(Clearwisdom.net) This article exposes the details of the brutal
persecution of Falun Gong practitioners by Jiang's regime at the Xishanping
Forced Labor Camp in Chongqing. Based on the available information, Falun Gong
practitioners have re-enacted these scenes of persecution to expose this den of
evil so that the torture can no longer remain hidden.
The Xishanping Forced Labor Camp is located to the west of Jinyun Mountain in
Beibei, Chongqing. From July 20, 1999, to the present, several hundred Falun
Gong practitioners have been detained there. In November 2000, an Education
Brigade (7th Brigade) was specifically established to persecute Falun
Gong practitioners. When the Education Brigade was established, there was only
one squadron. In December 2001, however, when the persecution escalated, the
original squadron was split in two (1st and 2nd Squadrons).
The 1st Squadron was further divided into a loose discipline unit, a
standard discipline unit, and a heavy discipline unit that included four heavy
discipline teams. The squadron referred to in this article is the 1st
Squadron; it was originally headed by Liu Hua, and later by Li Qiwei.
The guards at Xishanping selected the strongest and most merciless prisoners
from the 8,000 in their charge (of which more than 90% are convicted drug
addicts) to perform violent acts for them, and utilized them to persecute Falun
Gong practitioners. Currently, a few dozen practitioners are still being held at
Xishanping. One of these addicts said, "It is a living hell there."
A heavy discipline team is usually comprised of about 14 prisoners.
Oftentimes, when they torture Falun Gong practitioners, seven or eight prisoners
attack the practitioner together. Wang Jianpeng, the cruellest of these
prisoners, was awarded the title "Outstanding Detainee." Tu Deyu,
Commissar of the Municipal Re-education through Forced Labor Bureau, rewarded
him with a one-year reduction of his sentence. The police have often hailed
these convicted drug addicts as, "Outstanding people persecuting Falun Gong
on behalf of the country and the government."
In December 2001, the malevolent Liu Hua became head of the 1st
Squadron. He added more than 30 policemen to the Education Brigade, reorganized
it, and escalated the persecution of the Falun Gong practitioners. He incited
everyone at Xishanping to participate, and on December 24, established the heavy
discipline unit. Several dozen Falun Gong practitioners have suffered torture in
the heavy discipline unit, including Liu Jibin, Lin Decai, Xie Jin, Chen Min,
Zhang Quanliang, Li Hongfu, Tang Yi, Wang Zhengrong, Huang Guangming, Yan Xinpei,
Zeng Xiangzhu, Yuan Zhiqiang, Chen Jiawu, and Yang Bin. They had no freedom, and
the criminals were employed to control their every word and deed. Their family
members weren't allowed to see them or deliver clothes, and they weren't allowed
to wash themselves or their clothes. The guards rigorously concealed all
information about the persecution, especially concerning the practitioner Zhang
Quanliang, who suffered several dozen incidents of torture in one day, fainted
more than 100 times, lost control of his bowels, lost the hearing in his right
ear, lost the ability to speak normally, and finally suffered a complete mental
breakdown. Almost every day, his miserable cries for help and screams of anguish
could be heard within the confines of the labor camp. Despite all the torture
methods the persecutors employed, they were ultimately unable to achieve their
goal of transforming him. In January 2004, Zhang Quanliang walked out of the
camp.
Reenactment of Torture
Torture Method 1: "The Nail Stool"
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Torture reenactment 1A
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Torture reenactment 1B
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Torture reenactment 1C
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Torture reenactment 1D
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Torture reenactment 1E
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On the orders of 1st Squadron head Li Qiwei and the guards Xiao
Xingming and Wang Chen, the prisoners of the heavy discipline team melted the
top of a broken plastic stool, pushed six nails nearly one inch long by 1/16th
of an inch in diameter through the softened plastic, and used plastic cement to
hold them in place, creating a torture instrument known as "The Nail
Stool." They used it to torture Falun Gong practitioners (Torture
reenactment 1A). (The wood on the stool in the picture isn't part of the
original instrument, but was used to save time in making the prop for this
demonstration. In order to allow our readers see the nails after the victim sits
on the stool, we used three long nails on the top left side.)
In the cell of the heavy discipline team, four strong prisoners escort a
Falun Gong practitioner to an iron bed, and ruthlessly press him on the nail
stool, not allowing him to move, while simultaneously pressing the
practitioner's hands on the iron bed, and pressing down on his shoulders and
arms. Two more prisoners stand behind the practitioner holding wooden sticks,
ready to beat him should he resist the torture. (Torture reenactment 1B)
The practitioner is stripped down to his underwear. Sharp nails are then
plunged into his flesh. His blood flows, dripping from his soaked underwear to
the floor. Because the police torture these practitioners every day, dragging
them around, and don't allow them to wash, their underwear is dirty and torn,
and might not be replaced for several months. (Torture reenactment 1C)
The severe pain causes the practitioner's body to squirm and twitch, while
the criminals grasp him even tighter. The Falun Gong practitioner's head and
body are covered with bruises as a result of torture. (Torture reenactment 1D)
Finally the practitioner loses consciousness. (Torture reenactment 1E)
The guards watch the process from outside the door. In the summer of 2003,
Zhang Quanliang was tortured to the point where he was emaciated. He was
continuously subjected to this torture for a month. His bloody pants stuck to
the broken flesh of his buttocks, causing excruciating pain.
Note: the Education Brigade cell has six iron beds and 12 single beds. Falun
Gong practitioners can only sleep on the lower berth where they can be easily
seen, because the guards require the criminals to watch the practitioners and
prevent them from practicing the exercises or studying the Fa. They are
supposedly on "suicide watch."
Torture Method 2: "Starvation"
A re-enactment of the torture method, "Starvation"
Instigated by 1st Squadron heads Liu Hua and Li Qiwei, as well as
guards Xiao Xingming, Zhou Benzhong and Wang Chen, among others, prisoners give
Falun Gong practitioners less than 50 grams of food for each meal. Li Qiwei even
clamored, "How ever many years you've lived is how many grains of rice you
get."
Breakfast: The prisoners bring a big box of steamed buns from the kitchen
into each cell, enough for at least one bun for each person, and a big bowl of
porridge (enough for half a small bowl per person), and some pickles. They give
Falun Gong practitioners only a quarter of a bun, which they choose from the
black and dirty ones. The prisoners take all the porridge and pickles, and don't
allow the practitioners to buy food or spices from the canteen. They take any
left over buns, porridge and pickles to feed to the pigs. Some visiting family
members have mistaken this for a humanitarian act, thinking that the prisoners
were given more food than they could eat.
Lunch and dinner: Prisoners bring in a box of rice and entrees in a plastic
container (with meat served twice a week). Falun Gong practitioners are given
broken and dirty bowls, without even chopsticks (except perhaps wooden sticks
picked from the garbage), a small portion of rice and a yellow and rotten piece
of a vegetable leaf. Then the guards say to visitors, "See, they have food
and rice, we haven't persecuted them."
Since the other prisoners have more food than they can eat, they feed any
extra food to the pigs. Visiting family members see buckets of food being thrown
away, and think that Falun Gong practitioners must be well provided for, but the
truth is, "The pigs of Xishanping are better fed." Later, the budget
was reduced, and prisoners were no longer allowed to throw away buns and food,
so they took most of the food for themselves.
Falun Gong practitioners in the heavy discipline team suffer torment day and
night, even during mealtime, and the prisoners don't let them relax. The
prisoners force practitioners to squat with their heads lowered, with a prisoner
right there specifically to hold them down and prevent them from moving or
resisting. Meanwhile the other prisoners are allowed to sit or walk around at
their leisure, relax, choose the best food, and are sometimes allowed to drink
alcohol.
Of course, people who are forced to live on a diet of this kind for extended
periods are in danger of starving to death. When the prisoners see somebody is
close to starving, he is transferred to another cell, where he is given more
food for a few days, and then he is brought back to suffer
"starvation" and torture again. Practitioners are persecuted
continuously. They are told, "Your life must be worse than death, but we
won't let you die." Practitioners who conduct hunger strikes are repeatedly
force-fed.
"Starvation" has reduced the Falun Gong practitioners to emaciation
and severe weakness. Even in this state, prisoners still torture practitioners
using all means at hand. Another common torture method is known as, "One
song everyday."
Torture Method 3: "One Song a Day"
Torture reenactment of "One Song a Day"
Prisoners throw a Falun Gong practitioner down on the cement floor, and then
two prisoners on either side take hold of the practitioner's arms, twisting them
until the practitioner's face touches the floor. Three or four prisoners then
step on his legs. One prisoner presses down on the practitioner's head, slamming
it repeatedly with a plastic stool; another prisoner randomly strikes the
practitioner's back, waist and feet with a wooden stick. The stick is wrapped in
cloth, causing internal injuries, but leaving no bruises on the skin thereby
minimizing the evidence of the crime; one prisoner strikes the malleolus (1)
with a rubber stool or a bowl, and some kick, stomp, and hit the practitioner
with their shoes. Some prisoners sing loudly near the window to cover up the
sounds of the torture and the miserable cries of the practitioner, while other
prisoners stuff dirty clothes into his mouth to silence him.
Falun Gong practitioners in other cells heard the staccato sound of punches
and kicks and strange singing. The whole squadron is plunged into terror. While
this is going on, they might use any object in the cell in the wanton beating of
practitioners, until prisoners achieved their goal of "beating every inch
of the practitioner." Practitioners subjected to this mistreatment suffer
bruising all over their bodies, and briefly struggle in pain until they lose
consciousness. The guards and the police observe from outside the door.
After Liu Hua became the squadron head, practitioner Zhang Quanliang was
subjected to this torture more often than any other practitioner. On December
25, 2001, he was sent to the heavy discipline unit, where he remained until he
walked out of the forced labor camp. He suffered these beatings every day for
the first half of the year, and that's when the prisoners started calling it
"One song a day." Sometimes it was once a day, sometimes several times
a day. After breakfast, the prisoners would ask him, "Will you write the
'three statements' today? If you don't, we will beat you again." He always
refused, so they beat him again. For a month, they tortured him this way until
he blacked out, and after he regained consciousness they asked him to write the
statements. As he always refused, they then subjected him to "The Nail
Stool."
Torture Method 4: "Dragged to the Cadres"
Torture reenactment of "Dragged to the Cadres"
The guards at the Education Brigade force Falun Gong practitioners to call
them "cadres." Practitioners are tortured with "One Song a
Day" until they lose consciousness. When they awake, these
"cadres" order prisoners to drag the practitioners to discussion
sessions. The prisoners know they would benefit by letting the cadres see their
"power and prestige," so they display as much brutally as they can.
The cell head leads the procession, with two prisoners on either side holding
the practitioner by his arms, twisting them to force the practitioner down,
dragging him. One prisoner yanks his hair, alternately shoving and dragging him,
sometimes his head almost touches the ground. Another prisoner drags him by his
clothes, while yet another prisoner shoves him from behind. The rest of the
prisoners follow along, scolding the practitioner and shouting insults. All of
these proceedings are performed at the command of the guards in the area and
from the duty platform.
Torture Method 5: "Chat with the Cadre"
Torture reenactment of "Chat with the Cadre"
A practitioner is dragged to the on-duty platform, to an office or to some
other secluded room. While a guard sits in a chair, the Falun Gong practitioner
is forced to squat, with two prisoners holding him on either side, and two more
pressing down on his shoulders. Several more prisoners stand nearby holding
bamboo blocks and wooden sticks, ready to beat the practitioner. The guard sits
on the chair, one leg casually crossed over the other, with his foot pointing at
the practitioner's head, drinking tea and asking questions, as a prisoner to the
side takes notes. All of his questions are phrased in a way that slanders and
defames Falun Gong and its founder, or are in some other way derogatory. The
tone the guard uses is sarcastic and cynical, and the practitioner is forced to
answer only "yes" or "no" to many of the questions.
If the guard doesn't get what he is looking for, he roars, "Drag him
back for me!"
Torture Method 6: "Towing Backwards"
Torture reenactment of "Towing Backwards"
Down the stone stairs from the on-duty platform, there is a rectangular
shaped exercise yard of crushed coal ringed with concrete (the on-duty platform
is about 4 meters higher than the exercise yard). This is where prisoners and
guards assemble, walk, exercise and play basketball every day. On one side of
the exercise yard, there is a three-story cell building (the heavy discipline
team is on the 2nd floor). The rest of the exercise yard is
surrounded by stone walls that are about the same height as the on-duty platform
(roughly four or five meters). Standing in the exercise yard, it's as if you are
standing inside a rectangular pit, and you can only see a small area of sky.
If the guard conducting the "Chat With the Cadre" doesn't get what
he wants from the conversation, he shouts, "Drag him back!" If the
prisoners don't please the "cadre," they won't receive any
"rewards or incentives," so they immediately force the practitioner to
the ground face down, with four prisoners lifting his legs (two on each leg),
and run forward, dragging him. The practitioner's body scrapes noisily across
the ground. Buttons, shoes and socks come off and the practitioner's clothes are
torn to pieces. The prisoners drag the practitioner down the stone stairs,
across the exercise yard of crushed coal, then back upstairs, through the cement
corridor, and finally arrive at the cell. The practitioner's hands are covered
with blood, and he has abrasions and bruises on his face, and dirt and mud all
over his body (especially on rainy days). The prisoners scold the practitioner
as they drag him, and through their actions they created an atmosphere of
terror.
Torture Method 7: Beaten Mercilessly
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Torture reenactment: choked and muffled
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Torture reenactment: racked with pain
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After the practitioner is dragged back to his cell, the prisoners bind his
neck with a towel, tightening it from behind. They shove the practitioner to the
ground into a semi-seated position. Another prisoner stuffs dirty clothes into
the practitioner's mouth, and several prisoners stomp and kick the
practitioner's feet and legs. Normally seven or eight prisoners surround one
practitioner; strike the center of his hands and feet, and use chopsticks to
pinch his flesh. They hit him with anything at hand, from rice containers to
rubber stools. To hide the screaming, the prisoners sing loudly. The
practitioner quickly loses consciousness being tortured this way, and wakes up
after some time has passed. The prisoner on duty watches from outside, and says
in a strange voice, "Don't kill him" (a sarcastic suggestion to
continue beating him).
Note: The prisoners don't all necessarily use terms like "One Song a
Day," or "Beaten Mercilessly," because they employ their methods
alternately, and do what they want. We've introduced these terms to help us
describe their torture methods.
Torture Method 8: Forced to Look at Pornography
Torture reenactment: Forced to look at pornography
A Falun Gong practitioner is forced to sit in front of the iron bed, while
two prisoners hold him down. One prisoner pulls his head back by his hair, one
person forces his eyes open, two more prisoners sit on the bed behind him, and
they all force the practitioner to look at pornography. Another prisoner stands
in the back, ready to beat the practitioner with a wooden stick. They also try
to force practitioners to sing lewd songs.
Squadron head Li Qiwei has publicly stated, "Forcing Falun Gong
practitioners to sing vulgar songs and look at decadent pictures helps them
return to society."
Torture Method 8: Forging the Three Statements, Forced to Give
Fingerprints
Torture reenactment: Forging the "Three Statements" |
Torture reenactment: Forcibly taking fingerprints |
Several prisoners hold a Falun Gong practitioner's head and body down on an
iron bed, while two more hold out the practitioner's right hand. One prisoner
grabs the practitioner's hand, forcing him to sign and put his fingerprints on
the forged "Three Statements." The rest of the prisoners shout curses
while waiting for their award points and sentence reductions.
When Long Shishun was appointed the Vice Manager and Education Brigade Chief
of Xishanping, he issued these cold-blooded decrees: "Get results using any
means necessary," and "Stop at nothing in acquiring the three
statements." Prisoners willingly participate in these efforts because they
seek undeserved credit and rewards. Their results belie the true intentions of
the practitioners, and undermine their will. They say to practitioners, "We
can prove that you've already signed the three statements, no matter what you
say." Li Qiwei openly said to Falun Gong practitioners, "Prisoners
writing the three statements on behalf of Falun Gong practitioners are acting
nobly, and the Falun Gong practitioners should thank the prisoners."
Torture Method 10: Hung Up and Beaten
Torture reenactment: Hung Up and Beaten
Prisoners wrap the Falun Gong practitioner in a bed sheet, so their injuries
won't be visible, and hang him from a door or a window. Then the whole group
surrounds him, beating him savagely with wooden clubs. When the practitioner
loses consciousness from the torture, prisoners splash cold water on him until
he regains consciousness. Though he can't even raise his head, he is repeatedly
tortured. Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Liu Jibin (28 years old) worked for the
Qijiang Gear Factory in Chongqing. In September 2001, he was sent to Xishanping,
and suffered various tortures in the heavy discipline team of the Education
Brigade. He was severely disfigured, his face became very pale and he became
disabled due to an injury to his leg. In the first half of 2002, the torture he
encountered was most severe. Being hung up and beaten was only one of the
torture methods he suffered.
Falun Gong practitioners under heavy discipline are starved, threatened,
tortured and deprived of sleep for long periods of time, so they become very
emaciated. They are often covered with dirt and mud, suffer mental problems, and
have old wounds that won't heal next to fresh wounds. They have difficulty
walking and speaking normally, their bodies no longer function properly, and
they are so weak they seem to be barely alive. When they are tortured, they have
so little resistance that they faint very easily.
A List of Persecutors (some of the direct participants in the persecution)
Tu Deyu, Chongqing City Forced Labor Camp political commissar, about 50 years
old, often instigates and aggravates the persecution.
Long Zong, the Forced Labor Camp manager.
Long Shishun, the Forced Labor Camp Vice Manager and Education Brigade
Chief, over 40 years old.
Tian Xin, the Education Section Chief, later appointed Education Brigade Chief,
over 40 years old.
Hu Hong, the Brigade Chief, later transferred to the Maojiashan Female Forced
Labor Camp, over 30 years old.
Tian Xiaohai, the Education Brigade chief, over 30 years old, one of the main
persecutors.
Gao Ding, was the office secretary for the Xishanping Forced Labor Camp,
Secretary in Charge of Education in the 7th Brigade. Later promoted
to Chief of the Maojiashan Female Forced Labor Camp, he is adept at discussing
evil doctrine, male, around 30.
Liu Hua, the Squadron Head, later transferred to the chief of live
administration section in the Xishanping Forced Labor Camp, around 30.
Li Qiwei, squadron head, over 30.
Xiao Xingming, heavy discipline unit leader, Long Shishun's driver, and later
appointed Factory Director of the Forced Labor Camp Packaging Factory, around
40.
Wang Chen, prison guard of the heavy discipline unit, over 20.
Li Zhongquan, prison guard, over 50.
Li Chunlun, over 30 years old.
Li Yong, prison guard. He was named in the "Ten Most excellent List"
of 2001, and was awarded a trip to Hong Kong, where he saw many Falun Gong
practitioners, over 30.
Ye Hua, prison guard, a main instigator in charge of broadcasting and organizing
performances to deceive people, about 30 years old.
Chen Jianping, prison guard, prison doctor, over 20, often asks prisoners to
tell him about their deviant sexual experiences.
Liu Qidou, prison guard, supposedly retired, but still on duty, was good at
using
prisoners to gain outstanding achievements for himself before he retired, over
60.
Also Zhou Benzhong, Principal Yao (Xishanping Driving School), and Wang Jing
(male).
Prisoners:
Wang Jianpeng, Yuzhong area, Chongqing
He Weidong, Jiaochangkou, Chongqing, 30 years old
Deng Ping, Sichuan, 34 years old
Diao Xiaowei, Nanan area Chongqing, 42 years old,
Liu Hongguang, Shapingba area, Chongqing
Chen Gang, Dazu, Chongqing, 29 years old
Yang Bing, Xiushan County, Chongqing, 27 years old
Kong Lin, Huanghua garden, Yuzhong area, Chongqing, 28 years old
Liu Xiaoguang, Tongyuanju District, Nanan area, Chongqing 38 years old
Xia Xianke, Tongnan County, Chongqing, 40 years old
Liu Dong, Chongqing City, around 30, beat people cruelly, the broadcasting
organized by Ye Hua is hosted by him and Wang Jianpeng.
Also Liu Chao, Liu Denghong, and Zhang Peng
Chongqing area numbers
The Chongqing City Reeducation and Drug Rehabilitation Administration Office:
86-23-6827-2131/2111/2105
Address: Beibei District, Chongqing City, postcode: 400700
The Chongqing City New Forced Labor Transfer Post: 86-23-6775-8448
Address: No. 18 Wannian Village, Renhe Town, Yubei postcode: 401121
Chongqing City Reeducation through Forced Labor Administrative Bureau:
86-23-6787-1831
fax: 86-23-6787-1831
Address: 10th floor, No. 72 Yangheyi Village, Jiangbei District postcode: 400020
The Chongqing Xishanping work farm: 86-23-6827-1290
The Chongqing Xishanping Reeducation through Forced Labor Administrative
Station: 86-23-6827-2131/2009
Address: Beibei, Chongqing postcode: 400700
(1) Malleolus, The protuberance on both sides of the ankle joint, the lower
extremity of the fibula being known as the lateral malleolus and lower end of
the tibia as the medial malleolus. Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary, 18th
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