Facts of Persecution in Fourth Squadron of Gansu No. 3 Women's Forced Labor Camp

By Dafa Practitioners in Gansu

(Clearwisdom.net) Gansu No. 3 Women's Forced Labor Camp physically and mentally tortures illegally detained Falun Gong practitioners, even forcing elderly practitioners over 60 years old to work more than ten hours a day. Practitioners do not have a set time to eat, cannot freely use the toilet, and are supervised 24 hours a day. They are forced to write a "thought" report once a week, seven pages of "transformation statements" every month, press handprints, and peel soybean and garlic.

Ms. Qiang Weixiu is a 36-year-old agricultural college graduate and Qingyang Oil Field cadre. She was abducted and taken to the forced labor camp for shouting out, "Falun Dafa is great!" The forced labor camp feared that she would have an affect on other detained practitioners so they rejected her admission. In June 2004, she was illegally sentenced to 2 years of forced labor. She was isolated and supervised by 4 police officers and 6 drug addicts (Shan Guilan, Li Hongwei, Ma Shulin, Xu Lifang, Xu Jing, and Liu Juan). She was forced to attend brainwashing sessions and physically tortured for 12 days. As a result, her body movements became abnormal.

Ms. Li Jianhong is a 44-year-old practitioner from Lanzhou. In January 2004, she was sentenced to one and a half years of forced labor for the second time (the first time was one year). She was verbally and physically abused and forced to stand in one position for a long time by policewoman Yue Yongjun (34-year-old) and drug addicts Liu Aiyu, Bai Mudan and others.

Ms. Zhang Caiqin, 48 years old, and a practitioner from Gangu, was sentenced to one and a half years of forced labor in January 2003. As Zhang is illiterate and refused to denounce her belief, policewoman Yue Yongjun used all sorts of deceptive means, and made the drug addicts write the so-called denounce and Guarantee Statement for her. After Zhang made a solemn declaration to void the statements, Yue Yongjun punished the class leader Ma Shulin and group leader Yao Lirong by hanging them upside down for 20 minutes in the confinement room on February 14, 2004. Several days later, officer Yue asked others to copy the "transformation statement," and more than ten people dragged and forced Zhang to give her fingerprint.

Ms. Qi Guiying, 38-year-old Linxia Dafa practitioner, was again sentenced to forced labor for 3 years in April 2003. She was also brutally persecuted and gave up the practice of Falun Dafa because she could not endure the severe tortures inflicted upon her.

Ms. Sun Shulin, 42-year-old practitioner from Linxia, was sentenced to 2 years of forced labor in April 2003. She suffered brutal persecution during her detention and was forced to renounce her belief in "Truth-Compassion-Tolerance."

Ms. Song Youli, 38-year-old practitioner from Lanzhou City, Gansu Province was sentenced to 1 year of forced labor in May 2004. She also suffered brutal persecution and was not able endure the severe tortures. She was forced to renounce her practice of Falun Dafa.

Ms. Yang Zhenfang, 46-year-old Pingliang practitioner, was sentenced to one and a half years of forced labor in January 2003. Under the severe persecution and not able to endure the suffering, she gave up the practice of Falun Dafa.

Ms. Cao Fang, 50 year-old practitioner from Pingliang, was sentenced to 1 year of forced labor in March 2003. She was later transferred to a prison because she was implicated by a different case.

Ms. Liu Huiling, 35 year-old Pingliang practitioner, was sentenced to 3 years of forced labor. She was forced to dig out dung and other types of dirty and hard work during the daytime, and stand in one position for a long period of time, do extra work, and verbally and physically abused at night time because she persists in her belief of "Truth-Compassion-Tolerance."

Ms. Wang Yuxia, 42 year-old practitioner from Qingyang, has been detained in the forced labor camp twice. In December 2003, she was beaten and kicked by drug addicts Shan Guilan and Ma Shulin, and locked up in a confinement room for 10 consecutive days and nights. During that time, she was given only a small bread bun to eat every day, and not allowed to drink anything.

Ms. He Xuerong, 47 year-old Qingyang practitioner, was sentenced to one and a half years of forced labor for the second time (the first time was one year). She suffered brutal persecution and was force to give up the practice of Falun Dafa.

Ms. Wang Xin, over 30 years old from Tianshui, was sentenced to one and a half years of forced labor. She renounced her belief in "Truth-Compassion-Tolerance" when she could no longer endure the brutal persecution.

Ms. Dong Lanping, 50 year-old from Lanzhou, was sentenced to forced labor for the third time. She was forced to work during the daytime, and at nighttime, she was forced to stand for a long period of time, work, and was verbally and physically abused.

The above Dafa practitioners solemnly declare that all of their words and deeds that do not conform to Dafa under the forced brainwashing and brutal persecution to be void.

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.ca/mh/articles/2004/9/13/84076.html

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