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Tianjin Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Zhang Xiangjun was sentenced to twelve years in prison because of his unwavering faith. He was detained at the Number 1 Prison in Tianjin City.

Zhang Xiangjun lived in Shangcang Town, Ji County, a suburban county of the Tianjin City metropolitan area. When the persecution started on July 20, 1999, he went to Beijing to appeal against the persecution. Police from the Tiananmen Police Station illegally arrested Mr. Zhang and another practitioner, Zhang Yudong, after they unfurled a large banner on top of the stone bridge in front of Tiananmen. The county police deputies who were stationed in Beijing savagely beat them. That evening they were transported to the Ji County Police Department branch.

The practitioners were interrogated throughout the night at the police office and were asked why they went to raise the banner in Beijing. Zhang Xiangjun and Zhang Yudong replied, "Falun Gong is a cultivation practice system of the Buddha School and guides people to be outstanding citizens based on the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance. We are innocent, Falun Gong is innocent, and our Teacher is innocent. We ask that the wrong be rectified for Falun Gong and our Teacher." The police then handcuffed both practitioners and hung them by the handcuffs. They were kicked and beaten. The police shocked their faces, chests and entire bodies with electric batons for 24 hours. Even though there were wounds all over their bodies, they proclaimed, "Fallun Dafa is good" and "Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance is good," and they continued to clarify the truth to the police.

They were detained separately at the Ji County Detention Center. Deputy Chief Li Hemin of the Ji County Police Department and Detention Center Chief Wang Xuesong told them that they would be released as soon as they give up practicing Falun Gong. Zhang Xiangjun said, "We will continue practicing Falun Gong. We believe in Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance and being a good person." The two police officials replied, "Very well then, let's see if your mouth is as resolute as our electric batons." The electric shocks caused severe blisters all over their bodies, and the odor of burned flesh filled the air. The police then poured cold water over them and tried to force them to write a guarantee statement. They refused. The two police officials then ordered them to be taken back to their cells and to be watched over closely. They were handcuffed and shackled. After enduring brutal torture at the detention center, they were transferred back to Tianjin Qingbowa Forced Labor Camp. Mr. Zhang Xiangjun remained there, while Mr. Zhang Yudong was further transferred to Shuangkou Forced Labor Camp in the Beichen District.

According to Mr. Zhang Xiangjun's personal account of his persecution, he was sent to a brainwashing center. Many practitioners were persecuted there, and Mr. Zhang was no exception. The police started by trying to persuade him to quit practicing Falun Gong and be "transformed." Mr. Zhang clarified the truth to them by explaining what Falun Gong is, and that Falun Gong practitioners are all good people who try to adhere to the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance. Practicing Falun Gong allows people to regain their physical health and improve their moral standard, bringing back social stability.

The police started cursing, "When the Chinese Communist Party says that you are wrong, you are wrong, even if you are not. We can tell you that our superiors have instructed us that if you are not 'transformed' ideologically, then you will be transformed by fire (cremation). Even if we kill you, you will die in vain, and we will get our bonus." Seduced by money and succumbing to orders from above, they started savagely torturing Zhang Xiangjun. They tied him to the tiger bench and used seven electric batons to shock him simultaneously. They shocked him on his face, in his mouth, and in his groin area. The police screamed, "Will you practice or not?" The reply that they heard was, "Practice." The police lashed Mr. Zhang with leather belts, and he suffered a most atrocious beating. He routinely passed out several times each day under such torture. The police then poured cold water over him to force him to regain consciousness. Mr. Zhang started a hunger strike to protest. The police inserted a feeding tube through his nose. He was deprived of sleep for many days, and each forced feeding was extremely painful, with blood oozing out of his mouth. He went on a hunger strike for two months, and his plump body became a skeleton.

The police prohibited Zhang Xiangjun's family from visiting him. No family visits were to be allowed until he was "transformed." The police also froze Mr. Zhang's bank account to seal off his economic means. The police even tried to persuade his family to "transform" him. His family replied, "He is innocent, he is a fine fellow." The police did not accomplish their objective, but they still kept Mr. Zhang's bank account frozen. Now his parents and children can only make ends meet by borrowing money.

The police finally notified Mr. Zhang's family to come and take him home after nearly torturing him to death. They left him outside in the main courtyard. The Ji County 610 Office employed six people to monitor his home, day and night. They refused to let him contact anyone outside his family and never allowed anyone to visit him. After several months of studying the principles and practicing the exercises, he regained his health. One day late at night, he escaped after the people monitoring him fell asleep. From there Mr. Zhang was forced to stay away from home and had to beg for food to survive. Yet he never forgot that he was a practitioner, and continued his efforts to clarify the truth wherever he went.

Zhang Xianghun worried his parents and child, who were left at home. (His wife, also a Falun Gong practitioner, was arrested and jailed at the Tianjin Women's Prison. She also refused to be "transformed.") The police were able to pinpoint his position when he called home using a cell phone. Mr. Zhang was again abducted by the police and brought back to Ji County Police Department. This time they tortured him even more atrociously. The police tied him up with ropes for eight days and nights. They shackled his feet and did not allow him to eat or sleep. They poured cold water over him, and kicked and beat him until they broke two of his ribs. These wounds have never completely healed. Deputy Bureau Chief Li Hemin and Detention Center Chief Wang Xuesong personally beat Mr. Zhang Xiangjun. They shocked him with six or seven electric batons. His blood pressure went as high as 280, and he lost his consciousness because of the torture. He was jailed at the Ji County Detention Center.

The Chinese Procuratorate and Court sentenced Mr. Zhang Xiangjun to a twelve year prison term without any evidence of wrongdoing. He was sent to the Number 1 Prison in Tianjin City. To this day Mr. Zhang refuses to wear inmates' clothing or do any prison labor. He has said, "We are innocent. We are Falun Gong practitioners." He takes every opportunity to clarify truth to the prison guards and police about Falun Gong. Finally, Mr. Zhang appealed to practitioners overseas to file a lawsuit against Li Hemin, deputy chief of the police department, and Wang Xuesong, chief of the Ji County Detention Center. They must be prosecuted to the fullest extent allowed by law.

Practitioner Mr. Zhang Yinhai, 70, from Pengliuzuo Village, Tianjiazhuang County, Xinji City, Hebei Province, passed away on January 16, 2006. Before his death, Zhang was subjected to cruel persecution by Geng Chao and his group at the National Security Group in Xinji City. Many of his family members were illegally detained and had money extorted from them. His mother, in her nineties, died from terror.

The following is a brief description of the persecution of Zhang's family.

The house of Mr. Zhang Yinhai's eldest son Zhang Tongyi was illegally searched and many items were confiscated by Geng Chao and his group on April 12, 2005. They took fifteen thousand yuan from the house plus 1200 yuan and a password protected check from a body search. After forcing Zhang Tongyi to tell the password, they cashed the check. They also confiscated a computer, two telephones, a new cell phone valued at over one thousand yuan, a color TV, a recorder, over fifty pounds of peanut oil, and some truth-clarifying material. Geng Chao personally took the computer and the cell phone.

At the end, they illegally sentenced Zhang Tongyi to two years of forced labor served outside of a forced labor camp. Zhang Tongyi's wife, practitioner Li Ergai, was illegally sentenced to three years of forced labor. She is now persecuted in Shi Jiazhuang Women's Forced Labor Camp.

The home of his second son, practitioner Zhang Tongjian, was searched by Geng Chao and his group. They took a color TV, a computer, and some consumable goods. Currently, Zhang Tonjian and his wife are forced to remain homeless to avoid further persecution. Zhang Tongjian's mother is looking after their children.

Zhang Yinghai's mother was ninety-six years old. After the house was searched, she was so terrified that she passed away in July, 2005.

Zhang Yinghai's three daughters, Zhang Xiangzhen, Zhang Tingzhen, and Zhang Yuexiang, visited the National Security Group in Xinji City together, and asked Geng Chao to return their brother's property. They were detained on the spot. Zhang Xiangzhen was sent to the Xinjin Detention Center and was illegally held there for fifteen days before she was released. On November 20, 2005, about two months after her release, she was arrested again by officers from the police station in Yinli County, Jinzhou City and the National Security Group in Jinzhou City. She was sent to the Hebei Law Education Center to be brainwashed. On the evening of January 16, 2005, Zhang Xiangzhen was able to come home due to the death of her father. Zhang Tingzhen and Zhang Yuexiang were released after Geng Chao extorted over 1000 yuan from each of them.

Changle Forced Labor Camp has been fully implementing the Chinese Communist Party's policy of persecution toward Falun Gong practitioners for more than six years. The labor camp is one of the worst places of persecution in the Weifang area. Police guard Han Huiyue of Weifang Forced Labor Camp is one of the main perpetrators.

Han Huiyue, male, around 39 years old, lives in the Residence Complex of Changle Forced Labor Camp in Weifang. In October 2000, Changle Forced Labor Camp set up a Second Group specifically to persecute Falun Gong practitioners. The group has two squadrons. Han Huiyue was the head of the second squadron until 2003. Beginning in 2003, he worked as head of the first squadron. In late 2004, the two squadrons were merged into one, and Han Huiyue has been in charge ever since.

During the course of more than six years, Han Huiyue has committed huge crimes against Falun Gong and Falun Gong practitioners. Many practitioners detained in the second squadron of the Second Group were tortured and killed at the hands of Han Huiyue.

1. Han Huiyue Ordered Criminals to Beat Practitioner Mr. Liu Shuchun to Death

Mr. Liu Shuchun, 38, was a Falun Gong practitioner from Sandazhang Village, Songzhuang Town, Changyi County, Weifang City of Shandong Province. On January 3, 2001, Mr. Liu was sent from the third team of Songzhuang Town in Changyi to the second squadron, Second Group of Weifang Changle Forced Labor Camp for three years. Because Mr. Liu was very determined in his belief, officers Han Huiyue and Zhu Weile incited criminals Liu Chunxiang, Zhang Jintao, Niu Zhongxin, Tian Weixiang, Liu Xuetian, and Han Xicai to beat Mr. Liu. They beat him so severely that they killed him. They had followed customary procedures used on practitioners. First, they beat him and then they "gave him a bath." In this torture, they forced Mr. Liu to stay in the water for a very long time while they used special belts, broom handles, mop handles, sticks, and small stools to violently hit or scratch him in an attempt to force him to give up his belief in Falun Gong. While Mr. Liu was being tortured, others could hear his painful screams. The torture continued until he was at the edge of death. At this point a criminal inmate used a stool to hit Mr. Liu in the head so violently that he died and there were no more sounds from him.

After Mr. Liu Shuchun was tortured to death, the guards tried to cover their crime by blocking the news. They covered Mr. Liu's head with a cloth and covered his body with a blanket. On the second day, they carried his corpse out of the labor camp. It wasn't until several days later that his family learned about his death.

The personnel directly involved in Liu Shuchun's death were: Xu Lihua, Zuo Jintian, Lv Yibo, Zhu Weile, Ding Guihua, Zhu Anle, and Han Huiyue.

The authorities tried to dodge their responsibility for Liu Shuchun's death by only punishing criminal inmate Zhao Jintao. In fact, police guard Han Huiyue was the real murderer behind the scene. To improve the "transformation" rate of practitioners, Han Huiyue set up a team specifically to torture practitioners. Criminal inmates Tian Weixiang and others were on the team. To get them fully motivated, Han Huiyue tied the rates of practitioners' "transformations" with "adjustments" of the criminal inmates' detention terms. Eager to get their terms reduced, the team members decided to force practitioner Liu Shuchun to yield under the torture that eventually killed him.

Basic information on the six criminals involved in the death of practitioner Liu Shuchun:

Liu Chunxiang, a male drug addict in his 30s, from Changle County, was a leader among the criminals. After beating Mr.Liu to death, he was transferred out of the Second squadron.

Tian Weixiang, a 22-year-old male from Qingzhou City, was a thief and had been imprisoned before.

Zhang Jintao, male, 26, from Qingzhou City, had been imprisoned before. Soon after Zhang Jintao was released from the forced labor camp, he received karmic retribution when a vehicle rolled over him and killed him.

Niu Zhongxin, male, 26, from Hanting of Weifang City, was a thief.

Liu Xuetian, male, 24, from Dongying City, a thief, had been imprisoned before.

Han Xicai, male, 26, from Shidui Town of Anqiu City, was a thief.

2. Han Huiyue Ordered Collaborators to Attempt Brainwashing Mr. Mou Nanwu Around the Clock

Mr. Mou Nanwu, 41, from Gaomi City, worked at Weifang Fabric Profession School. He taught physics, electronics, and computer classes. In January 2000, he was sent to Weifang Changle Forced Labor Camp for a three year term because he refused to give up practicing Falun Gong. During the imprisonment, Mr. Mou's blood pressure reached as high as 240. The forced labor camp feared that he would die inside the camp. To avoid responsibility, the labor camp released him for medical treatment.

In late July 2001, police sent Mr. Mou, who had lost ability to take care himself, to the second squadron of the Second Group in Weifang Changle Forced Labor Camp. Guard Han Huiyue arranged for several collaborators to brainwash Nauwu around the clock. Within just a few days, Mr. Mou's health deteriorated And the forced labor camp had to send him home. His wife, Ms. Dai Xiaoping, was detained in Wangcun Forced Labor Camp.

On June 13, 2004, Mr. Mou Naiwu died after having been persecuted for a very long time.

3. Practitioner Mr. Li Wensheng Beaten by 17 Prisoners

Mr. Li Wensheng, 38, was from Xiaozhuanggou Village, Hejiazhuang, Zhucheng City. In late 2000, Mr. Li went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong. Zhucheng City police extorted 5,000 yuan from Mr. Li. In October 2000, Li Wensheng was sent to Weifang Changle Forced Labor Camp for a three-year term. On December 5, 2000, Han Huiyue ordered Li Chunxiang, Zhang Jintao, Xu Wenzi, Zhou Xuede, and thirteen other criminal inmates to beat practitioner Mr. Li Wensheng in an attempt to force him to give up his belief in Falun Gong.

In the freezing winter, they stripped Mr. Li and forced him into the bathroom to "take a shower." In the bathroom, two criminals took turns pouring water continuously into Mr. Li's mouth and nose for a long time. He was almost suffocated.

After the torture, they forced Mr. Li to lie down on the cold cement. They pulled his shirt over his head and pulled his pants down to his ankles. Several thugs stomped on his arms and legs. Zhang Jintao used a specially made belt to violently whip Li Wensheng from his waist to his calves. His body was covered with bloody wounds. Once again, they forced the naked Mr. Li to "take a shower."

The labor camp used Falun Gong practitioners as slave labor to process garlic. The perpetrators took the wastewater, which was used to soak garlic, and poured it into Mr. Li's mouth and nose through a hose.

In the cell, the perpetrators hit and kicked him. They grabbed his shoulders and hit his chest with their knees. Mr. Li was tortured to the edge of death. He had blood in his urine and stool, his entire body was painful, and he was unable to speak clearly.

Late at night, they tried to force Mr. Li to get into the upper level of the bunk bed, but he was so seriously injured from the torture that he could not do it. They then used a stool to hit his back and buttocks. After the beating, a criminal said worriedly, "He could be easily killed in this way. What if he dies?" For a very long time, the wounds on his buttocks oozed bloody fluid.

4. Sixty-year-old Mr. Su Xiaoyou's Body Covered with Injuries from Torture

Mr. Su Xiaoyou, born in 1940, was from Xingshan Village, Wangjiazhangzi Town, Anqiu City of Shandong Province. In October 2000, he was sentenced to three years in Weifang Forced Labor Camp because he went to Beijing to appeal to the government to stop persecuting Falun Gong.

When Mr. Su first arrived at the second squadron of the Second Group, Han Huiyue ordered about eight criminals to hold Mr. Su to the ground. Two held his feet, two held his hands, and one held his head. The rest used a special belt with a "T" shaped piece of metal at one end to whip Mr. Su. They whipped his lower thighs above his knees. During the beating, they kept asking Mr. Su whether he would still practice Falun Gong. Whenever he said, "Yes," they whipped him more fiercely, especially targeting the wounds from last time. It wasn't until the flesh was torn open and became bloody that they focused the whipping on a different area.

Su Xiaoyou was wounded all over his body. They broke one belt while beating him. The specially made belt was covered with his blood. Three years later when Mr. Su was released from the forced labor camp, his back still had the scars from the whipping.

5. Perpetrators Beat Practitioner Mr. Xiao Jinsen with Wooden Blocks, Belts, a Stool, and a Shoe

Mr. Xiao Jinsen, 33, was from Xiaojiaying in the Hanting District of Weifang City. He was a former employee of the Mechanization Construction Subsidiary Company of Weifang City Changda Construction Inc. In October 2000, Mr. Xiao was sentenced to three years in Weifang Forced Labor Camp.

On the night when Mr. Xiao was sent to the second squadron of the Second Group, Han Huiyue had more than ten criminals beat him. Criminal inmate Han Xicai held and smashed Mr. Xiao's head to the wall at least twenty times, making a very loud "bang, bang, bang" sound.

At around noon on the second day, Han Huiyue summoned Mr. Xiao to his office. Han knocked him down with one fist and shocked him with an electric baton. To protest the torture, Mr. Xiao went on a hunger strike. Han had four or five criminals hold Mr. Xiao down in a big water container and douse him with water for one hour.

One time Mr. Xiao did the Falun Gong exercises. Criminal Zhang Jintao and several others stripped off Mr. Xiao's clothes in a storage room and used wooden blocks to beat him until he was covered with blood. They then dragged him into a water supply room and doused him with cold water. They also whipped him with a belt, stools, shoe soles, and their fists.

Xiao Jinsen was steadfast in his belief in Falun Gong and refused to yield under the torture. They put him under harsh management for a long time and extended his term. Mr. Xiao was handcuffed continuously for nine months. In all he was handcuffed for more than one year. Han Huiyue did not allow Mr. Xiao to wash himself, so eventually, his clothes were like a dirty, oily cloth matted with sweat, dirt, and blood.

Police guards and "collaborators" tried to force Mr. Xiao to yield. They put handcuffs on him and deprived him of sleep. When he fainted, the collaborators used towels to tie his arms and legs together. They pulled the towels tightly on each side. Another collaborator stood in front of him holding Mr. Xiao's handcuff. Another one pressed on his back in such a way that they forced him into a very painful "squatting" position. This torture is extremely cruel. In a very short time, Mr. Xiao's back and legs felt like they were breaking.

6. Practitioner Mr. Yu Wei was Shocked with Electric Batons for a Long Time

Mr. Yu Wei, 28, lived at the Labor Bureau residency complex at Xinhua Xiaoqu of the Kuiwen District. Mr. Yu was sentenced to three years in Weifang Forced Labor Camp because he went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong.

Han Huiyue handcuffed Mr. Yu Wei for six months. On one occasion Mr. Yu shouted, "Fallun Dafa is good" in the labor camp's cafeteria. Police then ordered criminal Tian Weixiang to beat Mr. Yu. He was shocked with six electric batons and forced to squat down for a long time.

In November 2002, Weifang Forced Labor Camp told the released collaborator Liu Rongyou to give a speech. When Liu Rongyou slandered Falun Gong in his speech, practitioners Mr. Yu Wei, Mr. Zhong Daozhong and Mr. Xu Jianhua stood up and exposed Liu Rongyou's lies. The guards used four electric batons with 100,000 volts each to shock Mr. Yu. He was shocked on the mouth with an electric baton, which caused his lips to swell. Mr. Yu was unable to speak. To endure the extreme pain, Yu Wei hit his head on the desks and chairs.

7. Practitioner Mr. Xin Dongsheng was Forced to do Slave Labor

Mr. Xin Dongsheng, 39, was from Dongxinxing Village, Dasheng Town of Anqiu City. In May 2001, he was sent to Weifang Forced Labor Camp for three years. In the second squadron of the Second Group, Mr. Xin was brainwashed and transformed with violence. Han Huiyue used Mr. Xin to do slave labor processing diamonds. Mr. Xin was forced to work overtime. He was so fatigued that he fell down in the restroom and was almost suffocated.

To reap a profit, Weifang Forced Labor Camp forced young and healthy practitioners to do slave labor, such as processing diamonds. Processing diamonds is very harmful to the human body. One person was given one machine and had to focus intently on each very small diamond. Otherwise, the diamond would be damaged. The workshop was very small and crowded. The workload was heavy and demanding, and the environment was filled with high volume noise. Especially in the hot summer, when the machines were turned on, the whole workshop was quickly filled with the odors of sweat and stinky chemicals. It made people feel suffocated. Yet, this is the place where the practitioners were forced to do slave labor.

In ordinary society, workers usually can do 40 to 60 diamonds in one day, but practitioners in the forced labor camp are forced to do 50 to 120 diamonds daily. To finish the daily workload, practitioners had to work 10 to 14 hours.

Many practitioners' health was severely damaged and they often collapsed. What happened to practitioner Xin Dongsheng is just an example. One day around noon, in the summer of 2001, Mr. Xin went to use the restroom. He suddenly fainted and fell down. His head had an egg-sized bump. He was sent to Changle Hospital for emergency treatment. A kindhearted doctor informed his family. The labor camp tried to hide the truth from Mr. Xin's family when they came to the labor camp to visit him. Mr. Xin was sent back from the hospital to the labor camp. He lay on the bed motionless. His memory had not fully recovered and he was in critical condition. Weifang Forced Labor Camp refused to release him to seek medical treatment and kept forcing him to do slave labor.

8. Practitioner Mr. Li Jinzhong's Ribs were Fractured and his Cervical Vertebra Dislocated

Mr. Li Jinzhong, in his 50s, was from Changle County of Shandong Province. Because he is a Falun Gong practitioner, he was sent to the second squadron of Second Group in Changle Forced Labor Camp for a three-year term. In the summer of 2002, Han Huiyue handcuffed Mr. Li and restrained him to the ground in a space less than one square meter. He sat there for 180 days. The authorities did not allow Mr. Li to talk, cut his hair, or shave. Li Jinshong's beard was as long as 3 centimeters and his hair grew so long that it covered his ears. After 32 days the handcuff was rusted and wouldn't open. The guards had someone open the handcuff with a handsaw. After the old handcuff was removed, the guards put on a new one.

In late November 2002, police officers Han Huiyue and Liu Anxing held Mr. Li down on the ground. Each person stepped on one of his arms. They used two electric batons to shock him on the neck for more than 40 minutes.

Han Huiyue ordered collaborators to beat Li Jinzhong. In April or May 2003, collaborator Liu Zhigang (from Yangjiazhuang Village, Junbukou Town, Weifang) beat Mr. Li and dislocated his cervical vertebra. Mr. Li was unable to hold up his head.

Collaborator Ding Li fractured one of Mr. Li's left ribs with one blow. He tightly covered Mr. Li's nose and mouth, making him lose consciousness and lose control of his bodily functions.

Collaborator Liu Fuqiang often kicked and beat Mr. Li. Liu used a stool to hit Mr. Li and caused him to pass out several times.

Collaborator Li Qinping tied a rope onto Mr. Li's handcuff and then hung him up on the upper level of a bed frame. Mr. Li could neither squat down nor stand up. Li Qinping grabbed and scratched Mr. Li's ribs for more than forty minutes. He lost feeling in his rib area and finally passed out. Li Qinping also stuffed hot peppers into Mr. Li's mouth and forced him to swallow them.

Collaborator Zhang Huasan used a shoe sole to repeatedly hit Mr. Li's head, making it bleed. The blood made Mr. Li's hair stick to his forehead. The scars are still visible.

Li Jinzhong's term was extended by two months.

9. Practitioner Mr. Zhan Haigang was Tortured and Lost Consciousness

Mr. Zhan Haigang, 30, was from Banzhuwohe Village, Mizhou, Zhucheng City. He was sentenced to three years in the second squadron of the Second Group of Changle Forced Labor Camp because he is a Falun Gong practitioner. Haigang was brutally tortured by Han Huiyue, Liu Anxing and other policemen. He was deprived of sleep for a very long time, brutally beaten, and subjected to brainwashing.

Perpetrators used glass bottles to violently hit the top of Mr. Zhan's head. He was subjected to electric shocks for thirty days. He was forced to squat without moving and was deprived of sleep. They used dirty rags to cover Mr. Zhan's face and did not let him breath. His face turned gray and green and he lost consciousness.

Mr. Zhan's head swelled up from the beating, his memory became cloudy, and he had slow reactions. He still had not recovered at the time of his release.

10. Mr. Chen Jiaxin, Mr. Gao Yuhai and Mr. Zhao Fengming were Tortured and Suffered Mentally Collapse

Mr. Chen Jiaxin, 33, was from Wushan Town of Anqiu City. Because he is a Falun Gong practitioner, he was sentenced to three years in the second squadron of the Second Group of Changle Forced Labor Camp. Mr. Chen was subjected to intense brainwashing, deprived of sleep, forced to do slave labor, and eventually tortured until he became mentally disordered.

Mr. Gao Yuhai, 48, was an employee at Lianmeng Chemical Industry Company in Shouguang City. In January 2001, he was sent to Changle Forced Labor Camp for a three-year term. Police guards Han Huiyue and Liu Anxing persecuted him for two years and nine months. He was released on September 18, 2003. By then, Mr. Gao had become mentally unstable, had unbearable headaches, could not sleep at night, and was unable to take care of himself.

Mr. Zhao Fengming, 46, was a practitioner from Xiaoying Village, Nanlu Town of Anqiu City. In July 2001, he was illegally sentenced to two years in Weifang Changle Forced Labor Camp. During the detention, guards Han Huiyue and Liu Anxing persecuted him. Mr. Zhao was intensely brainwashed, deprived of sleep, forced to do slave labor, and finally had a mental collapse.

11. Falun Gong Practitioner Mr. Zhang Keming was Shocked with Electric Batons Many Times

Mr. Zhang Keming, 56, was a practitioner from Gaomi City. In late 2000, he was illegally sent to the second squadron of Second Group of Weifang Forced Labor Camp for a three-year term. During his detention, he suffered from brutal beatings and electric shocks administered by Han Huiyue and Liu Anxing.

In November 2002, Weifang Forced Labor Camp asked collaborator Liu Rongyou to give a speech. When Liu Rongyou slandered Falun Gong in the speech, practitioners Mr. Yu Wei, Mr. Zhong Daozhong, and Mr. Xu Jianhua stood up and exposed Liu Rongyou's lies. The guards thought that practitioner Mr. Zhang was "the organizer" of the incident and brought him to the office. Mr. Zhang was brutally shocked with electric batons, and his mouth swelled up severely.

Other practitioners who were persecuted by police Han Huiyue were Cai Yingming, Wang Xiaozeng, Meng Zhaoteng, Lv Fan, and others.

Mr. Cai Yingming, born in 1962, was a technician at Fenghuang Garden of Shouguang City. Because he believes in Falun Gong and its principle of "Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance," he was sent to Changle Forced Labor Camp for a three-year term in 2000. Han Huiyue ordered criminal Zhang Jintao to torture Mr. Cai. He was subjected to tortures similar to practitioners Mr. Li Wensheng and Mr. Su Xiaoyou.

I started to practice Falun Gong in 1997. After July 20, 1999, when Jiang and the Chinese Communist Party started to openly persecute Falun Gong, I suffered many tribulations, and was constantly brutally persecuted by vicious Party members. The following facts mainly expose the inhumane persecution that I and other practitioners endured at the Shayang Forced Labor Camp and Baofenglu Women's Jail in Wuhan.

On January 15, 2000, several practitioners and I were studying the Falun Gong books at my home. Police officers Chen Shumin, Zhou Youhua and some other people broke into my house and arrested me and three other practitioners. In Huanggang Detention Center, another practitioner and I were shackled, chained and beaten by a police officer surnamed Lei. Three months later I was sent to the Shizishan Forced Labor Camp in Wuhan for a one-year term.

In the Shizishan Forced Labor Camp, our dignity was severely damaged. After we entered the gate, drug addict criminals undressed us. All of our clothes were searched. Later the authorities forced us to do drills in the scorching heat of the sun, in a temperature of 40º C (104º F), and forced us to stand in the sun for the entire day.

Because I still refused to renounce Falun Gong, about two months later I was sent to No. 9 Group of Shayang Forced Labor Camp. In early 2001, a police officer surnamed Gong extended my term by six months and sent me to the No. 2 Group (the so called "strict surveillance group") because another practitioner and I did the exercises.

After July 1, 2001, the lawless police tried to brainwash me. Since I didn't cooperate, they forced me to run in the baking sun. In the evenings, they forced me to stand facing the wall in the police office. Sometimes a police officer surnamed Wang forced me to put my head against the wall, with both feet together, and my body bent over. They forced me to stand this way until 1:00 a.m. A police officer surnamed Zhao extended my term by another six months because I refused to sing a certain song that they make practitioners sing as a form of mental torture, and instead I called out to praise Falun Gong. The two extensions added up to one year.

In October 2002, less than one year after I was set free from the forced labor camp, I was again sentenced to a three-year term and was sent to the 4th Squadron of the 4th Group in Baofenglu Women's Prison, Wuhan City.

Once I was there, what I faced was brainwashing and slave labor. I was forced to recite the prison regulations and to copy slanderous propaganda about Falun Gong. In addition, I had to finish the forced labor tasks. During first several days, they tried to brainwash me in the morning, and forced me to do the extra work in the afternoon. Later, it gradually became that I started to work at 8:00 p.m. and had to finish the work for the entire day.

Seeing that Jiang Chunxi alone couldn't "transform" me, the police then assigned criminal Wang Humin, and four collaborators to persecute me. They persecuted me more and more severely day after day. In addition, my physical health suffered as result of the persecution. Only two days after I was transferred to the group, I started to lose hair constantly. My hair also turned white. The tips of my fingers and toes were so painful, it was as if something was piercing them. My whole body felt so unwell as if it was wrapped in an iron sheet. I did not even have the energy to wash my face or my clothes.

The prison authorities persecute Falun Gong practitioners with all sorts of methods. For example, not only did we have to finish the huge amount of basic workload of slave labor, we were also forced to tie the "Chinese knot" if we refused to do the camp exercises. Each of us was forced to tie 100 knots in the morning and in the afternoon. If we refused to do the drill, we were then forced to tie 200 knots. If we didn't say "report" when entering their offices, we were forced to tie 200 knots. If a police officer came into the cell and we didn't stand up to salute him, we were forced to tie 100 knots. If two police officers came and we didn't stand up, we were forced to tie 200 knots, and so on. At some point around July or August, my extra workload in one day was added up to 1,200 "Chinese knots," which needed to be contained in a knitting bag after a few days' work. The next morning however, I was prohibited from knitting. Instead, I was forced to undergo brainwashing by listening to a criminal read slanderous propaganda. They did not let me start the work until 2:00 p.m. Facing so much work, I could only stay up all night. Sometimes, I was forced to keep standing, and sometimes I was forced to stay seated. Even in the hot summer, they didn't let me have a rest. I was so tired that quite often I was unable to operate the tools. My eyes wouldn't stay open. Sometimes, I fell asleep while still standing and the criminal Zhang Qing would then pull or push my back or kick me. One time, I was forced to stand as punishment for nine days in a hall.

Even when I was about to be released, the authorities didn't stop persecuting me. In the morning on the day before I left, they ordered me to fill out two forms. I had no idea about the names of the forms and only saw things like "The prison authorities have never deprived Falun Gong practitioners of sleep," "Police officers didn't extort even a cent from practitioners released on probation," and so on. Whatever the prison authorities had done to practitioners, the forms stated that they had not done it. When Liu Shuzhen saw that I refused to cooperate, she asked three prisoners to fill out the forms assuming my name. Then they held my hand and forced me to press my fingerprints on them. In the afternoon, I wrote a Solemn Declaration, stating that the forms were invalid. I also wrote an article to disclose their dirty deeds. I am living proof of their persecution. Not only was I often deprived of sleep, but I also suffered all sorts of tortures. Now instead, they asked me to give false witness. They are both sinister and depraved. Under my insistence, the police had to give me the two forms and let me tear them up.

This was only a tiny part of the persecution I have suffered in last six years.

[Note: The following is a shortened version of a longer and more detailed article that appeared on the minghui.ca website (Chinese version of Clearwisdom.net).]

Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Wu Xianjin and his father from Gaozhou City, Guangdong Province went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong after the 2000 New Year's Day, but they were arrested. As a result, Mr. Wu Xianjin was dismissed from his college. After one month, Mr. Wu and his father went to Beijing to appeal again, and they were detained in the First Detention Center in Gaozhou City. Each was sentenced to three years in prison. They were both tortured with electric batons and other tactics in the Sihui Prison.

After they were released in mid-February 2004, Police officer He Sheng and others from the Gaozhou City Department deceived Mr. Wu Xianjin into going to the Yong Town Police Station, then ransacked his home, and confiscated his computer, printer, and TV. Mr. Wu Jingao has been on a hunger strike at the Gaozhou City Second Detention Center. He was sentenced to three years of forced labor.

Mr. Wu Xianjin has never given up his practice of Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance in Sanshui Forced Labor Camp and firmly believes in Master. He is considered a "solid practitioner" and has been relegated to solitary confinement.

Note: The following is a shortened version of a longer and more detailed article that appeared on the minghui.ca website (Chinese version of Clearwisdom.net).

One day in February 2006, police from Qianan City, Hebei Province suddenly broke into the home of practitioner Wen Qingfang and illegally arrested her. They ransacked her home, confiscated her computer, and also took away a guest who was visiting her at the time. The reason for this arrest was that mayor Li Zaidong's daughter had found a truth-clarification CD in her bicycle basket and Ms. Wen happened to live in the same residential area. Ms. Wen's guest has since been released, but she herself is still in police custody.