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Shuangkou Forced Labor Camp in Tianjin City: Dafa Practitioner Cheng Baoliang Killed, Others Brutally Tortured
(Clearwisdom.net) I was illegally detained at Shuangkou Forced Labor Camp in Tianjin City.
The following is only part of what I experienced. I hope all the kind-hearted people in world take a
look at the tremendous suffering imposed on Falun Gong practitioners under the dictatorship of
Jiang's regime. Shuangkou forced labor camp was labeled by the upper administrations as a ministry level
"civilized unit," but their "civilized management" methods are actually the
cruelest in the world. 1. To reach the "reformation quota," policemen ruthlessly torture Dafa practitioners
with various methods. Many practitioners are injured, disabled, or even killed by the torture. Dafa practitioner Tang Jian was once detained in the first group in Shuangkou. The group leader
Wang slapped his face for one hour and 40 minutes. Tang Jian's face was disfigured by the slapping,
and Wang's arms were left painful for a few days since from hitting Tang Jian so hard. Tang Jian is
now being detained in the fourth team of the third brigade in Banqiao. Xiao Shuqing is a 53-year-old Dafa practitioner. He was very weak after being tortured. The wound
on his bottom was so infected that he couldn't sit down, but the group leader still forced him to
perform hard labor. The head of the second group kicked and punched him, slapped his face, and
cursed him. The head of the first group viciously said: "The window is open, if you are not
happy you can jump out of it. Tomorrow morning we'll say that you committed suicide to escape
punishment." Later Xiao told this to the instructor, then one team leader pointed his finger at
Xiao and threatened: "I can find out your home address, I have many friends on the outside. If
you'd like your family to be safe, you better shut up." Criminal prisoners beat up Dafa practitioner Zhu Gang. The prisoners dared to shock him almost to
death with two electric batons, which showed that the camp officials instigated and provided the
means for prisoners to torture Dafa practitioners. The group head promised to reduce their terms,
add credits etc. to encourage this type of behavior. Dafa practitioners were abused by not being
allowed to sleep or use the bathroom. Some Dafa practitioners went on a hunger strike, but guards
transferred them to other forced labor camps under the excuse of "anti-reformation." Dafa
practitioner Liu Jun was tortured to death by those evil hearted guards and prisoners. The second group also used the formation drill to torture determined Dafa practitioners. On the
hottest summer days, policemen forced Dafa practitioner to run from morning till night. After a
police officer shouted "1", Dafa practitioners had to stand on one foot for about 30
minutes or even 40 minutes before a "2" was shouted then they would change feet. If you
could not stand up, criminal prisoners would come to punch you or beat you with a stick. Only at
lunchtime was there a short break of a few minutes. Police also compelled Dafa practitioners to watch videos made to slander Dafa. Song Xiufeng, the
group leader, asked for Dafa practitioner Hu Peiyou's feelings after watching the video, Hu said he
had no "feelings." Song got angry and shocked Hu's neck with an electric baton until a lot
of blisters appeared. Dafa practitioner Man Chunqiao said hello to Hu and was shocked by group
leader He Jun with an electric baton. Dafa practitioner Du Wanming refused to write a
"guarantee paper," so he was punched and shocked with electric batons by Liu Zhizun and He
Jun. In 2001, on the first day I went to the third group, criminal prisoner Gong Jianping forced those
of us who refused to write a "statement of remorse" to bend down with our hands on our
feet. We were so tired that our legs were trembling. Several of us are in our 50's. Gong shouted:
"If you do not write a statement of remorse, nobody will be allowed to stand up." While
shouting he kicked and punched our backs. Twice, my head touched the ground from the kicking. During
the night, they wouldn't let us sleep until five in the morning, and forced us to get up just one
hour later. Criminal prisoners also forced us to sit on small boards full of grooves. Dafa practitioner He
Jingyou's buttocks festered from the sitting. Dafa practitioner Zou Chunlin refused to write a
"guarantee paper," so group leader Shi Guang beat his buttocks until it was bruised. When I first went to the workshop, I was working in team two's room. Two criminal prisoners
wanted to punch me using some excuse, so to stop them, I shouted: "No hitting people!" The
second day, Group leader Dong Xiuhe brought me to his office and asked: "Why did you shout
yesterday?" I said, "Somebody wanted to beat me." Dong asked maliciously: "Where
did they hit you? Are you wounded?" While saying this he slapped me in the face and asked:
"Have I punched you! Who could prove it? Are you wounded? Ha ha! Do you think that I am a
hooligan? Don't be surprised. This is a forced labor camp. It's just like this." At that moment
criminal prisoner Lu Xiangyong, who was standing beside me, kicked me and said: "Were you
punched today? Who punched you?" I said: "I was; it was the group leader who punched
me." Dong said: "No, no, this is an "education-through-labor" school, we do not
punch or curse anybody." Then Lu took me to a management office and tried to force me to
repeat: "This is an "education-through-labor" school, we do not punch or curse
anybody." He harassed me for a whole morning, but I refused to say it. Now Dong has been
promoted to be the head of a brigade. Group leader Wang Zhen tortured Dafa practitioner Li Qiwen until he was disabled; now he can no
longer take care of himself. Dafa practitioner Meng Jie in the fourth brigade was shocked with electric batons until he
fainted by brigade leader Tang. Instructor Chang watched the torture from the side. Guards hit Dafa
practitioner Li Zhiqiang with an electric baton to force him into writing a "statement of
remorse." Brigade head Tang beat up Dafa practitioner Xiao Shuqing, so Xiao went on a hunger
strike. Tang taped Xiao's mouth shut and transferred him to the second group. On the way to the
second group, group leader Xu Peng kicked Xiao. The fifth brigade in the Shuangkou camp was called the "demonic brigade." Its
instructor Yang Zhiqiu is a so-called "model worker" at the city level. A newspaper did a
report on him and said he has special techniques in persecuting Falun Gong practitioners. Almost all
of the most evil policemen are here. Guards abused Dafa practitioners by not allowing them to use
the restrooms. One Dafa practitioner hid a bottle as a container for urine but it was found. The guard forced
him to drink the urine from the bottle. Dafa practitioner Zhang Jinyong lost two teeth from police
beating him because he wanted to use the restroom. When one day's hard work finally came to an end, others were allowed to go to sleep, but guards
forced Dafa practitioners to clean up the floor with mops the size of a coin. Sometimes one had to
work until the next morning with such a mop to finish the whole room. Under the dirty living conditions, many Dafa practitioners grew scabies on their bodies. The
group leader asked us to strip our clothes off and bask ourselves in the burning sun. Hours later,
when all of us were thirsty, the guards put one washbasin of cool water on each of our heads, not
for us to drink, but to force us to write a "guarantee statement." Dafa practitioner Liang Feng has a thin physique. While picking peas, the group leader forced him
to carry a very heavy bag of peas. Dafa practitioner Zhang Tiezhu was forced to bend over underneath
a bed with a height of only 40 centimeters (about 1.2 feet) for about 7 hours, when he was pulled
out, he could not straighten out his body. Dafa practitioner Liu Zirong was a college student, but he was persecuted so badly that he
suffered a mental collapse. 2. Dafa practitioner Cheng Baoliang was beaten to death by criminals instigated by the policemen
in the second group of Shuangkou camp. On the morning of August 15 2002, Dafa practitioners in the second group were leaving for the
workshop. A voice was heard from the second floor: "Someone is beating people!" It was
learned that Dafa practitioner Liang Feng was tortured by criminal prisoners. He started a hunger
strike, and wanted to see the group leader. He refused to go to work, and criminals Wu Guoliang, Li
Wenhong, Zhen Xuebing, and Liu Jinming all beat him up. They dragged Liang down the stairs by his
feet, If it had not been for one person holding his head, Liang might have been battered to death by
the steps. Dafa practitioners shouted together: "Stop beating people!" Headed by the group
leader Wang Biao, the evil guards shouted viciously: "Go back to your line. Anyone out of line
will be beaten up." Criminal prisoners Wu Guoliang and Li Wenhong, holding wooden sticks in
their hands, shouted obscenities: "Anyone that dares to get out of line will be beaten to
death!" At that moment, Dafa practitioner Yan Jinbo calmly said to them: "You shouldn't be
like this." But as soon as he finished saying that, he was beaten with the sticks. Dafa
practitioners Cheng Baoliang and Li Zhongwen stood up to stop the two criminals, but were also
beaten up. At that moment, group leader Meng and Wang Biao came. They restrained Dafa practitioners
from moving, but they didn't stop the two criminal prisoners from hitting Cheng Baoliang and Li
Zhongwen. Cheng Baoliang shouted: "Eliminate the evils!" The police instructor Zhen also
was coming in. Zhen said: "If you keep shouting, I'll bind you up." As soon as Zhen said
that, criminal prisoner Zhen Xuebin taped Cheng Baoliang's mouth and both his hands and legs, and
carried him out of the workshop. Criminal prisoners Wu Guoliang and Li Wenhong kept on kicking Cheng
Baoliang; then Cheng was moved to a football warehouse. As soon as they entered the warehouse, Wu
Guoliang said mercilessly: "Throw him to his death!" So criminal prisoners Zhen Xuebin, Wu Guoliang and Li Wenhong raised Cheng Baoliang and slammed
him to the ground heavily. Wu Guoliang also stomped on Cheng Baoliang with the full weight of his
body while maniacally shouting "beat you to death, beat you to death!" During the beating process, group leader Wang Biao was guarding the door. About 40 minutes later,
Cheng Baoliang was allowed to go back to the bedroom for a rest. We saw Cheng stagger out of the
warehouse and fall to the ground after about 20 steps in a faint. Ruthless Wu Guoliang kept
shouting: "Nobody help him, let him crawl back by himself!" Later, criminal prisoners Gao
Hui and Liu Lifeng carried Cheng to the second floor when Dafa practitioner Xiao Shuqing was also on
the second floor. Just minutes later, Cheng Baoliang closed his eyes and never woke up again. All
the 24 Dafa practitioners and the 50 criminal prisoners onsite witnessed this tragedy. After Cheng was tortured to death, in order to hide the facts, evil guards headed by instructor
Zhen fabricated false evidence saying that Cheng had died of a heart attack with criminal prisoners
Gao Hui and Liu Lifeng as the perjured witnesses. Even a false forensic report was attached. Cheng
Baoliang was cremated on August 17 in 2002. Then they transferred Dafa practitioners who knew the
facts to other forced labor camps one by one. I hope this recounting of these tragedies will draw the attention of the international community
and help stop the brutal persecution against Falun Gong practitioners in China. Evil people will be punished; the sufferings of Dafa practitioners will awaken more kindhearted
people. November 13, 2002 Posting date: 11/19/2002 |