(Clearwisdom.net) On August 24, 2005, National Security Team police officer Di Shigang, together with other officers, illegally arrested Ms. Yang Lijuan because she practices Falun Gong. The police brutally tortured her by inserting bamboo sticks under her fingernails, force-feeding her with highly concentrated pepper water, hanging her up, and tying her to an electric chair. Ms. Yang is being detained in Jilin City's Third Detention Center. On September 2, her 81-year-old mother made a phone call to the detention center and was rudely told, "Yang Lijuan was executed!"

Jilin City Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Yang Lijuan

On the morning of August 24, 2005, Di Shigang, the head of the Third National Security Team of Jilin City's Public Security Bureau, followed by four other policemen, deceitfully persuaded Ms. Yang Lijuan to open her door. After entering Ms Yang's home, they ransacked it, confiscating her Falun Dafa books and materials and also stealing her cash and a certificate of deposit. After they had finished ransacking her home, they arrested her and detained her in the two-story building of the Third National Security Team in the backyard of Guoyao, Songjiang, Jilin City. In a dark room on the second floor, they interrogated Ms. Yang using various methods of torture.

The brutal torture included force-feeding with highly concentrated pepper water, smashing sharpened bamboo sticks under her fingernails, and hanging her up with a rope that had been tied around her thumbs. While she was tied up and hanging just above the ground, the police pushed her to make her body swing, greatly increasing the pain. They also tied her in an electric chair connected to 220 volts to shock her. Her body was seized with convulsions and sweat dripped from her hair.

Ms. Yang went on a hunger strike to peacefully protest the police's brutality and the persecution. In retaliation, the police force-fed her with highly concentrated salt water.

Ms. Yang is a 55-year-old resident of the Tieluzhanqian District in Jilin City. She was the head of the Tielu First Daycare of Jilin City and started to practice Falun Gong in 1996. After she started to practice Falun Gong, her health improved both mentally and physically. and she conducted herself with the principle of "Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance" to be a good person. She was very successful in her job and gained respect from those around her. After Jiang's regime started the persecution of Falun Gong on July 20, 1999, Ms. Yang went to Beijing to appeal for justice for the practice. As a consequence of her appeal she was arrested and detained at Huairou Detention Center in Beijing. She was arrested in the wintertime, and it was very cold. One of the detention center female police officers forced her to take off clothes, leaving her in just her bra and underpants. She was then forced to sit on the frozen ground. The policewoman donned a winter coat and held a cup of hot water in one hand and an electric baton in the other. She drank the water and interrogated Ms. Yang. She shocked Ms. Yang all over her body--her feet, hands, abdomen, neck, face and any other sensitive parts. Ms. Yang refused to yield and did not give the police her name, staging another hunger strike to protest the persecution.

On August 25, 2005, Yang Lijuan was transferred to Jilin City's Third Detention Center. To rescue her daughter, Ms. Yang's 81-year-old mother visited many different places to try and talk with the district policeman in the local police station and Di Shigang, the head of the National Security Team for the City Public Security Bureau, and to send money and necessities for her daughter in the Third Detention Center. When Ms. Yang's elderly mother heard that her daughter was force-fed with hot pepper water, she was deeply anxious and made several phone calls to the detention center, hoping to get a chance to see her daughter.

On September 2, the mother called the detention center to find out more regarding the situation of her daughter. The person who received the phone told her rudely, "Yang Lijuan was executed!"

Yang Lijuan's father is 83 years old. He has many diseases and is unable to take care of himself. With his daughter's care, his health has improved. On August 24, 2005, this elderly couple witnessed the brutal scene of the police breaking into their home, arresting their daughter and then ransacking and looting their home. Since then, the couple has been living under extreme mental pressure.

The current condition of Yang Lijuan's father

After learning that their daughter was brutally tortured, the elderly couple are very worried about their daughter's safety. They plan to sue the police, including Di Shigang of the Third National Security Team, for using torture against their daughter.

The empty room where Yang Lijuan lived before the arrest

The same day that Yang Lijian was arrested, Di Shigang and other police also arrested practitioners Ms. Zhang Guizhi and Ms. Zhao Shuyun. Ms. Zhang Guizhi is over 50 years old and lived at Hongbo Garden in the Changyi District. The police grabbed Ms. Zhang Guizhi's legs and pulled them, causing Ms. Zhang to topple over head first. They then dragged her down seven flights of stairs all the way outside. Ms. Zhao Shuyun is over 40 years old and lived on Yan'an Street in the Changyi District. Ms. Zhao was an employee of the Jilin City Railroad construction section. On the morning of August 24, the police broke into and ransacked her home. Ms. Zhao lived with her daughter. Since she was arrested, her daughter has no financial income.

Ms. Yang Lijuan and Ms. Zhao Shuyun are being detained in the Jilin City Third Detention Center. We call for people around the world to help rescue them.

Related phone numbers and addresses:

National Security at Jilin City Branch:
51 Beijing Road, Chuanying District, Jilin City, Zip 132084
Di Shigang, head of the Third Jilin City National Security Team: 86-432-2409796 (Office)

Jilin City Third Detention Center:
Liu Xuezhi, head of the detention center: 86-432-2578266 (Home)
Liu Changjun, Education Director: 86-432-7807299 (Cell)
Huang Jianmin, Deputy Head of the detention center: 86-432-7807298 (Cell)
Cong Maohua, Deputy Head of the detention center: 86-432-2017071 (Home)
Xing Shufen, Disciplinary Guard (female): 86-432-2026730 (Home)
Zhang Shaoqin, detention center physician: 86-432-2031188 (Home)
Cao Jingyu, Disciplinary Guard: 86-432-2433954 (Home)
Dong Yushu, Disciplinary Guard: 86-432-2482155 (Home)

Public Security Bureau at Changyi Branch, Jilin City
East Jiefang Road, postal code: 132041
Chief's Office: 86-432-2485301A86-432-2485303
Political Committee Office: 86-432-2499302
Procuratorate Office: 86-432-2485306
Politics Office: 86-432-2485943
Criminal Police Team: 86-432-2485378
National Security Team: 86-432-2485537
Law and Order Office: 86-432-2485279

Public Security Bureau of Jilin City:
51 Beijing Road, postal code; 132084
Fax: 86-432-2454682
Switchboard: 86-432-2409221
Chief's Office: 86-432-2409110, 86-432-2488110

September 20, 2005