Because of practicing Falun Gong, Ms. Jiang Limei, head nurse at Longkou City Hospital, was arrested at her work place on July 22, 2008. After being interrogated and abused by police on different occasions, she was sentenced to one and a half years of forced labor on September 12. 

Confined to a Mental Hospital, Xu Yong Tortured into a Vegetative State (Photos)

Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Xu Yong, around 30 years old, is from Pufang District, Chibi City, Hubei Province. He is being confined in the Psychiatric Department of Pufang Hospital, where he was tortured into a vegetative state.

In 2000, Xu Yong went to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Gong. The police arrested him on his way, and then detained him in the 1^st Detention Center of Chibi City, where he endured physical abuse. They released him when he became ill. At the end of 2000, when he publicly clarified misunderstandings people have about Falun Gong, police arrested him again and sent him to a forced labor camp. Right after his release, his employer sent him to the psychiatric department of Pufang Hospital. They released him for a few days before the police confined him in the Psychiatric Department again to continue the persecution.

Under orders from the police, doctors at Pufang Hospital have injected Falun Gong practitioners with harmful psychotropic drugs. If they refused the injections, drugs would be mixed into their food. Family visits have been forbidden.

In the same hospital, Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Liu Xiaolian was released recently when she was close to death due to the persecution. She is 69-years-old. Ms. Liu Xiaolian suffered all kinds of mental and physical torment. Department Head Dr. Zhang and his assistants once injected massive quantities of drugs into her over a 24-hour period, making her entire body appear blackish and swollen. She had difficulty taking in food and was dying. The doctor estimated that she had only about 20 or so days to live, so the hospital officials released her.

According to Ms. Liu, Mr. Xu Yong and another Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Huang Zhonghui have endured the worst torture because of their young age. Xu Yong has gone into a vegetative state, while Huang Zhonghui, age 40, has lost sight in both eyes.

Photos of Liu Xiaolian, showing the swelling as a result of torture in the psychiatric hospital.

The Psychiatric Department of Pufang Hospital

Ms. Jiang Limei Sentenced to Forced Labor

Ms. Jiang Limei was the head nurse at Longkou City Hospital in Shandong Province.

At 10 a.m. on July 22, 2008, she was at work when local police agents Zhang Chunsheng and Wang Qi stormed into the hospital and took her to Chengguan Police Station. She was still in her work clothes. Ms. Jiang was not allowed to go to the restroom while detained at the police station. She was interrogated but refused to sign anything. On the evening she was taken to Zhangjiagou Detention Center and placed in Ward 10.

A week later Wang Qi, Li Jun, and Wang Wei (female) put handcuffs and fetters on her. They took her to the 610 Office in Xiadingjia Town. She had been deprived of sleep for that entire week. They handcuffed her hands to the two sides of an iron bed.

Li Jun maliciously slapped Ms. Jiang three times on the right side of her face. Wang Qi hit her fiercely on the left side with a magazine four to five times. She felt dizzy and her face became swollen. They forced her to switch between standing and sitting. Li Jun often hit her head and face to prevent her from sleeping. The three thugs took turns sleeping and torturing her.

At 1 a.m. on July 30, Wang Qi forced her to stand up. He handcuffed her hands to a bunk. After standing for about 10 minutes, her chest felt congested and she felt as if she were suffocating. She was dizzy and had tinnitus. Wang Qi had to release her and let her lie down. They felt fearful but Li Jun thought that Jiang Limei was faking, so he kept hitting her face and opening her eyes. Wang Qi called in a doctor. Ms. Jiang told him that she worked in Longkou City Hospital and was being persecuted because she was a Falun Gong practitioner. Under the pretext of having no EKG machine available, the doctor left.

She asked to be taken to the People's Hospital, but they did not dare to. Instead, they took her to Beihai Hospital. On the way to the hospital, Li Jun did not let Ms. Jiang close her eyes. Li Jun kept opening her eyes, hitting her face, and twisting her arms. A doctor took her electrocardiogram and gave her a bottle of medicine when she was at the hospital. The thugs forced her to take the heart medicine when she was in the hallway. Ms. Jiang said that she was not ill and that she only needed to sleep. They forced the medicine into her mouth and hit her face and mouth. They clamored, "You may need an infusion so your family pays lots of money." Ten minutes after taking the medicine, Ms. Jiang felt flustered and as if she were suffocating. She sweat profusely.

After returning to the 610 Office, they still did not let her sleep. She could not help moaning. Finally Wang Qi said, "OK, you may sleep now." She said, "I cannot fall asleep." She couldn't sleep until the next day after breakfast.

The following day Wang Qi, Li Jun, and Wang Wei went off duty. Others took over at 8 a.m. Ms. Jiang felt discomfort all over and suffocated. But the agents did not let her lie down, sit up, or sleep. During the lunch hour, she talked with one of the officers about the benefits of practicing Falun Gong. She learned some facts about the practice and changed her bad impressions and became nice to Ms. Jiang. After lunch, Ms. Jiang could not move further, so she lay down on the bed. When another officer found out, he demanded that she get up. She said, "I really cannot endure this any longer. You may feel my pulse if you do not believe me."After feeling her pulse, he said immediately, "OK, you may lie down." He reported Ms. Jiang's condition to his supervisor. At about 2 p.m. that day, she was taken back to the detention center.

Three police agents including Wang Qi interrogated Ms. Jiang on August 4 at 10 a.m. She continued to explain the facts about Falun Gong. One agent said, "I'm beginning to wonder whether what the government said or you said is right." Although they beat her before, she did not hate them because she knew they did not understand the truth." She also wrote a letter to clarify the facts. She asked them to pass the letter to their director.

On August 18, 2008, Li Jun and two police agents interrogated Ms. Jiang Limei once more. They told her that she would be sentenced to one and a half years of forced labor and asked if she would appeal. Ms. Jiang signed for her right to appeal and expressed her opinion.

Longkou City Police Department planned to sentence Ms. Jiang to a year and a half of forced labor. On August 20, 2008, three officers from Yantai City Police Department came to the detention center to respond to her appeal. She clarified the facts about Falun Gong to them.

The following day at 9 p.m. Wang Qi and Li Jun took Ms. Jiang to the 610 Office, where she was monitored by two police.

At 6 p.m. On August 28, 2008, Ms. Jiang Limei was taken to Zhangjiagou Detention Center where she was shown the document sentencing her to one and a half years of forced labor, but She refused to sign it.

On the morning of September 12, 2008, she was taken to Wangcun Forced Labor Camp.