On October 7, 2009, the police broke into Mr. Li Dezhi's home and took his bank deposit certificates worth seventy thousand yuan as well as cash. When Mr. Li's wife tried to stop them, she was badly beaten.
Extreme methods have been used in Jilin Prison to demoralize a prisoner and ruin his reputation and health. Responsible inmates blame their behavior on orders from the prison administration.
Police in Laishui County, Hebei Province Steal a Family's Life Savings and Beat Victims
Outright Burglary
On the evening of October 7, more than ten officials, one of them a woman, from Laishui County 610 Office, Yongyang Town Hall, and Yongyang Police Station, led by Yan Shugang, the village CCP secretary, and Bai Xibin, head of Dongleizi Village, broke into Mr. Li Dezhi's home to illegally arrest Falun Gong practitioners and steal their money.
Police officer Xu Hongwei let a policeman use a big screwdriver to pry open a cabinet and took three bank certificates. One certificate was for twenty thousand yuan, another was for twenty thousand yuan, and the third was for two thousand yuan. The accounts, totaling 42,060 yuan, were with Yongyang Credit Association with Mr. Li Dezhi as the account holder. In addition, the police also took 26,500 yuan in cash. They thoroughly ransacked Mr. Li's house, leaving clothing strewn about everywhere.
Beaten for Resisting
Seeing their money being stolen, Mr. Li's wife, Liu Qingmei, tried to stop them, saying, "The money is to be used to build our house. You cannot take it away!" In response, the police and officials severely beat her and detained her at Yongyang Town Hall Building.
They illegally detained Ms. Liu with the practitioners arrested from other villages that evening. The woman official watched them, didn't let them use the restroom, and gave them a wooden pail to urinate in. She kept on cursing Falun Gong and didn't give them anything to eat.
That evening, police officers and local officials used a special whip made out of steel and electrical wire to beat Mr. Yin Zemin and two other practitioners. As they beat them, they kept on cursing Falun Gong, and even tried to force the practitioners to curse as well. The following day, Ms. Liu Qinghong and several other practitioners were transferred to the county brainwashing center.
Mr. Li's wife and daughter asked village leaders many times for their money to be returned. One of the village leaders told them that the police station demanded that the family prove the money belonged to them, and that if they couldn't prove it, the money was illegal and would not be returned.
Mr. Li Dezhi had to ask his two daughters, a neighbor, and a village leader for help to prove that the money belonged to him. Even though they did this, the police station still didn't return their money. Mr. Li's family then went to the county police department. The deputy head said that the police were wrong to take their money and promised to contact them after further investigation. However, the family hasn't heard anything further. Although they've asked the authorities many times for their money, they couldn't find Li Zhensheng and Wang who participated in arresting Mr. Li.
ID Cards Stolen, the Stolen Bank Certificates Not Able to Be Redeemed
On the evening of October 7, 2009, all the identity cards for Mr. Li Dezhi's family as well as their residence booklet were also illegally taken away. In order to prevent local officials and the police department from withdrawing the money from their bank accounts, Mr. Li's family went to the credit association to report the theft of their bank certificates. The staff on duty told them that they had have their identity cards and residence booklet in order to report the loss. The family told them that their identity cards and residence booklet had also been stolen. The bank staff said that they couldn't report the loss if they didn't have those documents.
Mr. Li Dezhi is currently still living in a dark and ransacked house. His over seventy thousand yuan that had been saved over many years should have been used to build a new house. However, the police stole everything. His whole family is living in a state of anxiety. The police have let it be known that they are monitoring Mr. Li Dezhi, and that if the family again asks for the money, they will immediately arrest Mr. Li and take him away.
Torture Methods Used in Jilin Prison: Knockout Drugs and Rape
Guards at Jilin Prison ordered inmates to dope Falun Gong practitioner Zhang Wenfeng with knockout drugs and rape him. This practice has continued for more than a year. The inmates claim, "These are all prison management's ideas."
On the evening of April 17, 2008, while Zhang Wenfeng was jailed in Room 509, Team 3, Ward 3, inmates put a knockout drug in Zhang's food. When he awoke the next morning, he found a thick liquid oozing from his anus and had a sore neck. He suspected that inmates Xie Guochen and Zhang Hui had doped him the previous evening, beat him and raped him. He had overheard Xie Guochen and Zhang Hui say, "If he's not obedient, we will dope and rape him," and "Over-dope him and let him die." Zhang Wenfeng reported this to prison guard Chai Hongjun, and requested an investigation. After that, Xie Guochen told Zhang Hui, "If I am asked, I will tell them that you ordered me to dope him." However, the guard Chai Hongjun did not respond to Mr. Zhang's report. On the contrary, he put Zhang Wenfeng under strict discipline for one and half months after Zhang requested that guards stop persecuting another Falun Gong practitioner, Shi Wenzhuo.
One morning in September 2008, Zhang Wenfeng had a headache and felt weak after he awoke, and found that there was a needle hole on the right side of his lower back. Mr. Zhang suspected that he had been injected by other inmates while sleeping, and reported the incident to Chai Hongjun right away. He requested a physical exam at the prison hospital. The following day, Chai took Mr. Zhang to the hospital. The doctor just looked at him and said, "It's not a needle hole." Mr. Zhang requested a physical exam but was refused. On September 23, Chai Hongjun persecuted Zhang Wenfeng again with strict discipline.
Zhang Wenfeng disclosed this incident to the legal system and related organizations, and asked that those responsible be brought to justice.
After their crimes were thus exposed, the guards of Jilin Prison retaliated by intentionally allowing or even ordering inmates to persecute Zhang Wenfeng. In 2009, Zhang Wenfeng was transferred to Team 3, Ward 9. Inmates, including Xu Bo, Huang Bin, Du Wei, Yang Changshun, and Tan Changxin used an anesthetic or knockout medicine to make Zhang Wenfeng temporarily loose awareness and raped him many times. They even sold this "service" to other inmates in exchange for money or goods. A inmate, Li Yuanhu, in the same room was gay and had STD. They infected Zhang with STD. The other inmates made up rumors and claimed Zhang Wenfeng was gay.
These criminals often put in drugs in Zhang Wenfeng's food, including Ecstasy, such that he felt neck stress, headache, sore throat, and sexual excitation.
Zhang Wenfeng claimed that he was a determined Falun Gong practitioner and would never sign any guarantee letter. The intention of the persecution was to disappoint his family members and fellow practitioners, such that he would be isolated and nobody would pay attention to him anymore. Then, they could force him to commit suicide or even murder him in order to cover up their persecution. Zhang Wenfeng stated that he will not commit suicide. If he dies, he must have been murdered by the guard and inmates.
One important issue needs to be noted: an inmate, Xie Guochen, from Team3, Ward 3, told Zhang Wenfeng, "All the ways that we treat you, are all the prison management's ideas."
Based on the above facts, we understand that the people responsible for persecuting Falun Gong practitioner Zhang Wenfeng include Warden Wang Kun, ex-Political Commissioner Liu Wei, the guards, inmates Xu Bo, Huang Bin, Du Wei, Yang Changshun, Tan Changxin, and Li Yuanhu.