Ma Qinghai Endures Huge Suffering During His Eighty Day Hunger Strike to Protest his Mistreatment

By a Mainland Falun Dafa practitioner

(Clearwisdom.net) On October 31, 2005, Inner Mongolia State Protection policeman Gong Zhuan Xing and others arrested Mr. Ma Qinghai. He was imprisoned at the Aohan Detention Center.

Mr. Ma went on a hunger strike in protest. He was illegally sentenced to serve a prison term of nine years. He was later transferred to Chifeng Jail to serve his prison term. Mr. Ma is currently on the 80th day of his hunger strike. His condition is precarious and he has faced enormous misery and suffering.

While detained, Mr. Ma encountered the most brutal persecution. He was continuously beaten. The policeman Miao Guangli and some others instigated six to seven inmates to insert an un-sanitized rubber hose down his esophagus attempting to force-feed him. The inmates forced the dirty rubber tube up and down in his esophagus at least ten times in this forced-feeding operation. This thrusting of the tube caused Mr. Ma to bleed and to have difficulty breathing. He fainted and lost consciousness several times. Amidst extreme pain and suffering, Mr. Ma Qinghai cut the hose by biting on it. The broken part of the tube remained inside his esophagus, making it difficult for him to breathe..

For almost the entire 24 hours of every day during Mr. Ma's detention, with the exception of the investigative hearing, he was tied up on the bed. Most of his body was covered with bruises and lacerations. Also, because of the prolonged handcuffing to the bed, Ma's right ear was swollen. His hearing ability steadily deteriorated and he became feeble. Each day, policeman Miao Guangli beat him until he lost consciousness. Inmates in the detention center were also allowed to beat and scold Falun Gong practitioners whenever they pleased. During a heavy snow, the deputy warden brutally forced Mr. Ma, who was already feeble and weak, to stand barefoot in a snowdrift.

During Mr. Ma's 70 days of imprisonment, the authorities inside the prison wouldn't allow his family to visit him. They resorted to all measures to censor and block jail information from reaching the outside. They refused to meet with the lawyer who was hired to represent him. The court even colluded with the public security bureau to fabricate lies to defame Mr. Ma and then sentenced him to a nine year prison term. The sentencing was made without any public hearing and without Mr. Ma's family's knowledge, as well as without Mr. Ma's signature and acknowledgement.

On January 12, 2006, after almost seventy days of fasting, the detention center transferred the weak and feeble Mr. Ma Qinghai to Chifeng Jail. Mr. Ma's family exerted a great deal of effort to find out his whereabouts. On January 16, they visited Mr. Ma. Because of the brutal persecution he suffered, two inmates had to help him. His family members were not able to recognize his emaciated body. Normally, Mr. Ma weighed about 140 pounds. He has been reduced to a skeleton of eighty to ninety pounds because of the brutal persecution. His face is covered with bruises and wounds. Before the old bruises heal, new ones are added.

Recently, the jail again resorted to force-feeding Mr. Ma. Mr. Ma has sustained 80 days on a hunger strike. At every moment he faces torture, cruelty, and persecution. Every second his life is in danger. We appeal and call upon the kind-hearted people around the world to condemn this inhuman torture and provide support to stop these crimes against humanity.

The phone numbers of the related participants in this persecution:

The Chifeng Jail Family Information phone number: 13337167699

The Chifeng Jail Warden, Chief Qin's phone number: 13947688524

The Chifeng Jail, the First Section of the Jail Orientation Team, Director Qian (Qian Youcun and Liu Gang, who participated in the transformation work): 13500665081

The Chifeng Jail, the First Section of the Jail Orientation Team, Chief Li: 13947688582

The Chief of the First Division, Chief Ji: 0476-8441255 (Office)

The Chief of the Second Division, Chief Wu: 0476-8420793 (Office), 0476-8694956 (cell)

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2006/1/24/119349.html

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