Persecution at Shenyang City's Zhangshi Forced Labor Camp (Photos)
By a Falun Dafa Practitioner in China
(Clearwisdom.net) The Shenyang City Zhangshi Forced Labor Camp is located in
Zhangshi Village, Yuhong District, Shenyang City, Liaoning Province (Zip code
110027). Since Jiang's faction began the persecution of Falun Gong on July 20,
1999, Shenyang City's Zhangshi Forced Labor Camp has become a concentration camp
for the Shenyang area's "reeducation-through-labor" system to
persecute Falun Gong practitioners. Particularly after November 13, 2000, when
the Fifth Normal Re-Education Division became a place exclusively for
persecuting practitioners, male practitioners detained in other labor camps in
Shenyang were sent there for brainwashing and torture. Figure 1: The front door of the Shenyang City's Zhangshi
Forced Labor Camp. The signs on either side read, "Shenyang City's Zhangshi
School of Re-Education through Labor" I. "Special Division" specifically persecutes practitioners The "Special Division" at the Zhangshi Forced Labor Camp, which
specifically persecutes practitioners, was set up on November 13, 2000. There
are seven rooms in this division, and more than one thousand male practitioners
from Shenyang City and the surrounding area have been detained there for
brainwashing and persecution. In July 2004, nearly thirty practitioners were still detained there. Every
practitioner had one or two "helpers" monitoring him. Everyday after
breakfast, which was as early as 6:00 a.m., practitioners were compelled to
start forced labor: packing "sanitary" chopsticks. They couldn't stop
until supper, and breaks were not allowed. Also, from the beginning of 2002
through the end of 2003, practitioners were under duress to do forced labor
including making paper boxes, attaching parts to rubber combs, painting craft
items such as sweet potatoes and cucumbers, and making neon light bulbs. II. The notorious "Zhangshi Small Building" Brainwashing Center The "Zhangshi Small Building" Brainwashing Center was set up in
early 2001. People there have been persecuting practitioners by attempting to
brainwash them through June 2004. "Zhangshi Small Building" used to be
the guesthouse for inmates' family members and was turned into a place
specifically used to persecute practitioners in early 2001. Figure 4: Zhangshi Forced Labor Camp's "Zhangshi Small
Building" Brainwashing Center "Zhangshi Small Building" Brainwashing Center is three stories
tall. There are ten rooms in the second and third story. Over half of the rooms
are used to brainwash practitioners. The methods include sleep deprivation,
shocking with electric batons, squatting or having the body folded for long
periods of time, being tied with ropes and aggressive force-feeding. Practitioner Ms. Wang Hong was in her 30's. She was transferred from the
Longshan Forced Labor Camp to the "Zhangshi Small Building" in the
middle of June 2001. She was tortured for 18 days, which included sleep
deprivation, squatting and folding of the body for eight hours, beatings, and
being force-fed with a mixture of concentrated saline solution and corn bread.
In early July, she was sent back to the Longshan Forced Labor Camp for further
persecution. She experienced kidney failure. Although she was released in late
August, she died just a few days later. Ms. Yang Sulan from the Huanggu District in Shenyang City was 65 years old
and was sent there in October 2002. Nearly ten people attacked and humiliated
her, and deprived her of sleep. They choked her to a point where she couldn't
raise her arms. They threatened that if she didn't "reform," she would
be sentenced to forced labor or prison terms. Although Ms. Yang was released
after being persecuted for over 50 days, her body and mind were greatly harmed.
She died at home on June 1, 2003. In the spring of 2003, Mr. Li Chengping, a practitioner from Shenyang City in
his 50's and an employee of the Shenyang City's Huishan Dairy Industry, was
tortured there and suffered a mental collapse. Another practitioner, Ms. Liang in her 60's, suffered the same abuse. III. The so-called "Shenyang City Legal Education School" The Zhangshi Forced Labor Camp Brainwashing Center was known to the outside
as the "Shenyang City Legal Education School." It was established at
the end of October 2002, rebuilt over the original "Normal Re-Education
Division Six" of the Zhangshi Labor Camp at a cost of 1.8 million yuan. It
was co-sponsored by Shenyang City's "610 Office," the Shenyang City
Judicial Bureau, the Shenyang City Zhangshi Forced Labor Camp and the Shenyang
City Longshan Forced Labor Camp. Though they call themselves "legal
education," it is in fact trampling the constitution and the law,
persecuting people, and extorting money. Figure 5/6: Shenyang City's Zhangshi Forced Labor Camp
Brainwashing Center (the so-called "Legal Education School") Among the practitioners detained and directly sent there, some were arrested
by their workplace authorities, neighborhood committees, police stations and
"610 Offices." Others were those whose terms had already expired and
were transferred there for further persecution from the Masanjia Forced Labor
Camp, Longshan Forced Labor Camp and Zhangshi Forced Labor Camp. The family members or the workplaces of the practitioners detained had to pay
the 3,000 yuan "fee" for each session, which lasts 20 days. If the
practitioner was not "reformed," he or she would have to attend the
next session and another 3,000 yuan would need to be paid. For more information on the Zhangshi Forced Labor Camp Brainwashing Center,
please refer to: "The Inside Story of the Shenyang Zhangshi Forced Labor Camp
Brainwashing Center,"
Figure 2: Front view of "Special Division" cells
Figure 3: Rear view "Special Division" cells
IV. Slave labor in the cells of the "Normal Re-Education Division"
The "Normal Re-Education Division" has a four-story building of cells. Since 2000, nearly forty practitioners who were steadfast in their belief have been detained there for "extensive labor and severe discipline." They were sent to the workshop across the street from the cell-block and were overloaded with labor. The labor included packing "sanitary" chopsticks, attaching parts to rubber combs, making plastic comb cases (this labor was for Division Three and Four), weaving metal grates for barbecues (this labor was for Division Six) and molding plastic balls.
Figure 7: Zhangshi Forced Labor Camp's "Normal Re-Education Division" Cells
The conditions at the slave labor workplace are quite poor. The glue for making the plastic cases irritates the nose and eyes. The plastic ball molding substance is toxic and inhaling the fumes causes dizziness. After working there for a while, practitioners are transferred to other places such as the "Falun Gong Special Division," the "Zhangshi Small Building" and the "Legal Education School" for brainwashing.
For information on torture methods to persecute practitioners used in Zhangshi Forced Labor Camp, please refer to:
Graphic Illustrations of Torture Methods Used at the Zhangshi Forced Labor Camp in Shenyang City (Photos)
http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2004/10/2/53036.html
Demonstration of the Torture Technique "Stewed Chicken with a Bent Neck" Used in Zhangshi Education and Reformation Camp (Photos)
http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2004/10/5/53162.html
Descriptions of Torture Techniques Used in the Zhangshi Reformation Camp in Shenyang City (Photos)
http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2004/9/12/52361.html
Police from the Zhangshi Forced Labor Camp in Shenyang City Torture Practitioners by Tying Them Up for 5 hours With Their Heads Between Their Legs
http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2004/2/19/45273.html
November 18, 2004
Chinese version available at
http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2004/11/19/89585.html
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