Torture in Huludao City Forced Labor Camp Makes People Boil with Anger
By Shen Ping
(Clearwisdom.net) According to the newspaper Shenyang Today,
during the morning of October 15, Huludao City Intermediate People's Court
opened a session to try a case involving eight Huludao City Labor Camp prisoners
who had tortured a prisoner to death, instigated by the labor camp police. Their
confessions brought out several gruesome facts. They exposed other criminals,
and according to the large amount of evidence presented by the prosecution,
horrible things happened there. Between March 18 and April 16, 2003, at the
instigation of the camp police, these eight prisoners forced Zhang Bin, a camp
prisoner, to take off all his clothes. They then beat him with plastic tubes
filled with fiberglass. These tubes were about one yard long, the thickness of a
finger. They also beat him with shovel handles and hammer handles. He sustained
cuts and bruises all over his body, and they then put hot pepper powder in his
wounds. They also doused him with ice-cold water during the winter. When Zhang
Bin was near death, they stuffed his mouth shut with cloth strips because they
did not want to hear his moans. They then let the naked Zhang Bin lay on his
face on the ground and poured cold water on him. Within two hours he died. Zhang
Bin was from Chaoyang City, Liaoning Province. He was sentenced for theft to one
and half years of forced labor in this labor camp last September; he was 36
years old. Labor camp police cannot avoid responsibility During the trial, defendant Zhang Shuli claimed that the team leader of the
labor camp had instigated the beating and the team leader also beat Zhang Bin. The camp police often savagely beat other people detained there at will, for
example, the Dafa practitioners detained there. Other suspects said that if the
team leader and the political head of the camp had come out and stopped this
beating, the situation would have not developed to such an extent. One suspect
said that when they went out to work, the division head would assign a lot of
work to the prisoners. If the prisoners could not finish the assignment, the
division head would "deal with" the group leaders of the prisoners.
They had no choice but to beat the prisoners who worked slowly. The prosecution
showed during the court session that Huludao City Labor Camp indeed has problems
in their administration. Presently, the camp's personnel-related issues are being dealt with in a
separate case. This should not affect the sentencing of the eight suspects who
ruthlessly tortured Zhang Bin. Other news from Clearwisdom.net: The criminal actions of Huludao City Labor Camp police are even more barbaric
when they are torturing Falun Gong practitioners. Dafa practitioner Mr. Wu Guoliang was a middle school teacher in Gangtun
Township's middle school in Huludao City. Since Wu Guoliang was detained in the
Huludao City Labor Camp on October 31, 1999, he was often forced to do outdoor
physical work that exceeded his physical capabilities. The heavy labor lasted
over eight hours each day. The excessive work exhausted Wu Guoliang physically.
He was also forced to sit on a stool for extended periods even when he was
critically ill. Due to all the torture, Wu Guoliang was extremely weak and had
no strength to even walk. In December, when he was on the verge of death, he was
sent to a hospital. He was diagnosed with terminal tuberculosis. In order to
avoid responsibility, Huludao City Labor Camp officials released him on bail for
medical treatment. He was skin and bones when his family picked him up and he
died a few days later. He was 35 years old when he died. Dafa practitioner Mr. Chen Dewen was 40 years old when he died. He was from
Chencun Village, Gejia Township, Suizhong County, Huludao City. He had been held
in this labor camp since December 1, 1999 and was frequently beaten. The police
often beat him and electrically shocked him because he refused to wear the
prisoner's uniform. He held a hunger strike to protest the torture, and he was
force-fed with a saline solution. The police used an entire bag (about 1 kg) of
salt to force-feed four people. Chen Dewen coughed all day long from the
force-feeding but he still refused take in any food and water before he died.
Later, the criminals lied, saying that Chen Dewen died of heart problems.
Several people who knew the situation questioned the criminals, "Why did
you electrically shock him if he had heart problems?" The criminals could
not come up with an answer. In the beginning of January 2003, Huludao City Labor Camp organized all of
its police forces to persecute steadfast Dafa practitioners. They used the most
vicious means. Police officer Liu Guohua, the division head of the First
"Strict Control" Division, screamed, "Use three police officers
to deal with one Dafa practitioner. If there are not enough police, use armed
police; if still not enough, use the army." Police officer Wang Weizhen, a
team leader of the First "Strict Control" Division, screamed,
"Let me tell you, in this life the Communist Party struggles against
people, against the earth, against the sky, and against the gods." The following are facts concerning some Dafa practitioners being persecuted
in Huludao City Labor Camp: Dafa practitioner Pei Zhonghua: On January 7, 2003, police officers Zhang
Fusheng, Song Zhongtian, and others forced several pills into Pei Zhonghua. They
then beat and tortured him with four or five electric batons for six hours,
after which they forced him again to swallow some drugs. Zhang Fusheng said,
"I will force drugs into your mouth until you are muddle-headed." They
then beat him for another two to three hours. Even now, the scars are still
visible on Pei Zhonghua's back, hips, and thighs. Because several police
officers also received shocks while beating him, they retreated a bit. Policeman
Zhang Fusheng then slapped Pei Zhonghua's face repeatedly. They cuffed Pei's
hands behind his back, stripped off his clothes and shocked him again with
electric batons. They felt that the electric shocks were still not enough. They
poured water on him, beat and cursed at him for eight to nine hours. Pei
Zhonghua's private parts swelled up from the beatings, and he had bruises all
over his body. They also used a wooden board and a rubber baton to torture him. They tortured Zhu Mingkui with four electric batons simultaneously under his
armpits, back, genital area, and feet. He was beaten so badly that he had
multiple wounds around his body and had no bowel and bladder function for 2-3
days. His lips were torn, because they had tied his lips together by aluminum
wire so that he would not scream. Policeman Zhang Fusheng claimed, "We will
keep torturing you until you transform." Dafa practitioner Deng Wenxing was tortured by Zhang Fusheng and others. They
used four to five electric batons simultaneously. Deng's neck had a large
blister from the electric shock. His face was swollen and so badly deformed that
no one could recognize him. He was continuously tortured and abused for 24
hours. On the third day he was again tortured for two hours. He was not allowed
to sleep during the entire time. After 26 hours of torture and abuse, Deng had
wounds on his feet, legs, back, armpits, and face, virtually his entire body. Police dragged Dafa practitioner Wang Zhongtao outside by holding the collar
of his clothing. Zhang Fusheng even asked to beat him to death. The police used
four electric batons to beat and shock him. They then used six electric batons
to torture him after noticing that those four were not enough. Wang's genital
area was red and swollen after this renewed torture, his right ear was swollen
and he had many wounds all over his body. Dafa practitioner Wang Haiqing was forced to perform 150 squats, and was then
forced to lay down on the floor with hands cuffed behind his back and legs
stretched out. A child's chair with a person sitting on it was placed on top of
his legs, which immobilized him, and wooden planks were used to raise his foot.
They then shocked him with five electric batons. Seeing that torture didn't
work, the police lifted his body. Five electric batons were simultaneously
targeted at his armpits, the bottom of his feet and his back. He had wounds all
over his body. Dafa practitioner Gao Kaifeng was tortured the same way as Wang Haiqing. They
raised his heel five inches. He said to the police, "My foot is going to
break." Their response was, "Nobody cares even if we beat you to
death." On October 28, Gao Kaifeng didn't cooperate with the brainwashing,
so the police used glass to cut his neck and wrist. He was watched closely
afterwards. Dafa practitioner Liu Wanli was tortured with three electric batons on the
evening of January 6, 2003. After the torture, his face and neck were swollen
badly, and his entire body was covered with wounds. Since he shouted, "Falun
Dafa is good!" when he was tortured, the police put an electric baton into
his mouth. Because of that, his teeth were loose and his mouth was swollen and
inflamed. The police stepped on his face and electrically shocked him in his
cheek until he threw up blood. He was tortured again the next day. Dafa practitioner Liang Guoman was first beaten with five to six electric
batons and then shocked with seven to eight electric batons simultaneously. His
face and neck had multiple bloody streaks and were severely swollen. His genital
area was also red and swollen. The back of his head was beaten so badly that it
took him several days to recover. The electric shocks burned his upper legs. The
other parts of his body, such as the feet, back, armpits, and buttocks were
injured from beatings and electrical shock. Police officers Wang Shengli, Guo Aiming, and Sun Zhongtian tortured Zhang
Liguo with electric batons on December 9, 2002. After the torture, his entire
body was shaking and his shoulders were trembling. The doctor's examination
revealed that his blood pressure was 110/180, his heartbeat was very rapid, and
he had problems with his heart. In order to cover it up, police did not report
it to their superiors, and didn't tell Zhang's family what happened. The police
later said, "Nobody ever tortured you." Dafa practitioner Li Guanghai: His situation is not very clear. We heard that
he was severely tortured. On January 11, his extremities were shaking, and he
was sent to a hospital. Li Guanghai has been on a hunger strike for 13 days. The above are just some of the crimes committed against the practitioners by
the Jiang regime. October 19, 2003
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