Brainwashing, Illegal Detention and Imprisonment, Inside the Labour Camps, Individual Accounts, 6-10 Office

  • Ms. Feng Suxia Detained

    More than a dozen officers from the Renqiu Police Department, the Chu'an Police Department, and the Chu'an Police Station climbed over a wall by using a ladder and broke into Ms. Feng Suxia's home at around 11:00 p.m. on August 25th, 2010. Wearing only underwear, Ms. Feng was taken to the Chu'an Police Department and then transferred to the Renqiu Detention Centre, where she is currently detained and on a hunger strike to protest the persecution.
  • Practitioner Yang Lixia Persecuted for Eight Years--Her Husband Tortured to Death

    Ms. Yang Lixia is a practitioner in A'cheng City, Heilongjiang Province. Because she practises Falun Gong, she has been repeatedly arrested, beaten, and sentenced to forced labour camps by Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officers. Since September 1999, she has been imprisoned for approximately eight years and has suffered numerous rounds of torture. Her husband Zhang Bingxiang was tortured to death due to his belief in Falun Gong.
  • Police from Kaijiang County, Sichuan Province, Brutally Torture Ms. Wan Zhengping

    I was arrested on the morning of August 23rd, 2010, because I told people in Lingyan Township, Kaijian County, why Falun Gong practitioners were being persecuted. Police took me to Yongxing Police Station, where I was brutally tortured by director Hu Hao from the National Security Division and Chen Wei, deputy chief of the police station. Hu Hao yelled at and hit me when I refused to answer his questions. He grabbed my hair with his left hand and hit me in the face with his right. Afterwards, he kept punching me in the chest while swearing. He later tied me to an iron chair and held up an electric baton to try to scare me. Everyone there left then, because they didn't want to watch him assault me, an elderly woman, further.
  • Human Resources Section Head Mr. Piao Guifeng Recounts the Torture Inflicted on Him

    In 2004, police came to my workplace and deceived me into going to their police station. Two people on each shift took turns interrogating me all night about the source of my Falun Gong informational materials. They tied me up on a specially made bench. They next pressed a metal club against my abdomen and secured it to my chair. At the same time they twisted my arms backward through the horizontal bars on the chair's back and tied my hands to the chair. To make me suffer even more, they inserted several wooden planks through the space between my arms and the chair back, until no more would fit.
  • Lawyer Denounces Secret Trial As a Violation of the Law

    On October 28th, 2010, the Court of Duyan City in Guizhou Province secretly held a trial against Mr. Liang Rongqi, a Falun Gong practitioner, who was arrested on May 27th. Mr. Liang's mother and his relatives went to seek lawyers for help. Many lawyers were afraid to represent Falun Gong practitioners because of the severe pressure from the Communist authorities. On September 20th, they eventually hired a lawyer from Beijing who agreed to represent him. His lawyer stated in court that a hearing which is not open to the public is a violation of the law. Under pressure, the Court allowed two family members into the courtroom as observers.
  • The Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioner Wei Liping in Hailin, Heilongjiang Province

    During the past ten years of persecution against Falun Gong practitioners by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Wei Liping has been repeatedly arrested and detained. She was sentenced to five years in Harbin Prison. During this time, she was repeatedly beaten and tortured, and was in critical condition several times. She went on a hunger strike to plead her innocence and request her release. She was force-fed with gruel mixed with a large amount of salt by guards, which caused her to cough profusely. She coughed up blood for several months afterwards.
  • Ms. Rong Xiuzhen Detained in Shijiazhuang Detention Centre for Over Two Years

    On July 4th, 2008, the police from Jian'an Police Station in Shijiazhuang City, led by Xue Jianjun, came to Ms. Rong Xiuzhen's home. Her mother and sister were visiting and her daughter was home on summer break from school. They ransacked her home and confiscated a DVD burner, over 3,000 yuan and other personal belongings. Then they arrested Ms. Rong, her sister and her daughter and brought them to the police station. During the same evening, Ms. Rong was sent to the Shijiazhuang City First Detention Centre.
  • 71-Year-Old Mr. Qian Jierong Sentenced to Forced Labour

    Mr. Qian Jierong, 71, has been arrested several times since the persecution of Falun Gong started in July 1999. In November 2006, Mr. Qian was arrested for distributing materials about the persecution of Falun Gong, and was sentenced to one year of forced labour. During his detention at Jinxing Police Station in the Nanchang District of Wuxi, Mr. Qian was beaten so badly that he lost his hearing and some of his teeth were knocked out. He was mentally traumatised, and he sometimes screamed out of fear during the night. Mr. Qian was arrested again in 2008, and was detained at Wuxi 2nd Detention Centre again. Five police officers broke into Mr. Qian's home and arrested him on August 27th, 2010. Some of them kicked the door open, while others broke in through the windows.
  • Falun Gong Practitioners Relentlessly Persecuted Under the "Healthy Influence of Education"

    Under the facade of kindness, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has come up with a new method of persecuting Falun Gong practitioners. In September 2010, the police held a "Legal System Education Session" (actually a brainwashing centre) to "transform" [forcibly renounce Falun Gong] Falun Gong practitioners. They used a method called the "Healthy Influence of Education." Living conditions are slightly improved than a detention centre, however, the fundamental objective is still the same-- the authorities still try all means to force Falun Gong practitioners to write statements to give up practising Falun Gong, and they threaten to send practitioners to detention centres and to sentence them to prison if they refuse to co-operate.
  • Persecution Experience of Ms. Zhao Hongli from Tonghua, Jilin Province

    On the evening of July 24th, 2009, I was arrested along with several other fellow practitioners by police while we were delivering information about Falun Gong. About six plainclothes officers arrived in two police cars, and did not provide any identification. Four of us were taken to the police station, and then interrogated separately. During my interrogation, the policemen cursed at me, humiliated me, kicked my legs, and cursed Falun Gong. After that, we were handcuffed to each other and not permitted to lie down or close our eyes. They made loud sounds to startle us when any of us closed our eyes. We were tormented this way for the entire night. On the second day, we were transferred to the Ji'an Detention Centre.
  • Mr. Wu Zuqiang and His Son from Gaozhou City, Guangdong Province Arrested Again

    Falun Gong practitioners Mr. Wu Zuqiang and his son Mr. Wu Xianjin were taken to a brainwashing facility in Maoming City. The sign outside the facility reads "Law Education School." Local Political and Judiciary Committee officials dispatched officers in 11 vehicles to surround Mr. Wu's residence before making the arrest and ransacking his home. Mr. Wu's relatives went to the Gaozhou Police Department to demand the unconditional release of their loved ones and the return of confiscated personal belongings, but were denied entry to the police department. Mr. Wu and his son were previously subjected to frequent persecution.
  • An Open Letter to Expose the Persecution of My Parents by Law Enforcement Authorities

    My parents are Falun Gong practitioners. On September 29th, 2009, dozens of police officers broke into our house. They arrested my parents and confiscated personal computers, a TV, and other items. My father was detained at the Shuangyang Third Detention Centre in Changchun, and my mother was detained at the Tiebei Police Hospital. My older sister and I have been making every effort to appeal for my parents' release. Each time we went to the police department or court to appeal, officials turned us away without justification. When we went to the hospital to visit our mother, we were first denied entry and then asked to pay bribes.
  • Kindergarten Teacher in Her Sixties Tortured at the Fujian Women's Prison

    Ms. Zuo Xiuyun has been arrested and sentenced to prison twice, in 2000 and 2004, since the Chinese Communist Party banned Falun Gong eleven years ago, simply because she believed in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. She was held at the Fujian Provincial Women's Prison for nine years, where she was brutally tortured. She recounts her experience of persecution: "Several officers cuffed my hands and hung me from the iron window bars. I had to stand on my toes, otherwise it would be extremely painful because the handcuffs were cutting into my flesh. The pain was excruciating. I still have the scars on my wrists."
  • Account of Persecution Suffered by Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Zhao Gaorong from Wuhan City

    I was jailed in the Baibuting Detention Centre in May 2005. I started a hunger strike to protest the persecution, and five guards force-fed me. They also injected me with unknown drugs, which caused serious pain all over my body. Later, officer Qin Jin from the Huaqiao Police Station took me to the Dongxihu Detention Centre. The centre's doctor injected a high-concentration salt water solution into me, making my stomach feel like it was on fire; they didn't allow me to drink water.
  • Lawyer Offers Spirited Defence of Ms. Li Yanling in Tangshan City Court

    On October 21st, 2010, a court in Leting County, Tangshan City opened a session for Ms. Li Yanling, who had been persecuted for nearly half a year. Lawyer Jin Guanghong from Beijing defended her innocence against hundreds of unreasonable questions from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) court. Li Yanling explained the facts about Falun Gong in the courtroom, and a DVD which helped do this was played during the session. Li Yanling was arrested by police in May because she follows Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, the principles of Falun Gong.