Falun Gong practitioners are forced to do slave labor. After being forced-fed with unknown drug, Ms. Cao Jingyun had mental aberrations and was labeled as a "Falun Gong addict."
Guards set "Civilian Administrator" positions for inmates who give bribes, and would offer them term reduction if they do enough in mistreating Falun Gong practitioners.
Atrocities Happening in Heizuizi Forced Labor Camp
In the 7th Group of Heizuizi Forced Labor Camp located in Changchun City, head Wei Dan, guard Zou Jialin and Wang Lihua were exceptionally brutal to detained Falun Gong practitioners. They forced the practitioners to work from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. each day, and sometimes to midnight.
The work environment was odious. The dust and unusual smell caused by many kinds of chemical products were enormously harmful, but the authorities of the labor camp were not concerned about changing the hazardous conditions. Wei Dan and the other guards often incited some inmates to monitor the practitioners 24 hours a day. The practitioners were prohibited to sit in meditation position, closed their eyes or even stretch. The guards also staged sudden search of cells. If Falun Gong materials were found in some practitioner's cell, he would be brutally beaten and his detention extended for one month.
The persecution cases committed by the guards in the forced labor camp are innumerable. Here are merely two cases.
Mr. Liang from Jilin City was knocked to the ground by the guards for
refusing to give up Falun Gong. Due to the beating, his teeth became loose, and
his pharynx and larynx were injured so severely that he could not swallow for
one month. His weight dropped to about 25 kg or 55lbs. But the guards never
stopped enslaving him for even one day.
When Ms. Cao Jingyun from Yongji County was taken to the labor camp, she was
beaten by inmate Lu Qingchun for refusing to cooperate in the body search and
interrogation. Later, she was taken to the 2nd Squadron of the 7th Group. The
guards tried all kinds of means to "transform"
her, but she rejected them all. Consequently, she was brutally beaten again and
again. She once asked a guard for some water who then beat and force-fed her
with some unknown drugs. After that, she had mental aberrations. On one occasion
when she was buying food in the canteen, she mistakenly identified one guard as
her sister. As a result, she was surrounded and beaten by many guards. Later she
was fixed onto the
Death Bed for as long as three months. During the period the guards took her
to a hospital several times for labeling her as a "Falun Gong addict," instead
of offering medical treatment.
Such evil deeds continue to this day.
Mistreatment in the Strict Discipline Team of Yinmahe Labor Camp
Falun Gong practitioners held in the Yinmahe Forced Labor Camp in Jiutai City, Jilin Province are undergoing severe mistreatment by prison guards. In the Strict Discipline Team in particular, all victims are subjected to cruel torture both mentally and physically.
Li Yunbo, the political instructor of the Strict Discipline Team, and clerical staff Zhao Fengshan, colluded to set so-called Civilian Administrator positions for prisoners. The inmates who got the position would bribe them between 1,000 and 10,000 yuan. Li Yunbo exploited the prisoners by extorting food, wine, money and other things of everyday use from them. He constantly encouraged the "Civil Administrators" to mistreat Falun Gong practitioners, "You can beat or torture them whenever you find it appropriate. You do not need to worry about death from torture, because the government will be there backing you. It is very normal for a prisoner to die here; we have a death quota every year. Any death caused by torture will be regarded as a natural death so long as you can find three people to support you."
They also indicated to the "Civilian Administrators" that if they do enough in mistreating Falun Gong practitioners, they could receive a reduction to their term in the labor camp. Incited by Li Yunbo, the "Civilian Administrators" horribly tortured Falun Gong practitioners physically and mentally.
1. Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Li Wenzhi was subjected to violent force-feeding because he held firm to his belief. In the bathroom, they fastened him to an Iron Chair and force-fed him with solutions high in salt content. Mr. Li suffered greatly from the torture. His health deteriorated and he had a constant acute cough.
2. Mr. Zhang Xincai was forced to sit straight on a hard board for a long time. Sometimes he would have to sit for over 19 hours per day. In the cold winter in the middle of December they would open the door and windows widely to make him suffer from the freezing wind. As a result, Mr. Zhang suffered serious injuries. His waist and buttocks were wounded and festered from the long time sitting. He became unable to care for himself and stayed in a state of paralysis in bed for 8 months.
3. Mr. Li Wenjun was subjected to cruel torture. His arms were fully stretched out to the side and were fixed there with shackles. His ribs were then poked with sewing needles in an attempt to force him to give up his belief in Falun Gong. Mr. Li became emaciated, but he was still forced to sit straight for long periods of time. They also force-fed him cruelly. Four or five prisoners fastened him to an "Iron Chair" and force-fed him with salty water. Such torture lasted for over 10 months. Consequently, Mr. Li suffered many injuries including a hemorrhage in his digestive tract.
4. Mr. Jiang Jianfeng was hung up with his hands shackled, then beaten.
5. The perpetrators bound the upper half of Mr. Sun Zhanguo's body to his double-crossed legs and ordered another person to sit on his back forcefully, pressing him into a deeply bent position.
6. Mr. Zhang Guosheng was cruelly beaten by Yu Mingzhu, the chief of the Strict Discipline Team. His face was badly swollen and deformed. His blood pressure increased to 220 and as a result, he fell into a coma.
Many other Falun Gong practitioners and prisoners have been cruelly beaten to different extents.
Because of the incitement and indulgence of the prison guards in the Strict Discipline Team, the Civil Administrators mistreated Falun Gong practitioners and other prisoners audaciously. The perpetrators were not punished for their crimes. Instead, they received praise and awards for having reformed themselves actively and even received reductions to their terms of forced labor.
Li Yunbo, Zhao Fengshan and other prison guards also forced prisoners to do heavy labor. They forced the prisoners to get up and start work at 5:10 a.m. and continue until 7:30 p.m. During the work hours, the prisoners were not allowed to rest except when having dinner or going to the bathroom. Each day they worked for 13 hours. They would not even have enough time to finish their dinner because the timetable for dinner was very strict. Many people were forced to go back to work before they could finish eating. Even aged and crippled prisoners were made to run from the dining room on the first floor to the workplace on the fifth floor. In addition, they were usually forced to work overtime. For example, on January 22, 2008, they worked until 10 p.m. On November 23, 2008, they started work at 3:30 a.m. On January 23, 2009, they were forced to get up and start work at 2:50 a.m. To earn economic benefits, the prison guards from the Strict Discipline Team cruelly exploited the prisoners, even at the price of their health and life.