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Torture of Practitioners Runs Rampant in the Fuyu County Forced Labor Camp, Heilongjiang Province
(Clearwisdom.net)
Falun Gong practitioners have been mercilessly tortured to death or until
becoming disabled while detained in the Fuyu County Forced Labor Camp, in
Heilongjiang Province. Countless people have endured the mental and physical
abuse that the labor camp continues to employ. These inhuman and cruel actions
have continuously taken place throughout the entire course of the illegal Falun
Gong persecution.
In mid-June of 2001, Jia Weijun, the head of the 4th Team, ordered
criminals to brutally torture Falun Gong practitioners. Many people were beaten
until they were covered in bruises. Dafa practitioner Pan Benyu was tortured
severely; after the beating he coughed up mouthfuls of blood. Ma Yong, Xie
Zhenzhou, and others were literally beaten black and blue, with bruises all over
their bodies. Jia Weijun often stated, "It is no matter to have a few deaths in
this labor camp!" When he orders guards or criminals to torture Dafa
practitioners, he says, "Do whatever damage you can, I will take the
responsibility for any 'accidents.'" Jia tortured Falun Gong practitioner Wang
Baoxian with electric batons for as long as 30 minutes, and boasted, "I've
tortured you with electric batons, you can sue me if you want."
On October 21, 2001, in order to prevent Falun Gong practitioners from
practicing the exercises, Fuyu Forced Labor Camp guards gathered several
criminals from other teams, several policemen from criminal police teams in the
Public Security Bureau, and the prison guards working in the forced labor camp,
totaling over sixty people, to brutally torture Dafa practitioners. More than
twenty innocent practitioners were beaten to the ground, including Ci Hai, Luo
Yongjin, Li Qi, Liu Jingming, Wu Hongjun, Lan Hongjun, Gao Deyong, Zhang Zhaohua,
Xia Yunji, and Xie Zhenqiu. We can't list them all here. Some were beaten until
unconscious, some were covered with bruises, with their eyes as swollen like
eggs. Prison guards Tong Zhonghua, Wang Xi, Wang Quan, Huang Dianlin, and others
tortured Dafa practitioner Xia Yunji into a comatose state; his mouth and nose
bled excessively and the floor was covered with blood. The vicious guards left
him laying unconscious on the ground for a long time. Afterwards, prison guards
encouraged the criminals to drag Xia Yunji into the cell without giving any
medical treatment or a health check. Since then, Xia Yunji has had chronic
headaches, and his lower limbs have gradually become numb. In April 2002, this
was diagnosed as cerebellum deterioration. Doctors indicated that he required
instant release for emergency medical treatment. However prison guards Wang Quan
and Huang Dianlin cruely said, "That's all right, he won't die." In the end of
2002, Xia Yunji lost the capability to care for himself. When he applied for a
bail release on account that he needed medical treatment, the doctor in the
forced labor camp extorted money from him without giving treatment. His life was
in danger, but they still detained him for more than a month.
Since the end of April 2002, because Dafa practitioners continuously erected
their palms and sent forth righteous thoughts, guards Wang Quan, Huang Dianlin,
and others hand-cuffed practitioners and left them in a forced standing
position. This brutal torture method lasted as long as five months, or as short
as ten days. Everyday practitioners' wrists were cuffed and hung from a height
of approximately two meters. Except for eating and bathroom use, the
practitioners were forced to endure this most adverse torture for a long time
everyday (usually about 12 hours a day). Dafa practitioner Wang Pingfa's arm was
injured by prison guard Huang Dianlin and another unknown guard. Mr. Wang's arm
remained debilitated for approximately ten months. Dafa practitioner Zhou Shuyou
was cuffed by Huang Dianlin and his wrists were broken and lacerated. More than
ten practitioners were handcuffed and hung up including Luo Yongjin, Liu
Jingming, Xia Yunji, Zhen Yachen, Fu Zhiyu, Zhang Huabin, and Huang Liyan. Prison guards severely persecuted Zhou Shuyou, Zhen Yachen, Fu Zhiyu, and Luo
Yongjin, uncuffing them only a few days prior to October 1st. Because they had
been forced to stand for such a long period of time, their feet were horribly
swollen. Every day Dafa practitioners had to stand, suspended, for at least
twelve hours. One day, Zhou Shuyou was hung up from early morning until 1 a.m.
Also, Zhang Huabin and Gao Linjun were hung up all day, until 10 p.m.
Later that month, guards cuffed Fu Zhiyu's hands in a very painful position.
One was handcuffed to a heater pipe approximately 4 feet high, and the other was
cuffed at a low place, 8 inches from ground. He remained in this position for a
very long time, and not long after they stopped the physical punishment, Fu
Zhiyu lost consciousness due to the long term persecution he had suffered. Mr.
Fu passed away on the second day of hospitalization. The prison guards actually
knew that the blood pressure of Fu Zhiyu was as high as 200, and they still
persecuted him mercilessly. Great respect is warranted for the severe
circumstances that Mr. Fu was subjected to while in the Fuyu Forced Labor Camp.
On March 3, 2003, the Fuyu Forced Labor Camp guards increased their brutality
toward Dafa practitioners. Squadron commander Han Shaokun incited Wang Quan,
Huang Dianlin, Tong Zhonghua, Lu Jingfeng, Yang Xuefeng, and other police to
beat Dafa practitioners. A few officers, including the Section Chief of the
forced labor camp were present, but they did not stop the wrongful actions of
the police. Dafa practitioners were tortured until they became unconscious, and
then shackled to steel chairs.
Dafa practitioner Gao Zhenjiang was forcibly confined in a steel cage that
was smaller than two square meters, and brutally tortured for seven days by team
head Jia Weijun. Jia even asked, "Do you give up your belief in Dafa? If not,
you will die here." The form of torture applied to Mr. Gao was very brutal. In
this torture method both hands are pulled to the back of the body and cuffed to
the wire in the steel cage. The victim is slightly suspended, the heels can't
touch the ground, and very little movement is possible. The guards appointed
criminals to monitor practitioners, and sometimes to deprive them of sleep. We
saw that Gao Zhenjiang's hands were swollen severely, and he also had great
difficulty walking.
Guards Wang Quan and Huang Dianlin often gloated, "We don't follow laws in
persecuting you. You must do whatever we ask you to do." They also said, "No one
will know if we torture you to death," "Tormenting you to death is just a game
for us."
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