Article by just and kind insiders
On June 29, 2003, the “News Overview” program broadcast on
Dalian’s TV Station reported on the situation of Falun Gong practitioners
imprisoned in the Dalian Forced Labor Camp. The Chief and the “educators” (who
are actually prisoners) from the labor camp swore in front of the camera, “Our
policy towards Falun Gong practitioners is ‘to educate and influence them with
compassion.’ We and Falun Gong practitioners are like ‘brothers.’ There is
absolutely no such thing as persecution here.” The TV station also showed the
staff in the labor camp singing, dancing, and playing in a yard that was full of
flowers and grass. Is this really the truth? The following will unmask the
staged kindness of the Dalian labor camp staff.
1. Long-term sleep deprivation and brutal tortures result in many deaths
Every Falun Gong practitioner here is imprisoned illegally and suffers from
all sorts of inhumane tortures such as long-term sleep deprivation, beatings,
and physical punishment.
The high-level officials in the labor camp have said to the public on
different occasions, “Any kind of method will do as long as it can transform
(the Falun Gong practitioners).” The methods they use include forcing Falun Gong
practitioners to give up their belief in Truthfulness, Compassion, and
Forbearance, forcing them to write a guarantee letter [A statement to declare
that he or she is remorseful for practicing Falun Gong and guarantees not to
practice Falun Gong again, not to go to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong, and
never again associate with any Falun Dafa practitioners.], a repentance
letter[In this statement the practitioner is forced to admit remorse for
practicing Falun Gong, promise to give up Falun Gong, and never again associate
with other practitioners or go to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong.], a
disclosure letter, and an examination letter (the so-called four letters).
Chairman Hao Wenshai, Vice-President Zhang Baolin, and all captains, personally
participated in the persecution using violence and brutal torture. In 2001,
during politically so-called “sensitive” dates such as March 19, April 11, and
May 10, these men persecuted all of the Falun Gong practitioners in a frenzy.
On the afternoon of March 19, 2001, under the direct command of
Vice-President Zhang Baolin, ambulances with oxygen tanks arrived in the yard of
the labor camp. A group of “educators” holding fully charged electric batons,
some of whom were very drunk, started shouting at and beating the Falun Gong
practitioners. They locked the practitioners in a room and one by one took them
to another room to try and force them to give up their beliefs and sign a
“transformation letter.” They also tried to force the practitioners to slander
or scold their most-respected teacher and Falun Dafa. Those who refused to do so
were beaten with both electric and plastic batons. In the hallway, the
loudspeakers broadcast the threatening harassment as they tried to force the
practitioners to transform. The buzzing sound from the electric batons, the
shouting from the thugs, and the screaming of the practitioners could be heard
throughout the entire building. The tortured practitioners were randomly placed
in the hallway and had wounds all over their bodies. Some of them were shaking
and some were groaning in pain.
Mr. Chu Hui, 32, a worker in the Dalian seaport, was tortured with numerous
strikes from the electric baton from 9 at night until 8 the next morning. There
was not one spot on his body that was not burned from the electric shocks and
his buttocks had been pulverized; he passed out many times. Whenever Chu Hui
regained consciousness, Han Qong, the camp physician, would say that Chu Hui was
fine and was fit to endure more beating. Officer Qiao Wei was laughing and
shouting while he brutally beat Chu Huei, “I have not felt so satisfied in many
years.” The torture resulted in Chu Huei becoming paralyzed and thus,
handicapped for the rest of his life.
Mr. Zhang Ruiming, the general manager of finance for Beijing Pacific Life,
Dalian Division, had an electric baton stuck into his mouth and was shocked
repeatedly. His lips became severely swollen from the shocks and his face was
covered in blisters.
In the female prison, Dafa practitioners were forced to stand with their
heads pointing towards their feet, holding their arms around their legs, while
keeping their legs straight. There were pieces of paper placed in front of them
that viciously slandered Falun Gong and Teacher. They were forced to hold this
posture from 9 at night until 11 the next morning for seven days in a row. Some
practitioners could not stand the pain and fell to the ground. The officers
would immediately try to force the fallen practitioners to sign the slanderous
papers. If they refused to sign, the practitioners would be shocked with the
electric batons. Even old women were not spared from this treatment. Due to the
long-term physical punishment, Ms. Hu Guilian and several other practitioner’s
faces were covered in bruises and their eyes were so swollen they could barely
open them. Their facial muscles were swollen and stiff, and bruising on their
heads caused tremendous pain and pressure.
Two people became handicapped during the this persecution. When
Vice-president Zhang Baolin saw the badly wounded practitioners, he yelled
sarcastically, “See how pitiful you look, that is because we did not beat you
hard enough!.”
In 2000, Dr Huang Guoqi, in his thirties, was beaten by Zhang Baolin, Jing
Dianke, and Zhao (first name unknown) with electric batons because he insisted
on practicing the exercises. He was then taken into a bathroom (which was
usually filthy) and tortured for a week. His sentence was extended by 3 months.
In June, 2001 in the male prison, under the command of officers Qiao Wei and
Wang Jun, practitioner Mr. Liu Yonglai’s mouth was gagged with a piece of cloth
so he couldn’t scream. Then he was stripped and pushed facedown to the ground
and beaten with 4-5 electric batons at the same time. The officers even poured
cold water on him to cause more pain from the electric shock. They especially
targeted the sensitive areas in his body such as his genitalia, soles of his
feet, his palms, neck, mouth, and ears. His skin was burned by the electric
shocks and emitted a burnt smell. Both sides of his mouth sustained tear wounds.
At that time, officer Wang Qi made Mr. Wang Enchang watch the torture of Liu
Yonglai. Wang would be shocked if he looked away.
Mr. Cong Wei was stripped, his hands were tied behind his back, and then he
was pushed to the ground. An officer placed a chair on him and sat on the chair
with an electric baton in each hand. There were two other officers holding
electric batons in both of their hands. With a total of 6 electric batons
shocking Cong Wei’s sensitive body parts, Cong’s body convulsed violently. No
words can express how he felt he would ‘rather be dead than alive.’
Mr. Chen Jiafu, in his fifties, died from the torture in 2001.
In June 2001, Mr. Wang Enchang, 65, was beaten by officer Wang Qi using an
electric baton and a baton with a serrated edge. While beating Wang Enchang, the
officer was shouting, “This is the law of the country! I represent the
government!” Officer Wang Qi then appointed two “educators” to strike Wang
Enchang’s knees and shins with a folded short chair (mazha). Wang Enching fell
to the ground from the unbearable pain. Officer Wang Qi also asked the
“educators” to use a wooden board to beat Wang Enchang’s shoulders and back and
the baton with a serrated edge to hit his chest, which caused him such extreme
pain it felt like his heart was bursting open. Then the thugs kicked and stomped
on Wang’s genitals for over 10 minutes. Officer Wang Qi hung a filled water
bottle on Wang Enchang’s penis to torture him. After this, Wang Qi sent 2
‘educators’ each day to take turns beating Wang Enchang and shouting, “Let me
represent the government to teach you a lesson!” When Wang Enchang lost
consciousness, they claimed that he was just pretending. They tied Wang’s hands
with leather strips and then violently pulled on the strips. Wang was tortured
all day long and had wounds everywhere; his lower body was totally covered in
bruises. Many people witnessed the horrific torture he was subjected to.
From August to September 2002, Mr. Liu Xiyong, 62, was taken to a bathroom by
officer Jing Dianke (male, assistant captain) claiming that Liu had scabies.
Officer Jing Dianke asked the “educators” to tie Liu onto an iron bed and beat
him brutally. Officer Guo Peng (male, Assistant Captain) wore heavy boots and
kicked and stepped all over Liu; Guo even cuffed Liu’s hands behind his back to
the bed, which made it impossible for Liu to turn around or clean himself for
over 40 days.
In the female prison, officers Sui Ziqiang, Yong Mingjiu, Wang Jun Sr., Wang
Jun Jr., Tao Jun, Han Youfa, and Gao (first name unknown) also brutally
persecuted Dafa practitioners.
Ms. Man Chunrong, 40 plus, practiced the exercises one night and consequently
was dragged outside and brutally beaten from 8 until 11 am. Officer Sui Ziqiang
beat Ms. Man until both of her legs were severely bruised. Her leg muscles were
stiff and immobile for two weeks.
Ms. Fan Wangyue, 30, was a dentist in the Dalian Chinese Medicine Hospital.
Her legs were severely bruised due to the beatings and were so swollen that the
skin looked shiny.
Ms. Chang Xueling, 38, almost suffocated because the police officers covered
her nose and mouth with layers of wet towels. In the winter, the officers poured
cold water on her and opened up the windows to make her suffer more.
Ms. Wang Binhua, 27, was tortured in the bathroom, which caused all of her
fingernails to turn black for over a year. She was not allowed to use the
facilities for so long that her bladder became painful and she ended up
urinating in her pants.
Ms. Hu Guilian, 50 plus, practiced the exercises one night and was thus
punished. She had to stand all night long without moving. Officers Lin Yi and
Sui Ziqiang kicked her in the head and beat her with plastic batons.
Ms. Wang Hurong, fifties, was beaten so severely that her buttocks were
injured and an inch thick raised welt appeared.
Ms. Sun Yuying, forties, was beaten until her entire lower body was black
with bruises.
Ms. Fu Shuying, 60, was locked in a dark cell and punished by a method called
“splitting the horse” (an extremely brutal punishment in which ones limbs are
pulled in 4 different directions with extreme force) for an hour. She felt she
was almost torn apart and suffered extreme pain.
Ms. Wu Yueju, 50 plus, was locked in a bathroom and tortured for a month. She
was handcuffed day and night and had to wear a boxing helmet [to make the
victim feel extremely hot and uncomfortable] for a week.
Ms. Li Yumei, 40 plus, was dragged to the ground from an upper bunkbed and
was punched on her ears and physically tortured by officer Lin Yi until the
morning. Consequently, she was unable to hear for 2 months.
Ms. Ding Yuqin, 40 plus, was severely beaten by officer Yang Jing and a group
of new officers while her head was covered. She was later taken to the bathroom
to continue the torture.
Under the order of officer Jiang Yi, Ms. Li Yurong, 60 plus, was beaten by
Lian Shu and others until her mouth was so swollen that her lips couldn’t close
and her eyes could not open.
Ms. Sun Lianshia, over 40 years old, and a medical doctor, died in 2001
because of the torture.
Ms. Gong Xueqin, over 50 years old, and her daughter were both tortured until
they suffered from a mental collapse; the daughter was sent to a psychiatric
hospital.
Ms. Jin Guirong, 53, refused to give up her practice and was hence beaten by
a group of people. She was not allowed to sleep for a long time. After this, she
was locked in the bathroom and tortured for 5 days.
Ms. Wan Jing, Ms. Wang Rongjian, and Ms. Zhou Meihua were all determined
practitioners and so were brutally beaten and severely tortured.
Ms. Wang Qiuxia, 48, was threatened, harassed, and deprived of sleep. When
she was not in a normal state of mind, she signed a “transformation letter.”
After returning to her senses, she immediately asked the captain for the letter
back. As a result, around June 10, 2001, she was dragged to a storage room,
stripped by 7-8 people, and beaten by a gang of 20 so-called “educators.” The
people that participated in the beating included Wang Qi’er, Qu Huan, Xiu Yue,
Yao Hui, Zhang Xuemei, and Lian Xu. They used shoes and Coke bottles filled with
water to beat Wang Qiuxia. Wang was screaming, “Help!” but the officer on duty,
Wan Lingyue, just stood and watched Wang being beaten to death. Wang’s body was
taken away in a cloth sheet.
Wang Qiuxia was beaten until she was black and purple all over and her head
was severely swollen (at that time, the captains in charge were Tao Jun, Ma
[first name not known], and Gao [first name not known]). After Wang Qiuxia’s
death, the labor camp tried to block the news from getting out but failed.
Everybody in Dalian, in China, and even in the entire world knows about the
brutal acts in the labor camp.
Wang Qiuxia’s death exposed how evil and underhanded the persecution of Falun
Gong is. A group of people was chosen among the “educators” to beat Falun Gong
practitioners. Whoever was able to transform the Falun Gong practitioners
received a reduction of their prison sentence. A female “educator” refused to
beat practitioners; officer Huang (first name not known) female, approximately
40, threatened, “you have to beat them no matter whether you want to or not!”
Assistant Chief Zhang Baolin said, “Why do people keep a dog at home? To watch
the door and bite. Why does the labor camp keep you? You are dogs and you must
bite for us!” This is how the labor camp maintains a team of people to conduct
brutal beatings: female educator Zhang Xiujuan, is a well-known cold-blooded
criminal who wears boots when she is beating practitioners; Xie Xiaoli, Ge Hong,
Zhang Yang, Gao Binling, Guo Ling, and Wang Fang and male educators Liu
Fengliang and Liang Changsheng are all “tools” of the labor camp used to
persecute Falun Gong practitioners. The officers do not physically participate
in the beatings so they will be able to claim that they are not responsible if
the incidents are exposed to the public.
Ms. Zhang Xiujuan and others dragged Ms. Yang Ming, 50 plus, to an iron cage
and stripped off her her clothes so she was topless. When Yang Ming could no
longer stand being beaten, Zhang Xiujuan made some ropes from a torn bedsheet
and tied Yang Ming to the bars of the iron cage in a T-shape. Yang’s toes barely
touched the ground and she was continuously beaten. One time Yang Ming was
walking in the hallway and as Zhang Xiujuan walked towards her, Zhang suddenly
kicked Yang in the face, which tore Yang’s lips open. Eventually, Yang Ming
suffered from mental collapse from the constant persecution.
Mr. Ju Fei was taken to the labor camp in March 2003. Officers Guo Peng and
Song Henyue asked Liu Fengliang and Liang Changsheng to kick Ju’s face and neck
with boots, which caused Ju’s face to become swollen. A few days later, people
in the labor camp persecuted Ju Fei again; Song Shuwu used the bottom of a shoe
to continuously strike Ju Fei’s mouth; Yang Lixin pulled out a piece of straw
from a mattress and stabbed it into Ju Fei’s ears. The straw penetrated
approximately 2 inches and damaged Ju’s eardrums. Song and Yang were beating Ju
Fei in a fury and shouting, “It’s nothing if you die. So what if a few people
die in the labor camp!?” Ju Fei’s face and mouth were all swollen and he was
wounded everywhere. Officer Guo Peng later ordered Liu Fengliang, Liang
Changsheng, and others to beat Ju Fei with a wooden board on his bare buttocks.
Mr. Zhang Yong, 36, is an engineer in the Dalian Electronic Research Center.
In March 2003 Song Shuwu from the eighth team beat Zhang on his head with a
folded short chair (mazha) and slapped him with the sole of a shoe. Zhang was
tortured by being hung up by his handcuffs” on March 28.
Mr. Liu Wencan, 59, was put into a bathroom and tortured by Jing Dianke in
February 2003. Liu was handcuffed to an iron bed, with his hands tied behind his
back for 7 days. After the handcuffs were removed, Liu’s lower body was
paralyzed. He is still unable to take care of himself.
People in the labor camp tied Mr. Shi Yueli’s legs to the legs of a chair and
cuffed his hands to the back of the chair. Afraid that Shi would scream, they
covered his head with 4 layers of bed sheets and then shocked him with electric
batons and beat him with plastic batons from toe to head. A few people became
exhausted from the beating and said, “We want to stop beating you but the
captain insists we continue. There is nothing we can do.” Officer Jing Dianke
came in and shouted at Shi, “I must beat you until you are transformed. You do
not drink alcohol because of the practice? I will feed you some today.” Then
they pried open Shi’s mouth using a hard board, dislodging one of his teeth and
causing his mouth to bleed. Regardless, they still forced alcohol into Shi’s
mouth, which flowed into his trachea and caused Shi to become unconscious. Later
on, they handcuffed Shi to a bed for over 2 months. During this time, with the
permission of officer Jing Dianke, Shi was brutally beaten many times and ended
up being totally paralyzed and not able to take care of himself. Investigations
have shown that from early 2002 until May 2003, Shi Yueli was severely
persecuted three times and tortured with brutal beatings.
Mr. Lu Kaili was severely persecuted starting in January 2001. Both of his
hands were cuffed and he was forced to wear a boxing helmet [to make the
victim feel extremely hot and uncomfortable] and force-fed with strong
liquor many times. Lu was not allowed to brush his teeth, wash his face, or take
a shower during this time. The “strict class” is a place that intensively
tortures determined Dafa practitioners. The beds in the “strict class” do not
have mattresses and the boards on the beds are spaced quite far apart.
Practitioners are handcuffed to the beds in a T-shape, which is extremely
painful. Practitioners are not allowed to move and are under surveillance all
the time; they are beaten if they move, and there are no covers on the beds. In
the winter, cold water is poured on the practitioners. Practitioners are either
deprived of water or force-fed a lot of water but not allowed to use the
bathroom.
When some practitioners stated that the transformation letters they signed
under duress were void, the officers would warn the practitioners in a
threatening way, “It is harder than reaching the sky if you want to change your
mind here. It is not possible to void a transformation letter.” This is how the
“rate of transformation” is exaggerated and unreal “records of success” are
reported.
2. Vicious mental destruction
Together with the physical torture, the police officers also added mental
torture, personal humiliation and spiritual persecution.
Officers know that Dafa practitioners highly respect their Teacher, hence Zhu
Fongshan, Yong Mingjiu, Sui Ziqiang and Jing Dianke used the most vicious and
unbelievable words to slander Teacher and practitioners. This caused
psychological stress upon psychologically and caused them to feel very hurt.
Ms. Sun Yan, was over 30 years old. One officer wrote Teacher’s name on her
body and humiliated her with insulting words.
Ms. Hu Guilian, was over 50 years old. Officers wrote Teacher’s name on her
face, torso and hands (both front and back) and twice stripped-searched her
touching her body in an sexually inappropriate manner.
Ms. Gong Chunxiu, was over 50 years old. Officers wrote malicious words on
her body (both back and front) slandering Dafa and Teacher. She was forced to
carry 2 large bags and was criticized and badly beaten.
Ms. Li Ping, was over 40 years old. Male officers persecuted her physically
and humiliated and degraded her. They shaved off her hair, cut off her
eyelashes, pulled out her puic hair with tweezers and sexually abused her. The
men kept on saying, “we are working for the government; we are the real “good”
people.” To force Li Ping to give up her practice, Xie Xiaoli followed the
captain’s order and force-fed Li Ping urine!
Officer Jing Dianke not only writes slanderous words on practitioners bodies
to insult Falun Gong he even uses more base methods to destroy Falun Gong
practitioners psychologically. According to the survey, Jing Dianke not only
took part in the events of March 19, April 11th and May 10th
persecuting Dafa practitioners, he also planned the persecution of practitioners
Lu Kaili, Wu Jun, Gu Chun and Shi Yueli in the year of 2002. He is the most
notorious among all police in the labor camp. We have his detailed criminal
record.
Police Chief Hao Wenshuai and Vice-Chief Zhang Baolin, repeatedly claimed in
all meetings, “Everything is allowed as long as it can transform (the Falun Gong
practitioners)”. All these are direct result of Jiang Zemin’s genocide policy
“defaming their reputation, bankrupting them financially, destroying them
physically”. Zhang Baolin often says, “Aren’t you talking about evil and malice?
I am the evil! I am the malicious ghost!”
3. Cruel and base methods to torture female Falun Gong practitioners: shoe
brushes and long rods forced into their vaginas until bleeding is caused.
For the female Falun Gong practitioners, the labor camp adapts even more
beastial means to conduct sexual assaults. In the female prison, by order of
Captains Han Jianmin, Wan Lingyue, Wan Yalin and officers Yang Shengsheng and
Yang Jing, a group of hit men led by Zhang Xiujuan and Ge Hong adapted brutal
ways to persecute female practitioners.
Ms. Chang Xuexia, 34, was stripped and brutally beaten and locked in a
bathroom. Officer Wan Yalin ordered a hired man to forcibly insert a shoe brush
into Chang Xuexia’s vagina until she began bleeding and fainted.
Ms. Fu Shuying, 60, was punished by having her limbs pulled with extreme
force in four directions simultaneously for an hour. She felt she was almost
torn apart. The hired thug forcibly inserted a long rod into her vagina causing
severe inflammation necrotic tissue from the resulting infection.
Ms. Zhong Shujuan was punished by being by having her limbs pulled with
extreme force in four directions simultaneously. The hired man also forcibly
inserted a toilet brush into her vagina to torture her which caused heavy
bleeding. So later when she was forced to sit on a small stool, she passed a lot
of blood and the police attempted to cover up her medical condition by saying
saying that she was suffering from a feminine disease.
Ms. Chen Hui, 27, received the “stretching punishment” to her genitals. Her
mouth was stuffed with a mop and a thug forcibly raped her repeatedly by forcing
a thick rod into her vagina again and again. After that, she was forced to stand
motionless for an extended period of time.
Ms. Sun Yan, 30+, her thumb became numb due to being stretched backwards for
a long time by the police. She suffered from uncontrollable vaginal bleeding
after being subjected to the horrific “stretching punishment” and the blood ran
down her legs. Even the hired men said it was too cruel. Sun limped for a year
from the torture.
Ms. Chu Sumei had to squat in the bathroom for five days. The hired thugs
forcibly inserted a mop covered with chili pepper into her vagina to cause her
extreme pain. The torture is so heinous that it caused her not to be able to lay
down for more than 3 months.
Ms. Man Chunrong, was over 40 years old. A hired thug poured hot chili sauce
into her vagina while torturing her.
Ms. Wang Lijun, 33, was locked in the bathroom for more than a month and
hired thugs forcibly inserted shoe brushes to sexually torture her.
It is impossible to report every horrific detail here. The officers still
say: “We represent the government in transforming you!”
4. Practitioners are forced to work long hours at intensive, even unbearable
labor.
Dafa practitioners are not only tortured but also have to perform forced
labor and make money for the officers. Some jobs include picking beans, sewing
on buttons, making holes in the chopsticks and tying seaweed into knots. In
order to make money, the police assign practitioners to forced labor everyday.
Practitioners work non-stop trying to finish the work. If they don’t finish,
they are not allowed to sleep. The labor time is constantly prolonged. Initially
it was from 8 am to 8 pm, then it turned into 5:45 am to 11 pm. The overly long
hours coupled with extreme stress for the physical labor caused many
practitioners faint. The terrible food caused malnutrition among many of the
practitioners. In the winter of 2001, the officers fed the practitioners
sprouted and green potatoes. Many practitioners became ill and lethargic and had
allergic reactions. The practitioners are so downtrodden and officer Han Jianmin
still said, “This is the best treatment for you, this is heaven for you,” “Don’t
even think about leaving here. If you die, you die here!”
Crimes continue at the Dalian labor camp. The above examples are just the tip
of the iceberg of the violent acts there. Since the persecution against Falun
Gong started on July 20, 1999, Dalian labor camp has killed 6 Dafa practitioners
Mr. Chen Jiafu, Mr. Liu Yonglai, Ms. Sun Lianxia, Ms. Wang Qiuxia, Ms. Yu Lixin,
and Mr. Zheng Wei. Many people were physically disabled from beatings including
Mr. Qu Hui, Mr. Liu Wencan, and Mr. Xue Nan. And others became mentally ill (Ms.
Gong Xueqin and her daughter, Ms. Yang Ming, Ms. Li Hua and Ms. Liu Hua) and
many others have been left with physical and mental trauma that will never heal.
So this is the result of “educational transformation,” what Dalian forced
labor camp claims to be “like a family,” “with compassion and patience!” Chief
Hao Wenshuai shamelessly spread lies on TV. The directors and editors from “News
Overview” have given up their conscience, dignity and responsibility as news
reporters. They lied only about themselves and lied to fool the public. The
Dalian labor camp is a combination of bloody and brutal beating policies and a
bunch of base gangster-like police officers.
Over the past 4 years, Jiang Zemin has manipulated the national system and
social resources through lies, propaganda and deceit to carry out the national
terrorist genocide of “defaming their reputation, bankrupting them financially,
destroying them physically” against Falun Gong. Jiang siphoned a quarter of the
nation’s financial resources to persecute millions of innocent people and to
destroy people’s belief in truthfulness, compassion and forbearance.
Spearheading the persecution against Falun Gong, Jiang Zemin is already etched
onto history’s column of shame.
The Dalian labor camp completely supports Jiang Zemin and fanatically
persecutes Falun Gong. It is definitely guilty! The vicious hired thugs in the
labor camp have already been put on the list of evil. For whatever is mentioned
in this article, we have reliable witnesses and detailed true physical evidence.
We will take the criminals to the court when the opportunity presents itself!
Posting date: 1/Dec/2003
Original article date: 30/Nov/2003
Category: News from China
