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More Practitioners Persecuted in Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang Province
(Clearwisdom.net) On January 8, 2002, Falun Gong practitioners Ms. Dong Guilin, 54, and
Ms. Wu Xuzhu (see a separate report) were arrested when police broke into a place hiding Dafa
materials. That day, they were illegally interrogated for almost 12 hours at the Yonghong Police
Subbureau. During that period, they were severely tortured by Shi Xiuwen, the head of the Political
Security Department, and officer Guo Weishan. Ms. Dong was cursed at and physically abused. During
the torture, she was pulled around by the hair so violently that several clumps were yanked from her
scalp. They also viciously poured scalding water onto her face. Both Ms. Dong and Ms. Wu were
tortured until well after 8 p.m. before being sent to a detention center. On the next day, Ms. Dong was taken to the Yonghong Police Subbureau again, where she suffered
through 12 hours of various methods of mental and physical torture. One such torture, known as the
"Tiger Bench" [A person's thighs are tied onto a bench, then several bricks are
inserted between the feet and the bench. It becomes extremely painful as more and more bricks are
inserted. The practitioner is forced to remain still under these conditions or be beaten.] was
unmercifully administered to Ms. Dong. Despite such cruel torture, Ms. Dong did not cooperate with
the wicked policemen and refused to follow their orders. After she was sent back to the detention
center, she began a hunger strike, refusing both food and water. For this, she was immobilized on
top of the floor. After remaining on a hunger strike for such a long time, and especially after
being repeatedly tortured, her life was in danger. The officers reported to the authorities that she
was in critical condition on several occasions, but the authorities did not release her. Instead
they set up a special State Security Group to further interrogate her on March 1, 3, and 5. Each
time, she was interrogated for at least 12 hours, the longest of which lasted 32 hours. During the
interrogations, she was not allowed to sleep. In addition, she was further humiliated, cursed,
beaten, and mentally tormented. This group of thugs who tortured her include: Li Yunyang (the Vice
Director of the Jiamusi Police Bureau), Chen Yongde (Captain of Brigade of Political, Economical,
and Cultural Security, Jiamusi Police Bureau), and Chen Wanyou (officer of the Brigade of Political
Security, Jiamusi Police Bureau), plus Shi Xiuwen and Guo Weishan from the Yonghong Police Subbureau,
as mentioned above. As they were torturing her, they said, "If we beat you to death, it will be counted as
suicide. We can beat you to death without any bruises showing up." They brutally tortured her
for about 70 hours straight, but they failed in reaching their goal of having her give up the
practice. Because they failed, they sent Ms. Dong back to the detention center again. Currently, Ms.
Dong Lingui's life is in an extremely dangerous situation. Ms. Sun Guirong, 64, was arrested from her home by the police from Lixin Station of Yonghong
Police Subbureau on February 3, 2002. Police also seized some Falun Gong books and flyers. This
64-year-old lady was then put in a detention center. She was reported, by the center officers, as
being physically too weak to stay. So, she was sent to have an examination at a hospital. The doctor
in charge of her diagnosis recommended her to be hospitalized for treatment. However, the related
authorities did not care and left her in the center, where she has remained ever since. Ms. Jing Yuhua, about 40, was arrested by the Qianjin Police Station of Qianjin Police Sub-bureau
on the evening of February 3, 2002, while she was clarifying the truth with another practitioner.
Ms. Jing and her fellow practitioner tried to clarify the truth about Falun Gong to the police
officers, but they did not listen. The police then took down a record of the interrogation and asked
Jing to sign. She refused. Then, as they were forcing her to put her fingerprints on the detention
document, she told them loudly, "By doing this, you are breaking the law." Hearing her
words, Zhang, the head of the station, started to beat her as he grabbed her by the hair. He slapped
her face, kicked her in the chest and on the legs, and then punched her in both eyes. Her eye
sockets were swollen terribly and remained bruised for more than twenty days. After that, Jing's
chest was in so much pain that she could not eat. Then, she was tied to the floor for four
consecutive days. It is said that since that time, a report was filed to bring attention to her
worsening physical condition. However, she has not been released yet. Ms. Cui Xiuyun, 51, was also arrested on the evening of February 3, 2002, while she was
clarifying the truth with another practitioner. When she was sent to the detention center, she was
found to have symptoms of a serious heart disease. So the center officers tried not to admit her,
but the police driver Sun, officers Xu and Yin from Nangang Station left her to stay. So the center
authorities reported this case to the city police bureau to ask Nangang Station to take Cui back.
The Nangang police took Cui to No. 224 hospital and made up a fake diagnosis, with which they
returned Cui back to the detention center. The center officers reported several times that Cui had
been in critical condition, but the related authorities did not show any concern for her case at
all. (The telephone number of the Nangang Police Station is 86-454-879-1602. The perpetrators
include station head Zhang Deli, his nephew Zhang Hui, and officers Sun Junyi and Yan Weidong.) Ms. Zhang Yanling was arrested while working at home on February 4, 2002. That day, two policemen
from the Qiaonan Station kept coming to her home to check if she was still there. Later, they came
in for a search. They found and seized a portrait photo of Teacher and audiotapes of his lectures.
They asked her to go to the subbureau to have a talk, but she refused. Then the two police called
more policemen in and forcibly took her in a car. Arriving at the subbureau, she refused to sign a
document. Thus, she was directly sent to the detention center without any legal procedure. Reported on March 26, 2002. (An earlier article related to persecution happened in the city is available at http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2002/1/22/17989.html) |