(Clearwisdom.net) Falun Dafa practitioner Xu Weidong, from Jilin City, went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong in September 2000 and was unlawfully sentenced to 3 years in a labor camp. At Huanxiling Labor Camp, Jilin City, he was severely tortured. He was released when he was on the brink of death in October 2001. Mr. Xu was mentally disoriented and unable to take care of himself since his release, and he died on December 19, 2004. Xu Weidong's mother, Xia Guiqin, died on August 29, 2004 due to the relentless torture she suffered for practicing Falun Gong. His father also died due to the trauma of the persecution, harassment and grief. Xu Weidong's son, Xu Shuai, and other family members are devastated by the loss of their loved ones.

Practitioner Xu Weidong died on December 29, 2004.

Mr. Xu Weidong was born in 1967, and used to live on the 7^th Floor in the 4^th Unit of # 102 Building, Shuncheng Street, Chuanying District, Jilin City. He graduated from middle school and was a worker at the Jilin Alcohol Factory. Since the business was not doing well, he was laid off in 1997, and was only paid the minimum insured income of 165 yuan every month for two years.

Xu Weidong's mother, Xia Guiqin, died on August 29, 2004, due to torture.

Xu Weidong's son, Xu Shuai

Xu Weidong and his mother, Xia Guiqin, started going to the practice site to do the Falun Gong exercises and study the Fa in the summer of 1996. On July 19, 1999, upon hearing that several Falun Gong contact persons in other cities were arrested, Xu Weidong and Xia Guiqin decided to go to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong with many other practitioners. However, they were intercepted by policemen when their train got to Shenyang City. Xu Weidong and his fellow practitioners went to Beijing again in December 1999, and were unlawfully arrested and jailed in a detention center in Beijing. They were released two weeks later.

On September 28, 2000, Xu Weidong and his mother went to Beijing again to appeal for Falun Gong with other practitioners. They were unlawfully arrested in a practitioner's house in Fengtai District. Xu Weidong was sentenced to 3 years in a labor camp, and was jailed in the 4^th Division of Huanxiling Labor Camp, Jilin City. To protest the unlawful detention and the brutal torture Falun Gong practitioners suffered in the labor camp, Xu Weidong went on a hunger strike several times. He was brutally tortured in the 4^th Division brainwashing group and the 2^nd Division. He suffered greatly in the labor camp. The guards beat him with several electric batons, trying to force him to "reform." However, Mr. Xu was very steadfast and did not give in. Once, he was force-fed so brutally that he lost consciousness for half an hour, and was sent to Yueshan Road 22 Hospital, Jilin City.

In order to "reform" Falun Gong practitioners, the labor camp barbarically tortured the steadfast practitioners. The guards in the 2^nd Division ordered criminals to torture Falun Gong practitioners. They forced practitioners to sit in a row on a bed. The first one in the line had to sit with his knees against the wall, and the person behind him had to sit with his knees tightly against the lower back of the one in front of him, and so on. If the formation was not tight enough, the criminals would kick practitioners in the lower back with great force. This torture and the kicks to the lower back caused severe pain and serious damage to the kidneys. All of the steadfast practitioners had to suffer this torture for more than 15 hours every day. Many practitioners could not walk after the torture, and Xu Weidong was injured so badly that he became mentally disoriented.

In the 4^th Division, to protest term extensions that were given some practitioners, Xu Weidong and other practitioners went on a hunger strike and they were violently beaten by the director of the labor camp, guards and criminal inmates. They were beaten with several electric batons. Xu Weidong's injuries were so severe that his body didn't recover even after several days. The most seriously injured practitioners were sent to the hospital for rescue. (Practitioner Wu Longbo was beaten to a state of mental collapse and was sent to the mental hospital. He still suffered symptoms of the mental collapse after his release from the labor camp.)

In the 2^nd Division, to protest the unlawful detention and the brutal torture Falun Gong practitioners suffered in the labor camp, Xu Weidong went on hunger strikes several times. He was tortured by division head Xu Xuequan and criminal inmates. Criminal inmate Wen Jifu was ordered by Xu Xuequan to beat Xu Weidong often. Wen Jifu forcibly pulled Xu Weidong down from the bed. He usually tortured Xu Weidong by stepping on him and kicking his ribs. Xu Xuequan beat Xu Weidong with electric batons every time he went on a hunger strike.

In October 2001, in order to avoid their responsibility, the labor camp released the dying Xu Weidong. Due to the long-term torture, Xu Weidong was seriously injured both physically and mentally. After his release, he was mentally disoriented and unable to talk or take care of himself. He eventually passed away on December 29, 2004.

When Xu Weidong and his mother were jailed, his father had gone to the detention center asking for their release. His father died due to the trauma, harassment and grief caused by the persecution of his family. His mother, Xia Guiqin, died on August 29, 2004 due to the relentless torture she suffered simply for upholding her belief in Falun Gong.

Contact information for Huanxiling Labor Camp, Jilin City:
(Country Code 86, Area Code 432; do not dial area code for cell phone numbers)

Director, Yang Guangde: 13364405001, 2021709 (work), 13304419777 (cell phone) 2022323 (home)
Political Director, Chen Tianshu: 13364405002 (work cell phone), 13321508555 (cell phone), 4838858 (home)
Deputy Director, Yan Rongman: 13364405000 (work cell phone), 2037391 (work), 13331613867 (cell phone), 2031388 (home)
Deputy Director, Hu Yanjin: 13364405004 (work cell phone), 2027427 (work), 13304426558 (cell phone), 2032625 (home)
Deputy Director, Liu Xun: 13364405005 (work cell phone), 13331605509 (cell phone), 4674765 (home)
Deputy Director, Cao Guomin: 13364405006 (work cell phone), 13943280567 (cell phone), 2081734 (home)
Vice Chief of Management Section, Han Huijia: 13364405065 (work cell phone), 13844625487 (cell phone), 2067159 (home)
Clerk of Management Section, Li Keduo: 13364405065 (work cell phone), 13331710969 (cell phone)
Chief of Educational Section, Tang Yimin: 13364405048 (work cell phone), 13331502827 (cell phone), 2569748 (home)
Vice Chief of Educational Section, Fang Ji: 13364405048 (work cell phone), 13079767425 (cell phone), 2031392 (home)
Chief of Health Section, Piao Gang: 13364405022 (work cell phone), 13904405029 (cell phone)
Health Center, Jiang Defa: 13089166857 (cell phone)
Health Center, Jing Xiaofeng: 13894248182 (cell phone)
Health Center, Hou Yanhua: 13331616589 (cell phone)

The Second Division
Division Head, Mu Yan: 13364405074 (cell phone), 7983888 (work), 2058886 (home)
Political Instructor, Cui Min: 13364405074 (work cell phone), 13904419090 (cell phone), 2069052 (home)
Vice Division Head, Han Jing: 13364405074 (work cell phone), 13844653333 (cell phone), 2069181 (home)
Vice Team Head, Wang Lei: 13364405075 (work cell phone), 7977667 (work), 4876781 (home)
Team Head, Zhang Bailiang: 13364405076 (work cell phone), 13159551976 (cell phone), 2127003 (home)

The Fourth Division
Division Head, Zhang Jiangcheng: 13364405080 (work cell phone), 13331507555 (cell)
Political Instructor, Hou Renlin: 13364405080 (work cell phone), 13331605197 (cell phone), 2770218 (home)
Vice Division Head, Pi Jiwei: 13364405080 (work cell phone), 13331712291 (cell phone), 4856867 (home)
Vice Division Head, Zhao Dongjiang: 13364405080 (work cell), 13331712290 (cell phone), 2439256 (home)
Political Instructor, Yu Wenzhi: 13364405081 (work cell), 13196218992 (cell), 4663947 (home)
Vice Team Head, Wang Andong: 13364405081 (work cell), 13331712285 (cell), 2066799 (home)

February 28, 2005

Posting date: 3/6/2005
Original article date: 3/5/2005
Category: Eyewitness Accounts
Chinese version available at http://minghui.org/mh/articles/2005/3/1/96406.html

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