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FDI: Falun Gong Woman Dies from Force-Feeding Torture
In June 2002, Guiying was kidnapped by police from the
Manzhouli City Police Department and illegally detained in a city detention
center for more than seven months, during which time her family was not allowed
to visit her.
During her detention, Guiying was beaten and abused by police
in an attempt to force her to give up the practice of Falun Gong. In many areas
throughout China, local police are reportedly given quotas for the number of
Falun Gong practitioners they must "transform."
To protest the beatings, Guiying initiated a hunger strike.
A few days into her hunger strike, police officers
force-fed her. According to sources familiar with Guiying's case, the
feeding tube ruptured her lung, causing a number of injuries and a severe
infection.
Recognizing the severity of Guiying's condition, police
officers released Guiying to her family on January 20, 2003.
Guiying's family immediately took her to the Manzhouli City
Hospital. A physician with the hospital, however, reportedly told family members
that there was "no hope of saving her."
In the early morning hours of January 24, 2003, three days
after arriving at the hospital, Guiying passed away.
Force Feeding: A Common Torture Technique
Many detention centers and labor camps in China force-feed
Falun Gong practitioners. More often used as a torture technique than a way of
forcing nutrients into the detainee, the force-feeding procedure is often
carried out by untrained police or common prisoners.
During the procedure, the detainee's mouth is pried open
using metal pliers or a crow bar, often tearing the lips and mouth and breaking
teeth. A tube is then stuffed into the mouth and down the throat, or if the
detainee's mouth cannot be pried open, the tube is stuffed into the nose and
down the throat.
Once the tube is inserted into the stomach, a concentrated
corm-meal solution or highly concentrated salt-water solution is pumped into the
detainee. Many reports indicate that alternative substances, such as dirty water
or sewage are also pumped into the stomach of the detainee to intensify the
torture.
Dozens of Falun Gong practitioners have died from this
procedure.
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NEWS - Mar. 6, 2003 Falun Dafa Information Center,
www.faluninfo.net
Background
Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa (about),
is a practice of meditation and exercises with teachings based on the universal
principle of "Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance." It is a practice that was
taught in private for thousands of years before being made public in 1992 by Mr.
Li Hongzhi. Falun Gong has roots in traditional Chinese culture, but it is
distinct and separate from other practices such as the religions of Buddhism and
Taoism. Since its introduction in 1992, it quickly spread by word of mouth
throughout China, and is now practiced in over
50 countries.
With government estimates of as many as
100 million practicing Falun Gong, China's President Jiang Zemin outlawed
the peaceful practice in July 1999 (report),
fearful of anything touching the hearts and minds of more citizens than the
Communist Party. Unable to crush the spirit of millions who had experienced
improved health and positive life changes from Falun Gong, Jiang's regime has
intensified its propaganda campaign to turn public opinion against the practice
while quietly imprisoning, torturing and even murdering those who practice it.
The Falun Dafa Information Center has verified details of 588
deaths (reports
/
sources) since the persecution of Falun Gong in China began in 1999.
Government officials inside China, however, report that the actual death toll is
well over 1,600, while expert sources estimate that figure to be much higher.
Hundreds of thousands have been detained, with more than
100,000 being sentenced to forced labor camps, typically without trial.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT THE
FALUN DAFA INFORMATION CENTER Contacts: Gail Rachlin (+1 917-501-4441), Levi Browde (+1 914-720-0963), Erping
Zhang (+1 646-533-6147), or Feng Yuan (+1 917-941-1097). Fax: 646-792-3916 Email:
faluninfoctr@nycmail.com, Website:
http://www.faluninfo.net/ Mailbox of FalunInfo editor@faluninfo.net
Posting date: 3/7/2003
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