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

  • Practitioner Tian Huiying Persecuted to Death at the Sanshui Women's Forced Labour Camp in Guangdong Province

    Tian Huiying had been subjected to inhumane abuse and torture such as beatings, insults, threats and deprivation of sleep for long periods of time. She was in a trance-like state, though her mind was clear. I saw red and black scars on her body and legs while she was bathing, and there was an imprint of a hand with five fingers on her back. This was specifically recorded by prisoner head Gao Qing. We asked how Tian Huiying was wounded. She told me that she was beaten by the people on the fourth floor.
  • After Meeting with Vice Chairman of European Parliament, Mr. Cao Dong Is Secretly Arrested and Transfered to Gansu Province

    Because of the meeting with Vice Chairman Edward McMillan-Scott, one of the six members of the of the European Parliament (MEP), Mr. Cao Dong, a Falun Gong practitioner from Beijing, was secretly arrested and imprisoned in a detention centre in his hometown in the Gansu Province. On September 29th, 2006, the Chinese police issued an arrest warrant, claiming that Mr. Cao produced Falun Gong materials. It is quite evident that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its accomplices deliberately concealed the true reason for the arrest and the location where Mr. Cao is imprisoned for fear of international condemnation.
  • The Torture Experienced by Practitioner Ms. Zhang Sufang from Henan Province

    I went to Tiananmen Square in Beijing three separate times. I was immediately taken to the Chaoyang District Detention Centre, where I suffered from all types of torture. The guards ordered four criminals to beat me and to rip off my clothes. Only my underclothes were left on. Then they punched and kicked me while wearing their leather shoes for more than three hours. My whole body was black and blue. I was spitting up blood, and I fell on the ground. I was also force-fed with pepper water.
  • Mr. Miao Shujun Suffered Torture at Suihua Forced Labour Camp in Heilongjiang Province

    Mr. Miao Shujun was arrested at home by police. His wife asked the police to release her husband as he had committed no crime. Policeman Zhou said, "He was reported for spreading Falun Gong." When she visited her husband Miao Shujun told her, "On September 22nd, I was subjected to beatings.I have headaches, feel dizzy and have severe pains in my chest. I throw up anything I eat. It's becoming worse and worse."
  • A Practitioner in Her 80s Sent to Wangcun Forced Labour Camp in Shandong Province for Refusing to Give up Her Belief

    Mrs. Niu is in her 80s. Recently, she was arrested by the 610 Office and taken to the Taian Brainwashing Centre. Because she refused to stop cultivating Falun Dafa, she was sent to the notorious Wangcun Forced Labour Camp. An 80-year-old woman has been arrested and persecuted at a brainwashing centre and is now being sent to a forced labour camp. These inhumane and unlawful acts demonstrate the insanity of the Chinese Communist Party.
  • My Experience of Being Arrested, Imprisoned and Force-fed: Written in a Detention Centre by Practitioner Liu Yu from Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province

    Ms. Liu Yu was detained in a detention centre and went on a hunger strike to protest. She recounts,"A doctor used ropes to tie my four limbs. He also shouted, "I want to hear the pig cries when we slaughter it." I used all my strength to resist, but I was not able to deal with so many people. I was then savagely force-fed. Two nurses inserted a plastic tube into my nose. The tube touched my throat and I shook violently from the discomfort. Both my throat and stomach were in great pain from the tube insertion. I felt humiliated and injured. All of my limbs were numb, as I was not able to move at all. They kept moving the tube up and down inside my stomach."
  • Two Practitioners from Hebei Province Arrested and Tortured for Delivering the Nine Commentaries

    Falun Gong practitioners Mr. Li Gang and Mr. Li He were arrested by traffic police in Zhuozhou City, Hebei Province when delivering the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party . They are detained at Zhuozhou Detention Centre and are reportedly being tortured and persecuted. The police beat them and then scattered salt on their wounds. Cries of pain could be heard from the torture room.
  • Guangzhou City Practitioner Mr. Ma Minqing Arrested and His Wife Sentenced to Forced Labour

    Falun Dafa practitioners Mr. Ma Minqing and his wife, Ms. Zheng Jie'er, had been forced into homelessness for some time. They were the main targets of persecution that the Public Security Bureau of Yuexiu District had focused on. Ms. Zheng Jie'er was arrested on July 23rd, 2006, and was sentenced to two years of forced labour. The same office arrested Mr. Ma Minqing on October 8th, 2006.
  • Practitioners Tortured at Xinkaipu Forced Labour Camp in Hunan Province

    Mr. Liu Heqing, in his 30s, had previously left the forced labour camp. Unfortunately, he was again sentenced to forced labour in March 2005. He was beaten after he yelled, "Falun Dafa is good!" He fainted and was carried to a closed room. When he came to, he started yelling, "Falun Dafa is good!" He continued to yell when others were eating. Those in charge handcuffed him and punched his chest and stomach. All of his teeth fell out after the beating. Although he was beaten with sticks and electric batons, he still yelled, "Falun Dafa is good!" They used a long needle to puncture his tongue, pulled a threaded needle through it, and tied the thread to a weight. After that horrific torture, Mr. Liu could no longer talk nor look after himself. He became mentally unstable.
  • Kind Hearted Cheng Hanxiang, A Villager in Liaoning Province, Is Repeatedly Detained

    Mr. Cheng Hanxiang, in his 50s, is always willing to help others, and people all know that he is a really good man. He used his own savings to help support poor students and orphans. However, in June 2004, police arrested Mr. Cheng and detained him in the detention centre, because he practises Falun Gong. Later, he was sent to the Huluao Labour Camp and has been detained there now for more than two years. That was the fourth time that Mr. Cheng had been detained.
  • Heilongjiang Province TV Station Employee Zhao Xidong Persecuted for Persisting in His Belief in Falun Dafa

    Mr Zhao Xidong worked at the Russian Translation Centre of Heilongjiang Provinces' TV Station since 1993. He was the top talent there, with unique and valuable skills. Because Heilongjiang Provinces' TV Station desperately needed someone with this talent, Shenyang Military Area was forced to transfer Zhao Xidong there. He put his talents into action. He was an editor, reporter, anchor, etc. He was able to photograph, interview, edit, and do voice dubbing. He also practises Falun Dafa. On December 12th, 2005, the Dongli District Police Department sentenced Mr. Zhao Xidong to a labour camp for eighteen months.
  • Practitioner Mr. Li Huzhe From Yanbian, Jilin Province Arrested and Taken to Helong City Brainwashing Centre

    Officers from Beishan Police Station in Yanji City broke into the home of practitioner Mr. Li Huzhe on the evening of September 18th, 2006, only because he practises Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance and tries to be a good person. They took him to Beishan Police Station in Yanji and later sent him to the Helong City Brainwashing Centre.
  • Ms. Zhang Guiqin Developed Advanced Bone Marrow Cancer As a Result of Persecution in Heilongjiang Women's Prison

    Because I cultivated Falun Dafa, and strove to be a good person, I was detained in Heilongjiang Women's Prison for four years and suffered all kinds of persecution. Guards taped practitioners mouths to stop us from crying out and persecuted us with the torture, "handcuffed behind the back". Since that day I started to experience difficulty in walking and had pain in my lower back and legs. People in the prison hospital saw that I was seriously ill and decided to take me to be examined in a hospital outside of the prison. After examination the results were as follows: old bone fracture, bone marrow cancer and osteoporosis. They said I was in the last stages of cancer and needed two people to take care of me.
  • Persecution of Practitioners in Shaanxi Province Women's Forced Labour Camp

    In September 2001, practitioners Ms. Zhang Yunxian, 55 years old, Ms. Ma Wenhua, 58, and Ms. He Guilan were detained in the "dark den," in Shaanxi Province Women's Forced Labour Camp. They were handcuffed and tortured for over a month. The three practitioners protested the persecution by holding a hunger strike. As a result, they were placed in solitary confinement. They were tortured physically and mentally for over seven months. The guards often encouraged the criminal inmates to hang the practitioners from the window bars and then kick and beat them.
  • Seeing the Sham Chinese Legal System Through My Own Persecution Experience

    I was taken to the Jiawang District Court for a trial. After the presiding judge announced several legal articles, the public prosecutor used illegal articles to prosecute me. When I started my self-defence and had spoken for only less than five minutes, the presiding judge stood up and threatened me: "Don't talk!" When I strongly defended myself for about three minutes, he again shouted at me and didn't allow me to continue speaking. At this point, I could not even defend myself. Less than one hour had passed since he announced that I had the right to a defence. In the end, they sentenced me to four years in prison.