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Appeal Letter to the Heilongjiang Province Superior Court By Yao Yuming
(Clearwisdom.net) To the Chief Justice of the Heilongjiang Province Superior Court: My name is Yao Yuming. I am a 54-year-old woman. My hometown is in Hanjia
Gold Mining District of Huma County. Because I practice Falun Gong, I have been
sentenced by the Huma County Court, and I am currently imprisoned in the
Heilongjiang Province Women's Prison. I was sent by coercion to the Heilongjiang Province Women's Prison on
September 12, 2003. During the prison health inspection, I was found to have a
high cardiac pressure of 260 and a low of 140. The prison declined to accept me
initially, but the chief inspector of the police station who brought me to the
prison managed to persuade the prison officials. Several criminals forcefully
injected me with drugs at the medical centre. One of them told me that the
inspector had said to them, "Give her a 'free' injection." Even today,
I have been unable to find out what the drug is that was injected into my body. After being sent to one of the groups at the concentration camp, I laid
unconscious for three days before regaining consciousness. Three days later,
other persecuted practitioners and I were forced to run in the backyard under
the scorching sun with guards constantly attacking us with electric batons. The
guards also instigated criminals in the camp to beat us. We were then forced to
squat several hours on the floor and kicked brutally if we did not comply. I was
kicked so hard by guard Wang Liang that I fell to the ground unconscious. I was then sent to a monitored area. Thirty-five practitioners, myself
included, were monitored, beaten, verbally attacked and even tied up with rope.
Guard Sun Jian shouted at us angrily when we recited books written by our
Teacher. On March 9, 2004, squad leader Cui Hongmei, Xia Fengying,
guard Zhou Ying and Deng Yu led twenty criminals, dragging us into the
watershed, washrooms and prison cells, where we were tied with our backs to the
sides of the beds. Sixteen practitioners who did not wear prison uniforms were
tied up and hung with both hands, one hand up and one hand down, tied behind the
back and hung up, feet not touching the ground. This continued until the
practitioners agreed to give in to their commands. Twelve other practitioners were tied up and hung in a similar fashion for a
total of twenty-eight hours on March 18, 2004. On May 15, as I refused to squat
down and call out my name, I was beaten by criminals. Shao Hongling stomped on
me heavily, causing several injuries on my leg. When the prison inspector came
to our cell on May 16, instead of listening to our appeals, he left after
spouting a mouthful of vulgarities. After that, he instigated the squad and
guards to hang up fifteen more practitioners until they lost consciousness
before being drugged with unknown substances, and hung them up again in the
afternoon. We were then forced to pay for the cost of the unknown drug. On Dec 21, 2004, guards tied up practitioners Zhang Xiaobo, Guan Shuling,
Zhang Lianwen and Zhang Liping and hung them up until they passed out. They were
then force-fed and injected with drugs. Their wrists were torn open, and their
hands were badly swollen. Between March and August 2004, we were not allowed to write letters or have
visitors, and since March 2, 2004, thirty practitioners have been imprisoned in
the cell. They were forced to sit on a small bench motionless and be watched by
criminals for fourteen to fifteen hours a day. Our human rights have been taken
away from us and our physical condition is deteriorating under such brutal
treatment. Such actions are totally inconsistent with the rule of law and the
Chinese judiciary system. It cannot be allowed to carry on any further. We
solemnly ask the Superior Court to uphold justice and punish the guilty
individuals. What crime did Falun Gong cultivators commit by following the principles of
Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance? The genocidal persecution of
practitioners cannot be allowed to continue any longer. Defendants: Prison Inspector Liu Zhiqiang Prison Squad Inspectors Cui Hongmei, Xia Fengying Guards Zhou Ying, Deng Yu, Lu Cuijun, Wang Liang, Sun Jian Criminals Han Jianying, Liu Chao, Sun Xiuyun, Bai Xiaoli, Man Yuyue, Liu
Ying, Shao Hongling Plaintiffs: Liu Xuewei, Guan Shuling, Zhang Liping, Chen Weijun, Gen Yafen, Zhang Jing,
Zhang Xiaobo, Zhang Lianwen, Yao Yuming Appellant: Yao Yuming January 13,2005
Posting date: 3/19/2005
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