Brutal Torture at the Shibalihe Women's Forced-Labor Camp, Henan Province
(Clearwisdom.net) Since the Jiang regime began its persecution of Falun Dafa in 1999, many
female Dafa practitioners have been detained in the Shibalihe Women's
Forced-Labor Camp. Starting in late 2000, the camp officials extended
practitioners' terms of detention without giving any reason or did not release
them when their terms expired. In a kindly manner, the practitioners reported
the situation to the top officials of the camp hoping to resolve it. However,
instead of having the problem solved, these practitioners were retaliated
against. The policemen and the camp staff directed collaborators [former
Falun Gong practitioners who have gone astray due to brainwashing and torture]
and drug addicts to be their "personal cangues." [Note: cangue, the name of
an instrument of torture, is now used to identify inmates designated to
supervise the behavior of practitioners.] The "cangues" watched the
practitioners no matter what they were doing, including during forced labor,
mealtimes, going to bed or even using the toilet. Steadfast Dafa practitioners
were not allowed to talk to each other or else they were punished by either
being verbally abused, which was considered lenient, or punched and kicked. During the later half of 2001, officials allocated special funds to the
Number Three Division (specialized in persecuting Falun Dafa practitioners) to
install surveillance cameras in all bedrooms, bathrooms and toilets. During the
same period, to protest the unjustified extension of the detention terms,
steadfast Dafa practitioners adopted various methods to negate the arrangements,
such as not participating in the count-offs, not taking part in forced labor,
not wearing prison uniforms, and some practitioners even went on a hunger
strike. Dafa practitioner Wang Hongxia from Puyang refused to wear the prison
uniform. At the end of December 2001, prison guards Wang Yulin (more than
50-years-old), Cui Yingyang (more than 20 years of age) and incarcerated drug
addicts stripped off her clothes. Approximately 300 practitioners were forced to
stand in freezing temperatures for several hours in the prison workshops. Dafa
practitioner Xu Yunbu from Nanyang was stripped of her clothing leaving her
wearing only a bra and underpants and was then forced to stand in sub-zero
temperatures in the prison guards' office for several hours. The policemen also
directed collaborators to forcibly strip off practitioners' clothing and make
them wear prison uniforms. They were also ordered to beat up practitioners.
During that period of time, collaborator He Haihua, Wang Juan and others
constantly took part in verbally abusing Dafa practitioners. At the end of 2001, the newly appointed police chief of the Number Three
Division, Jia Meili; the chief of the forced-labor camp, Wu Hongru; the deputy
chief, Zhou Xiaohong; and the head of the administrative section, Guo Hongyan,
conspired to persecute all Dafa practitioners held in the four divisions of the
camp. The large-scale persecution included "tying the ropes." [Description of
torture method: The police tie up the practitioner with a thin rope, circling
the rope around the neck, and tie his or her hands behind the back. Then, the
police use all the force they can 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 him or her to breathe. The pain is so intense that the
practitioner sometimes loses control of his or bladder. Sometimes the rope is
tightened enough to break a practitioner's arm.] The practitioners were also
shocked with electric batons or subjected to other torture instruments, such as
the "tiger bench." [Description of torture method: Practitioners are
forced to sit on a small iron bench that is approximately 20 cm (six inches)
high. Practitioners' knees are tightly tied on the small "Tiger Bench." He or
she has to sit straight with eyes looking directly ahead. Hands are tied around
the back or sometimes placed on the knees. The practitioner is not allowed to
turn his or her head, close the eyes, talk to anyone, raise his or her hands, or
call out to the guards. Many inmates are assigned to watch the practitioner. If
the practitioner turns his or her head, the thugs force the practitioner to hold
his or her head in that position indefinitely. If the practitioner raises a hand
to signal to the guards, they would force the practitioner to hold his or her
hands in the air continually. If he or she speaks, they force the practitioner
to keep his or her mouth open indefinitely. Usually, some hard objects are
inserted underneath the practitioner's lower legs or ankles to make it even
harder for them to tolerate the abuse (see illustration at
http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles 2001/11/24/16156.html). A Dafa practitioner named Ding Xiangying, was held at the Number One Division
and had been tortured for as long as ten days and nights. Luohe Dafa
practitioner Jing Xiangqin of the Number Three Division was tied with ropes by
the chief of the forced-labor camp, Wu Hongru, for more than ten hours, and she
then was hung up on a wooden frame, which injured her chin. Zhengzhou Dafa
practitioner Xu Bishan had scars on her shoulders caused by ropes that were
tightened until they bit into her flesh. Another Luohe practitioner, Yang Xiuhua
,64, had twice been tortured. The evil deeds committed by the head of the Number Three Division, Jia Meili,
has endangered her family members. Her sister is dying from cancer and has only
a few months to live. Her son almost lost one of his eyes, and Jia Meili herself
was given an infusion in the hospital for several days. The policemen in the labor camp forced the Dafa practitioners to work extra
shifts or extra hours and did not allow the practitioners to study the Fa [law
and principles] or practice the exercises. At the end of 2001 or beginning
of 2002, the labor camp staff installed several loud speakers to continuously
slander Falun Dafa and its founder. Those Dafa practitioners who were being
illegally held in the labor camp all explained the true situation of Falun Gong
to the leaders of the camp. Subsequently, they were tortured at the hands of the
camp policemen. Zhengzhou Dafa practitioner Zhang Hanwen, who was held at Number Four
Division, explained the facts while in the labor camp. Because of this, the
chief of the guards, Chen Lanying, (female, about 30, one of the prime
perpetrators) directed male policemen and security guards to drag Zhang into the
torture chamber, located in the camps' office building. They broke Zhang's legs
during the beating and tied her tightly with thin ropes that cut into her flesh.
In the scorching summer, Zhang Hanwen became bedridden due to the torture, for
several months, however, the miraculous power of Falun Dafa made it possible for
her stand up again. At the end of 2002, the illegal, extended terms of many Dafa practitioners
expired. However, Jia Meili produced something called an "examination paper"
which she attempted to force practitioners to sign. The majority of the
practitioners in the Number Three Division refused to sign this document, which
slandered Dafa, and as a result they all had their terms extended once again.
Among them, Puyang Dafa practitioner Wang Hongixa was originally sentenced to
one year of forced labor, and her term had been extended for four months. But
this time her term was extended for another six months for failing to write her
answers on the so-called "examination paper." More than 20 practitioners had
their terms of imprisonment extended in succession. At the beginning of 2003, the labor camp used funds specially allocated to
persecute Falun Dafa practitioners to build a five-story building. Before the
completion of building, several divisions had been moved into it. Number Three
Division leaders ordered that each practitioner could only bring one blanket,
one set of underwear and three pairs of shoes. Anything more than these would be
thrown away. In the biting cold winter, many people could not sleep because of
the cold. The Number Three Division had also installed new surveillance
facilities. According to policewoman Chen Lanying, they spent a total of ten
million yuan [The average annual income per person in urban areas is
6,000 yuan and less than 2,000 yuan in rural areas.] To prevent Dafa
practitioners from reading Teacher's new articles, Jia Meili and Hu Zhaoxia
ordered the practitioners to sleep with their heads facing the aisle. The deputy
head of the camp, Zhou Xiaohong, and the section leader of the administrative
section also issued a regulation forbidding practitioners to stand in the
corridors, balconies or to enter other rooms other than their own. They also
limited the time for practitioners to go to the bathroom. Addtionally, drug
addicts, security guards and prison guards frequently entered practitioners'
rooms to search for new Falun Dafa articles or to see if the practitioners were
practicing the exercises which was forbidden. Jiaozuo Dafa practitioner Yan Aiying would not acknowledge that she was
inmate subjected to so-called "re-education through labor," so she took down the
bedside ID card and refused to sleep with her head facing the aisle. As a
result, she was tortured for more than five hours. At the moment, the division is planning to use all kinds of excuses to
persecute Dafa practitioners. Up to now, Zhengzhou Dafa practitioners Zhou
Hongying and Anyang Dafa practitioner Chang Xirong are still held at a
brainwashing center. (They were taken there in October 2002.) Every day Dafa
practitioners of the Number Three Division are forced to perform excessive
amounts of manual labour. We call on the Dafa practitioners in Zhengzhou to send righteous thought to
eliminate the evil from other dimensions that control the policemen at the
Shibalihe Women's Forced-Labor Camp. The List of Perpetrators bearing direct responsibility for crimes committed
at the Shibalihe Women's Forced-Labor Camp: Head of the labor camp: Wu Hongru,
male, 50 Deputy head of the labor camp: Zhou
Xiaohong, female, 30 or older, who is in charge of persecuting Falun Gong Head of the Number Three Division:
Jia Meili, female, 33 Deputy head of the Number Three
Division: Hu Zhaoxia, female, 30 or older Political instructor of Number Three
Division: Ren Yuanfang, female Section leader of the camp's
administrative section: Guo Hongyan, female, 40 Section leader of the camp guards'
section: Chen Lanying, female, 30 or older Assistant to the head of the camp,
Zhang Xiuhua ,female, over 30 Evil guards of Number Three Division:
Wang Nan, team leader, 40; Han Jixin, team leader, over 40; Wang Yulin, Mao
Yuzhen; Cuiying; Zhang Hui; Ma Lan; and Hu Lina. The Number Three Division is the
division focusing on persecuting Dafa practitioners.
Chinese version available at
http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2003/4/25/49073.html
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