By Dafa Practitioners in Dalian City, Liaoning Province
January 16, 2004 (Clearwisdom.net) Late in December 2000, we Falun Dafa practitioners detained
in the Jinzhou District Detention Center went on a joint hunger strike to
protest our unjustified detention. We refused to do forced labor and requested
our unconditional release. Our action stunned the county police department and
its director, Fan, who went to the detention center to find out who was leading
the hunger strike. They focused on two practitioners, Ms. Zhang Chunhua and Ms. Tan Shuyun who
had gone to Beijing to peacefully appeal for Falun Gong and had been brought
back by the police. A gang of police guards led by prison doctor Zhang Shuquan
came to beat practitioners. Some policemen used their fists and feet while
others hit practitioners in the face and head with rubber batons. When the
batons hit you in the face, you could feel the flesh being ripped away. It was
extremely painful. Some practitioners were bleeding from their eyes and could
not see anything. Others became disfigured due to the beatings, and suffered
from bruises all over. Then the police shackled the two practitioners who had
been to Beijing and tortured them for three consecutive days. The shackles were
designed to prevent people from lying down or eating. We were forced to hold one
painful position for long time. The detention center also forced us to do heavy
labor for 18-20 hours a day. Zhang Shuquan, Ju Wenyang and Gao Qian were among the most vicious
persecutors. Other policemen whose names we never learned were also involved.
Wang Wenqi, the deputy director of the center was responsible for issuing the
orders. In addition to the use of the rubber batons, another torture instrument
called "running" was also used. It consisted of a square metal frame about 1 x 1
foot in dimension, with 4 handcuffs made of heavy steel at the four corners. Two
are used to shackle the hands and the other two are for the feet. If one of the
handcuffs moves, it will twist or pinch a practitioner's wrists and ankles,
causing extreme pain. The practitioners had to bend over by almost 90 degrees
when walking, with the hips up and face down. They were only able to look at the
ground right in front of their feet. Every step taken was only about 3 inches at
a time with their flesh twisted and it was very painful. (See illustration)
(Note: the top two
rings are for the hands and the bottom rings are for the feet) In early May 2001, I personally witnessed Dafa practitioners holding a Fa
conference in Shahe Town, Jinzhou District. The police came and arrested many of
them. On the next day, the head of the "610 Office" in Jinzhou District, Gao
Mingxi, along with Liu Ying and two others whose names are unknown, interrogated
the Dafa practitioners one by one. After the interrogation, the practitioners
all had bruises and blisters on their faces that were swollen to the size of
pumpkins. Ms. Qin Shumei, who is in her sixties, had two gashes on her face that
were bleeding profusely due to beatings she received. Ms. Bi Jinlan's, Ms. Li
Ling's and Ms. Wang Guixiang's eyes were swollen shut. The police used bamboo sticks about 2.5 inches wide to whip practitioners on
the face and head. They tried to force practitioners to curse Teacher and Dafa.
They also tried to force the practitioners to name the other practitioners who
participated in the Fa conference. A heavenly principle states that good is rewarded with good and evil meets
with evil. All those that have persecuted Dafa and practitioners will definitely
receive their punishment as well as the judgment of morality and justice.
Posting date: 1/30/2004
Original article date: 1/29/2004
Category: Eye Witness Accounts
Chinese version available at http://minghui.org/mh/articles/2004/1/17/65111.html