Women Dafa Practitioners Tortured in Nanmusi Forced Labor Camp, Zizhong County, Sichuan Province

Written On January 21, 2003

(Clearwisdom.net) I am a Dafa practitioner from Sichuan Province. On November 26, 2001 I traveled to Beijing to appeal for Falun Dafa and was arrested. The government later sentenced me to one year of forced labor. When I was under detention in Beijing, the police beat me up badly. Later, during my detention at Chengdu's Pi County Detention Center, I started a hunger strike and was force-fed by the police. During my later detention in Namusi Women's Forced Labor Camp, I openly erected my right hand to send forth righteous thoughts in a "criticizing meeting." (Please note: meetings in which with camp authorities require inmates to verbally examine their reasons for being there, and admit some kind of guilt for wrongdoings, imaginary and otherwise). As punishment, the camp authorities extended my detention by one month. Other practitioners and I experienced severe persecution during brainwashing activities.

Beginning in November 2002, Nanmusi Forced Labor Camp authorities started a new round of brainwashing against Dafa practitioners. They transferred several dozen new inmates into the camp. More than thirty criminal inmates were in each Middle Team to beat up practitioners. Police officers in Middle Team Seven, especially team leader Zhang Xiaofen, forced all the determined practitioners to endure a form of punishment in which practitioners are made to stand still for long periods of time. Then they sent in some collaborators [former Falun Gong practitioners who have gone astray and turned against Dafa due to brainwashing and torture]to try to brainwash us. If someone disagreed with them, the criminal inmates would beat up the practitioner. Some practitioners were forced to stand outdoors for 18 to 21 hours a day. Sometimes they even stood for 24 hours. This physical abuse typically lasted more than ten days, rain or shine. The practitioners were forced to stand straight; no movement is allowed. Even when they have meals, they are told to stand upright and not look down. Those who refuse to comply are subjected to intensified persecution. Inmates in nearby Middle Team Two also said that they heard screams from torture every day in Team Seven.

In Middle Team Eight, team leader Li Qi locked up more than a dozen determined practitioners in a small room. These practitioners spent all their time in the room. Every day at 6:00 a.m.. they had to get up and sit still on a bench for the whole day. They were not allowed to sleep until past midnight. The guards limited their face washing and teeth brushing to once a day at 11:00 p.m., allowing them only a few minutes. They could take only one shower per month. Several other practitioners were locked up in solitary confinement. In order to break their spirit, the guards in Team Eight forced some practitioners to go through the standing torture. Normally, the practitioners were ordered to stand still from 6:00 a.m.. to midnight. Some even stood till 3:00 a.m. Many practitioners suffered so badly from swollen feet that they couldn't even wear shoes. They had to endure sub-zero, freezing winter weather. Many of them had frostbite on their hands, feet and face. Some collaborators offer to assist the police to persecute Dafa practitioners. The collaborators include, Wan Qin, Zhao Fengying, Wan Tong, Ren Tianrong, Ma Yuman, Wen Yuechao, Meng Qing. They not only spread lies, but also actively abuse practitioners who refused to listen to them.

The Labor Camp authorities not only ignored the physical violence, but also encouraged such behavior by rewarding the abusers. They handed out several thousand Yuan cash to the abusers for each "reformed" practitioner. Education section chief Li Ziqiang claimed before the Chinese Party's 16^th National Congress, "We expect that during the 16^th Party Congress, the Party will create new policies to further punish you people."

I once was ordered to remain standing around the clock for nine days! No sleep, no sitting down was allowed. I was not allowed even to bend my back. Even during meals I had to stand still. I couldn't even use the restroom more than once a day. Due to the prolonged restroom ban I had to urinate in my pants during the cold winter night. The longest standing torture lasted 15 days. Many practitioners became very weak. Their feet were so swollen and stiff, they couldn't even walk. Many practitioners held a hunger strike to protest the evil abuse. The police used tools to pry open their mouths to force-feed these practitioners. Some practitioners ended up with broken teeth and bloody mouths. When we became extremely exhausted and disoriented, the police would bring documents prepared by the collaborators to denounce Dafa and tried to force us to sign them; and they finger printed us, myself included. They did this to almost all detained practitioners, creating a false impression that practitioners had abandoned Dafa. Afterwards, many practitioners felt extremely remorseful and they did not acknowledge the "transformation." Some expressed that they would write a statement to undo the damage to Dafa. The guards were so afraid that this might happen that they took away the paper and pens, so the practitioners had nothing to write on.

The majority of the so-called "transformed" practitioners asked me to write to Clearwisdom to clarify their situation. They want to undo what has been forced on them. They all expressed that they will continue their strong belief in Dafa. Because of this regrettable experience, they all feel very aggrieved and their time in the labor camp is very hard to endure.

Nanmu Si Women's Labor Camp telephone:

Middle Team Five: 86-832-5212614

Middle Team Eight: 86-832-5212613
Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.cc/mh/articles/2003/1/21/43172.html

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