(Clearwisdom.net) Mr. Sun Shuangwen from Datong City, Shanxi Province was arrested in Fanshi County, Yizhou City in the fall of 2007. Recently, he was sentenced to six years in prison and is now imprisoned at the Shanxi Province No. 1 Prison.
Mr. Sun Shuangwen started practicing Falun Dafa in 1993. Since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) persecution of Falun Gong practitioners began in 1999, he has been harassed many times. He was imprisoned at the Datong City Detention Center for eight months in 1999. After his release, he was forced to flee from his home to escape further CCP harassment.
In December 2000, Mr. Sun Shuangwen was arrested again. The CCP transferred him to his birth place, Dai County, Yizhou City. The Yizhou Prefecture Court sentenced Mr. Sun to four years in prison. During the trial, Mr. Sun gave his testimony of becoming a better person through practicing Falun Dafa, which exposed their lies. Many people present, including the judge, were convinced by his speech, but he was still imprisoned. In the detention center, many detainees learned Falun Gong from him.
In the Shanxi Province No. 1 Prison, Mr. Sun Shuangwen was tortured for refusing to give up Falun Gong. He was subjected to solitary confinement in a small cell (1) and was beaten unconscious by inmates, who hit him with benches. In 2004, guard Wang Wenzhou ordered inmates to beat Mr. Sun until he lost consciousness. After that, the guards handcuffed Mr. Sun behind his back and took him to a confinement room, where the guards continued beating him. As a result, Mr. Sun was unable to walk.
Mr. Sun Shuangwen was released at the end of 2004. But frequently, officers from the local police station and the 610 Office harassed him. On November 7, 2006, the CCP arrested more than thirty practitioners in Datong City. In order to avoid arrest, Mr. Sun was forced to flee his home again.
In the fall of 2007, Mr. Sun Shuangwen was arrested for talking about Falun Gong in Jiyizhuang Township, Fanshi County. Officers from the county police station transferred Mr. Sun from the township police station to the county detention center. The CCP court sentenced him to six years in prison. He is now imprisoned at the Shanxi Province No. 1 Prison in Qi County.
(1) The detainee is locked up in a very small cell alone. The guards handcuff practitioners on their back in a fixed position, in which the practitioners can neither move nor lie down. The small cell is very damp with no sunlight. Detainees have to urinate and defecate in the cell. Only half of a regular meal is served to detainees locked up in a small cell during the daytime. During the night, rats run around in the cell. The stench in the small cell is so bad that it is difficult to breathe.
