Exposing the Crimes in Tilanqiao Prison of Shanghai

(Clearwisdom.net) In Tilanqiao Prison of Shanghai, Falun Dafa practitioners were formerly detained in Ward 5. Because the evil crimes of the guards at Tilanqiao Prison have constantly been exposed and Dafa practitioners resisted the persecution with righteous minds, Ward 5 has been shut down. Now Ward 2 is responsible for detaining Falun Dafa practitioners. Fu Kehu and Shen Yanrong, the former Party secretary and the former brigade head of Division 5 respectively, were reassigned to other positions elsewhere. The current brigade head of Ward 2 is Fei Chunlei; the political head of the brigade is Zhang Jian. The director of the prison is Qiao Liguo, who was appointed as delegate to the District People's Congress, largely based on his primary "achievement" in suppressing Falun Gong practitioners. The deputy head is Wang Dongsheng.

I. The Cruelty Inside Tilanqiao Prison

The brigade that detains Falun Dafa practitioners used to be the place for detaining criminals awaiting the death penalty. The original name was "Youth Experimental Brigade." It is a place with the most cruel management and punishment within the whole prison system in Shanghai. The brigade is located on a certain floor of the building with a long and narrow layout. The ends of the building are designated as the Eastern Section and the Western Section, with the guards' office placed in between the two. In an attempt to further break down Falun Dafa practitioners, the guards incarcerate those who had been "transformed" in the Western Section, where a "relaxed management" is adopted. Those who steadfastly refuse to be transformed are detained in the Eastern Section, where the so-called "strict management" is applied. In order to stir up psychological terror and to prevent Falun Dafa practitioners from sharing with one another, the staff in Tilanqiao Prison ordered three criminal inmates to monitor and abuse Falun Dafa practitioners 24 hours a day.

The guards subject firm Falun Dafa practitioners to long-term incarceration in a small cell of 3.3 square meters (35 square feet). The longest term was four years, as in the case of practitioner Zhou Bin. The detainee is not allowed to get out at all. Eating, sleeping and using the toilet are all restricted to the cell. The guards force the detainee to get up at 5:30 a.m. and to sit still with both hands behind the back. The detainee is forced to take different postures, including crouching with both hands handcuffed behind the back, being forced to listen to recordings slandering Dafa for long periods of time with earphones, sitting on the floor with both legs bound together or sitting on a small bowl. All kinds of violent ways have been used to forcibly "transform" practitioners. Criminal inmate Hu Kaifeng beat Falun Dafa practitioner Tao Xiangwei four times a day - in the morning, at noon, in the evening, and at midnight. He even dunked Mr. Tao's head in the toilet bowl. Practitioners who are still not transformed and whose prison terms are up within a month are targets of brutal beating by Hu Kaifeng. The criminal inmates resort to violence and torture practitioners who persevere in doing the exercises and go on hunger strikes to protest the persecution.

Practitioner Hua Wei had been beaten three times by a group of four to six inmates until his legs turned bluish all over. Practitioners Yang Jiuqing and Zhang Qin had been brutalized by a gang of criminal inmates to the point of their bodies swelled up and turned purplish all over. Practitioner Du Ting went on a hunger strike for 431 days. When he tried to shout out words in support of Dafa, the criminals choked him until he passed out. When he was force-fed, the perpetrator dragged Mr. Du across the cement ground, seriously abrading and injuring his skin. Practitioner Xiong Wenqi also went on a hunger strike for 431 days. His hands and legs were bound 24 hours a day. Practitioner Qu Yanlai had been beaten numerous times in Ward 8, where guards often held so-called "comment and evaluation" meetings to viciously slander and attack Falun Gong. For those practitioners who refused to listen to the slander, the guards would force them to wear earphones to listen. For those very determined practitioners, the guards would transfer them to other wards for even more brutal torture.

II. Partial List of Persecution Cases

Mr. Zhang Yiming, about 46 years old, is a practitioner from Putuo District, Shanghai. He was arrested in October 2000 and was sentenced to five years' imprisonment. Zhang Yiming upheld his belief in Falun Dafa firmly in Tilanqiao Prison from the very first day of his incarceration. Even the guards in the prison inwardly admired him. He was illegally incarcerated in the "Youth Experimental Brigade" until 2004. Because Mr. Zhang stayed firm and no one could transform him, the guards transferred him to Ward 6. He was forced to perform heavy labor every day and he also suffered from cruel mental and spiritual persecution every day.

Practitioner Mr. Zhou Bin is about 35 years old. He went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Dafa and was sentenced to 12 years of imprisonment. Because he protested the persecution many times, the guards often beat him to the point that his bones were fractured in numerous places. The guards considered him to be very "stubborn" and mobilized many people to denounce him. From the first day when Zhou Bin was incarcerated in Tilanqiao Prison, he has never been allowed to go outside for fresh air, nor has he been allowed to take a shower. His legal rights to be visited by family and friends are completely denied. Sometimes, the criminal inmates broke into his cell to beat him. Zhou Bin never stops appealing to various levels of higher authority. He announces to everyone that Falun Dafa is the great law of the universe. Because Zhou Bin keeps appealing, he has become a headache to the guards. Simply because Zhou Bin curved his legs when he was asleep, the criminal inmate in charge of monitoring him reported to guards that Zhou Bin was practicing the exercises. The guards then ordered a criminal to beat him and handcuffed Zhou Bin tightly when he was detained in the small cell. This torture still continues to this present day.

Practitioner Mr. Yu Lei is around 42 years old. In order to resist the cruel persecution, he went on a hunger strike starting December 15, 2004. He has been on a hunger strike for 46 days.

Practitioner Mr. Wu Wenming is 35 years old. He used to work in the Jinshan District Court of Shanghai. In December 2002, he was arrested and was sentenced to 6 years of imprisonment. Guard Ou Ligang placed a big TV at the door of Wu Wenming's cell and installed a big speaker inside the cell. He then continuously played the slanderous videotapes so that Wu Wenming was living in a very noisy and disturbing environment day in and day out.

Practitioner Mr. Jiang Yexiang is 27 years old. In November 2004, he began a hunger strike to protest the persecution. The guard even came up with the plan to test the physical threshold of a human being using Jiang Yexiang as an experimental subject. For ten days, the guard didn't do anything and stayed indifferent. Ten days later, he force-fed Jiang Yexiang. As of now, Jiang Yexiang is still on a hunger strike.

III. Partial list of male Falun Gong practitioners imprisoned at Shanghai Tilanqiao Prison

Name	Age	Education Received	Home Town	Address	Arrested by	Arrest Date	Sentenced by	Sentence Date	Prison Term	Beginning Date	Expiration Date
Chen Mingliang	29	College	Gejiu City, Yunnan Province	Room 501, No. 32, Lane 166, Feng Zhuang bei Road, Jiading District, Shanghai	Shanghai Putuo District Police Dept.	2002-11-02	Shanghai Putuo District People's Court	2003-06-24	04	2002-10-05	2006-10-04
Chen Yonggen	47	High School	Jiangdu County, Jiangsu Province	Room 403, 2 Zizhuyuan, Lane 948, Pubei Road, Pudong New District, Shanghai	Shanghai Xuhui District Police Dept.	2001-08-01	Shanghai Xuhui District People's Court	2002-05-15	08	2001-06-26	2009-06-25
Chen Zhengguo	57	High School		Room 403, No. 44 of Lane 785, Jinyang Road Pudong New District, Shanghai	Shanghai Pudong New District Police Dept.	2001-01-24	Shanghai Pudong New District People's Court	2001-11-16	07	2000-12-19	2007-12-18
Qiu Shen	45	College	Shanghai	Room 203, No. 14 of Lane 261, Taopu Road Putuo District, Shanghai	Shanghai Putuo District Police Dept.	2001-03-24	Shanghai Putuo District People's Court	2001-11-28	09	2001-02-17	2010-02-16
Dai Liang	25	High School	Shanghai	Room 501, 24 Tonggang Third Village Gaoqiao Town of Pudong New District, Shanghai	Shanghai Pudong New District Police Dept.	2001-02-16	Shanghai Pudong New District People's Court	2001-10-23	05	2001-01-12	2006-01-11
Du Ting	36	College	Zhenyuan County, Gansu Province	86 Andingdong Road, North Street Xifeng City, Gansu Province	Shanghai Minhang District Police Dept.	2001-08-17	Shanghai Minhang District People's Court	2002-03-18	08	2001-05-04	2009-05-03
Geng Zhaojun	30	College	Xifeng County, Liaoning Province	Room 307, 68 Longshanxin Village Xuhui District, Shanghai	Shanghai Xuhui District Police Dept.	2000-08-01	Shanghai Xuhui District People's Court	2001-03-15	04	2000-06-29	2004-06-28
Guo Xiaojun	34	Junior College	Boai County, Henan Province	Room 605, No. 1 of Lane 880, Cangyuan Road Minhang District, Shanghai	Shanghai Police Dept.	2000-09-22	Shanghai First Intermediate Court	2001-03-02	05	2000-08-17	2005-08-16
He Binggang	27	Master's degree	Shanghai	Room 33, 74 East Aner Village Xuhui District, Shanghai	Shanghai Xuhui District Police Dept.	2000-11-22	Shanghai Xuhui District People's Court	2001-09-29	06	2000-10-18	2006-10-17
Hu Zhiming	30	Master's degree	Shenyang City, Liaoning Province	Room 195, Unit 2, Building 36, Yujia Road Dandong City, Liaoning Province	Shanghai Pudong New District Police Dept.	2000-11-08	Shanghai Pudong New District People's Court	2001-09-14	04	2000-10-04	2004-10-03
Huang Huijun	41	High School	Shanghai	4073, Group 2, Xinjiang Village Shangyang Town, Jinshan District, Shanghai	Shanghai Jinshan District Police Dept.	2000-09-08	Shanghai Jinshan District People's Court	2001-03-27	05	2000-08-02	2005-08-01 (Detained once)
Huang Zhibao	59	Special Secondary School	Siyang County, Jiangsu Province	Room 204, No. 15 of Lane 180, Xinbin Road Yangpu District, Shanghai	Shanghai Yangpu District Police Dept.	2001-07-05	Shanghai Yangpu District People's Court	2002-02-20	07	2001-06-04	2008-06-03
Zhang Yiming	45	Junior College	Shanghai		Shanghai Putuo District Police Dept.	2000-07-14	Shanghai Putuo District People's Court	2001-02-19	05	2000-06-08	2005-06-05
Jiang Yong	35	Junior College	Linan County, Zhejiang Province	24, Lane 163, Changshu Road Jingan District, Shanghai	Shanghai Xuhui District Police Dept.	2001-02-13	Shanghai Xuhui District People's Court	2001-11-02	08	2001-01-06	2009-01-05
Jiang Bin	27	Master's degree	Guiyang City, Guizhou Province	Fudan University Dormitory 220 Handan Road Yangpu District, Shanghai	Shanghai Yangpu District Police Dept.	2001-01-11	Shanghai Yangpu District People's Court	2001-12-21	03	2001-01-11	2003-12-08
Yao Weihua	65	College	Chengdu City, Sichuan Province		Shanghai Baoshan District Police Dept.	2001-07-18	Shanghai Baoshan District People's Court	2002-07-01	04-06	2001-07-18	2006-01-17
Jiang Yexiang	27	College		Company dormitory 100 Zhuhang Road Xuhui District, Shanghai	Shanghai Xuhui District Police Dept.	2000-12-29	Shanghai Xuhui District People's Court	2002-03-04	04-06	2000-11-26	2005-05-25
Lan Bing	35	Special Secondary School	Hubei Province	Room 501, No. 58 of Lane 151, Guilinxi Street Xuhui District, Shanghai	Shanghai Xuhui District Police Dept.	2001-10-08	Shanghai Xuhui District People's Court	2002-07-18	10	2001-08-29	2011-08-28
Li Liang	30	College	Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province	Room 101, 23 Tianlinshi Village Xuhui District, Shanghai	Shanghai Xuhui District Police Dept.	2002-02-10	Shanghai Xuhui District People's Court	2002-10-11	07	2002-01-11	2009-01-10
Li Yan	23	High School	Liaoning Province	047, Group 8, Xishi Alley Goubangzi Town, Beining City, Liaoning Province	Shanghai Xuhui District Police Dept.	2001-12-05	Shanghai Xuhui District People's Court	2002-07-19	07-06	2001-10-27	2009-04-26
Liang Weilin	34	High School	Shanghai	Room 201, No. 3 of Lane 46, Baotong Road Zhabei District, Shanghai	Shanghai Zhabei District Police Dept.	2001-02-19	Shanghai Zhabei District People's Court	2001-09-24	07-06	2001-01-14	2008-07-13
Lin Sen	25	High School	Shanghai	Room 16, No. 1 of Lane 1220, Beijingxi Road Jingan District, Shanghai	Shanghai Jingan District Police Dept.	2001-10-30	Shanghai Jingan District People's Court	2002-06-24	04	2001-09-29	2005-08-31
Liu Jinfang	55	Special Secondary School	Shanghai	Room 1109, 267 Hongzhenlao Street Hongkou District, Shanghai	Shanghai Hongkou District Police Dept.	2001-02-22	Shanghai Hongkou District People's Court	2001-09-28	05	2001-01-23	2006-01-22
Liu Xueyan	29	Master's degree	Huayin County, Shaanxi Province	Fudan University Collective Household 220 Handan Road Yangpu District, Shanghai	Shanghai Yangpu District Police Dept.	2000-11-17	Shanghai Yangpu District People's Court	2001-11-20	03	2000-12-28	2003-12-27
Mei Jianqi	26	College	Jiangyin County, Jiangsu Province	1954 Huashan Road Changning District, Shanghai	Shanghai Xuhui District Police Dept.	2000-12-15	Shanghai Xuhui District People's Court	2001-11-28	05	2000-11-06	2005-11-05
Ren Zejun	30	College	Hejin County, Shanxi Province	Tianjin City University Dormitory	Shanghai Pudong New District Police Dept.	2002-01-25	Shanghai Pudong New District People's Court	2002-09-02	05	2001-12-24	2006-12-23
Shen Huihua	34	Junior High School		1969, Group 26, Jialu Village Dongyuan Town, Qidong County, Jiangsu Province	Shanghai Jingan District Police Dept.	2001-10-30	Shanghai Jingan District People's Court	2002-06-24	09	2001-09-04	2010-09-03
Shen Jie	26	College	Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province	Room 101, Unit 3, Building 12, Zhaohui Nine Division, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province	Shanghai Police Dept.	2002-07-19	Shanghai Second Intermediate Court	2003-01-16	06	2002-06-14	2008-06-13
Sun Xiaofeng	28	High School	Shanghai	No. 103 of Lane 1906, Sichuanbei Road Hongkou District, Shanghai	Shanghai Hongkou District Police Dept.	2003-01-03	Shanghai Hongkou District People's Court	2003-06-18	04	2002-12-04	2006-12-03
Tao Xiangwei	52	Junior College	Shanghai	No. 15 of Lane 118, Jiucang Street Huangpu District, Shanghai	Shanghai Baoshan District Police Dept.	2001-01-11	Shanghai Baoshan District People's Court	2001-11-19	04-06	2000-12-06	2005-06-05
Yang Yuhui	34	Junior College	Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province		Shanghai Xuhui District Police Dept.	2000-12-15	Shanghai Xuhui District People's Court	2001-09-29	03	2000-11-12	2003-11-11
Wang Jianping	46	Junior High School	Shanghai	Room 301, No. 4 of Lane 25, Qingnian Road Minhang District, Shanghai	Shanghai Pudong New District Police Dept.	2000-12-14	Shanghai Pudong New District People's Court	2001-09-10	08	2000-11-08	2008-11-07
Wang Wenyi	34	High School		78, Group 3, Alley 15, Qianjin District, Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang Province	Shanghai Huangpu District Police Dept.	2002-07-01	Shanghai Huangpu District People's Court	2003-03-12	04-06	2002-05-24	2006-11-23
Wang Xudong	34	Master's degree	Shanghai	Talented Person Exchange Service Center Changning District, Shanghai	Shanghai Songjiang District Police Dept.	2000-12-07	Shanghai Songjiang District People's Court	2001-05-22	04-06	2000-11-06	2005-05-05
Wu Gang	37	Junior College	Shanghai	Room 201, 23 Gongfu Third Village Baoshan District, Shanghai	Shanghai Baoshan District Police Dept.	2002-09-16	Shanghai Baoshan District People's Court	2003-04-01	03	2002-08-19	2005-08-18
Wu Wenming	35	College		Room 401, 314 Shihua Third Village Jinshan District, Shanghai	Shanghai Jinshan District Police Dept.	2002-03-25	Shanghai Songjiang District People's Court	2002-11-25	06	2002-02-22	2008-02-21
Xi Xiaocheng	47	Junior High School	Shanghai	3 Xijiazhai, Yaohua Road Pudong New District, Shanghai	Shanghai Pudong New District Police Dept.	2002-10-21	Shanghai Pudong New District People's Court	2003-06-13	05	2002-09-16	2007-09-15
Yan Bin	28	College		16 Liaowang Street Baidishi Town, Qidong County, Hunan Province	Shanghai Huangpu District Police Dept.	2002-07-01	Shanghai Huangpu District People's Court	2003-03-12	07	2002-05-24	2009-05-23
Tang Renya	50	Junior High School	Sheyang County, Jiangsu Province		Shanghai Baoshan District Police Dept.	2000-11-24	Shanghai Baoshan District People's Court	2001-04-26	03	2000-10-18	2003-10-17
Yang Jiuqing	53	Junior College	Shanghai	8 Caijiazhai, Guangmang Village Yangyuan Town, Pudong New District, Shanghai	Shanghai Pudong New District Police Dept.	2000-08-15	Shanghai Pudong New District People's Court	2000-12-08	04	2000-07-08	2004-07-07
Yang Weifeng	35	High School	Shanghai	254 Danshui Road Luwan District, Shanghai	Shanghai Luwan District Police Dept.	2001-01-23	Shanghai Luwan District People's Court	2001-08-30	04	2000-12-27	2004-12-26
Ye Xiaoping	36	Junior High School	Wuhan, Hubei Province	Room 302, 5 Baogang Nine Village Baoshan District, Shanghai	Shanghai Baoshan District Police Dept.	2001-07-18	Shanghai Baoshan District People's Court	2002-07-01	05-06	2001-07-18	2007-01-17
Yu Lei	40	High School		Room 503, No. 32 of Lane 990, Zhongyuan Road Yangpu District, Shanghai	Shanghai Yangpu District Police Dept.	2002-09-20	Shanghai Yangpu District People's Court	2003-05-23	05	2002-08-19	2007-08-18
Zhang Lu	28	College		Unit 1408, No. 18 of Lane 60, Lancun Road Pudong New District, Shanghai	Shanghai Pudong New District Police Dept.	2000-11-03	Shanghai Pudong New District People's Court	2001-09-17	04	2000-10-02	2004-10-01
Zhang Nanping	32	Junior High School	Jiangxi Province	Zhangjia Group, Zengjia Village, Zhanxu Town Dongxiang County, Jiangxi Province	Shanghai Pudong New District Police Dept.	2002-05-23	Shanghai Pudong New District People's Court	2002-12-24	05	2002-03-19	2007-03-18
Zhang Qin	48	College	Nantong, Jiangsu Province	Room 403, 23 Changshun Road Changning District, Shanghai	Shanghai Xuhui District Police Dept.	2001-02-09	Shanghai Xuhui District People's Court	2001-09-29	04	2000-12-31	2004-12-30
Zhang Zhanjie	36	Master's degree	Juancheng County, Shandong Province	Xinyuan Village, Fengxian Branch Campus of Shanghai Normal University Fengxian County, Shanghai	Shanghai Fengxian County Police Dept.	2000-09-20	Shanghai Fengxian County People's Court	2001-07-02	04-06	2000-08-17	2005-02-16
Zheng Kang	33	College	Shanghai	Room 504, No. 37 of Lane 251, Guannong Road Putuo District, Shanghai	Shanghai Putuo District Police Dept.	2002-11-02	Shanghai Putuo District People's Court	2003-06-24	05-06	2002-09-29	2008-03-28
Zhou Bin	35	High School	Shanghai	Room 405, No. 6 of Lane 1715, Tianshan Road Changning District, Shanghai	Shanghai Changning District Police Dept.	2001-03-20	Shanghai Changning District People's Court	2001-09-06	12	2001-01-18	2013-01-17

In addition, incarcerated Falun Gong practitioners also include:
Cai Jun (Unit 102, Building One, Zhoulianxin Village, Shangnan Road, Shanghai)
Liu Shunming (Unit 301, Building 4, Maqiaoxin Village, Minhang District, Shanghai)
Guo Shihao (Unit 501, 6 Fuyan Road, Mazhenyiqiao, Minhang District, Shanghai)
Zheng Jian (Unit 103, Building 169, Sitang No.1 Village, Baoshan District, Shanghai)
Xie Heng (Unit 101, No. 67 of Lane 600, HuaJiangzhi Road, Jiading District, Shanghai)
Zhang Xichuan (on a hunger strike for 288 days)
Yu Zujun, 39402
Jiang Bin, 39259
He Honghai, 30091
Pan Haoliang, 30156
List of practitioners who were transferred to other wards from Ward 5
Ye Xiaoping (to Ward 4)
Chou Shen (to Ward 1)
Chen Mingliang (to Ward 9 )
Zhang Yimin (to Ward 6 )

IV. List of Supervisors and Guards at the Tilanqiao Prison

Director: Qiao Liguo
Deputy Director: Wang Dongsheng
Head of brigade: Ou Ligang
Team leader: Fei Chunlei
Deputy team leader: Li Jingmin
Political head: Zhang Jian
Group leaders: Guo Hai, Ni Wenbin, Dai Wenlong, Lu Bin
List of Guards in Ward 5:
Head of Ward 5: Ou Ligang
Deputy head of Ward 5: Xue Chun
Political head: Fu Kehu (plotted and implemented the "transformation" of Yang Yuhui by means of beating )
Head of branch in "Youth Experimental Ward": Shen Yanrong (planned and implemented corporal punishment of new detainees)
Political head: Zhang Jian
Group leaders: Ni Yongbin, Dai Wenlong, Lu Bin, Xu Guang
Head of Sub-ward 1: Ni Ling
Newly appointed supervisors in Ward 5:
Team leader: Fei Chunlei
Group leader: Guo Hai

 
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