camp. She was tortured both mentally and physically there, forced to do 17-18 hours of labour per day, deprived of her right to sleep, and forced to stand facing a wall during the night.

Starting on April 3rd, 2002, the Shaanxi Province 610 Office¹, the Labour Camp System Committee, and the Women's Forced Labour Camp established policies to give a 10,000 yuan², bonus to each Falun Dafa practitioner who was "transformed³ " under custody. The guards used inhuman means to torture detained practitioners. Ms. Liu was tortured by being hung by handcuffs, being forced to stand facing a wall for many days wearing a straight jacket⁴, not being allowed to use the toilet, etc.

In April 2004, Ms. Liu Gaixian was arrested again when distributing leaflets exposing the persecution . She was detained in Qishan County Detention Centre. She was released after going on hunger strike for more than ten days. However, she was soon sentenced to three and a half years of prison, which forced her to leave home to avoid such an unreasonable charge.

At 9 p.m. on May 12th, 2005, during the busy farming period, Ms. Liu Gaiziand returned home to help. Fengming Town Police Station director Chen Shuanglin (male) and deputy director Chen Jun (male) stormed into her home and arrested her. Her family members requested to visit her every day, but were turned away. The Party officials told them that her case was decided by the Provincial Procuratorate. When her family member went to the Political and Security Office in the County Police Department, the officers said they did not know her.

Ms. Liu Gaixian was locked up in Shaanxi Province Women's Prison for 16 months as of August 7th, 2006. She endured all kinds of torture, to the point where she could not take care of herself. On October 22nd, 2006, only 75 days after she returned home, she died from the severe injuries she sustained in the prison.

Qishan County 610 Office/CCP Political and Judiciary Committee: 86-917-8212282
Qishan County Police Department General Office: 86-917-8212211
Qishan County Police Department director Yu Mingke (male)
Fengming Town Police Station: 86-917-8212134
Criminal Team of Fengming Town Police Station: 86-917-8216157

Note

1. "The 610 office" is an agency specifically created to persecute Falun Gong, with absolute power over each level of administration in the Party and all other political and judiciary systems.

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

3. "Reform or Transform" Implementation of brainwashing and torture in order to force a practitioner to renounce Falun Gong. (Variations: "reform", "transform", "reformed", "reforming", "transformed", "transforming", and "transformation")

4. The straight jackets were made of fine canvas, and are put on the victim from the front and tightened from behind the back. The sleeves are about 10 inches longer than the victim's arms, with straps on them. The perpetrators force steadfast Dafa practitioners to put on the strait jackets, and then pull their arms to their backs, and cross and tie their arms behind their backs. Then they pull their arms up over their shoulders to the front of their chest, tie up their legs, and hang them up in the air from the windows. At the same time, they gag practitioners' mouths with cloth, put earphones in their ears, and continuously play messages that slander Dafa. According to an eyewitness account, people who suffer this torture quickly sustain broken arms, tendons, shoulders, wrists and elbows. Those who endure this torture for a long time have completely broken spines, and they die in agonising pain. See case on http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2003/11/1/41857.html

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2007/9/15/162697.html