(Clearwisdom.net) Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Jiang Tao from Changchun
City, Jilin Province, was arrested in 2001 and sentenced to 12 years in prison.
Since then he has been routinely tortured in Jilin Province Prison.
Mr. Jiang is 30 years old, a grinder employed by the Steering Factory under the
Changchun City First Automobile Group Company. During the summer of 1996, Mr.
Jiang was sick with nephritis. He tried different methods to cure it, but
nothing worked. His schoolmate later introduced him to Falun Dafa, and his
nephritis disappeared. Mr. Jiang doesn't smoke, drink, or play card games but
works hard and always gets good comments from his boss and colleagues.
After the persecution of Falun Dafa started in July 1999, Mr. Jiang went to
Beijing to clarify the truth. The police arrested him and took him back to be
detained for 15 days in Daguang Detention Center in Changchun City. He was
transferred to Heizuizi Forced Labor Camp and forced to sleep on the concrete
floor for three days. Then he was transferred again to the Balipu Detention
Center. After that he was detained for more than 40 days in the Weizigou Drug
Rehabilitation Center.
The police always harassed Mr. Jiang at his home and his work place, and they
even knocked on his door at midnight because he wouldn't stop practicing Falun
Dafa. His mother, who has heart disease, was so frightened that Mr. Jiang was
forced to become destitute and homeless in order to avoid being illegally
arrested at home.
In 2001, Mr. Jiang was arrested in Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province. On August
2, 2001, he was detained for two years in Tiebei Detention Center in Changchun
City. During that time, he was subjected to many different tortures, such as
being handcuffed and shackled for 24 hours.
Both Mr. Jiang Tao's parents were unemployed and lived a very poor life, but
they still saved one to two hundred yuan for Mr. Jiang Tao each month. On
November 16, 2001, his parents deposited 200 yuan for him in the detention
center account, but he never received it.
On December 10, 2002, Mr. Jiang was sentenced to 12 years in prison. On July 8,
2003, he was locked in Jilin Province Prison, but his family still hasn't
received a sentencing statement. Mr. Jiang has been under severe monitoring ever
since.
Jilin Province Prison allows only two visits per month, 20 minutes per visit.
There is plate glass between the prisoner and his visitors, and they have to use
telephones to communicate. The prison guards monitor the conversations, and they
sometimes interrupt the visitations. Family members are not allowed to send any
daily necessities. They can only deposit money. Ordinary products sold at the
prison are extremely expensive.
