The Brutal Treatment of Falun Gong Practitioners at the Chongqing Xishanping Forced Labor Camp


(Clearwisdom.net)

The "Strict Disciplinary Program" at the Xishanping Forced Labor Camp in Chongqing City is the most vicious and inhuman program at the camp. Falun Gong practitioners sent to the Xishanping Forced Labor Camp are placed in the strict disciplinary team without exception. Head official Wang Chen has given the strict disciplinary team free reign to use any torture methods on the practitioners, as long as they are kept alive.

The following are some of the usual torture methods officials at the Xishanping Forced Labor Camp employ to persecute Dafa practitioners:

  1. Starvation - food rations are progressively reduced, starting with half the amount and finishing with 1/6 of a usual portion.
  2. Dehydration - water rations are reduced to only one flask-cap full a day
  3. Restrictions on toilet usage - permission to use the washroom is restricted to only once in the morning and once at night.
  4. Sleep deprivation - sleep is restricted; the guards allow only two to a maximum of 5 hours per day, and sleep can be interfered with at will to the point of no sleep at all.
  5. Prolonged sitting - practitioners are forced to sit for long hours on a tiny stool in a strenuous posture.
  6. Bathing prohibition - this could last for months.
  7. Beating - physical abuse with torturing devices.
  8. Extending the period of imprisonment at will without due process.

Falun Dafa practitioner Gu Jiushou, 60 years old, was an engineer in a certain organization. When he was illegally arrested and sent to the forced labor camp the second time, he signed a document to renounce Falun Gong under pressure. He regretted it afterwards and publicly declared it null and void. The disciplinary officer then asked him to retract his declaration, but he resolutely refused, so he was subjected to their vicious program of starvation and dehydration. He was also forced to sit on a small stool for prolonged periods of time. As a result of this torture his buttocks were covered with bloody sores. The washroom restrictions coupled with the summer heat made the cell stink unbearably. During this period, encouraged by the guards, inmates Liu Dajiang and Zhang Yi beat Mr. Gu with a steel hanger, bamboo blocks, and a sharp-pointed rod, causing severe injury to his head and ankles. Liu Wenzheng did not allow Mr. Gu any sleep, and beat on his forehead repeatedly. After the beating, Mr. Gu's forehead was very swollen and he almost lost his eyesight. Only a month later, did he begin to gradually recover.

Falun Dafa practitioner Tang Weicheng, over 50, is an accountant from a certain company. Mr. Tang was sent to the disciplinary team because he declared a document he had previously signed as void. He was immediately forced to stay awake for 46-hours, then after two hours of sleep, he was forced to stay awake for another 46 hours. For three months he was not allowed to wash himself. Furthermore, he was forced to sit with his head down on a stool while pressing his knees together to keep a bamboo stick in place. If the stick fell off, he would be beaten. This made him unable to raise his head up later due to the strained muscles. Mr. Tang was also heavily beaten with an iron hanger, which left two deep scars on his face. After he completed his sentence, the camp officer Wang Chen extended his sentence for a further three months.

Zhang Yougao, over 60, was an employee from a certain school. It was his second time serving a sentence at the same labor camp. On admission, an officer knocked him down and asked an inmate to drag him by his feet all the way to the disciplinary room. His back was all bruised and cut from the dragging. Afterwards, the inmates stomped on his back, causing internal injuries.

Falun Dafa practitioner Wu Qun, who refused to sign an agreement letter denouncing Falun Gong, was beaten brutally by Wan Guochun, head of the disciplinary team. Wu's agonizing screams attracted the attention of the duty officer, Peng Xuhui, who came and handcuffed Wu on to a bed stand and gave him more punishment. After the beating, Wu was pushed under a low bed, with the head bent for a long time. For a long time afterwards, Wu was unable to hold his head straight, and he also lost control of his bladder and bowels.

Another Falun Dafa practitioner named Lu was told to fold up bed covers. While complaining to the supervisor that he was too slow, an inmate grabbed hold of Lu's hair and slammed his head against the iron bed stand, which caused a laceration of more than two inches long. Lu was sent to the hospital for treatment, and was later sent to another correction center.

The persecution is still going on in China. The above are only a few cases of the brutal treatment received by Dafa practitioners at Xishanping Forced Labor Camp. We hope that the world will learn what is going on in China.


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