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How the Moganshan Female Forced Labor Camp in Zhejiang Province Cruelly Persecutes Falun Dafa Practitioners
(Clearwisdom.net) The Moganshan Female Forced Labor Camp in Zhejiang
Province is specifically used for detaining Falun Gong practitioners sentenced
to "reeducation through labor." Since 1999, when the Jiang regime
started persecuting Falun Gong, this labor camp has been actively cooperating in
the persecution, and capitalizes on its isolated environment to torture Falun
Gong practitioners, trying to force them to renounce their belief. In order to create an even more isolated environment that is more convenient
for persecuting people who uphold their belief in "truth, compassion, and
tolerance," the Moganshan Female Forced Labor Camp formed a special brigade
in which they set up a "Specially Monitored Zone." Normally, the labor
camp assigns one guard to manage every 40 to 50 detainees. For Falun Gong
practitioners, however, they assign one guard for every 5 to 6 practitioners. In
addition, they also use regular criminal inmates in the labor camp to monitor
Falun Gong practitioners. Usually, there are at least two of these prisoners to
monitor one practitioner. Sometimes, they used as many as 5 to 6 inmates to
monitor one practitioner. Oftentimes, the ones that monitor Falun Gong
practitioners also abuse and beat the practitioners. For the most steadfast
practitioners, the police have utilized many vicious means to abuse and torture
them physically and mentally. For example, the police force practitioners to
read books, listen to audio cassettes or watch videotapes that slander Falun
Dafa every day. They have reduced Falun Gong practitioners' sleep time or have
even forbidden them to sleep at all for several days. Sometimes they haven't
allowed practitioners to bathe or walk, and they force criminal drug addicts and
prostitutes to physically punish and beat practitioners. The guards reduce
practitioners' sleep time while trying to brainwash them in order to mentally
and physically stress them to their limit. The "Specially Monitored Zone" is a cell inside a cell, and is
copied from the notorious Masanjia Forced Labor Camp. There are six cells
measuring about 4 meters square (approximately 12 feet x 12 feet), specifically
built for persecuting Falun Gong practitioners. Practitioners who were detained
in these cells were not allowed to use the bathroom facilities and had to
defecate and urinate in the cells. The bed was just a small wooden board placed
on the floor. The metal door was closed all day long. There was a small square
hole in the door to pass food in. In the winter, the cell was very cold. People
who lived in the cell felt as if they lived in an icy cage. Practitioners
detained there, however, included those who are in their seventies. The youngest
was over 40 years old. The guards claimed that as long as a practitioner didn't write a letter
pledging to give up Falun Dafa and didn't "transform," she could never
leave the cell. For instance, Ms. Huang Jinfeng, who was about 70 years old, was
detained in one of these cells for over two months. She was forced to sit by the
hole in the door where the chilly wind blew in. One side of her body became numb
and she could not even button up her clothes after relieving herself. Such
occurrences at the Moganshan Female Forced Labor Camp are commonplace; however
the camp labels these practices as achievements in "civilizing the labor
camp." The following are accounts of some of the persecution cases at the Moganshan
Female Forced Labor Camp: Ms. Zhuo Ainu lives in Jinyun, Zhejiang Province and is about 48 years old.
The first time she was detained, she was sentenced to one year of forced labor.
The second time, she was sentenced to three years of forced labor. Because she
is steadfast in Falun Dafa, she was tortured three times during her
incarceration. The first time was during a very hot summer. She was placed in a
cell and the perpetrators closed the door and windows and used thick black cloth
to cover the windows. They turned on a hot 200-watt lamp in the cell and didn't
allow Ms. Zhuo Ainu access to any water. To add to the torture, they forced her
to stand motionless for 18 hours a day. If Ms. Zhuo moved at all, they would
punch, kick, and shock her with electronic batons. After Ms. Zhuo Ainu had been
tortured like this for eight consecutive days, her clothes were covered with a
layer of salt crystals dried from her sweat. The second time Zhuo Ainu was
persecuted at the camp was in the first half of 2003. To force her to give up
practicing Falun Gong, the guards didn't allow her to sleep for eight
consecutive days, during which time her hair turned almost completely turned
grey. Later, the police once again deprived her of sleep for 15 days. According
to those who knew the details of her abuse, during that period, Ms. Zhuo Ainu
was tortured until she nearly suffered a mental collapse. The third time Ms.
Zhuo was tortured at the labor camp was in the last half of 2003, when the
police forced her to stand for 24 hours a day and didn't allow her to sleep for
20 days. She could not bear the torture and began to moan. In order to prevent
her from moaning, the guards laced her food with drugs. As a result, Ms. Zhuo
gradually lost the ability to speak. After that, she was only allowed to sleep
for 2 to 3 hours a day, for an extended period. Because of the prolonged
torture, one year after Ms. Zhuo was put in the labor camp for the second time,
she became paralyzed and could no longer take care of herself. Ms. Xie Bifang, in her sixties, is from Sichuan Province. Because she refused
to be "transformed," she was tortured in the "Specially Monitored
Zone." Often, the guards didn't provide her with food and didn't allow her
to sleep. She was forced to stand from 5:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Those criminal
inmates who monitored her kicked her legs and feet and beat her. As a result,
Ms. Xie's legs and feet were covered with bruises and were swollen. Ms. Huang Yaohua, in her fifties, is from Yuhuan, Zhejiang Province. She was
detained in the "Specially Monitored Zone." After she was sent to the
labor camp, her hair soon turned grey. Because she refused to be
"transformed," the guards didn't allow her to wear warm clothes in the
winter and didn't give her any blankets; they forced her to stand, and didn't
give her any food. In the end, the police sent her to a mental hospital for
further persecution. Ms. Wen Xiaofen, in her forties, is an engineer. She is an upright person and
is very earnest. She was illegally sentenced to three years of forced labor. In
the labor camp, because she spoke the truth and spoke out from a sense of
justice, she was put in solitary cells several times and her term was extended
by six months on two different occasions. Xuhui, 28 years old, is a college graduate. She used to work at the Qinshan
Credit Union of Linan, Hangzhuo City, Zhejiang Province. In 1999, after the
government started suppressing Falun Gong, she was detained by the local police
and her work unit. In September 2001, the police threatened her and tried to
prevent her from going to Beijing to appeal for Falun Dafa. Xuhui firmly refused
their order and hence was put under house arrest. She escaped out of a second
story window and went to Beijing to hold up a banner. She was arrested and taken
back to Linan. In October 2001, she was illegally sentenced to three years of
forced labor and sent to the Moganshan Female Forced Labor Camp where she was
put in a solitary cell and detained there for a long time. She had to eat,
drink, and excrete in the same cell. Her health deteriorated rapidly, and she
lost consciousness several times. Xuhui went on a hunger strike to oppose the
persecution. However, the police brutally force-fed her, further torturing her.
In December 2003, the guards taped her mouth shut and didn't allow her to speak.
Xuhui is still detained at the Moganshan Female Forced Labor Camp. Ms. Yu Yamin, in her thirties, is from Xinchang, Zhejiang Province. In 1999,
because she went to Beijing to appeal, she was sentenced to one year of forced
labor. Since she was steadfast in practicing Falun Gong and refused to write
pledge letters, the police crushed and fractured one of her toes. Not long after
she was released when her term was up, Ms. Yu was again detained by the local
police for six months, with the accusation that she made some Falun Gong
bookmarks. Later, she was sentenced for a second term of forced labor. This time
the sentence was two and half years. However, when her term was just about over,
it was extended for four more months just because she spoke from her heart,
"Falun Dafa is good." Ms. Chen Xianzhi's arms and legs were tied to a door by police for over 20
days because she was steadfast in practicing Falun Gong. After Ms. Bao Suying stated that she would start practicing Falun Gong again
and would tell the truth about the persecution of Falun Gong to people after she
was released, the guards taped her mouth shut. The above stories are just the tip of the iceberg in terms of the persecution
received by practitioners in the Moganshan Female Forced Labor Camp. To cover up
their evil deeds, the labor camp has cut off all information outlets and has
even denied the visiting rights of the relatives of practitioners. Practitioners
are not even allowed to receive mail. A partial list of those responsible: Xu Yanji, Head of the Department for Education Through Labor of Zhejiang
Province Guo Xiaomin and Lou Zili, Section Heads, the Department for Education Through
Labor in Zhejiang Province, 86-571-88072800, address: 24 Tianmushan Rd.,
Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, Postcode: 310007 Ji Yonggen, Commissar of the Moganshan Female Forced Labor Camp Ding Li, Deputy Head of the Moganshan Female Forced Labor Camp Address: PO Box 921, Wukang Town, De Qing County, Hu Zhou City, Zhejiang
Province, Postcode: 313200 Address of the "Specially Monitored Zone" in the Moganshan Female
Forced Labor Camp: 5 Sub-Box, PO Box 921, Wukang Town, De Qing County, Hu Zhou
City, Zhejiang Province, Postcode: 313200 Phone number of the "Specially Monitored Zone" in the Moganshan
Female Forced Labor Camp: 86-572-8073593 (24 hours) Police who work in the "Specially Monitored Zone": Chen Yunli (Political Director), Ye Yun (formerly Brigade Head and now the
Deputy Head of the Education Department in the labor camp, 86-572-8061649), Chen
Zhiying (Brigade Head, 86-13957268825-cell), Sun Jun (Brigade Head), Tang Lili,
Zhang Wei, Jiang Hongya, Li Yan, Mou Linhan, Chi Weichun, and Wang Xiaoe Other phone numbers of Deqing County where the labor camp is located: County Government: 86-572-8270589, address: 147 Hebin St., Wukang Town, De
Qing County, Zhejiang Province, Postcode: 313200 Deqing County Department of Legal Affairs: 86-572-8060353, address: 106
Sunshi St., Wukang Town, De Qing County, Zhejiang Province, Postcode: 313200 Deqing County Department of Public Security: 86-572-8060333 (phone exchange),
address: Sunshi St., Wukang Town, De Qing County, Zhejiang Province, Postcode:
313200 July 25, 2004 |