Australian Citizen Lisa Liang’s Sister Ms Tang Yiwen is
in Great Danger in China
 Tang Yiwen(top right)’s happy family. | In a letter "What a hell-like It is horrible when the legs are crippled, it A human should live as a human, who at least has The Every minute, my body and soul are |
 Beaten by the police after appealing in Beijin in 2000 |
Tang |
Tang wrote: ’27th October 2002: …they pressed me down to sit on the floor, tied up my legs crossed, to the maximum tightness, and tied up my hands crossed on the back as well, to the maximum tightness for over 20 hours. … They insulted me with the dirtiest language, slapped me, punched me and kept "brain-washing" me all the time … they even wrapped thick tape around my mouth to prevent me from making groaning sounds. … they refused to give me even a drop of water, instead, they forced me to drink greasy, spicy chilly sauce … I began to sweat from the pain and my stomach began to hurt all the time.’ "The whole labour camp was like a hell." |
Ms. Tang
Yiwen Case Timeline
The time line below shows that the human
right dialogue did not help to rescue Tang Yiwen. Currently her life is in great
danger.
May 2000 detained by Beijing police and was beaten injured.
August
2000 – detained in Chatou Women’s Forced Labour Camp of Guangdong Province and
was sentenced with two year’s forced labour.
August 2002 – due to be released
but was not, because she refused to give up practising Falun Gong.
During
the detention Ms. Yiwen was hung up and beaten around the clock. She was force-fed
chilli liquid, and locked in an underground cell. This has caused her legs crippled.
Around 20 June, 2003 – transferred from Chatou Women’s Forced Labour Camp
to Sanshui Labour Camp of Guangdong Province for further persecution.
July
2003 – Tang Yiwen’s case was submitted to DFAT for 2003 human right dialogue
29
August, 2003 – she was released.
23 February, 2004 Tang Yiwen was arrested
again, and was on hunger strike since then.
26 February, 2004 – Sydney Falun
Gong practitioners held press conference in front of Chinese consulate.
27
February, 2004 – Policewoman Wen Chunlan illegally interrogated and threatened
Tang Yiwen’s husband.
8 March, 2004 – Australian Falun Gong practitioners
held press conference in front of Parliament House in Canberra. Then Lisa Liang
– Tang’s sister, went to Geneva to appeal to the United Nation to rescue her sister.
11 March, 2004 – Haizhu Police Department of Guangzhou City notified Tang
Yiwen’s husband to come to see her immediately. Her family urgently called for
help believing that her life is at stake.
15 March, 2004 – was released.
But she was still being monitored and her telephone was tapped.
May, 2004
Passport application was rejected for the second time.
21 June, 2004 Passport
application was rejected by Guangzhou City Haizhu Police Department for the third
time. In the computer system of the police department, there is a note for her
file: "This person’s activity is limited."
25 June, 2004 In Guangzhou
City Baiyun District Procuratorate, Tang Yiwen lodged a lawsuit against the criminals
who illegally sentenced and detained her, and those who tortured her.
Late
July, 2004 Guangzhou City Baiyun District Procuratorate replied that according
to the instruction of Political and Legal Committee of Guangzhou City, this case
should not be handled.
22 July, 2004 – Tang Yiwen wrote a letter to Australian
Prime Minister asking for help.
3 August, 2004 – she received a reply letter
from the office of the Prime Minister which says: "I (Ministerial Officer
– Ministerial Correspondence Unit) have referred your correspondence to the Minister
of DIMIA, Senator the Hon Amanda Vanstone and Minister of DFAT, the Hon Alexander
Downer MP for attention."
Late August, 2004 Tang’s friend was called
by a stranger who asked to see Tang Yiwen and Ms Tang do not know this person
at all. She is being tailed by people from the "610 office".
28
August, 2004 – TangYiwen called overseas crying for urgent help.
31 August,
2004 – Australian Falun Gong practitioner wrote letter to the Prime Minister and
DFAT asking for help.
3 September, 2004 – DFAT replied to Australian Falun
Gong practitioner: "As you are aware, while Ms Tang was imprisoned the Australian
Government raised concerns about her incarceration with the Chinese government.
Now that she has been released, and in the absence of evidence that she is subject
to ongoing human right abuse, the Australian Government has no grounds to pursue
her case with the Chinese Government. "
Mr. Ouyang
Ming Case Timeline
Mr. Ouyang Ming’s case was brought to the public
only after his death. The events list below shows that without the MATERIAL help
from people outside of China and the government of democratic countries, a man
who could have been rescued eventually died in such silence.
Wish
Mr. Ouyang Ming’s tragedy will not repeat on Ms. Tang Yiwen.
1. Events
List:
Early 2001: Ouyang Ming was arrested and sentenced to forced labour
for one year.
About 15 June 2001: Ouyang Ming’s brother in Melbourne, Mr.
Ouyang Yu, contacted Miranda Sissons of DFAT, asking for help in rescuing Ouyang
Yu.
During 2002: At the Australia-China Human Rights Dialogue, Ouyang Ming’s
name was mentioned.
May 2002: Ouyang Ming was arrested again. He suffered
from tuberculosis as a result of torture.
January 2003: DFAT sent a list
to China in which Ouyang Ming’s name was included. (refer: Mark Napier)
July
2003: Human rights dialogue in Beijing – the Chinese side told the Australian
delegation that they could not identify the people (including Ouyang Ming) on
the list. (refer: Mark Napier)
August 20, 2003: Ouyang Ming passed away.
25
August 2003: Ouyang Yu advised Miranda Sissons at DFAT of Ouyang Ming’s death.
He received no reply.
2. Some of the Tortures inflicted on Ouyang Ming.
1.) "Ding Xin Chui". (The victim is forced to stand against a
wall while other prisoners take turns hitting his/her chest very hard until they
are tired).
2.) "Hong Shao Rou". (Hit the face until black and blue
all over the body).
3.) "Shao Tihua". (Hitting the toes and fingers
with heavy objects).
4.) "Dig the Wall". (The top of the head is
pressed flat against a wall, placing the upper body at a 90 degree right angle
with the lower body.)
5.) "Lean against the wall". (Stand against
the wall. Between the head and the wall is a piece of paper, and between the two
hands and wall and legs and wall are also pieces of paper. Between the two legs
is another piece of paper. If any of these pieces of paper drops, then the practitioner
is beaten.)
6.) The "breaking-heart shackles". (A shackle was placed
between the two hands, another shackle between the two feet, and another shackle
linking these two shackles which weighed over 30-35 kilos. He could not stand
and could only crawl. He was forced to wear the "breaking-heart shackles"
for ten days.)
7.) After being beaten, he was forced to keep a fixed position,
either standing or squatting, without moving.
8.) Forced to squat in front
of the prisoners, for them to urinate on his face;
9.) Forced to wear the shackle,
stripped of clothes, and forced to do things denigrating his belief and his teacher.
10.)
Forced to sit on a stool for over a dozen hours a day and not allowed to move.
His bottom became lacerated and bleeding with pus. This lasted over 20 days.
11.)
Deprived of sleep. Only allowed to sleep for one or two hours a day.
12.) He
staged a hunger strike for 78 days, during which he was force-fed twice a day.
Every time, five or six people pressed him down with their feet, and forced his
mouth open with various metal tools. Half of his front teeth were broken.
13.)
Other tortures, which together are called "108 dishes" by Huanggang
No. 1 Detention Centre.
3. One example of what the criminals did to Ouyang
Ming:
May 15, 2003 was the day that visitors of prisoners were allowed to
visit (before being sentenced, people are not allowed to visit). Many practitioners
and one of his relatives came to see him, but the police of the Detention Centre
refused to let them in, using SARS as the excuse. Although Ouyang Ming was very
sick at that time, the police still told his visitors that he was fine. In June,
Ouyang Ming’s physical condition was so poor that he almost died (After being
set free, he told people that if he had stayed only two more days in the Detention
Centre, he would have died. Zhou Yuhua, the head of Section No.1 of the Public
Security Bureau, had already revealed to someone that Ouyang Ming couldn’t live
much longer.).
Under these circumstances, the police took him to Shayang
Detention Centre, but they refused to accept him because he was dying and there
was a big hole in his lungs. Therefore, the police took him back to the First
Detention Centre. In the meantime, the policemen of the First Detention Centre
began to worry that Ouyang Ming might die and they would have to take the responsibility
for his death. They found Ouyang Ming’s ex-wife and she took him to the Lung Disease
Hospital in the city. After being examined, the diagnosis showed that his kidney
function was non-existent; his liver function was seriously injured; he had heart
disease, hepatitis B, a pulmonary cavity, diabetes etc. The doctor couldn’t do
anything for him because he couldn’t take any medication (if he took one medicine,
the medicine might be good for one part of his body, but would be bad for another
organ).
Four days later, Ouyang Ming requested to leave the hospital as
the treatments hadn’t worked. The police still came to disturb him by asking many
questions. Soon after he came home, the policemen Zhou Yuhua and Chen Shuming
broke into his home and continued to disturb him. Chen Shuming threatened him
maliciously: "I will still take you back to the Detention Centre", so
ten days later, Ouyang Ming mentioned that he wanted to stay in a place where
the police couldn’t come to disturb him. He said that he was illegally held for
years, that everyday his suffering had been terrible and that he might be tortured
to death by persisting to cultivate. Therefore, Dafa practitioners rented a house
for him and took care of him. Between the last ten days of July and first ten
days of August, the policemen from The Public Security Bureau kept looking for
him everywhere and spread word that they would not stop pursuing him.
Posting
date: 16/Sep/2004
Original article date: 14/Sep/2004
Category: Australian
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