By a Falun Dafa Practitioner from Hebei Province, China

(Clearwisdom.net) The Qiaoxi Courthouse in Xingtai City, Hebei Province secretly sentenced Falun Dafa Practitioner Mr. Cheng Fengxiang from Hebei Province to eleven years in prison for his role in helping broadcast the truth about Falun Dafa on Chinese television. In protest, Cheng Fengxiang started a hunger strike, which has continued for over 150 days. He now suffers from back and chest pain, ice-cold hands and feet, and abnormal kidney, heart, and stomach functions. With serious dehydration and an inability to absorb the force-fed food, he is now on the verge of death.

On the evening of January 28, 2004, the director of the Yongnian County Politics and Law Protection Agency, Chen Jushan, along with some officials from Handan City, led a group of policemen to abduct Cheng Fengxiang. He was illegally detained in the police station basement of the First Brigade. Brigade leader Yang Qingshe ordered his subordinates to torture Cheng in an attempt to extort a confession.

First Brigade Assistant Leader Liu Boying soaked a wooden club with water, and brutally beat Cheng Fengxiang with it, until the club snapped. Cheng lost consciousness from pain several times during the beatings. Wounds to his private parts are still visible today.

Second Brigade policeman Wang Ailin used a plastic bag to cover Cheng Fengxiang's head to suffocate him. He used handcuffs to hang him up so that his feet were suspended above the ground, and then beat him mercilessly.

Handan City policeman Xu Zhaoliang ruthlessly beat Cheng Fengxiang, causing the eleventh rib on the right side of his chest to break. The fracture has not yet healed. He was forced to sit on an iron chair for 7 to 8 days. Wooden slats were placed over his legs, and two people jumped up and down on the boards.

Cheng Fengxiang has been tortured to the verge of death many times. He also suffered many kinds of punishment, such being deprived of sleep for 14 days, having boiling water poured on his head and hallucinogenic drugs injected into his body. His hands are still perpetually cold, numb, and stiff.

On February 11, lawless personnel sent Cheng Fengxiang, who was nearly dead, to the Fengfeng Mine Area Detention Center. Two months later, he was handed over to Xingtai City First Detention Center. On May 28, he began a hunger strike to protest the persecution. He went eight days without water, and the lawless personnel began force-feeding him. Cheng Fengxiang often pulled the tube out of his stomach.

Later, a Qiaoxi Court began prosecuting him. Cheng Fengxiang did not cooperate, and tore up the indictment in front of everyone. As the trial progressed, the bodies of Cheng Fengxiang and two other practitioners began to deteriorate from their prolonged hunger strike. The Qiaoxi Court could no longer hold them in court, so they took them to a hotel for brainwashing. The provincial "610 Office" spent a lot of money to hire people to do the brainwashing, but their efforts were futile.

In August, the extremely weak Cheng Fengxiang was transferred to the Yongnian County Hospital. At first, the hospital would not accept him. Only after five days did they finally take him in. At that time, his blood sugar level was a low 1.2, he had blood in his excrement, his heartbeat was faster than normal, and his ears, stomach, and mouth were swollen and festering.

Twenty days later, Cheng Fengxiang was taken to the Handan Brainwashing Class for repeated force-feeding. Several persons from the Qiaoxi Courthouse came to the Handan Brainwashing Class and carried Cheng Fengxiang out, and into the courthouse. They were determined to conform to the provincial government's policy on "dealing with special cases," and secretly sentenced him to eleven years in prison.

Currently, Cheng Fengxiang's family members are petitioning all levels of government to obtain his release. No official has been willing to release him. Hopefully, people of justice around the world can help rescue Cheng by calling the numbers listed below.

Relevant phone numbers:

Yongnian County Police Station Director General Wang Baoshi: 86-310-6816888, 86-310-6822404 ext.222 (Office), 86-13903104169 (Cell)

Politics and Law Protection Agency Leader Chen Jushan: 86-13930062689, 86-310-6822404-5832 (Office)

Brigade Leader Yang Qingshe: 86-13832051111

County 610 Office Director Liu Baohu: 86-310-6813610

Politics and Law Committee Secretary Lu Qunliang: 86-310-6823865 (Office), 86-310-6821166 (Home), 86-13513106888 (Cell)

Qiaoxi Courthouse Presiding Judge: Gong Zibing
Judges: Zhao Haiying, Sun Changshan
86-319-392990 (Office)

Handan City "610 Office" Leader Cao Zhixia: 86-310-3158028 (Home), 86-13803101111 (Cell)

Handan City "610 Office" Assistant Director Zhao Hongjian: 86-310-7413517 (Office)

Posting date: 11/24/2004
Original article date: 11/23/2004
Category: Eyewitness Accounts
Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.ca/mh/articles/2004/11/8/88658.html

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