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Henan Province's Shibalihe Female Forced Labor Camp Brutally Tortures Practitioners
(Clearwisdom.net) In January 2002, the police in Shibalihe Labor Camp
tortured Falun Gong practitioners with "tying the ropes." The police tie
up the practitioner with a thin rope, circle the rope around her neck, and tie
her hands behind her back. Then the police would use all the force they could
muster to tighten the rope. The rope becomes tighter and tighter around the body
of the practitioner, and makes it more and more difficult for her to breathe. In
April and May, the camp suddenly extended sentences for some practitioners,
citing that they did not obey the camp's rules. In fact, this is revenge against
the practitioners who went on a hunger strike earlier in order to protest the
persecution. These practitioners included Ding Xiangqin, Xu Yunpo, Wang Hongxia,
Wang Xiaodong, Su E, Xu Bishan, Gao Yanan, Wei Guirong, and Zhou Cuihong. In March 2002, the police tortured Han Fulan for three days and nights with
"tying the ropes" for practicing Falun Gong exercises. She was
unconscious when she was carried back to her cell and could not take care of
herself. She had bruises and two-centimeter-deep wounds in her shoulders that
were caused by the rope. The cuts had swelled and abscessed, and did not start
to heal even after two months. In October, she wanted to practice the exercises
again. The police took her into a washroom, and began to punch and kick her.
Police officer Wang Yulin grabbed her hair and threw her head against the wall.
Wang Nan, the vice head of the squad, and Hu Zhaoxia, the head of the squad,
also threatened to turn Han Fulan over to the male guards for further torture. Recently, the camp gave a "test", where they give all practitioners a
prepared answer sheet that slandered Dafa. Many practitioners resisted by either
refusing to take it or writing statements that validated Dafa on the test
papers. Jia Meili, the head of the third squad, said, "This is a political test
and everyone has to participate. Those who refuse to take the test or do not
fill in the standard answers will be sternly punished. Wang Hongxia's sentence
was due to expire on October 26, but it was extended for six months because she
refused to take the test. Now we are giving you another chance. If you refuse to
take it, your sentences will be extended just like Wang Hongxia's." Wang Hongxia
was illegally sentenced to one year, and her sentence had already been extended
for four months to October 26. She refused the test in mid October and was
informed of the additional six-month sentence extension on October 24. Usually,
any sentence extension needs to be first approved by higher authorities, and the
process should take a month or longer. Why did her extension come back so
quickly? An extension as heavy as 6 months has never been imposed on
non-practitioner prisoners at this labor camp. Some people pointed out,
"According to the rules, an extension should not surpass half of the sentence."
Hu Zhaoxia said, "There is no such rule. Rules governing extensions change along
with the overriding policies." This was the first time in the labor camp that
someone has had her sentence extended just for not taking a test. There are many
practitioners in the third squad due for release. Many refused to take the test
and are facing sentence extensions also. Wang Hongxia questioned Zhou Xiaohong, the head of her squad, as to why her
sentence was extended for refusing to take a test. Zhou said that it wasn't just
the issue of taking the test. When a practitioner refuses to give up Dafa, she
will be deducted 30 points for each day that she remains steadfast. For every
100 deducted points, she will receive a one-day sentence extension. Wang talked
with Zhou several times and did not get any results. Wang started to protest by
going on a hunger strike and refusing the prison calisthenics. One day in
October, Hu Zhaoxia asked Wang Hongxia to go for a talk and brought her to the
door of the workshop. Several male guards waiting outside the door tried to take
her away. She immediately ran back inside the workshop, where there were more
practitioners. Four male guards rushed towards her. One of them grabbed her arm
and pushed her to the ground. Other practitioners dragged her back and protected
her. Jia Meili threatened that they would strictly punish those who resisted
their persecution. Those practitioners who are due for release must be picked up by their local
"610 offices" [a bureau specifically created to persecute Falun Gong. It has
absolute power over each level of administration in the Party, as well as over
the political and judiciary branches]. Otherwise the labor camp would not
release them. The police told the practitioners, "This is a rule made by higher
authorities since you Falun Gong are special." In the middle of October, practitioners Zhou Hongying, Chang Xirong, and Wang
Haibo suddenly became missing, and the police refused to reveal their
whereabouts. Recently, the third squad used new means to abuse practitioners. They
isolated one or two practitioners in an empty room for long periods of time. The
practitioners were completely cut off from the outside world as long as they
persisted in practicing Falun Gong. In March 2001, practitioner Zheng Hongxia from Hebi City was sent to a
brainwashing center from her workplace, only because she said that Falun Dafa
was good and refused to give up practicing. She was then sentenced to one year
in a forced labor camp. In March 2002 when she was due for release, the
personnel from her work unit, Tangheji Police Station, and Hebi City "610
Office" picked her up and brought her to the local police station. They asked
her again whether she would practice Falun Gong. She answered, "Yes," and was
immediately detained. They sentenced her again to three years in the forced
labor camp. When she asked for legal consultation, she was told that no lawyer
would dare to defend a Falun Gong practitioner regardless of the payment, and
court documents would be valid with or without her signature. Zheng Hongxia was
sent to the forced labor camp directly from the brainwashing center. After being released from the forced labor camp in March 2002, practitioner
Zhao Xilian from Zhengzhou City was monitored 24 hours a day. Her work unit, the
Henan Agricultural University, arranged for four or five people to watch and
follow her. In the middle of August 2002, the local police forced her into a
police car and brought her to Hezhuang Detention Center. She was then sentenced
to one year in a forced labor camp. On her way to the camp, a policeman said,
"Sorry, we did not want to do this, but these are the orders from higher
authorities." Practitioner Liu Minxian from Tongbai County was detained and sent to the
brainwashing centers several times. She steadfastly refused to give up her
belief. In December 2001, the county declared that she was "difficult to
transform" and arrested her and her daughter from their home. They sent her
daughter to the labor camp. Since she was 67 years old and did not qualify for
the labor camp, they continued to hold her at the detention center and refused
to release her. The above situations are quite commonplace. Many other practitioners have
been forced to leave their homes to avoid the persecution. Posting date: 1/3/2003 |