(Clearwisdom.net) Under the repeated torture of more than one and a half years of illegal forced labor and ten months in brainwashing centers, 32-year-old Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Zhu Xia from Chengdu City, Sichuan Province was severely devastated mentally and physically. She was also subjected to sleep deprivation for long periods of time. As a result, she suffered a mental breakdown.

Before the persecution

After the persecution

In April 2001, Ms. Zhu Xia was illegally arrested and imprisoned at the Nanmusi Women's Forced Labor Camp in Zizhong City, Sichuan Province. In order to force her to give up her belief in Falun Dafa, starting in May 2002, the labor camp authorities used horrible torture methods on her. After her term expired, the Chengdu City "610 Office" refused to release her, and they had her detained at Pengzhou City brainwashing center, Pi County brainwashing center and Xinjin County brainwashing center, in succession. It has been verified that in the brainwashing centers, under the torture and long-term sleep deprivation, Ms. Zhu Xia's suffered a mental collapse and has not been able to recover from it.

Posting date: 5/24/2004
Original article date: 5/24/2004
Category: Eyewitness Accounts
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