Illegally Detained Mother Appeals for Her Daughter, Who Was Tortured to Death
(Clearwisdom.net) Appellant: Ms. Chen Xiuling, 54, is a market administrator for the Jiamusi
City Transportation and Telecommunication Company. She lives at the No. 9 Group
of the 54th Community in Dongfeng District. Defendants: The Dongfeng Police Branch Office of the Jiamusi Police
Department, and Xigemu Forced Labor Camp, Jiamusi City. Plead: Facts and the Cause of Action: 1) In 1999, my daughter, Chen Ying, went to Beijing to appeal for fair
treatment of Falun Dafa and was arrested. She died on the way back to Jiamusi
City while being escorted under police custody from Beijing. On August 19, 1999,
in a TV program, CCTV 1 (the Chinese Central Television Station) framed my
daughter as having committed suicide. The Chinese Constitution clearly defines a
citizen's right to appeal. Chen Ying appealed in accordance with the law, but
she was arrested. The staff at the appeals office has grossly violated the law.
She died under police detention. Therefore, the police have constituted the
crime of neglecting their duty. After Chen Ying's death, the police department
provided the TV station with fabricated news, and falsely claimed that Chen Ying
died by suicide. They have committed the crime of falsifying charges and
deceived people by spreading these lies. As Chen Ying' mother, I strongly
request that the cause of Chen Ying's death be immediately investigated. The
unlawful policemen who caused Chen Ying's death must be held responsible. Those
who spread lies to deceive people and promote hatred towards Falun Gong are
attempting to fabricate excuses for their crimes of persecuting Falun Dafa
practitioners. The murderers should be punished and the name of Chen Ying should
be cleared. 2) On March 12, 2003, a police brigade captain with the surname Xu from the
Dongfeng Police Branch Office of the Jiamusi Police Department led four to five
officers and policemen to my home and ransacked it. I was arrested and held at a
detention center for 22 days. On April 2, 2003 I was sent to a forced labor
camp. I followed the requirements of Falun Dafa for becoming a good person,
including not getting involved in politics, and working hard regardless of
criticism. I really don't know why I was sentenced to forced labor or which law
I have broken. During the prosecution process, legal procedures were not
followed, so I request an immediate and unconditional release, as well as an
investigation into the unlawful acts committed against me. The people
responsible for my arrest should be punished, and compensation for my physical
suffering and economic loss during my detention should be provided. 3) On April 2, 2003, I was escorted to the forced labor camp. On the very
first day, I was handcuffed in the "Carrying a Sword on the Back" (1)
position and deprived of the right to use the toilet. I was forced to follow the
demands of the labor camp guards. Under such inhuman torture I wrote a
"Statement Denouncing Falun Gong" against my conscience. On April 8, I
wrote a "Solemn Declaration" which declared the "Statement
Denouncing Falun Gong" null and void. Prison guard Sun Limin slapped me on
my face. The forced labor camp used cruel torture methods to persecute Falun
Gong practitioners. Ms. Wang Yuhong and Ms. Wang Yingxia were tortured until
their hands were seriously injured and paralyzed, and as a result they could not
take care of themselves. Even under those circumstances the prison guards still
forced us to do manual labor, sometimes for as long as ten hours per day.
Sometimes when we were not in good health and could not do the manual labor, the
prison guards would swear at us while beating us. I have been held at the labor
camp for one and a half years. During the first month of the Chinese calendar
this year, I wrote an appeal. Team Captain Mu Zhenjuan took 17 practitioners,
including me, from the No. 7 Squadron upstairs for more strict control. We were
forced to sit on the floor and a group of prison guards kicked us for a while,
and then handcuffed us in the "Carrying a Sword on the Back" position
for nine hours before we were allowed to move, and we were deprived of our
rights to sleep for five days. As a matter of fact, we were not even allowed to
close our eyes. Holding an electric baton in his hand, a male prison guard
stared at me and asked if I would write another appeal, and if I was an inmate
of the forced labor camp, or if I would write a weekly record of actual events.
In June, I talked to the team captains about writing an appeal but they refused
me. In July, Team Captain Mu Zhenjuan said at a meeting, "Whoever wants to
write an appeal, just go ahead, but we will not provide you with pens." At
the forced labor camp we were not allowed to use a pen. I was in very good
health and weighed over 60 kilograms (130 lb.) when I was at home, but now I
weigh less than 50 kilograms (110 lb.) due to the torture in the forced labor
camp. Inside the camp, all the Falun Dafa practitioners have been tortured, and
suffer from corporal punishment by the prison guards. Because of this I accuse
the Women's Division of the Xigemu Forced Labor Camp in Jiamusi City of
"torturing detainees, intentionally injuring detainees, and violating human
rights." I call on the procuratorate to investigate these crimes of the
prison guards immediately, and stop them from persecuting the kind-hearted
citizens who believe in the principles of "Truthfulness, Compassion, and
Tolerance." Please make sure that the people's safety is no longer
violated. Finally, I hope that the procuratorate will handle this case impartially so
as to safeguard the freedom of belief, human rights, and the justice of the law.
Please bring the offenders to justice. Appellant who is still detained at the forced labor camp: Chen Xiuling (1) "Carrying a Sword on the Back" - This is a very painful form
of torture in which one hand is pulled down the back from behind the head and
the other hand is pulled up from the lower back. The two hands are then
handcuffed or tied together to cause unbearable pain.
Chinese version available at
http://www.minghui.ca/mh/articles/2004/11/27/90115.html
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