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Persecution Suffered by Falun Gong Practitioners in the Women's Prison of Heilongjiang Province
(Clearwisdom.net) On November 28, 2003, fifty Falun Gong practitioners from the 5th
ward were dragged into the male prisoners' yard. The practitioners were forced
to stand in the cold wind, with a temperature of about -27 degrees Celsius
(-16.6 degrees Fahrenheit). The policemen did not allow them to wear scarves or
gloves. The policemen and criminals who were in charge of monitoring them took
shifts of two hours. Among the practitioners, Ms. Xiao Ailing, Ms. Gu Yalong,
Ms. Cheng Peiying, Ms. Li Ping, Ms. Liu Guihua, Ms. Ren Xiuying, and Ms. Du
Guijie were considered organizers and forced to meet with the prison director.
They were directly sent to the guardhouse and detained there for 33 days. These practitioners' hands were handcuffed behind them all day long. The
policemen didn't give them enough food. Every day they only had two meals, and
all they got was corn paste and small pickles. The policemen didn't let them use
the restroom, either. They were not allowed to go to bed before 10 p.m. At 9 a.m. of November 28, the police first escorted Ms. Li Ping and Ms. Liu
Guihua into the guardhouse. Because Ms. Li Ping refused the order to take off
her clothes, policeman Cao took off all her clothes except her underwear,
dressed her in prison clothes, handcuffed her, and fastened her to a metal
circle on the floor. For the other six practitioners, the police took off all
their clothes and put prison clothes on them, but left them shoeless. Ms. Gu
Yalong didn't even have heavy pants on her, only a pair of underpants. After 10
p.m., the police let a criminal go in and bring her a pair of heavy pants. When
policewoman Cao came inside, she said: "You all have to follow orders, and
you are not allowed to do the double leg crossing exercise here." When the
practitioners did not reply, she confronted the practitioners one by one. The
practitioners remained silent, so she started slapping their faces one by one.
Before they were brought to the guardhouse, the practitioners had been beaten
already. Now their faces were swollen and covered with bruises, but Cao didn't
let that stop her. After beating them, Cao put ankle shackles on Ms. Li Ping and
Ms. Gu Yalong and hung them up by their feet. Cao had Ms. Liu Guihua stand in a
pot of cold water and didn't allow her to get out until she had warmed up the
cold water with her bare feet. Cao had Ms. Ren Xiuying and Ms. Du Guijie stand
on the cold cement floor and poured cold water on their feet. Cao handcuffed Ms.
Xiao Ailing and Ms. Cheng Peiying behind their backs to a metal bar beside the
restroom, forcing them to stay in a position where they couldn't sit down or
stand up. After one month, the seven practitioners held a hunger strike together, and
the police force fed them. Three days later Ms. Gu Yalong had heart problems.
Her blood pressure dropped to 30/60. Because of this, and also because New
Year's Eve of 2004 was approaching, the police released them back to their
prison room. They were then handcuffed to their bed frames for 18 days. At night
they were forced to stand until midnight and were monitored by 2 criminals. When
their feet were so swollen that they couldn't stand anymore, they were forced to
sit on small benches and their hands were handcuffed behind them. The police
only sent enough food for four people to the seven practitioners. On February 6,
2005, when the criminals Han Xiaojie and Jiao Yunjie asked for instruction, Wu
Yanjie, the director of the division, finally ordered the removal of the
practitioners' handcuffs. The persecution of the seven practitioners lasted for
half a year.
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