Issued by Clearwisdom Net

For carrying a copy of Zhuan Falun with him, Falun Gong practitioner Mr.Wei Jianzhou of Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province, was arrested and imprisoned in Xindian Forced Labor Camp, where he started a hunger strike to protest. Guards then ordered drug addict inmates to torture him.

For carrying a copy of Zhuan Falun with him, practitioner Mr.Wei Jianzhou of Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province, was arrested and imprisoned in Xindian Forced Labor Camp, where he started a hunger strike to protest. Guards then ordered drug addict inmates to torture him.

Around May 2007, the head of the 3rd Group Gong Junsheng ordered the formation of a so-called "special case team" to persecute Mr. Wei specifically. The people in charge included Education Officer Zhang Junde and five drug addict inmates: Zhao Qing from Xishan, Taiyuan City; Wang Chenghu from Yangmingbao, Dai County; Wang Laicun from Dai County; Li Zhiwei from Hequ; and Chen Wenliang from Dai County. Zhao Qing was the head of the group, Wang Chenghu and Wang Laicun were major players, and Li Zhiwei and Chen Wenliang were coerced into participating.

Guard Zhang Junde once beat Chen Wenliang because Chen did not want to torture Falun Gong practitioners. Li Zhiwei and Chen Wenliang were punished by Zhao Qing for not actively participating in the persecution. Zhao Qing was released about one month ahead of time for his "outstanding" performance [in persecuting practitioners]. Drug addict Wang Laicun often tortured practitioners. During the time he closely watched practitioner Mr. Yan Xipeng in Taiyuan City, he often beat, swore at, and verbally abused Mr. Yan.

When Mr. Wei Jianzhou was on a hunger strike, inmates Wang Chenyan and Wang Junqing, who were on duty at night, also participated in savagely force-feeding Mr. Wei. The sounds of beatings, swearing, and quarreling were heard every night. Sometimes the torture lasted past 4:00 a.m. and would resume at about 5:00 a.m. when Mr. Wei was forced to get up. Even during this one hour of "sleep time", he was also often tortured. After a few days Mr. Wei Jianzhou was completely disfigured from torture. Currently, he still can't get normal rest.

Xindian Forced Labor Camp in Shanxi Province imprisons and persecutes male Falun Gong practitioners from Shanxi Province. Since 1999, about 500 people have been persecuted there. The ten practitioners still imprisoned there are: Yan Xipeng and Li Wei from Taiyuan City, Tian Fusheng and Liu Hong from Datong City, Li Zhiyong from Yanquan, Zhang Wenbin, Bai Xinyan, Lu Chongxu, Wei Jianzhou in Yuncheng City, and Zhao Guocun from Baoding City, Hebei Province.

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2007/12/30/169298.html

Mr. Xie Tianyou, a Falun Gong practitioner, was arrested in Hebei Province by the police officers from Dezhou City, Shandong Province, in 2007. He was then sent to a forced labor camp, leaving behind his 70-year-old mother, his 86-year-old grandmother, his wife, and his two children to do the farm work. His family is suffering severe hardship.

At around 3:00 a.m. on October 15, 2007, more than ten police officers from the Domestic Security Team of Dezhou City Police Department drove to Gucheng County, Hebei Province, in two police cars. They broke into Mr. Xie's temporary residence. They confiscated over ten satellite receivers, Falun Gong books, truth clarification materials, and about 3,000 yuan in cash. That same morning, they took him to Dezhou City Detention Center.

In the detention center, the guards incited the inmates to beat Mr. Xie brutally. He was forced to do hard labor every day. For example, he was forced to make mourning wreaths using toxic materials. He was given one or two small steamed buns and some noodle soup each meal, which was only enough to ensure that he would not die from hunger.

On November 16, 2007, Mr. Xie Tianyou was sentenced to two years in a forced labor camp. He was then transferred to the 2nd Forced Labor Camp of Zibo City located in Guanzhuang.

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2008/1/13/170186.html