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Mr. Zheng Dinghe, 64, was a retired worker from Guizhou Province Foreign Trade Transportation Company. He lived in the dormitory of Yongjiang Instrument Plant on Youzha Street. He was once sent to a so-called legal study class for brainwashing in 2002 because of his belief in Falun Gong. After he was released from the brainwashing class, he was taken directly to Nanming District Detention Center where he was jailed for over forty days.

In September 2005, Zheng Dinghe went to Shenzhen to visit his daughter and was arrested there. On December 4, he was taken back to Guiyang City by the 610 Office and Youzha Street Police Station. Without any legal procedure, he was thrown into the Lannigou Detention Center the same day. On February 18, 2006, the police sent him to the 368 Hospital for emergency treatment, without notifying his family. The second day, at around 9:00 in the morning, Zheng Dinghe's son received a notice that his father had died in the hospital at 7:10 that morning.

When Zheng's family rushed to the hospital, they saw that his ears, mouth and nose were stuffed with cotton. His body had shrunk in size. He was only skin and bones. His hands clenched tightly. His right toes were opaque and rotten to the point that bones could be seen. The doctor said that Zheng died of a heart attack at 7:10 a.m., and that they issued a warning to the family earlier on. Strangely enough, the family had never received any warning from the doctor.

That day the police attempted three times to carry away Zheng's body for cremation, but they were firmly rejected by the family. Zheng's son said he wanted his mother to take a last look at his dad.

Zheng's wife, Wu Minmin, 60, is a retired worker of Yongjiang Instrument Plant. She was once jailed in Zhongba Farm for three years because of her belief in Falun Gong. On November 16, 2005, she was arrested again by the 610 Office, Youzha Street Police Station, the residential committee and Yongjiang Instrument Plant. As of today, she still remains in detention at Lannigou Detention Center.

Zheng Dinghe became a very healthy person after he practiced Falun Gong. However, he died within just two months of being detained. There are a lot of suspicious points about his death.

First, the doctor said he died of a heart attack. However, he never had any heart problems.

Second, During Zheng's over two months of detention in Lannigou Detention Center, his family paid over 1,000 yuan for his living expenses. Why was he so skinny and even shrank in size?

Third, his toes were opaque and bones could be seen. Why were his toes so badly rotten? Why would he clench his hands so tightly? Is that because he could not bear the torture?

Fourth, why were his nose, mouth, and ears stuffed with cotton? Is that because the police wanted to hide bleeding from those places?

Lastly, the doctor said they issued a warning, but Zheng's family never received such a notice. Why would the doctor tell such a lie? Or maybe the doctor was telling the truth, but then why would the police withhold such notice from the family?

Over the past six years, nearly three thousand Falun Gong practitioners have been persecuted to death, and numerous people have had their families broken apart. This persecution is not only persecution of Falun Gong practitioners, but also persecution of human laws and morality and a devastation of humanity and kindness. We call for all kindhearted people to join us in stopping this persecution.

Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Ma Chunli from Dehui City has been illegally held for fifteen months at the Dehui City Detention Center where she was on the brink of death several times, resulting from barbaric tortures and force-feeding. The detention center authorities tried to send her to a prison but the prison authorities refused to admit her. The Jilin Province Police Hospital refused to treat her. Those in charge never stopped tormenting her despite her condition. The detention center authorities sent her to the Dehui City People's Hospital for emergency treatment several times after severely torturing her. They did not want to be held responsible if she died at their facility, so they sent her to a hospital for others to deal with her.

Ms. Ma Chunli, who is in grave physical condition, is again receiving emergency treatment at the Dehui City People's Hospital. Four police officers are watching her to prevent her from contacting outsiders. According to witnesses, her clothes are ragged and emit a strong odor. On the issue of life and death, the Dehui City Court issued an illegitimate "Notice to Forbid Detention Outside Prison."

Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Cheng Peiming managed to escape from the Longnan Hospital early in the morning of March 3, 2006 after he had been tortured to the brink of death at the Daqing Prison. Daqing Prison officials issued a No. 01 Arrest Order, and the authorities pursued him throughout the city and harassed many people in their efforts to find Mr. Cheng. The following are details:

Cheng Peiming lived in Jixi City. The police illegally arrested him in May 2001. In January 2002, the Jiguan District Court in Jixi City unlawfully sentenced Mr. Cheng to eight years in prison. He was detained in the Harbin City Prison. In July 2004 Cheng Peiming was transferred to the Daqing Prison to be further persecuted. While there, he was placed in solitary confinement and was subjected to a number of tortures including the "big hang-up." (1) This torture severely injured Cheng Peiming's head and arms. A wound on his head measured 0.8 inch wide and two wounds on his arms each measured 1.2 inches in length. He was sent to the city hospital on the evening of November 16, 2004. The left side of his ribcage was cut open during surgery after extensive bleeding in solitary confinement. The surgical incision measured 12 inches in length and required more than 100 stitches. Mr. Cheng was sent back to the Daqing Prison after six days of hospitalization, and was again handcuffed and shackled in solitary confinement. The captors inserted a wooden stick into his mouth.

In May 2005, Cheng Peiming firmly refused to wear the prison uniform. Guard Pan Shaolin ordered the inmates to beat him. They tied up his hands and feet with a rope and tied a knot behind his back, leaving him for several days. Pan Shaolin said to him in front of the inmates, "I just don't believe that I can't fix you. If you are not afraid to die, I'm not afraid to bury you." He secretly told the inmate on duty to strangle Cheng Peiming with a rope when Mr. Cheng went to the bathroom and then claim he committed suicide. The inmate refused to do this and as a punishment, he was kicked out of the prison infirmary division. Cheng Peiming developed tuberculosis. The prison authorities not only refused to release him, but locked him in solitary confinement again.

On January 26, 2006, Prison director Wang Yongxiang personally beat Falun Gong practitioners Jiang Derong, Jia Shenghui, Sun Jianbin, Wang Yudong, Jin Sheng and others. Then he had them tortured in solitary confinement cells. Many practitioners went on hunger strikes to protest this round of persecution. Cheng Peiming was on his 36^th day of a hunger strike. He was on the brink of death and could not swallow food. He vomited whatever he was fed.

After Cheng Peiming escaped from the hospital, the authorities went after him. In their illegitimate arrest order, the persecutors never mentioned that Cheng Peiming is a persecuted Falun Gong practitioner. Instead, they that he is a "criminal" who had been sentenced to eight years in prison for using an organization to disrupt the administration of law. The Communist regime officials have promised 30,000 yuan and 50,000 yuan rewards for people who provide useful information and who assist in the capture and arrest of Cheng Peiming. They want to lure people whose minds are poisoned by propaganda into committing crimes against Falun Gong. The notice also listed the following report hotlines: 86-13936816666 (Cell), 86-13766776699 (Cell), 86-13039804444 (Cell), 86-13329470855 (Cell), 86-13936991999 (Cell), 86-459-5059911.

Between 8:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. on March 4, more than twenty police officers arrived in five police vehicles and surrounded the residential building in Daqing City where Falun Gong practitioners Guan Zhaoqi and his wife Yu Guixiang live. They broke inside and ransacked the home. About fifty people near the supermarket witnessed the mobster-like behavior of the Chinese Communist police. It is thought that this ransacking has to do with the authorities' pursuit of Cheng Peiming.

Yu Guixiang's husband Guan Zhaoqi is being persecuted at the Daqing Prison. He is very weak, and his stomach and throat are bleeding from irritation by a hard plastic force-feeding tube. He can no longer withstand the brutal force-feeding. The abusers ignore his condition. They pry his mouth open daily and pour food into his mouth. Mr. Guan's life is in peril.

Attachment: Falun Gong Practitioner Cheng Peiming's Personal Story and Accounts of Persecution, July 23, 2004

I started practicing Falun Gong in the fall of 1998. I became a good person as I conducted myself according to Truth-Compassion-Forbearance, the principles of Falun Gong. However, I experienced the following inhumane abuse and mistreatment under the persecution:

On May 11, 2001, I went to a Falun Gong experience sharing conference held in Hongxing Township, the Jiguan District, Jixi City, Heilongjiang Province. Two police officers arrested me and two more police officers approached me and immediately beat me without asking any questions. They struck me to the ground and beat me for more than ten minutes. Then they dragged me by my feet for more than 260 feet and forced me into the trunk of a police car.

They drove me to the Jixi Police Department and threw me in the interrogation room. During more than thirty hours of torture and interrogation between May 11 and May 13, they tied me to the tiger bench and grossly abused me in the following ways:

On May 13, the authorities sent me to the No. 1 Detention Center in Jixi City. The guards first ordered the inmates to throw heavy punches at my head. Then they handcuffed me and put me in shackles that weighed more than 44 pounds. I held a hunger strike to protest the brutal persecution. On May 15, Zhang Yi, the deputy head of the detention center, ordered me to eat. I refused. He told me to kneel. I refused. He ordered the inmates to push me on the floor. The guards hit me with electric batons, then stripped me naked and shocked my mouth and genitals with electric batons until the batteries went dead. They also tried to coerce me to curse Teacher and Falun Gong. They later switched to a pair of shackles weighing over 70 pounds, which I was forced to wear for 24 days. Zhang Yi also ordered inmates to spit on me, verbally attack me, gag me with stinky socks, insult me, and savagely beat me again until my whole body swelled. Doctor Wang said, "If a Falun Gong [practitioner] dies, I'll write a certificate that says he died from illness."

In January 2002, the Jiguan District Court illegally sentenced me to eight years in prison. I appealed because Falun Gong is the good and Falun Gong practitioners are innocent. The court police hit me five times with a police baton. On April 10, 2002, I was once again physically and mentally abused, this time at the Group Drill Division at the Harbin Prison.

In 2003, guards Lin Bo, Dong Zhimin and Zhang Jiushan locked me in a room by myself, a room especially set up to torture people. I held a hunger strike to protest the persecution. The guards ordered inmate Zhang Yong to torture me, and he said, "Don't blame me. The 'government' made me do this, and the 'government' will take the responsibility if we beat you to death. We'll earn credits if we 'fix you good.'" They wrapped a towel tightly across my mouth and flicked my eyeballs with their fingers, violently boxed my ears, pinched my testicles, dug into my spine and kicked my head. Zhang dug my collarbone with his fingernails, and my upper arm went numb. It was excruciating. Ni Jie and Zhang Xiaofeng kicked the sides of my ribcage and forced my fingers to bend backwards. They tortured me for several hours. I was very thirsty and had to vomit. The vomit hit the towel that was placed on my mouth and went back into my stomach. They feared I might die and reported to the guard in charge of solitary confinement. They then sent me back to the hospital. Afterwards, I told guards Lin Bo, Huang Zhimin and Zhang Jiushan about the beating in the solitary confinement cell. They didn't investigate and simply ignored me.

In May 2004, I filed an official lawsuit against the guards who so severely abused me at the Group Drill Division.

On July 1, 2004, I was transferred to the Daqing Prison where I developed tuberculosis and coughed up blood. I was skin and bones. This occurred on the seventh day of my hunger strike.

I strongly urge the Chinese Communist regime to immediately stop this persecution and release all illegally-detained Falun Gong practitioners.

Relevant Contact Information:

Daqing Prison
Address: Daqing Prison, Hongweixing, Ranghulu District, Daqing City, Zip code: 163159
Wang Yongxiang, prison head: 5099876, 5964388, 13904867068 (Cell)
Chen Qingfa, prison CCP secretary: 5058588, 4686358 13329491288 (Cell)

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(1) The "big hang up" - There are two forms of this torture: a) With both hands cuffed behind the back and only the toes touching the ground, one is hung by a rope that is tied to a metal window frame; b) One hand of a practitioner is handcuffed to one bunk bed and the other hand to another bed, and the two beds are pulled in opposite directions. The pain is extreme as the body is pulled apart.

It has been learned that Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Yin Haizhu from Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang Province is currently holding a hunger strike at the No. 2 Detention Center in Hegang City, Heilongjiang Province. The hunger strike has lasted about ten days and she is in a dangerous situation. For a while she was on the brink of death.

Officials at the Hegang City Industry & Agriculture Police Department, the main work unit responsible for the persecution of Yin Haizhu, are very aggressive. Li Shujiang, the deputy head of the police department is more vicious than others. When Yin Haizhu's family said they would file a lawsuit against the police, Li Shujiang said, "Sue us wherever you'd like!"

Yin Haizhu's older parents are very worried about their daughter's health. They are even more anxious since the existence of the Sujiatun Concentration Camp was exposed. They asked someone else to take care of their granddaughter, Yin Haizhu's daughter. Although Yin Haizhu's father is in poor health and has difficulty breathing, the elderly couple still went from Jiamusi City to Hegang City's Industry & Agriculture Police Department and asked to see Yin Haizhu. The police turned down their request without a second thought.

It has been learned that Yin Haizhu refused to cooperate with the police after she was illegally arrested and refused to divulge her name. Persecutor Chen Wanyou went from Jiamusi City to Hegang City and identified Yin Haizhu.

Practitioner Ms. Liu Weishan of Xiangyang City, Hubei Province was tortured to the verge of death at Wuhan City Women's Prison. She was sent to the hospital for emergency treatment on January 31, 2006. According to her visitors, Ms. Liu was tortured so severely that she is emaciated, her muscles constantly cramp and her eyesight is cloudy. She is in very bad shape.

Ms. Liu Weishan was a teacher in the Hanjiang Mechanical Factory High School in Xiangyang City, Hubei Province. She had been illegally arrested many times because she persisted in practicing Falun Gong.

In September 2002, Ms. Liu was arrested and detained at the Xiangyang City Second Detention Center for clarifying the facts in the government courtyard of the Wangzhai District in Xiangyang City. Hu Xindai, the Communist Party secretary of Hanjiang Mechanical Factory, even said to the 610 Office agents, "As long as you don't release Liu, we can give you as much money as you want." Under the persecution of the 610 Office and Communist Party leaders of Hanjiang Mechanical Factory, Ms. Liu was illegally sentenced to four years in Wuhan City Women's Prison.

During her detention, she was tortured severely. Only when she was on the verge of death did the prison secretly send her to the 364 Hospital of the Aviation Center. The prison guards felt guilty and afraid, so they did not fill in Ms. Liu's name on the hospitalization application form. The prison also sent two guards to monitor her around the clock.

When they learned about Ms. Liu's situation, her colleagues, students, and friends went to visit her. The visitors returned and said, "How could such a good person be tortured this way? She is emaciated, her muscles constantly cramp, and her eyesight is cloudy. She is in pitiable shape."

After February 11, 2006, (January 14 of the lunar calendar), when people once again went to the hospital to visit Ms. Liu, they saw a sign on the door which read, "Seriously ill patient, no visitors allowed." Every visitor was interrogated. Why? People discovered that the Communist Party secretary of the 364 Hospital is the former deputy-secretary of Hanjiang Mechanical Factory, Fan Zhiyong.

On November 3, 2005, Minghui (Chinese version of Clearwisdom.net) carried the news that Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Li Xiyun was tortured to death at the Liaoning Province Women's Prison. An insider has now provided more detailed information about how Li Xiyun was tortured to death.

Ms. Li Xiyun, about 51 years old, lived in Fushun City, Liaoning Province. Because she practiced Falun Gong, she was illegally detained in the Liaoning Province Women's Prison. Due to long-term ruthless torture at the prison, Li Xiyun developed heart disease. However, the prison guards still forced her to meet the heavy quota of forced labor.

In order to seek illegal profits, the prison forces Falun Gong practitioners and other prisoners to do heavy-duty work. From November 17 to December 31, 2003, the prison guards forced the prisoners to work overtime 43 days in a row. The prisoners worked from 5:00 a.m. until 1:00 or 2:00 a.m. the next morning, sometimes even for 24 hours straight. Each day, the prisoners were only permitted to rest for a maximum of one or two hours.

On November 13, 2003, Falun Gong practitioner Li Xiyun was forced to sew until 2:30 a.m. She was so tired that she could not hold herself up, and her heart condition was deteriorating. At 6:00 a.m., when they were about to resume working, the prisoner in charge found that Li Xiyun was having difficulty breathing. She told the head guard on duty about Ms. Li's situation and asked for sick leave for her. However, Sun Chunhua, the head guard on duty, shouted: "No! No matter what her situation, she has to work! If she cannot walk, you just drag her to the workshop!"

Afterwards, several prisoners took turns carrying Li Xiyun to the workshop. The head guards, Sun Chunhua and Guo Yanbin held off on sending the critically ill Ms. Li to the hospital for emergency treatment until other team leaders went to the workshop. As a result, Ms. Li Xiyun died on the way to the hospital.

Communist regime agents from the Jiyuan City Politics and Law Committee in Henan Province disrupted students' studies and stopped their classes to disseminate hatred among young people.

After the 2006 Chinese New Year, agitators from the Jiyuan City Politics and Law Committee started another round of mind poisoning among young people. They printed many slanderous pictures that attack Falun Gong, and distributed them in schools. They required each student to post the picture at home.

People were angry and said, "The wicked Party won't even spare kids!" Most parents burned the pictures, and almost none of them posted the picture.

In early March the evildoers disrupted school schedules and stopped classes in secondary schools in Jiyuan City. They ordered the students to gather in Century Square to participate in a "10,000 Students Oppose Falun Gong" signature activity. Hao Qinglei, head of the Politics and Law Committee, spoke at the gathering and required every student to sign his or her name. Although teachers deceived by the CCP's propaganda sat in front of tables to watch the students, more than half of the students refused to sign their names.

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Torture Method 13: Electric shock

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The practitioner is forced to sit on the cement floor barefooted, and guards Wang Naimin, Zhang Xiurong, Wang Shuhong, and Huang Haiyan shock the practitioner's soles, arms, legs, back, face and other sensitive body parts. In early April 2000, the four aforementioned guards and inmate Rao Aijing, who is a drug addict, yanked practitioner Ms. Zou Guirong's hair and forced her to stand on the floor while they took turns shocking her with four electric batons. She was wearing only a tank top. The guards laughed hysterically as they shocked her, saying, "This is fun! [She is] funnier than a monkey in the zoo." Practitioner Ms. Li Suyun was shocked on the chest where the heart is located with eight electric batons, each capable of releasing 300,000 volts of electricity. Smoke rose from her body and the smell of roasted flesh could be detected outside the building.

Torture Method 14: Sitting on a Metal Chair in a Solitary Confinement Cell

The metal chair is made of several pieces of welded metal. There are two types of metal chairs at Masanjia Forced Labor Camp, the circular chair and the one with a metal plank across the top. Photos 57 and 58 show the circular chair, photo 59 shows the plank chair. The chairs in the pictures are approximate model reproductions made by practitioners. The actual metal chairs used at the labor camp are much thicker and heavier than the ones shown. It takes several people to move a chair. Practitioners who refuse to "reform" and refuse to cooperate with the torture are affixed to the metal chairs long-term. The practitioner sits in the chair with his hands, feet and back restrained by handcuffs, metal rings, and the metal plank. After several hours his hands, thighs and feet swell up. The guards often shock the practitioners with electric batons or directly hit them.

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Overall, this torture consists of forcing the practitioner to sit in the metal chair inside a solitary confinement cell. The practitioner's arms and feet are held in place by the metal rings, and several guards shock the practitioner's neck, chin, face, stomach and other sensitive body parts repeatedly with electric batons. If the practitioner refuses to reform or to write a guarantee statement, this torture continues without a break. The practitioner's body is covered in char-black wounds and his clothes often stick to his skin. The victim is in extreme agony and yet he cannot move. Some practitioners' hair becomes messy and they slowly become mentally disordered. Some practitioners have ulcerated and dead flesh on their buttocks after sitting in one position for a long time. Blood and pus seep from underneath them and their pants are glued to their bodies by the fluid. They are therefore forced to cut the pants open with scissors. The victim is allowed to use the restroom only twice a day, once in the morning and once in the evening. Sometimes the victim cannot wait and is forced to relieve himself in his pants. The guards often restrain practitioners in metal chairs for one week, or more than ten days at a time. Some practitioners lose function in their arms or cannot walk when they are released from the chair. Some practitioners cannot move at all and have to be carried out on a stretcher.

Torture Method 15: Sitting on a Metal Chair in a Sardine Can

The "sardine can" is the solitary confinement cell with four-inch-thick sponge covering all four walls. It's hard to breathe inside, especially in the summer, because no breeze can enter the room. The practitioner feels he is suffocating. Many Falun Gong practitioners held in the sardine can cannot endure the heat and lack of oxygen, and they try to peel the sponge off the walls. As a result, many holes are left on the walls, reminders of the anguish and desperate struggle of those who made them. The guards often put a metal chair in the sardine can and force the practitioner to sit in it without moving and without sleeping. Falun Gong-slandering propaganda is constantly broadcast through a loudspeaker. If the practitioner passes out from the heat or if he grows a little drowsy, the guards pour a basin of cold water over him. The practitioner is startled, revives, and continues to suffer.

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Torture Method 16: Force-feeding

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This is the basest and most completely inhumane tactic that the guards use to torture practitioners on hunger strikes. The guards insert a stomach pump tube as thick as an index finger down the throat and into the practitioner's stomach. They do not feed the practitioner but instead they pull out and insert the tube repeatedly to inflict the most pain. On April 5, 2006, division head Li Wangyu led about eight guards, both men and women, to barge into the women's division. They pinned practitioner Ms. Wang Jinfeng to the floor. They put a plastic sheet over her face, pried her mouth open with a stainless steel bar, jammed a tube into her mouth, and fed her corn porridge. Ms. Wang's face was white as a sheet and she nearly suffocated. Practitioner Li Baojie was tortured to death this way.

Torture Method 17: Force-feeding Through the Nose

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A practitioner who has been on a hunger strike for a long time has his arms and legs cuffed to the four corners of a metal bed. The guards insert one end of a rubber tube into the practitioner's nose and down his throat to his stomach. The guards push corn porridge and rotten vegetable soup from the other end of the tube into the practitioner's stomach. They are very rough, and the tube often breaks the skin in or punctures the practitioner's nose, throat, and/or stomach. The tube is often covered in blood. Some practitioners whose stomachs are punctured suffer from long-term stomach bleeding. Their stomaches are shrunk after long-term hunger striking, and after suddenly being fed more than one quart of corn porridge and water, their stomachs are inflated and they experience tremendous pain. Some practitioners then become incontinent or have to urinate frequently, as much as fifteen times per hour. After long-term force-feeding, the practitioners develop anorexia, nausea, and difficulty swallowing. Some guards intentionally leave the tube inside the practitioners' stomachs. One end of the tube gets stuck to the practitioner's face by the food remnants, and the other end of the tube rots inside the practitioner's stomach. The guards laugh at the practitioner and say, "Look, you grew a big nose and now you look like an elephant."

Torture Method 18: Stripped Naked, Cuffed to the Death Bed and Force-fed Through the Nose

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A practitioner holding a long-term hunger strike is stripped naked and has his arms and legs cuffed to the four corners of a metal bed with only a quilt covering his body. His wrists and ankles have wounds from the handcuffs. He is then force-fed through the nose. This is very devastating as it destroys the practitioner's dignity while depriving him of physical freedom. Practitioner Ms. Zhou Yuzhi from Benxi, who is in her 40s, was dragged to the office by guards Zhang Xiurong, Zhou Qian, Qi Fuying, Zhang He, Guan Lin and others. She was cuffed to the Death Bed and force-fed. The brutal feeding left her rolling in pain. She lost her sense of smell and taste after the feeding, and she was extremely weak. Several months later, she was sent to the Strictly Controlled Group to be further persecuted. Practitioner Ms. Li Ping from Dalian City was cuffed to the bed by guard Wang Xiuju and collaborators, who stripped off her clothes and force-fed her for a long time. Four months later when she was skin and bones, she was secretly sent away.

Torture Method 19: Golden Dragon in the Sea

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The practitioner is placed on the bed face down with his hands cuffed behind his back. He is positioned so that his upper body extends beyond the edge of the bed. Several collaborators hold down his legs and hit his head and back with the soles of their shoes and broomsticks. After a while, the practitioner feels as if his back is broken. The collaborators grab his hair and beat him if he even slightly lowers his head due to exhaustion.

Torture Method 20: Freezing

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Female practitioners' upper bodies are stripped naked and they are left in sweatpants. They are pinned down in the snow from morning until late at night. They are not allowed to go into the room. Their hands and feet turn black from the cold.

Postscript:

There are nearly one hundred methods of torture used on Falun Gong practitioners at Masanjia Forced Labor Camp. Aside from the twenty listed above, we will continue to publish descriptions of other forms of torture. We want to call on all practitioners who have ever been illegally detained at Masanjia Forced Labor Camp: Pick up your pen and write down your own experiences. Let's continue to expose the crimes at Masanjia Labor Camp, let the world's people see the bloodthirsty nature of the Chinese Communist Party, and let all people of conscience unite to condemn this inhumane persecution that has lasted nearly seven years.

Aside from extreme torture methods, labor camp authorities also brutalize the practitioners with horrible food. Illegally detained practitioners are given black, hardened and rancid corn cakes, turnips and salted vegetables, and cabbage soup. The occasional pork found in the vegetables comes from discarded parts from the guards' cafeteria. It is said that the corn flour used to make corn cakes contain lots of salvolatile, and therefore they are very bitter. After eating the cakes, many people have diarrhea and they swell up. The practitioners jokingly call the cakes "dog repellant," meaning that even dogs would not eat the cakes.

Up until the end of 2003, labor camp authorities gathered determined practitioners and tortured them many times. They call it "battle against the fort."

On December 9, 2002, the Liaoning Province government organized a so-called "Brainwashing Assistance Group" consisting of 610 Office agents, police officers and collaborators from different cities. They sent the Assistance Group to Masanjia Forced Labor Camp to brutally persecute determined practitioners. They played Falun Gong-slandering videos from morning to night for more than a month to brainwash the practitioners. The labor camp also forced practitioners to do work that required direct contact with poisonous chemical compounds, using inadequate safety measures. Many practitioners experienced headaches, dizziness, vomiting, allergies, eye pain, skin ulcerations, nosebleeds, and heartbeat irregularities.

During "battle against the fort," all work inside the labor camp was halted, and no one from the outside was allowed to enter the camp. The guards took steadfast practitioners to the Comprehensive Building to torture them in groups. They used various cruel means including long-term sleep deprivation, the tiger bench, electric shock, beatings, kicking, forced bowing with hands straight up behind one's body, tie-ups and hang-ups, freezing, and other means. They also forced the practitioners to eat and sleep inside the restroom. The Brainwashing Assistance Group left the labor camp on December 27, 2002, but the "battle against the fort" continued until March 2003.

During the "battle," many practitioners were disabled from torture and many suffered mental collapse. Some passed away several days after they were sent home. Jiang's group has boasted that this notorious labor camp, where good people are fanatically persecuted, is a national model, and has promoted nationwide their base tips on persecuting Falun Gong practitioners.

In mid-October 2003, the labor camp started another round of "battle against the fort." In November 2003, the Liaoning Province government organized a meeting in the conference room at Masanjia Labor Camp, and 610 Office agents and police officers from different cities attended. On December 5, the Brainwashing Assistance Group again entered the camp. They left in late December. Falun Gong practitioners were again savagely abused.

The devastating crimes perpetrated at Masanjia Forced Labor Camp against Falun Gong practitioners during the past seven years is beyond words, yet a special magazine published by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) calls it "a special school that purifies the heart." Any practitioner who has survived Masanjia Forced Labor Camp could write a book with stories of tears and blood. Under direct instruction from Su Jing, head of the labor camp, and Shao Li, deputy head, Falun Gong practitioners who refused to give up their belief endured unimaginable suffering through nearly one hundred tortures. These shocking tortures are still being used at Masanjia Forced Labor Camp.

Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Wang Tiesong was from Antu County, Jilin Province. He lived in a residential area affiliated with the Antu County Forest Bureau in Erdaobaihe. Agents for the Communist regime illegally arrested him in October 2000 and tortured him to death at the Yanbian Forced Labor Camp in 2001. Certain camp officials, along with some others, are guilty of his murder. The following is a detailed description of the events leading up to and including Wang Tiesong's death.

On the night of November 30, 2001, labor camp authorities were celebrating the camp's 20th anniversary. The authorities had invited well-known performers to put on a show attacking and slandering Falun Gong. At the time, more than 100 practitioners were incarcerated at the camp.

Seven hundred inmates were assembled in a hall at around 6:00 p.m. to watch the performance, including the Falun Gong practitioners. Realizing the performance was nothing but defamation of Falun Gong and its founder, a practitioner named Yu Jianhua stood up first and requested to stop the show. He also shouted "Falun Dafa is righteous!" Next, a 23-year-old practitioner named Gu Yindong from Tumen City stood up shouting, "Falun Dafa is good!"

Following their example, Wang Tiesong, Xiao Guobing, and other practitioners sitting in the first row also stood up to stop the show.

Officer Wang from the management section removed Yu Jianhua and Gu Yondong from the room, forced them to take off their clothes, and jailed them in solitary cells with only underwear and thin shirts. It was winter and the cells were very cold.

Back in the hall the guards beat the other practitioners severely in front of everyone. Practitioners Wang Tiesong and Xiao Guobing tried to stop the beating. They were forced to take off their clothes and were locked up in solitary cells as well.

The power of the practitioners' righteous actions shocked the performers and they ended the show. Management section chief Hong Lin, known as one of the four worst officials in the camp, snapped at Yu Jianhua and Wang Tiesong and said, "You should think about what happened tonight. We will deal with this tomorrow." Wang Tieson retorted, "You ought to return our clothes to us! This is illegal. There is no such law that allows you to strip our clothes during solitary confinement." Hong Lin left without another word.

One hour after Hong Lin left, a guard returned their clothes, and a 30-year-old criminal named Jin Zhehua was sent to monitor them. He was a local gangster and notorious for being violent. He told the practitioners, "I don't want to monitor you. I know that you guys are good people, but I have no choice, since it is an order. If you don't cooperate with me I will beat you." The four practitioners were jailed in the cold cells overnight.

They began a protest hunger strike the following morning and demanded unconditional release. Guard An from the management section beat Gu Yindong on the head. The labor camp's deputy head, named Shan Heping, took practitioner Gu Yindong to another room, handcuffed him and cruelly beat him. He beat practitioner Gu with an electric baton, to the point where Gu lost control of his bowels and bladder. Shan Heping eventually locked Mr. Gu in a cage under the stairway. The cage has metal bars for a door, and the three walls are made of concrete. The dimensions of this cage are approximately 8 feet long by 2 feet wide, but because of its location under the stairway it is only four feet high at most, and slants down to just a few inches. The cage contained a receptacle to serve as a toilet. Besides Mr. Gu, Mr. Yu Jianhua was also held in this cage, later to be joined by a criminal named Jin He on December 1.

Jin He was a 19-year-old student who had been sent to the camp for physically assaulting people. This student was placed in the cage for verbally abusing a police officer. Jin He cried because of the cold. This December night in Yanbin, it was 22^o F. With the cage facing the entrance of the building and no heat in the building, it was extremely chilly.

Cold wind continuously blew into the cage. People usually cannot stand staying there for more than ten minutes. To keep warm, Gu and Yu held onto Jin He. They shivered so strongly one could hear the handcuffs rattle on the cage's metal bars. The guards sent a criminal named Peng Xin to keep them under surveillance. Criminal Peng slept outside the cage. Although Peng had a heavy coat on and was covered with two thick quilts, he was still too cold to fall asleep.

Although the situation was severe, Gu and Yu still clarified the truth to Jin He. Later, Jin He told other practitioners how the guards had mistreated Gu and Yu. Other practitioners started a hunger strike and asked for Gu and Yu's release. Some talked to the labor camp head, some spoke with officials from the management section, and some petitioned some higher-up officers. On December 1, Gu Yindong and Jin He had high fevers. Yu Jianhua asked guard An to find a doctor. An said, "it is too late to find a doctor. It is not up to me whether or not they can be released." The next morning a management official arrived and released Jin He and Gu Yindong. At that time, Gu had such a high fever he was delirious.

Guard Hong Lin jailed hunger-striking Wang Tiesong and Xiao Guobing in the cage next. Hong Lin asked them if they would eat. Wang Tiesong said, "We won't eat until you release us. It is illegal and violates human rights to imprison us in an iron cage." Then Hong Lin asked Yu Jianhua if he would eat. Yu Jianhua replied, "Mr. Hong, I think we should sit down and have a good conversation. It is not about eating or not eating. If you jail us for a long time, all of us will have a fever, just like Gu and Jin." Hong Lin replied, "You eat first, then we can talk."

The practitioners discovered later that it was the labor camp head who had ordered their incarceration in the cage, so only he had the authority to release them. Wang Tiesong and Xiao Guobing let Hong Lin know that they wished to speak with the labor camp head and Hong Lin's supervisor. Hong Lin told them he would oblige if they ate first, actually trying to trick them into eating. Wang and Xiao refused to be deceived and maintained their hunger strike.

Yu Jianhua ate, thinking it would improve his chances to negotiate with Hong Lin. That night was extremely cold. To keep warm, they slept close together. Even criminal Peng Xin was chilled, in spite of his two heavy quilts. He had to keep moving to keep warm.

On December 3, the third day, labor camp head Wang Qiang arrived with an electric baton, saying, "I heard that during my absence you people rebelled and even started a hunger strike. Didn't you say you wanted to talk with me? I am here now."

Wang Tiesong and Xiao Guobing said, "It is not that we refuse to eat. We will, if you release us. It is illegal to jail us here. We want to talk to your supervisor. You should not jail any Falun Gong practitioners or any criminals in this iron cage. Actually, you should destroy this cage."

Somebody arrived to talk with Wang Qiang, so Wang left. Before he left he told them he would be back. After a while Peng Xin arrived and told them that practitioner Cai Fuchen had gone to management and asked for their release. Chief Wang Qiang heard about it, so Wang tried to beat Cai with an electric baton. Actually, lots of practitioners spoke with people in the management section and asked for their release. After Wang Qiang left, Yu, Wang and Xiao were jailed in the cage for one more night.

On the fourth morning, (December 4) Hong Lin arrived and told Yu that he could not release them unless they ended the hunger strike. Yu said, "I won't unless you release us. I am so cold now that my legs are paralyzed. I want to talk to your supervisor." Hong Lin didn't release him. That day, all the practitioners in the labor camp stood up to protest the persecution. At 2:00 p.m. guard An arrived and took Wang Tiesong and Xiao Guobing out. The cold had already paralyzed their legs. They put Xiao into a solitary cell and took Wang Tiesong to another room and force-fed him.

Peng Xin went to see Wang Tiesong. Later he tried to trick Yu Jianhua by saying, "You better eat. Wang Tiesong was so determined, but this afternoon he ate a whole can of food." Yu knew that Peng was lying, since Yu could hear what was happening in the room where Wang Tiesong was force-fed. He heard Wang Tiesong resisting the food.

The criminals revealed later that they had been removed from the room so that the authorities could mistreat and abuse practitioner Wang Tiesong in secret. One criminal observed that following Wang Tiesong's murder, the whole room was spattered with blood. It took several criminals quite a while to clean it up. These people also added that by the time Wang Tiesong was carried out of the room at 4:00 p.m. he was already close to death.

At 6:00 p.m. they released Yu Jianhua from the iron cage and put him into a solitary cell. Xiao Guobing and Yu Jianhua didn't know that Wang Tiesong had already been tortured to death.

The next day, to keep this event secret, the guards lied and said that Wang fell out of bed and became unconscious. They also beat young Jin He for passing information to Falun Gong practitioners.

Wang Tiesong was a 32-year-old young man whom the guards murdered by savagely beating him for three hours. The murderers are Wang Qiang, Hong Lin, Shan Heping, Li Wenbing, and guards Wang and An. Wang Tiesong died for his firm belief, just because he insisted on living his life according to the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, to be a good person. His elderly parents have lost their son.

Falun Gong has spread around the world since 1992, and many people in Shulan, Jilin Province have learned the practice one after another and achieved physical and mental health, as well as moral improvement. However, simply for promotions and personal gains, Shulan policemen have been closely following Jiang's evil political group against their conscience, to wantonly arrest and torture this group of benevolent people. Some recent crimes against Falun Gong practitioners by Shulan Police are documented below.

Before 5:00 a.m. on the morning of November 20, 2005, four policemen from the National Security Group of Shulan City Police Department broke into Mr. Xie Hongtu's home. Because Mr. Xie Hongtu's wife is a Falun Gong practitioner, they illegally searched his house and confiscated property without a warrant or identification. They brutality terrified Xie's little daughter at the scene. However, the "People's Policemen" swaggered off without paying any attention to her.

On the morning of February 23, 2006, Shulan police illegally broke into Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Qiao Hongyan's home and illegally arrested her. At that time Qiao Hongyan was doing housework. She was arrested by the policemen while she was wearing only slippers and pajamas, and no coat. She is currently being tortured in Nanshan Detention Station in Shulan.

At about 4:00 p.m. on the afternoon of February 27, 2006, the National Security Group of Shulan City Police Department again dispatched about eight policemen and surrounded the entrance of Xie Hongtu's home. They tried to break in and commit crimes again, but were bravely blocked outside of the door by Mr. Xie. The policemen did not get their dirty job done, but left with some words, "It seems that you don't want peace any longer," which means that they will plot revenge and continue to harass his family.

On February 28, 2006, Fengguang Police Station of the Jishu Branch of Shulan City Police Department dispatched several policemen and harassed the homes of several Falun Gong practitioners in Tianhe Village again. They forcibly arrested Ms. Zhao Haixia, who was working at home. Zhao Haixia is currently detained and tortured at Nanshan detention station.

Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhang Qiaozhen, 53, lived in Daan Village, Zhao County, Hebei Province. She suffered from various illnesses and could not do any household chores before she started practicing Falun Gong in 1996. Falun Gong cured all of her illnesses. After the Communist Party began the persecution on July 20, 1999, she went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong. Local police frequently harassed her and ransacked her home. She was arrested on December 19, 2000, and held at the township government compound. The officials extorted 500 yuan from her. She passed away on April 14, 2002, as a result of the persecution.

Practitioner Ms. Wang Zhiqiang, 40, lived in Xibozi in the Pingshan District of Benxi City, Liaoning Province. She went to Beijing twice to appeal and was arrested many times. Her home was ransacked multiple times. She was held in custody centers, detention centers, brainwashing classes and forced labor camps, where she was savagely tortured. She broke free later and lived a homeless life. She died on December 11, 2005.

Practitioner Ms. Ma Rixia, 52, lived in Gaizhou City, Liaoning Province. She started practicing Falun Gong in 1997. In October 2001 she went to Beijing to appeal and was held at the Yingkou City Police Department for more than a month. She was devastated by the persecution and the intense pressure and passed away on January 10, 2006.

Practitioner Mr. Yu Dehe, 56, lived on the Beishan Ginseng Farm in Wanliang Town, Fusong County, Jilin Province. He started practicing Falun Gong in 1998. On January 19, 2006, his son-in-law, Dong Enhao, and Dong Enhao's father, Dong Hua, both practitioners, were persecuted. The persecutors were individuals from the Wanliang Town Police Station. His daughter, Yu Huaimei, stayed home with her three children. Yu Dehe died around February 5, 2006. His son-in-law, Dong Enhao, is still being persecuted at the Fusong County Detention Center. Dong Hua has been released but the police keep watching, harassing, and intimidating him.

Practitioners Ms. Dong Lirong, 69, Mr. Xu Lianxian, 70, and Ms. Zhang Likun, 53, from Gaizhou City, Liaoning Province, were cured of their illnesses after practicing Falun Gong. The malicious Communist Party started the persecution on July 20, 1999. Because they lost the environment where they could practice Falun Gong peacefully, Ms. Dong died on November 25, 2005, Mr. Xu died on January 10, 2006, and Ms. Zhang died on January 16, 2006.

Practitioner Ms. Yao Fuqin was 59 years old, and lived in Xin District of Tangshan City, Hebei Province. She had worked in Fengren District Education Bureau Curriculum Office, had severe heart disease before practicing Falun Gong, and took lots of medicine. She was too weak to ride her bike or walk up stairs. Since beginning Falun Gong practice in 1994, she has not taken any medicine and her heart disease disappeared. She rode her bike to spread Falun Gong everywhere, telling people how miraculously her sicknesses disappeared. In 2000, she was detained in Tangshan City First Detention Center for nine months, and it severely injured her, both mentally and physically. After she returned home, the district Education Bureau, 610 Office and police sent many people to harass her at home. They threatened her and subjected her to huge mental pressures. She died on October 30, 2005.

Practitioner Ms. Zhou Guangxiu was 74 years old and lived in the Feihe Neighborhood in Xiling District of Yichang City, Sichuan Province. She previously had diabetes, heart disease, etc., but all her sicknesses disappeared after she began practicing Falun Gong. In January 2001, she was detained for fifteen days in the City Drug Rehabilitation Center for refusing to give up her practice. In December 2004, she went to Dongshan Development District to clarify the truth together with other practitioners, and they were reportedly detained one day in Dongshan District Police Station. They refused to give their names, but they were recognized by someone, and picked up by police from the Xiling District Station. Soon after she returned home, her foot started feeling pain, and she could not walk or get up from her bed. She died on March 27, 2005.

Practitioner Ms. Gong Maohua was 72 years old and lived in Nanji Village of Tanfu Town, Mengyin County, Shandong Province. She was fortunate to learn Falun Gong in 1997, which improved her mental and physical health. She went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong on December 21, 2000, and was mistreated by local police officers and 610 Office agents. Her third son had been beaten, threatened, and had 11,300 yuan extorted from him due to her practicing Falun Gong. In February 2001, Ms. Gong Maohua was locked in a brainwashing class for more than one month, and was forced to leave home, becoming homeless to avoid being arrested. She fell in the spring of 2003 while doing labor, and after being sick in bed she died on April 25, 2004.

1. [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Falun Gong Practitioner Mr. Gao Ke Arrested

Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Gao Ke was reported when clarifying the truth to people. At around 3:00 p.m. on February 28, 2006, police arrested him at his place of employment, the Yumin Elementary School in the Daowai District, Harbin City. Neither the police nor the school notified his family about the arrest. His family didn't know about it until March 3. It's unknown where Gao Ke is being held at the moment. The police are waiting at his home and arrested a woman Falun Gong practitioner when she visited his home.

2. [Qingdao City, Shandong Province] Qingdao City 610 Office and Judicial Bureau Agents Refuse Falun Gong Practitioner Family's Right to Cosult with An Attorney

The Qingdao City 610 Office and the Judicial Bureau authorities in Shandong Province interfered with a lawyer's case by pressuring the families of Falun Gong practitioners Sun Hong and Min Huirong to revoke their right to consult with an attorney.

After the arrest of Falun Gong practitioners Sun Hong and his wife Min Huirong from Qingdao City, police officers from Licang District, Qingdao City blatantly violated Chinese laws by preventing the attorney from meeting with the practitioners after the police received orders from Qingdao City 610 Office. When Min Huirong's parents filed a lawsuit to pursue justice, police from Licang District were frightened and quickly transferred the case to the Licang District Procuratorate.

According to the Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China and The Legal Code of the People's Republic of China, during the filing of the lawsuit the plaintiffs are entitled to legal assistance and defense, and the lawyer has the right to meet with and defend the plaintiff. No government agency, organization or individual is allowed to interfere with this process. The Qingdao City 610 Office fears that the lawyer would expose its outrageous violations of the law and therefore ordered the Qingdao City Judicial Bureau to pressure the lawyer to refuse to represent the practitioners Sun Hong and Min Huirong in their case.

Falun Gong practitioners Sun Hong and Min Huirong lived on Zhenhua Road in the Licang District. They drove home from their father's home in the evening of September 21, 2005. Before they got out of the car, officers from the Licang Police Department who had been waiting outside their home approached them. Citing "ID check," they took the couple's ID cards and car keys and then ransacked their home. They took more than 15,000 yuan in cash, and a purse and arrested the couple. These morally depraved officers went back to the home the next day and removed the remaining cash, bank deposit slips and salary cards, totaling over 10,000 yuan. Sun Hong and Min Huirong were held at the Qingdao City Detention Center where they were beaten and tortured by guards Liu Yong and others. The captors tore handfuls of hair off the front of Sun Hong's head. A month later the couple were transferred to the Qingdao City 610 Office Brainwashing Class on No. 34 Mingxia Road in Qingdao City.

3. [Sanhe City, Hebei Province] Zhang Lixin Destroyed a Falun Gong Materials Production Site

It has been verified that Zhang Lixin, whom spies have manipulated, destroyed the Falun Gong materials production site at Yanjiao in Sanhe City on February 25, 2006.

4. [Ezhou City, Hubei Province] Three Falun Gong Practitioners Arrested in July 2005

Practitioners Ms. Wang Hanmin, Ms. Song Chunmei and Ms. Guo Huanyuan were arrested and have been held at the No. 1 Detention Center in Ezhou City.

5. [Beijing] Falun Gong Practitioner Lu Yufen Held at a Beijing Brainwashing Class

Practitioner Ms. Lu Yufen, employed at the No. 1 Division of the Launch Vehicle Research Institute of the China Aerospace Science & Industry Corporation has been transferred from the Fengtai District Brainwashing Class in the Fengtai District to a Beijing Brainwashing Class.

6. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Practitioner Liu Lijun Arrested by Police in Front of Home

It was learned that recently officers from the Zhongshan Police Department in the Dalian City Police Bureau and from the Tianjin Street Police Station arrested practitioner Liu Lijun from Dalian City. The police broke into Liu Lijun's home and ransacked it. Right now her place of detention is unknown.

7. [Liaoning Province] Four Practitioners Savagely Tortured at the Tieling Forced Labor Camp

The authorities at the Tieling Forced Labor Camp in Liaoning Province block any information and forbid Falun Gong practitioners' families from visiting them. It wasn't learned until March 5, 2006 that on February 14, 2006 the head of the labor camp conducted an inspection. Four Falun Gong practitioners - Xiao Guozhi, Liu Zhenguo, Qian Chuanguo and Qin Jingtao refused to wear prison uniforms. The labor camp head ordered guards at Division 5 to cruelly beat the practitioners. Wang Guijun, head of Division 5 and roughneck Su Li shocked the practitioners with electric batons. They inserted electric batons inside the practitioners' mouths.

8. [Liaoning Province] Falun Gong Practitioner Lin Xiuqin Held Beyond Term at the Masanjia Forced Labor Camp

Prior to April 25, 2005, Falun Gong practitioner Lin Xiuqin had been on hunger strike for 100 days in an effort to resist the persecution. She is skin and bones and is now being held beyond term at the Masanjia Forced Labor Camp. On January 27, 2006, New Year's Eve [Chinese lunar calendar], Lin Xiuqin and other determined Falun Gong practitioners wished Teacher a happy New Year. The guards turned over the table, and the practitioners went on another hunger strike. One practitioner was handcuffed and hung from a heating pipe for one-and-a-half days.

9. [Mudanjiang City, Heilongjiang Province] Exposing Cruel Tortures against Falun Gong Practitioners at the Mudanjiang Prison

On February 22, 2006, Tang Xiaohui, head of Division 8 of the Mudanjiang Prison, political head Chen Zhanfeng, guards Wu Xuejun and Zhang Shengli were monitoring Falun Gong practitioners around the clock. The practitioners are Huang Guodong, Guan Wenlong, Zhang Shijiang and Xu Xiangdong. The captors forced them to work. They later detained the practitioners in solitary confinement for 24 hours.

Practitioner Huang Guodong was sent to solitary confinement on February 23 and in the evening, inmate Guan Zhenli savagely beat him. On February 24, guard Wu Xuejun and another guard first beat practitioner Liu Jun, and then they dragged practitioner Guan Wenlong to the restroom and assaulted him with electric batons and rubber clubs for over an hour. Inmates later carried Guan Wenlong out. Guan Wenlong's right leg was crippled from the beating. Guard Wu Xuejun followed behind and stabbed Guan Wenlong's back with an awl. They forbade him to eat lunch and again beat him in the restroom. That same day, guard Zhang Shengli hung practitioner Zhang Shijiang from a heating pipe for more than thirty minutes while Zhang Shijiang was tied with a rope. Then the guard dragged Zhang Shijiang into the restroom and he and three other guards shocked him with electric batons until the batons ran out of electricity. They threw him outside in the freezing cold, where he shivered. Inmate Chen Zhonghe begged the guards to let him in, and he had to be carried inside. Right after the guards came to work on February 25, guard Wu Xuejun again stabbed practitioner Guan Wenlong with an awl. Then he dragged Guan Wenlong to the restroom and beat him for more than thirty minutes.

10. [Hebei Province] Atrocities against Falun Gong Practitioners at the No. 4 Women's Division at the Gaoyang Forced Labor Camp

The No. 4 Women's Division of the Gaoyang Labor Camp is nicknamed "Hebei Province's Masanjia Labor Camp." It is a demon's den where Falun Gong practitioners are abused and mistreated under the persecution. Because the "reform rate" quota [percentage of Falun Gong practitioners who renounced their belief after torture and brainwashing] is high, many Falun Gong practitioners who remained determined at other labor camps were sent here.

In November 2000, a newly arrived Falun Gong practitioner was shocked with the electric current from a wired radio for about seven hours. She almost lost consciousness and was on the brink of death. The guards overheard her telling of the torture to other practitioners, and guards dragged her away and shocked her with electric batons making her lose consciousness for several hours. She was subsequently locked in a jet-black storage room of torture tools for one week. Her body was covered with electric shock wounds after she returned to the dorm room.

The labor camp also forces Falun Gong practitioners to do slave labor.

After beating the practitioners, the guards deceive the practitioners with feigned kind words and throw parties, sing, dance and play badminton to create a "warm and relaxed" atmosphere to deceive the media and the public.

In 2001, Jiang's morally bankrupt minions allocated a large sum of money to remodel the Gaoyang Forced Labor Camp. A luxurious four-story building was erected and is used as a showpiece to cover up the inhumane tortures that happen inside. Practitioners Han Junmiao, Ms. Li and her sister, as well as many others have been tortured here until there was no intact skin on their bodies.

11. [Beijing] Zhao Cheng Arrested for Distributing Truth-Clarifying Materials

Practitioner Mr. Zhao Cheng, a resident in Beijing's Chaoyang District, handed some Falun Gong truth-clarifying materials to one of his former colleagues surnamed Wang. Wang reported Zhao Cheng. Policeman Zhang Yongqiang arrested Zhao. Ma Shilan, Zhao's wife, was beaten and police also arrested their daughter who does not practice Falun Gong. The family is currently being held at the Beijing Dongcheng Detention Center.

12. [Beijing] Three Practitioners Arrested

On March 3, 2006, police from the Haidian District in Beijing arrested practitioners Bai Shaohua, Li Xupeng and Ma Wanli. Bai Shaohua was in poor health due to the persecution. The next day, personnel from the Huanan Forest Bureau received a notice from the Beijing Police Department that required them to bail Bai Shaohua out for hospitalization. Personnel from the bureau did not pick Bai up, claiming that Bai's residence registration had already lapsed [and they were not responsible].

13. [Heilongjiang Province] Three Practitioners Arrested

On February 17, 2006, practitioner Ms. Ma Shufen from Mudanjiang City and practitioner Ms. Zhou Zhirong from Muling City went to practitioner Wu Guoli's home in the Xiachengzi area in Wuling City to visit Wu's family. Police arrested them shortly after they entered Wu's home.

On February 12, 2006, personnel from the City Xiachengzi Police Station broke into Wu Guoli's home with a master key, and arrested Wu and sent him/her into the Bamiantong National Security Group for detention.

14. [Yueyang City, Hunan Province] March 14 Trial of Practitioner Huang Juxiu After Being Held at a Brainwashing Class

On October 10, 2005, practitioner Ms. Huang Juxiu from Yueyang City, Hunan Province was put into the Hubin Detention Center brainwashing class. As she did not compromise with the police, brainwashing class personnel were afraid of her influence on other practitioners and transferred her into the Yunxi District Detention Center. On January 23, 2006, they transferred her again, this time into the Huarong County Detention Center. Huang Juxiu has been prosecuted and will be tried on March 14, 2006.

15. [Yanji City, Jilin Province] A Truth-Clarifying Materials Production Site Damaged and Over a Dozen Practitioners Arrested

During the daytime on February 28, 2006, a truth-clarifying materials-production site in Yanji City was damaged. We know that many practitioners including Liu, Song and Dong were arrested. Some practitioners were arrested at a street crosswalk, and some at home. Detailed information is unknown.

16. [Yushu City, Jilin Province] Information About Practitioner Yang Zhanjiu Held in the Siping Shiling Prison

At present, practitioner Mr. Yang Zhanjiu, held at the Siping Shiling Prison has no feelings from the knees on down, and he is bedridden.

In late February 2006, Yang's older brother went to the prison to visit him. Doctors in the prison hospital complained to him of the difficulties of taking care of Yang Zhanjiu. It was heard that a doctor planned to amputate both of Yang's legs below the knee.

17. [Jilin Province] Practitioner Mr. Lu Shulin Held at Jilin Province No. 2 Prison Needs Urgent Rescue

At present, practitioner Lu Shulin, held at Jilin Province's No. 2 Prison, is in very critical condition. Policemen Zhang Heng and Wang Lianfa have prevented Lu Shulin from being bailed out for hospitalization despite the fact that Lu Shulin's life is in peril. Falun Gong practitioners both inside and outside of China have clarified the truth to relevant officials and offices. The Prison Management Bureau officials accused Zhang and Wang of blackmail. In early March, the two people signed documents for Lu Shulin's family to bail him out. The family asked when Lu Shulin would be released. They replied, "We won't tell you, otherwise you guys will do stuff again." They are referring to overseas fellow practitioners calling them and clarifying the truth to them.

18. [Gaomi City, Shandong Province] Police Arrest Li Xinhua for Clarifying the Truth

Practitioner Li Xinhua from Gujialing Village, Jinggou Town, Gaomi City, clarified the truth of Falun Gong to people. Someone who didn't know the truth reported her to police. At 8:00 p.m. on March 3, 2006, police arrested her. Her whereabouts are unknown.

19. [Shanghai] Practitioner Shao Hongzhen Detained for Distributing Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party CDs

Practitioner Ms. Shao Hongzhen from the Xuhui District, Shanghai City, is 56 years old and lives on Longhua Street. On January 23, 2006 police arrested her while she was distributing the Nine Commentaries CDs in a residential area near Xietu Road, Xuhui District. Personnel from the Longhua Police Station detained Shao Hongzhen at the Xuhui District Detention Center located at No. 15, 398 Lane, Longwu Road. They have not yet released her.

Shao Hongzhen used to live in the Minhang District, Shanghai. After 1999, she was subjected to two arrests by personnel from the District Police Station, was detained for one month and imprisoned for three years, respectively. This is the third time she was held. Besides her arrest, several practitioners from Meilong Street, the Xuhui District were arrested around the Chinese New Year. Detailed information is unknown.

Some telephone numbers:
(Country code: 86, area code: 21)
Xuhui District Police Station, Shanghai: 64868911
Longhua Road Police Station, Xuhui District, Shanghai: 64576480

20. [Heilongjiang Province] Tian Yong Suffers from Severe Torture at the Tailai Prison - Ten Fingers Turn Black

At present, practitioner Mr. Tian Yong is still being held in solitary confinement in the Tailai Prison, Heilongjiang Province. His ten fingers were pressed so hard that they turned black. He is tied to a board and suffers from severe torture.

21. [Laishui County, Hebei Province] Police Break into and Ransack Practitioner Liu Fengran's Home

On March 3, 2006, several policemen from the Sunzhuang Township Police Station suddenly broke into practitioner Liu Fengran's home in Beihengqi Village. While no one was at home, they pried the lock open, broke down the door and confiscated some Falun Gong books and a cell phone.

22. [Laishui County, Hebei Province] Police Ransack Liu Xiuzhen's Home and Arrest Her

During the afternoon of February 4, 2006, personnel from the Laishui County Police Department and agents from the 610 Office broke into practitioner Liu Xiuzhen's home and confiscated her laptop computer and Falun Gong books. They arrested Liu Xiuzhen and put her into the County Detention Center.

23. [Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province] Several Practitioners Arrested

On March 3, 2006, practitioners An Wenqi, Bai Guilan, Jiao Meishan, a practitioner surnamed Song and one whose name is unknown from Shijiazhuang City were arrested. Now they are being held at the city's No. 2 Detention Center.

24. [Wafangdian City, Liaoning Province] Practitioner Hong Arrested

Patrol policemen arrested practitioner Hong from Wafangdian City when Hong was painting Falun Gong truth-clarifying slogans.

25. [Jiaozhou City, Shandong Province] Practitioner Han Xiufeng Arrested

On March 4, police arrested practitioner Ms. Han Xiufeng, in her 30s, from Ligezhuang Town in Jiaozhou City at her workplace.

26. [Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province] Practitioner An Wenqi Arrested and Home Ransacked

Around noon on March 3, 2006, An Wenqi went to a practitioner's home, but personnel from Xinhua District Police Station arrested the two practitioners. Afterwards, police ransacked An Wenqi's home. In the afternoon, police took An Wenqi and ransacked another home in An's hometown. Now An is being held at the district police station.

27. [Baiquan County, Heilongjiang Province] Three Practitioners Arrested for Distributing Truth-Clarifying Materials

During the afternoon of March 4, 2006, practitioners Ms. Gao Zhiqin, Ms. Jia Xiuyun, and Ms. Liu Jinrong from Baiquan County were reported to police when they were distributing truth-clarifying materials and putting up banners. Local 610 Office agents and police arrested them. In the evening their homes were ransacked. Now the three practitioners are incarcerated.

Baiquan County Police Department: 86-452-7328110
Zhu Qingyu, 610 Office head: 86-452-73281 Ext. 3610 or 3611

28. [Xinxiang City, Henan Province] Practitioner Huang Zhiqiang and Guo Meizhen Held at the Xinxiang City Detention Center

On January 6, 2006, personnel from the Xinxiang City Muye Police Department broke into and ransacked the home of Huang Zhiqiang, an employee of the state-owned No. 760 Factory. They confiscated truth-clarifying materials, a copy machine, and even a computer belonging to Huang Zhiqiang's son. That same day three other practitioners' homes were ransacked in Xinxiang City. Huang Zhiqing was first held at the Xinxing City Detention Center but was later transferred to another detention center. On January 15, 2006, practitioner Zhao Tingyun, who was held in the same detention center, was tortured to death.

Practitioner Ms. Guo Meizhen from the Beizhan District, Xinxiang City has been arrested and is now in the City Detention Center.

29. [Cangzhou City, Hebei Province] Practitioner Wang Shumei Held for Posting Truth-Clarifying Materials Exposing Persecution of Local Practitioners

After 8:00 p.m. on March 3, 2006, practitioner Wang Shumei from Cangzhou City was reported. He had been posting Falun Gong truth-clarifying materials to expose the persecution of practitioners in the community in the neighborhood of the Xinhua Police Department in Cangzhou City. At around 10:00 p.m., seven to eight policemen broke into and ransacked Wang's home. At present, Wang Shumei is being held at the city's No. 2 Detention Center.

Dong Yajun, No. 2 Detention Center chief: 86-317-2062329

30. [Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region] Practitioner Zhang Lianjun, a Student of Tsinghua University, Suffers from Cruel Persecution

Practitioner Zhang Lianjun, an undergraduate at Tsinghua University who was held in the Chifeng City Prison in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region was subjected to brutal tortures for refusing to give up Falun Gong. Zhang was once sent to the Chifeng City Hospital for emergency care at the end of 2005.

31. [Yongji County, Jilin Province] Practitioner Huo Yanhua Arrested

Police from Wanchang Town arrested practitioner Huo Yanhua.

32. [Yongji County, Jilin Province] Liu Li from Shuanghe Town Arrested

Practitioner Ms. Liu Li, around 50 years old, lives in Shuanghe Town, Yongji County, Jilin Province, and was recently arrested. Ms. Liu Li is still being held at the Yongji County Detention Center.

33. [Chongqing] Practitioner Li Jiahui Arrested

In December 2005, officers Yu Dequan and Zhu Mingqi from Shiqiaopu High Tech Development Zone Police Station arrested practitioner Ms. Li Jiahui from Chongqing. Currently, she is being held at the Maojiashan Women's Forced Labor Camp.

34. [Hebei Province] Practitioner Fan Xuequan Sentenced to Forced Labor in Tangshan City

In September 2004, practitioner Mr. Fan Xuequan from Xishui County, Hubei Province was arrested when clarifying the truth in the Chaoyang District. He was then transferred to the No. 4 Squadron, No. 3 Group, No. 27 Brick Yard in the Kaiping District, Tangshan City, Hebei Province to serve a forced labor sentence. Due to police authorities' interference, his family and friends have so far been prevented from visiting him. Fan Xuequan leads a difficult life in the prison. We hope fellow practitioners can expose and stop the persecution against him.

35. [ Lanzhou City, Gansu Province] Seven Practitioners Arrested

Seven practitioners including Ma Jun, Fang Jianping, and Wei Zhouxiang from Lanzhou City were arrested at Ma Jun's home. A laptop computer, a printer and some other personal belongings were confiscated. Ms. Wei Zhouxiang, in her 30s, a college graduate, has since been held at the Gongjiawan Brainwashing Class.

36. [Huainan City, Anhui Province] Several Practitioners Arrested and Sentenced to Long Term Imprisonment - A Truth-Clarifying Materials Production Site is Damaged

On June 17, 2005, personnel from the Tianjia'an District Huaixi Police Station and from the Ancheng Town Police Station in Huinan City, Anhui Province, including Yao Guohai and Ge Liang, arrested practitioner Mr. Wang Zhiqiang and put him into the City No. 1 Detention Center. Nine months have passed. Wang Zhiqiang's weight dropped from over 170 lbs. to only 90 lbs. due to persecution.

In addition, during this period police damaged several truth-clarifying material production sites. Several practitioners were arrested including Chen Xiu'an, Ms. Zhang Baoxia, Ms. Sun Shuying, and Mr. and Mrs. Huang. They have been sentenced to long imprisonment, from five to thirteen years.

37. [Datong City, Shanxi Province] 610 Office Police Follow and Arrest Several Practitioners

Practitioners Zhang Yueying, Cui Yuping and her son Ren Yong are from Datong City, Shanxi Province. On March 3, 2006, 610 Office policemen led by Feng and Sun secretly followed them for a long time. They then called twenty "110" policemen and anti-riot policemen to forcibly arrest the three practitioners on the street.

Practitioner Chen Ai is from Datong City, Shanxi Province. On March 3, 2006, when she was chatting with her mother and neighbors, suddenly lawless policeman Ja Yong broke into the house. When he saw Falun Gong books, he began to brutally beat Chen Ai. Chen Ai's mother, about 70 years old, tried to stop Ja Yong but was pushed down to the ground. Later he confiscated the books and left.

The second day, Chen Ai went to the police station to request that Ja Yong return her books but Ja Yong refused and even threatened her.

Ja Yong: 86-13353525474

38. [Tianjin] Lawless Policemen Break into Practitioner Wu Guirong's Home and Arrest Her

Practitioner Ms. Wu Guirong is from the Wuqing District, Tianjin City. On February 26, 2006, lawless policemen arrested Wu Guirong (Fan Jianming's wife) at her home and put her into the Dongpuwa Street Police Station. Her daughter, a pupil at Yangcun Village No. 5 Secondary School is left alone at home. The police station head is Dong Yuliang.

Wu Guirong's daughter cried every day. She simply wanted her mother to accompany her. So she went to the police station to ask for the release of her mother on February 27, but failed. On March 1, she went to the police station again and decided to get her mother back by any means. Finally, Wu Guirong went back home. However, the mother and daughter felt helpless. They felt unsafe even though the door was locked, thinking the police might come to harass them at any time.

39. [Yantai City, Shandong Province] Graduate Student Zhuo Qilin Sentenced to Two Years of Forced Labor for Clarifying the Truth

Zuo Qilin, 26, graduated from Yantai University in Shandong Province. He clarified the truth of Falun Gong to his classmate but was reported and arrested. In August 2005 he was sentenced to two years of forced labor. He has recently been transferred to the Fei County Detention Center.

40. [Jincheng City, Shanxi Province] Zhao Feng Arrested

At around noon on March 2, 2006, lawless policemen from the Beishidian Police Precinct affiliated with the Jincheng City Police Department in Shanxi Province arrested practitioner Zhao Feng.

41. [Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province] Yu Zhiping Arrested

Practitioner Yu Zhiping was arrested in June 2005. She has already been detained at Nanchang City No. 1 Detention Center for eight months.

42. [Beijing] A Banner Slandering Falun Gong Revealed

A Banner Slandering Falun Gong has been hung on the West Wall of the No. 4 Building in the Nanshe Community, South Haidian Road for a long time.

43. [Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province] No. 35 Secondary School Officials Require that Each Student Write a Falun Gong-slandering Article

On March 1, 2006, teachers at the Shijiazhuang City No. 35 Secondary School required each student to write an article and draw a picture to slander Falun Gong.

No. 35 Secondary School: 86-311-87894095, 87031067, 87023179

44. [Linkou County, Heilongjiang Province] Liu Xiaosuo's Whereabouts Unknown for a Long Time

Practitioner Mr. Liu Xiaosuo, about 40 years old, is a farmer in Sandaotong Village, Linkou County. He was sentenced to three years of prison time in 2000. Less than one year after being released he was again arrested when working in his field and was detained at Mudanjiang City Forced Labor Camp. When his family went to visit him, they were told that he had been transferred to somewhere unknown. His whereabouts are still unknown.