Brief Summary of Conditions Surrounding Some Falun Gong Practitioners in Sihui Prison, Guangdong Province
(Clearwisdom.net) There are two detention sites for the Sihui Prison in
Guangdong Province. They are Jiguang Site and Luotang Site. Right now, dozens of
male Falun Gong practitioners are held at both sites. They are separated into 18
divisions and a special division, which was established in early 2004. The sole
purpose of the special division is to persecute Falun Gong practitioners. Despite the terrible conditions, incarcerated practitioners still follow
Dafa's requirements and are very kind towards everyone. Their reputation of
goodness is well known in the prison. All the inmates know that Falun Gong
practitioners are good people, and many of them eagerly asked to learn Falun
Gong. The inmates clearly know who is at fault, because the guards have abused
them for a long time. One group head, a criminal, closely followed the guards'
orders and often mistreated Dafa practitioners. Once, he couldn't help it and
said in a sincere voice, "You Falun Gong practitioners are truly
magnificent!" A new guard who has not yet been polluted by the vices of the
prison said to a Dafa practitioner in private, "It's political persecution
to detain you guys." Mailing address for the Sihui Prison: Box 290 Sihui City, Guangdong Province, Officials responsible for persecution: Details of some practitioners held at Sihui Prison: Mr. Liu Xifeng came from Northeast China. He graduated from Northeastern
Normal University and worked as a teacher in Shenzhen City. He was awarded the
title "Outstanding Teacher" by the Shenzhen City government, but was
arrested many times for his belief. In September 2002, he and his wife were
arrested at the same time. His wife was sent to a labor camp and tortured to
death. Liu Xifeng was sentenced to ten years in prison and was sent to the Sihui
Prison in December 2003. He held a long-term hunger strike and refused to wear
the prison uniform. He shouted the Fa rectification verse each time the
slandering things appeared on TV. He was forcibly given IV infusions and
shackled. Later, he was barely able to walk and grew very weak. Mr. Tantai Dongdong lived in the Chaoyang District of Beijing. He graduated
from the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing and worked at Shenzhen City
Sculpture Research Institute. After he was taken to the Sihui Prison he refused
to wear the prison uniform. A dozen guards beat him, breaking three of his ribs
and injuring his buttocks, which didn't heal until two months later. He almost
lost the ability to speak. Mr. Fan Chenyu lived in Wangcheng, Changsha City, Hunan Province. He was
sentenced to seven years in prison. The persecutors transferred him from the
Haizhu District Detention Center in Guangzhou City to the Sihui Prison in
January 2003. He refused to wear the prison uniform and refused to squat in
front of the guards. A dozen guards beat him. The same day he arrived at the
prison they sent him to the Strictly Controlled Group. Nearly one month later he
was sent back to the "regular" division where he did the Falun Gong
exercises every day at noon. He gave his food and clothes to the inmates, who
said, "Dafa practitioners are truly great!" In March 2003, he covered
his ears when the slandering propaganda was played on TV. The group head
tortured him. Once, during a so-called study session in the hall, he did the
Falun Gong exercises. The group head grabbed him by the collar, dragged him
dozens of feet and threw him into an office. This group head later received
retribution; he was found to have committed serious crimes. Practitioner Fan
Chenyu refused to cooperate with photo shoots, and refused to squat during
prison exercises and when talking with the guards. Once when a slandering
program was played on TV, he refused to watch and he refused to call numbers
during evening roll call. Guard Liao grabbed his collar, dragged him for more
than 30 feet and threw him in the office. Fan Chenyu's forehead was injured from
the beating. He was locked onto a metal chair. Four inmates were assigned to
watch him. He was sent to the Strictly Controlled Group the next day. He was
locked in solitary confinement for nearly two years. His legs were swollen and
he was on the brink of a nervous breakdown when he came out. He sometimes made
strange noises and he almost completely lost the ability to speak. Mr. Zhang Yuhui was sentenced to ten years in prison. He was taken to a
police department from a detention center in March 2001 and was tortured for
seven days and seven nights. The police demanded to know who was backing his
truth clarification efforts. He was tortured on the Tiger
Bench, hung up and beaten, among other forms of brutality. After he was
taken back to the detention center he was forced to maintain the "flying an
airplane" position [the limbs are spread open; with hands and feet fixed to
a cross-shaped piece of wood]. The guards said he was "stirring up
trouble" and sent him to the Sihui Prison in December 2002. He was
barbarically tortured at the Strictly Controlled Group and later at the Special
Division. Mr. Lin Yang lived in Fujian Province and was a graduate student at Tsinghua
University. He was arrested in Zhuhai City in December 2000 and went on a hunger
strike the day of the arrest. In 2001 he was tortured with the "flying an
airplane" method at least three times, for a long period each time, at the
No. 1 Detention Center in Zhuhai City. He often did the Falun Gong exercises at
the detention center and refused to cooperate with the guards, even when they
yelled at him. Several inmates carried him outside the cell while he stayed in
the cross-legged meditation position, and then he was brutally tortured. He was
transferred to the Sihui Prison in November 2002. Lin Yang has always remained
determined. He was released in June 2004. Mr. Huang Kui earned a Master's degree from Tsinghua University. He lived in
Northeastern China and was arrested in Zhuhai City in December 2000. While being
held at the No. 2 Detention Center in Zhuhai City, he was forced to work at
least 16 hours each day. He was forced to make artificial flowers, crack nuts,
and string together small light bulbs, among other tasks. He was given only two
meals a day. In the winter the skin on his fingers cracked. The work was very
difficult, and yet he would receive extra work or be forced to work at night if
he didn't finish the assigned work on time. Huang Kui went on a hunger strike
several times at a detention center and was transferred to the Sihui Prison in
late 2002 for further persecution. In March 2004, Huang Kui and Zhuang Wenshu
(from the same division) held a hunger strike and a work strike. It was the
second hunger strike for Zhuang Wenshu. He was sent to a hospital for
force-feeding. He was also forced to wear very heavy shackles. The division
heads held an assault conference and forced Huang Kui and Zhuang Wenshu to kneel
before several hundred people, while the officials shocked them simultaneously
with more than ten electric batons. After the meeting, the two practitioners
were not allowed to talk to anyone. At the beginning of October 2004, the
officials isolated Huang Kui and sent four inmates to watch him around the
clock. They recorded his every move. Later, at least eight inmates watched him
and forbade him to go downstairs. They locked him in a small room and mistreated
him all day long. Beginning in 2005, they deprived him of sleep as much as they
could and brainwashed him on a daily basis until he
left the prison in December 2005. Mr. Tian Jianshui lived in Fujian Province and has an associates degree. He
was arrested in Zhuhai City in December 2000 and sentenced to five years in
prison. Mr. Ye Weixiong graduated from high school and worked as a pastry cook in a
bar. He was sentenced to three years in prison for making truth clarification
materials. He was first held at the Tianhe Detention Center. The guards ordered
a detainee sick with tuberculosis to spit phlegm into Ye Weixiong's mouth while
screaming, "Didn't you say you Falun Gong practitioners never get
sick?" They also ordered syphilis patients to sleep next to Ye Weixiong. Mr. Huang Desheng was first held at the Yuexiu District Detention Center in
Guangzhou City. He was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison and was
released when the term had expired in June 2005. He was diagnosed with leukemia
after he was taken to the prison, and the prison authorities mistreated him, and
he was deprived of sleep for a long time. His mother Zhou Guichan was a
volunteer assistant at the Yuexiu District Falun Gong practice site in Guangzhou
City and had been sentenced to forced labor. Practitioners Lin Gang, Wu Yongjin and Yu Xinhui were each sentenced to five
years in prison. They were first held at the Dongshan District Detention Center
in Guangzhou City. Lin Gang has an associates degree and worked as a manager at
the White Swan Hotel in Guangzhou City. In October 2003 a guard ordered Lin Gang
to squat before him, and Lin Gang refused. A dozen guards beat him and sent him
to the Strictly Controlled Group. Wu Yongjin had studied fine arts. Mr. Liang Xiaoying used to work at the Kaiping Land Bureau in Guangdong
Province. His home phone number is 86-750-2211084. Mr. Wen Jianmin was a former judge at the Shantou Intermediate People's Court
in Guangdong Province. Mr. Sun Zhongwen is a Hong Kong citizen. He was arrested at the Longgang
Customs Port and sentenced to seven years in prison. His home phone number is
852-24734727. Mr. Zhang Yucang is a Hong Kong citizen. He was arrested along with Sun
Zhongwen. Mr. Gao Dandi graduated from the Beijing Agriculture University. He worked in
Guangdong Province. He and his wife jumped out the window to escape from a
brainwashing class. He was later arrested again. Mr. Chen Shuxue worked at the Zhuhai City Labor Bureau. He distributed flyers
at the Zhuhai City government and was sentenced to three years in prison, during
which time he was barbarically tortured. His legs swelled so badly he could
barely walk. His home phone number is 86-756-2279390. Mr. Zhang Yuanbo and his younger brother were once held at Group 2, Division
1 in the Sihui Prison. In 2003 the guards ordered him to copy some documents,
and he refused. He was forced to squat for seven days, followed by nine months
in the Strictly Controlled Group. His home phone number is 86-533-4153412. The guards forbade Mr. Zhan Jiabin to sleep in an attempt to
"reform" him [make him renounce Dafa]. Mr. Lin Zhengui used to work as a reporter for the Raoping TV Station in
Guangdong Province. His home phone number is 86-768-8899879. Mr. Li Fengyou was the former head of an independent regiment of the South
China Sea Fleet of the Chinese Navy and was also a pilot. After retirement he
flew commercial airplanes from the Sanzao Airport in Zhuhai City. His wife is
the daughter of a retired division commander from the South China Sea Fleet. He
and his wife escaped from a brainwashing class in Zhuhai City. His wife was
arrested in Wuhan City and Li Fengyou was sentenced to five years in prison. He
was released in early 2006. Li Fengyou is very determined in his belief in Dafa
and is very caring toward fellow practitioners. He was sent to the Special
Division and placed under close watch. He was forced to sit on a small stool
from 6:00 a.m. until 11:00 p.m. with his feet close together and was forbidden
to move while sitting on the stool. Mr. Lin Qing graduated from Shantou Medical University. His home phone number
is 86-663-8219069. Mr. Zhuang Wenshu graduated from the Institute of Water Conservation and
Electric Power at Wuhan University. He was president of the student council and
vice president of the Graduate Students' Association. After graduation he worked
at the Shenzhen Audit Bureau and was one of the favorites being trained and
prepared for promotion. In September 2000 he distributed flyers at the Shenzhen
Hi-tech Fair and was sentenced to seven years in prison. He was held at the
Futian Detention Center in Shenzhen City for a long time and held a hunger
strike for more than 20 days after he received the verdict. He remained
determined after he was taken to the Sihui Prison and kept very strong righteous
thoughts. The guards refrained from torturing him because they felt his
righteousness. In 2004 he opposed a slandering video and went on a hunger strike
with another Dafa practitioner named Huang Kui who was held in the same
division. They refused to work. Zhuang Wenshu was forced to wear shackles
weighing several pounds and was forced to kneel before several hundred people
while being shocked by more than ten electric batons. He was later transferred
to the Special Division where he was forced to sit from 6:00 a.m. until 11:00
p.m. each day. Mr. Li Zhenming lived in Huilai, Guangdong Province and was sentenced to ten
years in prison. Mr. Chao Hao graduated from Shenzhen University and was sentenced to nine
years in prison. Mr. Zhou Lei lived in Guangxi Province. He graduated from the Computer
Department of Tsinghua University in Beijing and worked in Shenzhen City. He was
sentenced to 12 years in prison. Mr. Li Fulin was sentenced to seven years in prison. Mr. Yu Lian was sentenced to about 12 years in prison. He was once held at
the Futian Detention Center in Shenzhen City. The inmates who shared the same
cell with him said he was the nicest person they've ever come across. Mr. Wang Yanfa lived in Henan Province. He was sentenced to five years in
prison and was transferred to the Sihui Prison from the Shenzhen Detention
Center. He has been held at the Medical Division. Mr. Hu Jianhua worked at the Huangpi Tax Bureau in Hubei Province after he
retried from military service. He was sentenced to seven years in prison. Mr. Li Qiaosen is in his 70s. The lawless officials would not even spare this
old man. Mr. Feng Wentao was sentenced to six years in prison. He has certification of
Level 8 Professional English Skills. Mr. Yuan Hua was a graduate student at Huanan Agriculture University in
Guangzhou City. He was sentenced to ten years in prison. Mr. Rao Chaoyuan lived in Room 401, Building 1 of the Earthquake Division in
Wushan, Guangzhou City. He was sentenced to eight years in prison. One of his
legs was permanently disabled from torture. Mr. Zhen Zhichao is held at Division 1 of the Luotang Site of the Sihui
Prison. He was sentenced to 13 years in prison. Mr. Liang Gang was a graduate student and was sentenced to 11 years in
prison. Mr. Guo Yue worked at the Guangzhou City Electronics Institute. Mr. Chen Wusheng was a volunteer assistant at Puning County Falun Gong
practice site in Guangdong Province. He had two brothers. He was sentenced to
six years in prison and was released on parole in July 2003. His home phone
number is 86-663-2339750. Mr. Guo Hangzhou was a teacher. He was released on parole in July 2003. Mr. Chen Xiaojun lived in Guangxi Province. He graduated from the University
of Science & Technology in Beijing and worked at Gree Electric Appliances,
Inc. in Zhuhai City. He was sentenced to seven years in prison. Mr. Yang Wen graduated from the Computer Department of Tsinghua University in
Beijing. He earned a Ph.D. degree from Waseda University in Japan where he
started practicing Falun Gong. He was arrested for clarifying the truth after he
returned to Guangzhou City. Mr. Wu Shiyu lived in Guangxi Province and he was sentenced to ten years in
prison. Mr. Zhou Xiaohui was sentenced to eight years in prison. Mr. He Binyan lived in Guangdong Province and was sentenced to three years in
prison. Mr. Xu Shuhua lived in Yunfu, Guangdong Province. He was a former manager at
a branch company of Cheung Kong Holdings, Ltd. He was widely popular and well
liked at the company. He was sentenced to four-and-a-half years for making Dafa
materials. He was arrested in April 2004. He was detained at the Yunfu Detention
Center in Guangdong Province for nine months. His hair turned white after brutal
tortures. He was transferred to the Sihui Prison in January 2005. His
sister-in-laws Li Meihua and Lin Jinghong were also arrested. Mr. Mai Yuefa lived in Yunfu, Guangdong Province. He and his wife Chen Jiequn
were arrested together. Practitioners Hu Guisheng, Liu Qingshen, Ding Xiangzhong, Hao Xuesheng, Huang
Jinhua and some other practitioners are also held at the Sihui Prison. Also some
other unknown named practitioners showed outstanding righteous acts. On March 3,
2005, one practitioner shouted, "Falun Dafa is good" while being taken
to the Sihui Prison from the Tianhe District in Guangzhou City. He shouted from
inside the car and after he arrived at the prison. The prison authorities were
frightened and sent him back. Endnote Since 2004, Shang Dongping has been the new head of Sihui Prison. He sent 610
Office agents to study "tips on reforming Falun Gong practitioners" at
Qinghe Prison in Beijing. He also played slanderous videos throughout the prison
in March 2004. The prison newspaper was filled with slandering content, and
bulletin boards throughout the prison were covered with Dafa-attacking articles.
A Special Division was subsequently established to savagely torture
practitioners. Shang Dongping held meetings on June 3 and September 3, during
which he issued orders that at least one Falun Gong practitioner must be
reformed in each division. He connected this quota to work appraisals and
year-end bonuses of all prison employees. As a result, the guards stopped at no
evil to persecute Falun Gong practitioners to ensure self-interest and to
achieve "reform rate during detention" and "reform rate when
leaving prison." At the Special Division, a group of guards would start
videotaping Falun Gong practitioners when they first arrived at the prison to
"find out their weaknesses." They also ran so-called physical exams
including blood tests on the practitioners and injecting what they claimed to be
a Tuberculosis Fungus element on the practitioners. On October 4, 2004, two inmates attempted to escape from Sihui Prison because
they could no longer endure the long-term torture. One inmate was killed through
electrocution, and another person was arrested and taken back. This incident
aborted the plan to transform Sihui Prison into a "Ministry-Level Modern
Prison" within the Guangdong Province Judicial System. A series of
nefarious events ensued. Two group heads received sentence extension due to
their involvement in disabling inmate(s) through beating. The officials at the
Medical Division persecuted Falun Gong practitioners on a hunger strike. Later,
guards at the Medical Division were investigated for helping an inmate cheat on
medical parole. Some guards wanted to earn political credits and money through persecuting
Falun Gong, but they never expected to receive just the opposite. We advise those who still want to earn money and favors from persecuting
Falun Gong: don't act on wicked impulses because of a tiny bit of practical
interest!
Zip code: 526237
Shang Dongping: head of the Sihui Prison
Deputy heads of prison: Luo Zubiao, Ye Changming, He Hailong
Huang Yuequn: political secretary
Ling Liezhou: head of the 610 Office
Members of the 610 Office: Gan Hui, Ye
Zhang Leguang: former head of the Prison Administration Section
Zhang Chunping: guard at the Special Division, CCP head
Qin Jianmin: deputy head of the Special Division
Liu Zhucheng: deputy head of the Special Division
Chinese version available at
http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2006/6/3/129097.html
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