(Clearwisdom.net) Mr. Yang Guang, 56, is a Dafa disciple from Changchun City, and was the former CEO of an international joint capital enterprise in Shandong Province. In November 2000, he was arrested in Baishan City and deported back to Changchun, where he suffered brutal torture at the hands of officials of the Changchun City Public Security Bureau First Division (abbreviated in this article as "First Division"). The First Division fabricated crimes to incriminate Mr. Yang, who was sentenced to 15 years of imprisonment in the Jilin Second Prison (Jilin Prison). At Jilin Prison, Mr. Yang suffered several inhumane tortures and was sent to the Jilin Public Security Hospital in late 2004 for further persecution. He is currently imprisoned in the Jilin Second Prison and has become emaciated and totally paralyzed. His muscles have atrophied, so he is unable to move. He is fully disabled.
When Mr. Yang Guang was deported back to Changchun, policemen at the First Division began torturing him without a single word being said. Thereafter, the police asked him what else had he had done besides hosting Fa Conferences in Changchun and Baishan. He refused to answer, and a new round of brutal torture ensued. Mr. Yang answered, "Why do you still ask me if you already know everything?" The police replied, "Hosting a Fa Conference is not a big deal. We want to hear about your relationship with the United States and Beijing." Mr. Yang said that there was nothing, but the policeman snarled at him, "You are a wanted criminal, high up on the wanted list. Is it possible for you to just be accused of hosting a Fa Conference? You better reveal your relationships with the States and Beijing!" Mr. Yang remained calm and said, "There is nothing. What do you want me to reveal?" The policemen retorted, "Then we shall wait and see." A series of endless brutal tortures followed. Mr. Yang suffered so tremendously that against his will and after he had been tortured until he was mentally traumatized, he fabricated so-called "relationships" with Beijing and overseas.
After the incident, in Mr. Yang's recounting of the experience, he said, "That series of brutal, inhumane tortures was beyond description. Whether it was during the day or night, they subjected me to all forms of torture, ceaselessly, until I began to lose consciousness and could not think clearly. In order to maintain a clear conscience, I withstood wave after wave of pain. I have never participated in any political schemes, I have not been instigated by the United States to do anything, nor was I instigated by Beijing to do anything. However, in the end, I ran out of endurance and perseverance and fabricated the so-called "truth" against my will. My conscience was severely invaded. My actions have become false evidence used by the Chinese Communist Party to cheat the Chinese people and all compassionate people from around the world. I am in deep pain, and hereby declare that everything I have done or said under the torture and pressure to be nullified. I wish to pay my apologies to Mr. Li Hongzhi, founder of Falun Dafa, and to all Falun Dafa disciples all over the world. I also apologize to all compassionate people in the world. I hope everyone can understand the truth of the persecution of Falun Gong and awaken from the lies of the Chinese Communist Party."
When policemen from the First Division followed Mr. Yang's revealed "truths" to conduct their investigations, they realized that none of his claims could be verified. When they came back and interrogated him as to why they could not find evidence to back up his claims, Mr. Yang replied, "What can I say? You are asking me why what I said could not be proven?" In Yang's account, he was again brutally beaten up and then sentenced to prison.
Even though the authorities all knew that these "truths" were fabricated, having been "revealed" under intense torture and pressure, they nevertheless used them as reasons to travel abroad to "investigate." Moreover, they even made Mr. Yang's international joint capital enterprise in Shandong pay for all their travel expenses.
In the end, when the First Division tried to conclude Mr. Yang's case, they decided that the facts Mr. Yang had revealed were not enough to incriminate him. However, in order to receive awards and commendations for achieving results in the persecution of Falun Gong, they fabricated an entirely new, exaggerated story of how Mr. Yang was encouraged by the United States and Beijing, and submitted his case to the Public Security Bureau and Luo Gan as a top criminal case. The First Division then received a "Collective First Class Achievement" award from Luo Gan and the Public Security Bureau.
