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Symbolic Public Tribunal Exposes Jiang Zemin and His "610 Offices" -- A Trial Against the Persecution of Falun Gong (Part 4)
(Clearwisdom.net) Editors' Note: The persecution of Falun Gong has been going on for four years, having begun
officially on July 20, 1999. Jiang Zemin continues to abuse his power and impose his personal will
on the Chinese people. In order to persecute Falun Gong, he set up the illegal "610
Office" to systematically create and spread lies in attempts to demonize Falun Gong. Jiang and
his "610 Office" have committed huge crimes, yet they have used all means at their
disposal to cover the truth of their misdeeds from the public. As a result, the people have had
great difficulty recognizing the nature, depth and breadth of the persecution of Falun Gong. The
stories in this Tribunal article are all based on facts and actual events that have taken place.
Some are true stories while others are compilations of different people's experiences. When the
Tribunal is performed in public, the witnesses are played by practitioners who speak fluent English.
In order to clarify the truth of the persecution in a more comprehensive manner, the script of the
Tribunal will be modified periodically. We ask readers who plan to use the script to please pay
attention to these updates. Physical Torture Prosecutor: We now call Wang Yuzhi to the witness stand. Please state your name for the record. Wang: Wang Yuzhi. Prosecutor: Thank you. You know why you are here of course. Like so many other practitioners
sentenced to labor camps, or detained in police stations, you endured a form of torture unfamiliar
to most other civilized nations of the world. But I understand it is one of the most common means of
torture used in China to persecute Falun Gong. Ms. Wang, could you describe how this particular form
of torture was administered and how it affected you, both physically and mentally? Wang: Well, when people usually talk about force-feeding, it usually means someone went on a
hunger strike to protest something, and to prevent them from starving or dehydrating to death,
they're force-fed food or water. But under the persecution against Falun Gong, the force-feeding is
a painful form of torture. The prison guards have no medical training. They just jam the rubber or
plastic feeding tubes down people's throats either through their noses or their mouths. Sometimes
they do this several times a day. It's very difficult to endure. When we begin to gag and choke,
blood gushes from the torn tissues and is mixed with saliva, as well as the things they put down our
throats -- hot pepper sauce, coarse salt mixed with a little water, drugs, human urine and feces. When they stick the tubes into our throats, frequently they puncture the trachea or the lungs, or
even the stomach. Many police were reluctant to carry out the force-feeding as it was resulting in
many gruesome deaths. However, Jiang Zemin and Luo Gan assured the police that they would not be
held responsible should a Falun Gong practitioner die from the procedure. Encouraged and supported
by those in command, many police officers began to use force-feeding relentlessly. The point wasn't
to feed us but put us through enough pain and agony that we would renounce our belief in Falun Gong.
Jiang Zemin didn't want us to think for ourselves or hold a dissenting opinion. Defense Attorney: Objection. Hearsay. Judge: Sustained. Prosecutor: Could you tell us what you yourself endured? Wang: Yes of course. I began to practice Falun Dafa in 1998. Since the onset of the persecution,
I was jailed a total of three times. On July 15, 2000, I was printing Falun Gong literature when I
was reported by someone and put in jail. They interrogated me and punched and kicked me. My face
became swollen; I couldn't move my arms and hands. I was bruised all over and I had black eyes. I
went on a hunger strike in protest. In order to force feed me, the doctors at the Harbin City
Detention Center used a metal clamp to pry open my teeth and then pushed a thick rubber tube down to
my stomach. My mouth was filled with blood and my body was covered in bruises after every
force-feeding. Several people were there to beat and subdue me. Then they would pour two big bowls
of cold water mixed with corn flour into me. When I screamed, the police were afraid of others
hearing me, so they ordered inmates to gag me and beat me even more. One day I heard the desperate cry of a man in the woman's ward. It was the husband of a Falun
Gong practitioner named Ding Yanhong. He had begged to be able to visit her, and when he finally was
allowed to come in, they force-fed her right in front of him. This man cried terribly while his wife
struggled in pain. I will never forget that day. I always knew that if I would simply write a letter denouncing Falun Gong, denouncing its
teachings and promise to never practice again, I would be released immediately. But if it is wrong
to believe in Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance, what hope does humanity have? This persecution was
forcing people to choose between their lives and their conscience. I knew that I was being forced to
make that choice, and I chose my conscience because I knew that when good people renounce sacred
beliefs under pressure from a dictatorship, something much greater than our lives dies. Prosecutor: Is there anything else you'd like to tell the Court? Ms. Wang: Yes. We see clearly from the police's words and behavior that they dare to persecute
Falun Gong ruthlessly only because Jiang Zemin is backing them up. I'd just like to say that
Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance exists deep in my heart, far beyond the reach of any electric
baton, far beyond the reach of a prison guard's fist. Lies and slanderous propaganda cannot stand up
to the truth. Brutality and torture is no match for compassion. Violence and hatred cannot overcome
forbearance. For nine months, they had tried to make me believe these principles are not true. They
failed.... [turning to the defendant] You failed. Prosecutor: Thank you, Ms. Wang. Defense Attorney: I have no questions for this witness. Judge: Prosecution may now call your next witness. Ms. Liu enters the stage. Prosecutor: Ms. Liu, please tell the Court about the time you spent with Chen Zixiu in Weifang,
China. Could you please describe what you saw Ms. Chen go through before her death? Liu: Yes. I was with Chen Zixiu in the same detention center in Weifang. She was 58 years old --
just about the same age as I was. They beat her all the time and shocked her with an electric baton.
One day when I saw her, her legs were badly bruised and her head was covered with pus and blood.
They beat her for two whole hours and told her to change her thinking and renounce Falun Gong, but
she wouldn't. The next morning they ordered her to go outdoors to run in the cold. The rest of us
watched from the window as she crawled on her hands and knees in the snow. I would have never
believed there was such torture in the world had I not witnessed myself. There was nothing we could
do, so we wept for her. As she crawled outside, she vomited and collapsed. We never saw her alive
again. And you know, the young police guard had just been brought in from a factory as temporary
help to do this. At first he had cried, and then got himself drunk so he could beat her. After she
died, he was shaking and beside himself. We heard later that he lost his job with the "610
Office" and also with the factory. You know, a lot of people, not just practitioners, have been
damaged by this persecution. No one who has done that to another human being is ever going to be the
same again. Prosecutor: Ms. Liu, I turn your attention to another situation involving an elderly couple, Mr.
Tan Shiling and his wife Hou Jinyuan from Hunan province. You visited them not long ago. Could you
tell the Court about their situation? Liu: I'd be glad to. The husband is 62 years old. He was kept in a damp, dark cell in a detention
center for so long that he lost his eyesight. His wife is 59 years old. She protested being detained
by going on a hunger strike. They moved her to the psychiatric ward of a hospital and injected her
with unknown drugs every day. She told me first her head and tongue went numb. Then she lost all
feeling in her legs. By February of 2002, she was completely blind. After more than a year of
brainwashing, incarceration, and suffering, they were finally released, but now they are facing the
rest of their lives in darkness. How will they take care of themselves? What has Jiang and his
"610 Office" really gained from all this? Prosecutor: I have heard that more than a quarter of those practitioners who have been killed in
this persecution are people over the age of 50. Is that correct? Liu: Yes, that sounds right. I really don't know what kind of political threat senior citizens
pose to Jiang Zemin. About half of the more than 750 deaths that have been confirmed are women. Of
course, the real death toll is likely much, much higher. [EXPERT WITNESS FROM WORLD ORGANIZATION AGAINST TORTURE] The characters that play the parts of Wang Yuzhi and Ms. Liu now leave the stage. (To be continued)
Please see Parts 1, 2 and 3 on: http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2003/8/11/39023.html Posting date: 8/21/2003
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