Sixty-six-Year-Old Mr. Zhang Mengye, the Chinese President's Former Classmate, Suffers Severe Abuse at the No. 1 Forced Labor Camp in Guangzhou City
By a Falun Dafa practitioner from China
(Clearwisdom.net) Mr. Zhang Mengye, is a 66-year-old Falun Gong practitioner, and former
assistant professor at the Guangdong Provincial Electric Power Institute. He was
a fellow classmate of the current President of China, Hu Jintao, in the
Department of Hydraulic Engineering of Tsinghua University, Class of 1959. Since
Jiang Zemin's persecution of Falun Gong began on July 20, 1999, Zhang Mengye has
been illegally detained for 2 years and 37 days. He was "re-educated"
in a forced labor camp which caused him tremendous mental and physical trauma.
When Mr. Zhang was released on February 10, 2002, he was thin as a skeleton,
weighing less than 77 pounds (35kg). In the beginning of 2000, Zhang Mengye was illegally sentenced by the Public
Security Bureau of Guangzhou City to 2 years of forced labor. He was illegally
detained in Guangzhou City No. 1 Forced Labor Camp. Zhang Mengye was detained in Brigade 1 with fellow Falun Dafa practitioners
Ling Xiang and She Hui. They were forced to do slave labor for over twelve hours
a day until midnight or the early morning hours. During October and November 2000, Zhang Mengye was transferred to the
"Special Brigade," Brigade 2. In addition to the hard slave labor,
practitioners were also subjected to an intensive "transformation"
program carried out by collaborators--former practitioners who have gone astray
due to brainwashing and torture and agents. The steadfast practitioners were not
allowed to speak to each other; otherwise, they would be beaten up or their
detention terms would be extended by the guards on duty. The agents tried to
force Mr. Zhang to write the Guarantee Statement, but Zhang Mengye was
unyielding in his belief. The labor camp authorities used all possible means to
force Zhang Mengye to write the Guarantee Statement to "not practice Falun
Gong in the labor camp." Zhang Mengye was betrayed and set up by the labor
camp authorities. He thought that he should not cause difficulties for them, and
later wrote the Guarantee Statement to not practice Falun Gong in the labor
camp. Zhang Mengye later realized what a big mistake he had made. He decided to
renounce his statement as being null and void, by openly practicing Falun Gong. On the morning of December 29, 2000, Zhang Mengye tried to do the Falun Gong
exercises when he woke up. He started with the sitting meditation, sitting in
the lotus position with his legs crossed one on top of the other. A guard on
duty found out and tried to separate his crossed legs by force so that he could
not practice the meditation. The guard reported this matter to his superior, who
ordered the guard to handcuff Zhang Mengye to the metal bars of the door. During
one 6:00 a.m. morning roll call, Zhang Mengye was handcuffed to a big tree in
front of the gate of Brigade 2. His hands were shackled at the same height as
his shoulders around the big tree. Since his arms were not long enough, the
guards forced the handcuffs tight to make him "hold onto the tree." It
was extremely painful as the tight handcuffs cut into his flesh and he was
forced to hug the rough tree bark with its sharp growths. During the noontime
roll call, Instructor Li Guoming and Assistant Brigadier He Xinjiang yelled at
Zhang Mengye for "not being truthful, compassionate, and tolerant."
They forced collaborator Fu Wei to read aloud Zhang Mengye's Guarantee Statement
and claimed that Zhang "was not keeping his promise." Li Guoming and
He Xinjiang cursed Falun Dafa and its founder. They also required other labor
camp staff to show their support by carrying out the brutal torture tactics and
forcing the collaborators to verbally abuse Zhang Mengye. Zhang Mengye is over 60 years old, yet he was handcuffed for 3 consecutive
days to a big tree. His handcuffs were released only when he ate. At night, he
was handcuffed to a metal gate on the second floor without being allowed to
sleep on a bed. During the coldest days of winter on December 29, 30, and 31,
Zhang Mengye was extremely weak and drained from the brutal torture. The
handcuffs were not taken off until 9 p.m. on December 31, 2001, New Year's Eve.
The police pretended to call a medical staff member to show the other inmates
that the authorities were concerned and considerate of Zhang Mengye's condition.
He was then handcuffed again. Zhang Mengye's detention term was extended by more
than a month for practicing the Falun Gong exercises. He was put in a rigorous
"re-education" program with a red board on his chest to distinguish
him from the labor camp staff and other Falun Gong practitioners. Mr. Zhang was
not allowed to walk around freely and was always escorted by "monitoring
agents." The detention terms of Zhang Mengye and the other steadfast
practitioners were extended by 10 days each month. While in the labor camp, they
could neither prepare nor buy their own food, and they were not allowed to see
their family members who came to visit them. In April 2001 at the "Reward and Punishment Meeting," the detention
terms of Zhang Mengye, Zhou Mintong, Ye Yong, Zhong Yinghang, and Dan Weichang
were all extended by 2 months. They were barred from the meeting and did not
receive an official notice of their terms being extended. Later, the Bureau of
Labor Camp Administration of Guangdong Province issued a document stating that
"Detention terms of unyielding practitioners must be extended." In March 2001, Zhang Mengye was transferred to Brigade 7, where he started a
hunger strike to protest the illegal detention of Falun Dafa practitioners. From April and May 2001, Guangzhou No. 1 Forced Labor Camp ordered Zhang
Mengye's wife, Luo Muluan, to help "transform" Zhang Mengye. She
visited him day and night at the labor camp every week, but Mr. Zhang was very
determined to continue practicing Falun Dafa and clarified the truth to his
wife. After becoming clearheaded, she is now regretful for having collaborated
with the authorities. Zhang Yudong, the director and party secretary of Guangzhou No. 1 Forced
Labor Camp, came to directly "help re-educate" Zhang Mengye. Feng
Bingkun had also been directly "re-educated" by Zhang Yudong. In May and June 2001, the Tianhe District Political and Legal Committee of
Guangzhou City and the 610 Office proclaimed that anyone who
"transformed" Zhang Mengye would be rewarded with 30,000 yuan. In October 2001, Zhang Mengye stood on the basketball court of Brigade 7 and
said loudly, "Falun Dafa is good. Falun Dafa is the righteous way. Restore
Teacher Li's good reputation! Restore the good reputation of Falun Dafa!"
His words effectively resonated through the evil environment. One morning in December 2001, all practitioners were called to Brigade 2 and
were forced to listen to an official from the Huadu District Court explain the
so-called "judicial articles" from the Supreme People's Court and the
Supreme People's Procuratorate. Practitioner Li Zhousheng was the first to
object, "We believe in our Teacher and Falun Dafa, and will resist this
mistreatment." The agents immediately choked him and covered his mouth.
Then several steadfast practitioners stood up together to resist also. Zhang
Mengye was also present but was held by several monitors. He spoke out loudly to
expose the persecution. Later, Mr. Zhang was taken away. At that moment, Falun
Dafa practitioners' righteous minds and actions were spectacular. The police did
not achieve their goal and the court officials quickly disappeared. Officials Involved in the Persecution of Zhang Mengye Zhang Yudong, Director and Party Secretary: 86-20-86717141, 86-13926296088
(Cell phone), 86-20-83847294 (Home) Chen Yaoguang, Political Committee Member, Deputy Party Secretary:
86-20-86717143, 86-13802903025 (Cell phone), 86-20-83847294(Home) Xie Yongkang, Deputy Director of Administration and Re-education. In December
2000, he was a former Deputy Director of Administration Division of the Labor
Camp Bureau of Guangzhou City. He was appointed as Head of Guangzhou City
Juvenile Labor Camp in January and February 2002 while Zhou Yangbo was appointed
as Deputy Director of Administration and Re-education of Guangzhou No. 1 Forced
Labor Camp in place of Xie Yongkang. Wu (given name not known), Work Unit Party Secretary General Brigade 2: Li Guoming, Intructor, Branch Party Secretary He Xingjiang, Brigade Leader, Deputy Branch Party Secretary. He had tortured
Zhou Mintong, who was handcuffed onto the big tree for practicing Falun Gong
exercises, with electric batons. Before June 2001, He Xingjiang was Deputy
Brigade Leader of Administration and Re-Education; he was the new Brigadier of
the newly formed Brigade 2. From June to September 2001, he was Deputy Branch
Party Secretary; and after September 2001, he was appointed as Deputy Director
of Cadres Division of Guangzhou City Labor Camp Bureau. Yang Yongcheng, Clerk of Education. In March and April 2001, he was appointed
to Guangzhou Legal Education School (a brainwashing center). Li Weicheng
replaced Yang Yongcheng as Clerk of Education. He Guichao, administrator. Before June 2001, he was Administrator of Brigade
2; from June to November 2001, he was the administrator of the newly formed
Brigade 6. From November 2001 to July and August 2003, he was appointed as
Deputy Brigadier of the newly formed Brigade 2. After July and August 2003, he
was a police agent in Brigade 8 while Bi Dejun replaced him as Deputy Brigadier
of the newly formed Brigade 2. Brigade 7: Zeng (given name not known), Instructor, Branch Party Secretary
Xie (given name not known), Section Chief of Administration
Cheng Li, Deputy Section Chief of Administration
Wang Huohuang, Deputy Section Chief of Administration
Li (given name not known), Section Chief of Re-Education
Chen Minhua (female), Deputy Section Chief of Re-Education
Wu Xing, clerk at the Re-Education Section
Liu (given name not known), Deputy Brigadier of Administration and Re-Education
Address: Chini Township, Huadu District, Guangzhou City 510830
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