Mr. Zhao Zemin was arrested and sent to a forced labor camp by the police under the pretext of safeguarding the Olympic Games in Beijing. The camp didn't release him until he became paralyzed due to tortures and mistreatment.

Mr. Zhao Zemin Disabled from Torture in Xuchang Forced Labor Camp 
 

Name: Zhao Zemin (赵泽敏)
Gender: Male
Age: In his 40s
Address: Qi County, Henan Province
Occupation: Small business owner
Date of Most Recent Arrest: May 22, 2008
Most Recent Place of Detention: Xuchang City Forced Labor Camp (许昌劳教所 )
City: Xuchang
Province: Henan
Persecution Suffered: Forced labor, brainwashing, beatings, torture, force-feedings, extortion, fired from workplace, physical restraint, home ransacked, interrogation, detention.

Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Zhao Zemin was arrested by 610 Office agents and the Domestic Security Team on the morning of May 22, 2008. He was sentenced to two years of forced labor and taken to the Xuchang City Forced Labor Camp. Mr. Zhao was tortured at the labor camp and is now disabled. It was not until December 28, 2009, given demands by his family, that Mr. Zhao was released.

Mr. Zhao is in his forties. He suffered from many illnesses before beginning Falun Gong practice, and returned to health after he started to cultivate. Mr. Zhao is friendly and honest, and likes to help others. Those who know him agree that he is a very nice person. In July 1999, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started the persecution. Mr. Zhao went to Beijing many times to appeal for justice for Falun Gong.

In July 2000, Mr. Zhao was arrested by Tiananmen Police Station in Beijing. He was detained at Tianjin City Detention Center. Mr. Zhao went on a hunger strike and demanded to be unconditionally released. He was force-fed and beaten for not cooperating. Mr. Zhao's lung was injured, he ran a high fever, coughed up blood, and secreted yellow puss. He was in great pain. When he was near death, Tianjin City Police Department let Qi County Police come to pick him up. Mr. Zhao was detained for several months at the County Police Department. After Mr. Zhao began to recover, the County 610 Office sentenced him two years of forced labor. He was forced to perform heavy labor and beaten many times because he refused to renounce Falun Gong. Two of his ribs were broken, his body was covered with scabies, and he was emaciated.

Mr. Zhao returned home after he was released, and his employer fired him. To earn a living for the family and support their two young children, he and his wife established a small business. But Qi County 610 Office and the Domestic Security Team continuously harassed him. He was arrested and detained many on different occasions without an arrest warrant. For instance, late one night before the CCP's 16th Conference, when Mr. Zhao was sleeping, officers from the 610 Office, the Domestic Security Team of Qi County Police Department climbed over the exterior walls, broke into Mr. Zhao's house, and abducted him.

On the morning of May 22, 2008, Mr. Zhao was riding his bicycle to the store when he was arrested by Liu Hongtao, captain of the Domestic Security team, and other police officers. They claimed that they were safeguarding the Summer Olympics and sentenced him two years of forced labor. He was jailed in Xuchang Forced Labor Camp.

Mr. Zhao was tortured at the forced labor camp. He became paralyzed and can no longer take care of himself. Camp officials nonetheless forced him to do hand-craft work. Mr. Zhao's family visited him many times and demanded that Mr. Zhao be released, but were refused.

Mr. Zhao eventually returned home on December 28, 2009. He was paralyzed. A healthy and strong middle-aged man was tortured and disabled within less then two years.