(Clearwisdom.net) Dafa practitioner Shi Zuosheng from Yisheng Village, Qingling Township, Shuangcheng City, Heilongjiang Province, is critically ill due to torture. His wife was sentenced to six years in prison and is now suffering from torture in the Harbin Women's Prison.

Mr. Shi began to practice Falun Gong in 1996. Because of the relentless harassment from local officials, he was forced to leave his home in 2001. On November 9, 2004, while clarifying the facts about the persecution in Harbin City, he was arrested. He is currently imprisoned in the Changlinzi Forced Labor Camp. His wife Zhang Shufen was arrested at Zhoujia Township, Shuangcheng City on April 19, 2001 for practicing Falun Gong. Later, she was sentenced to six years in prison. She is currently imprisoned at the Harbin Women's Prison. Their youngest son is now homeless.

Below is a letter that was sent out by Ms. Zhang Shufen from Harbin Women's Prison:

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My name is Zhang Shufen. I was illegally sentenced to 6 years in prison in 2002 and I am imprisoned in the second team of the Harbin Women's Prison. Here I have experienced suffering and persecution. The prison police are extremely violent. They frequently hang us up by our wrists and place us in solitary confinement. What we eat is watered down rice gruel twice each day. Dafa practitioners are often handcuffed to a ring on the prison grounds. They are not allowed to sleep and are not covered with a blanket in cold weather. They are verbally abused and beaten all day. We are watched around the clock and not allowed to practice our exercises. If someone does the exercises, the guards incite the criminals to beat and threaten Dafa practitioners.

On March 10, 2003, I was hung by my wrists in a prison room from the top bunk of a bed. My toes just barely touched the ground. There were 14 other fellow practitioners suffering from this at the same time. The heads of the second team, Cui Hongmei and Xia Fengying, ordered the torture, and the criminals, instigated by policeman Zhou Ying, hung us up. Some fellow practitioners were hung until they lost consciousness and the handcuffs had cut into their flesh. On May 15, 2003, I was handcuffed with my hands behind my back for more than 20 hours. (1)

Recently, news surfaced that Mr. Shi is now terribly thin because of the persecution. He cannot work and his life is in great danger. His family members strongly request that he be released. We especially send out this news to ask for help to rescue him as soon as possible.

Related telephone numbers (Note: for phone numbers, dial country code + area code before all numbers. For cell phone numbers, dial country code before the numbers. Country code: 86, area code: 451)

Bai Shenggang, the chief of Qingling Township local police station: 53240616 (Office) 53115387 (Home) 13845018916 (Cell)

All teams in Changlinzi Forced Labor Camp in Harbin:

The first group: The current chief Yang Jintang, instructor Yang Yu, and former chief Li Jinhua who currently is vice chief of the forced labor camp: 820370101

The second group: Chief You Shiqiang, and deputy team chief Li Changchun: 82037102

The fourth group: Chief Hao Wei, and instructor Zhang Bin: 82037104

The fifth group: Chief Zhao Shuang: 82037105

Harbin Women's Prison address: 387 Xuefu Road, Nangang District, Harbin City

Above are the facts on the persecution that I have suffered here. I hope fellow practitioners can post it on the Internet to expose the evil that is persecuting us.

Zhang Shufen

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Related contact information:

The chief of Heilongjiang Provincial Women's Jail, Wang Xing: 86359454

Vice-chief, Chu Shuhua: 86359322

Heilongjiang Provincial Women's Jail address: 389 Xuefu Road, Nangang District, Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province 150069

(The switchboard: After calling 86684001, or 86668488, then say the name or the position of the person you want to talk to.)

Friday is the reception day of the chief: 1pm-3pm Telephone: 86684002-3009, 86694053

Binjiang area Procuratorate, Harbin: 82359148

Agent of the Binjiang area Procuratorate in the Heilongjiang Provincial Women's Jail: 86663178

Heilongjiang Prison Administrative Bureau address: 79 Hanguang St., Nangang District, Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province 150080. Telephone: 86335924

Every Wednesday is the bureau chief's reception day: 86316442, 86342238, 86342139.

Jail Chief: Xu Longjiang, Liu Zhiqiang

Chu Xiuhua (female): Commissar 86684001-3003

Wu Yanjie, Tao Shuping: The fourth group chiefs

Zheng Jie: The chief of the eighth jail district, 86358314

Yan Yuhua, Yang Hua, Cui Yan: District chiefs

Zhang Xiuli: The chief of the ninth jail district, 86359539

He Songmei, Zhang Chunhua: Chiefs of the eighth jail district

Lu: chief of training center unit

Kang Xqin, Xia: group chiefs

Yang Libin: Chief of Prison Politics Section

Xiao Lin: Chief of the Prison Detection Section, 1384519336 (Cell)

February 26, 2005

Note:

(1) This involves one arm bent over the shoulder, the other bent under the small of the back. Both wrists are drawn to the middle of the back, causing extreme pain.