An account of recent and severe ongoing torture.
A description of the organization and methods of a brainwashing center. Practitioner's are initially treated with a measure of courtesy which evolves into secret poisonings and other extreme measures if they do not renounce their belief.
Jiang Yong Tortured with Six Electric Batons at Shanghai Tilanqiao Prison
Mr. Jiang Yong from Shanghai City, while detained at Tilanqiao Prison, was recently tortured by six guards, each using an electric baton. The beatings burned large areas of his skin, causing much bleeding. At one point, Fan Zhenqun, the deputy group leader of the 6th Ward (police no. 3101368), even said, "My electric shock therapy is better than medical therapy." One of the prison guards, Xu Meng (police no. 3101395), electric shocked and beat Mr. Jiang while asking others to measure Mr. Jiang's blood pressure, fearing that he might die of the torture. Mr. Jiang became unconscious at times, but whenever he revived, Xu Meng continued to shock and beat him.
Mr. Jiang Yong lived in Xuhui District, Shanghai City. He was sentenced to eight years in prison by the Xuhui District Court for talking to people about Falun Gong. He is currently still detained and tortured in Tilanqiao Prison. Much insider information indicates that he has been frequently tortured with brutal methods, and he was even on the verge of death at one point and had to be sent to the prison hospital for urgent medical treatment.
According to reliable sources, Mr. Jiang went on a hunger strike during April 2008 and was transferred to the so-call "Strict Discipline Team" for further persecution. Guard and director of the Prison's Criminal Management Division Yang Changyuan (guard no. 3101149) had gone to the Strict Discipline Team and requested the second ward take Mr. Jiang. According to the published regulations of Tilanqiao Prison, inmates who are tied down to bed and unable to take care of themselves should be untied from the bed after a week so that they can clean themselves and exercise their limb muscles before being tied down again.
However, while in the second ward, Mr. Jiang was tied to a board continuously for four weeks. After he developed stomach bleeding he was untied from the board and sent to the Shanghai South Prison Hospital for emergency treatment. He was then released from the hospital, but after a few days, he was once again on the verge of death due to gastric perforation and was sent back to the hospital.
Recently, guards from the 2nd Squadron of the 6th Ward, including squadron leader Ding Jun (guard no. 3101595) and Wu Leming (guard no. 3101373) tied up Mr. Jiang Yong and dragged him out of the hospital. Mr. Jiang shouted, "The Chinese Communist Party(CCP) persecutes Falun Gong! The CCP is an evil cult!" He continued shouting until he was forced into the police vehicle. Several policemen shocked him with electric batons and sealed his mouth with tape.
After taking him back to the 6th Ward, deputy group leader Fan Zhenqun led policeman Xu Meng and six other policemen to electric shock Mr. Jiang. As Fan Zhenqun tortured Mr. Jiang in person, he was laughing, ""My electric shock therapy is better than medical therapy!"
Due to the lengthy electric shocking and beating, Mr. Jiang's mouth swells and keeps bleeding, his ears and various part of his body have charred and ulcerated. However, the police still continue to tie him down on the wooden board. Mr. Jiang's legs have become numb and he cannot walk on his own.
The author hereby appeals to international anti-torture organizations and people with a sense of justice to help investigate this inhumane incident that happened in the Shanghai Tilanqiao Prison, and to support the practitioners detained there.
Liu Jinbao, director of Shanghai Tilanqiao Prison, 86-21-35104888
Cheng Ying, deputy director of Shanghai Tilanqiao Prison, 86-21-35104888
Autrocities Committed by Deyang City Brainwashing Center in Sichuan Province
Hexing Township Brainwashing Center in Sichuan Province is located in a suburban area near Hexing Town. Publicly, they call the center "Deyang City Science Education School." This center was built specifically to persecute Falun Gong practitioners. To cover up their vicious deeds, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) local authorities have arranged for some seniors to live there.
This center has more than fifty rooms with surveillance systems installed in each room. Each room has three beds, one for a practitioner, and the other two are for the two personal monitors (persons designated to supervise the behavior of practitioners). There is a cafeteria and bathroom on the ground floor, along with rooms used to persecute practitioners. No matter what their jobs are, all the employees of the center, including those who are hired by the police department to physically torture practitioners, doctors, and psychologists from Guanghan Hospital, teachers from a continuing education school, janitors and door keepers, together constantly monitor and control practitioners.
In the center, two personal monitors are assigned to each practitioner around the clock. They report to the center authorities every word and action the practitioner says or takes. The center brainwashes these personal monitors as soon as they enter the center and teaches them how to maintain a close relationship with the practitioners, and how to find out the sources of Falun Gong materials. They also learn how to determine practitioners' attachments so that they can be reported. Normally, when a practitioner is first admitted, he/she is steadfast, and practices the exercises, sends-forth-righteous-thoughts and clarifies the truth about Falun Gong to the people in the center. The personal monitors, however, listen to the practitioners, first observing their behavior to find out who is more steadfast and knows more. They even claim, "We understand that after practicing for so long, it is difficult to stop right away. That's why we allow you to practice a little. However, gradually you will stop practicing." After that, these monitors persecute the most steadfast practitioners. They normally start by asking the practitioner's name, address, how long they have practiced, and when they started. Then, they get some psychologists and teachers from a continuing education school to come and talk with the practitioner, pretending to care about him or her. They ask about the practitioner's family, and chat on some random topics to observe the practitioner's thoughts.
As soon as they hear practitioners singing Falun Gong songs, they rush to record the songs with their cell phones. Afterward, they study the songs. They seem to be afraid of practitioners' conversations, greetings to each other, and even blinking of their eyes. Because of that fear, they lock up practitioners inside their rooms all day long. At daybreak, the personal monitors turn on the TV with the volume turned up high, and force practitioners to watch programs that slander Falun Gong and Master Li.
The monitors also slip some unknown drugs into the practitioners' food, which causes them to become constipated, thirsty, and to drink a large amount of water without knowing the reason why. A few practitioners experienced severe stomach pain, and hence felt extremely weak and perspired a lot. Some had diarrhea and dehydration, and their lower abdomen became swollen. Some gradually lost weight each day.
When practitioners are being severely tortured, and they are in extreme pain, these personal monitors pretend to care about them. The center gets some doctors to check on the practitioners, and some monitors also come to show their "concern." They discuss the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party, and Zhuan Falun with the practitioners, and tell them later that they read the books because their intent is to debate with the practitioners. They also talk about Sujiatun and organ harvesting. They ask if the practitioners know about it. If the practitioners answers affirmatively, they ask the practitioners from what source they got the information. These personal monitors try every means possible to find out from where the practitioners get their Falun Gong materials and books. They also record their conversations with practitioners using their cell phones. Their intent is to check to see if the practitioners have lied to them when another monitor asks the practitioner the same questions. In addition, the authorities at the center also pretend to lock up some who have enlightened along an evil path with practitioners, so that they can help "transform" the real practitioners. These thugs spread their misleading information to practitioners every day. If a practitioner has not studied the Fa well, it is very easy for him or her to be fooled.
If the practitioners continue practicing the Falun Gong exercises, the personal monitors cover practitioners' mouths with tape and tie them onto chairs. Practitioners are then deprived of sleep, food, drinking water, and even from relieving themselves or seeing their family members.
The local government provides funding for this center. For one practitioner, it pays more than two to three thousand yuan for living expenses and salary to the personal monitors. It is estimated that for one practitioner in the center, the CCP local government pays from 5000 to 7000 yuan. It all comes from the people's taxes.