The Eighth District of Harbin Women's Prison Brutally Persecutes Falun Dafa Practitioners
(Clearwisdom.net) The guards from Harbin Women's Prison brutally
persecute Falun Dafa practitioners. The following persecution facts were
provided by practitioners who were illegally detained there. Since 1999, the Eighth District of Harbin Women's Prison have never stopped
persecuting us. Our assigned tasks in the workshop continued to grow. At that
time, Hou Xueping, the director of the Eighth District, sent practitioner Ms.
Zhang Yanfang to a "small cell" (1) every night, and picked her up in
the morning to continue to work. This abuse lasted for a month. In early 2003, to stop the persecution against Falun Gong, Ms. Lu Yinhua
refused to work. Zheng Jie and Zhang Chunhua dragged her on the ground until she
almost suffocated. They handcuffed her, refused to let her wear thick cotton
pants, and forced her to sit on a cement floor for as long as a month. On March
8, 2003, they tortured Lu Yinhua with "Hanging up from Behind" (2).
She was hung up without her feet touching the ground. Within just one hour, Ms.
Lu Yinhua was sweating all over, and she started to convulse. Her wrists were
broken and her hands were swollen for more than three months. Between June and July of 2003, Zheng Jie tortured Ms. Lu Yinhua and Ms. Gao
Jiafu by forcing them to squat, then "Hung them up from Behind" and
slapped their faces. They kicked the women's heads with their leather boots.
They hung the practitioners in the workshop office with their mouths sealed by
tape. The torture lasted for 11 days. Ms. Lu was later locked in "small
cell" for more than 80 days. On August 15, 2003, when Ms. Ma Shuhua was transferred to the Eighth
District, she could barely walk. Gui Nana organized other inmates to tie her
with rope, seal her mouth with tape, then drag her to the "chicken
house," where she was tortured with electric batons and dragged by several
inmates as they ran. At night, they put Ms. Ma on the cement ground and did not
allow her to sleep. For 11 days, her feet were swollen and bloody, and the blood
glued her socks to her feet for more than half a month. After her socks were
taken off, her toenails came off... Her feet were dark
blue and there were holes where the nails had been. On September 5, 2003, Zhang Chunhua ordered inmates Wang Fengchun and Zhao
Yan to tie Ms. Zhang Yanfang with rope. They punched her feet with their fists
and did not allow her to sleep. They broke two of her front teeth. On the second
day, Zhang Chunhua brought several dozen inmates to the chicken house in front
of the male cells and started another round of brutal torture. The guards and
inmates worked together. Each of them held a torture tool. There were electric
batons, wooden boards, bamboo poles, and iron rods. They circled the
practitioners and forced them to run in a circle and beat everyone passing them
as they ran by. Some inmates were not willing to cooperate and were consequently
beaten by the guards. At night, they ordered the inmates to strip off Ms. Zhang
Yanfang's clothes and beat her with wooden sticks and shoe soles. On the second
day, they used electric batons to shock her. There was no uninjured skin left on
Ms. Zhang's body. Then they rubbed salt on her, making her experience
excruciating pain. On September 6, 2003, Zheng Jie called Ms. Wang Aihua to his office. Zheng
Jie tied up her and did not loosen the bonds until Ms. Wang lost consciousness.
After she recovered, he tied her again. He also forced her to squat continuously
for three days. On the fourth day, Ms. Wang's legs could not bend at all. Her
feet felt like they had been pierced by needles. Zheng Jie ordered inmates to
drag her as they ran and to beat her on the back with electric batons. Her shoes
were lost during the drag-and-run. Her heart could not stand this torture and
she almost passed out. Then they hung her on a window frame. At 3:00 p.m., they
took her back to the cell and made inmates watch her. Whenever she moved or
closed her eyes, the inmates beat her. Ms. Wang was not allowed to sleep for the
whole night. On the second day, they ordered her to write the Three
Statements but she refused. They used four sticks to beat her face,
stabbed her with toothpicks, then washed her with salty water. She was tortured
until her whole body was a bluish color and she passed out. Finally she was
locked in a "small cell." In September 2003, during the "chicken house run," Ms. Jie Shuying
could not keep up, so Xiao Lin slapped her on both cheeks, making her very
dizzy. Afterwards, she was severely kicked, which caused her to experience
breathing difficulty for the following six months. Zhang Chunhua dragged Ms. Jia
into a room and slapped her around a dozen times. Ms. Jia still has hearing
problems as a result. Wang Fengchun used needles to stab Ms. Jia's feet until
both of her feet lost sensation. Then they hung Ms. Jia from a window, using
their knees to pound on her private parts, making her cry out in agony. Four or
five male guards dragged Ms. Pu Shuying to the male prisoner's building and hung
her on a window frame. Wang Fengchun and Huang He thrust wooden sticks into Ms.
Pu's private parts. They used their hands to pinch the inner side of her thighs
and other parts of her body. The handcuffs cut deeply into her flesh. Even now,
she still has scars. Four of her toenails came off as a result of the beating. Zhu Yuhong beat Ms. Zhou Chunlan with handcuffs and jabbed her back and waist
with her knees. Ms. Zhou felt immediately that she could not move her back any
more. This 58-year-old woman was persecuted so terribly that she could not help
crying out. They also handcuffed her and hung Ms. Zhou on a window for a whole
night. The next day, they dragged her to the running field. If she refused to
run, they would beat her or shock her with electric batons. The abuse was brutal
and inhuman. Guard Wang Jinnan ordered inmates to seal Ms. Wang Yanpin's mouth.
Then they used electric batons to shock her chest, legs, and knees. After they
got tired, they hung her up and did not allow her to sleep for 11 days. Even
when she went to the bathroom, they did not release the handcuffs. Gui Nana told Wang Wei to seal Ms. Wang Jianping's mouth and hung her
upside-down for half an hour--until Ms. Wang passed out. Then she ordered
inmates to continue beating her. Afterwards, they hung her up again, then beat
her once more. The torture lasted for more than ten days. Ms. Wang Jianping had
injuries all over her body and she was mentally disordered. Ms. Wang Shuling and Ms. Du Yuling were not allowed to eat during the day and
not allowed to sleep at night. The torture made them mentally disordered. Ms. Du
Yuling, persecuted until she wanted to die rather than continue to live, jumped
from a building [Editors' note: the teachings of Falun Gong strictly
forbid taking life, including one's own. While such measures are never
advocated, they underscore the extreme brutality of the persecution.]. Taken
to the hospital, Ms. Du was diagnosed an arm fracture, fractures of the seventh
and eighth neck bones, and a rib fracture. Even under this circumstance, the
guards still refused to release her. Wang Fengchun and Wang Wei continuously beat Ms. Xu Youqin and Ms. Li Caiying
for more than ten days, causing Ms. Xu pass out, and Ms. Li to become mentally
disordered. Once, guards Gui Nana and Xiao Lin ordered us to sing. When we refused, they
started to beat us. At that time, Ms. Zhang Shuqin lost three front teeth due to
the abuse. In the middle of September, Ms. Li Yushu, Ms. Guan Yingxin, Ms. Zhang Shuzhe,
Ms. Wang Hongjie, Ms. Ding Wu, and Ms. Tian Guiqing were beaten. Ms.Tian and Ms.
Guan were force-fed drugs multiple times. During the force-feeding, they were
given an overdose of salt. The feeding tubes were not pulled out until one week
later. The tubes were blackish after they were pulled out. On September 11, Zhang Chunhua deceived Ms. Zhao Xin and Ms. Liu Liping into
going to the "running field." Inmate Song Libo sat on Ms. Zhao, and
guard Niu Tianyang kicked her in the mouth with his feet. Ms. Zhao started
bleeding immediately. In December 2003, because they refused the forced labor re-education, Ms. Han
Ying, Ms. Yan Huijuan, and Ms. Wang Xiuli were made to squat with both hands
cuffed. Inmates used needles to jab Ms. Yan all over, and beat and kicked the
practitioners. Ms. Han had heart episodes due to the torture. On the seventh day of the first month of the Chinese Lunar Calendar in 2004,
the head of the prison directed several people to drag Ms. Feng Xiujuan, Ms. Han
Ying, Ms. Lu Yinhua, Ms. Wang Xiuli, Ms. Zhou Chunlin, Ms. Yan Huijuan, Ms. Du
Jinlan, Ms. Lan Hongying, and Ms. Li Xiuying to the third floor of the workshop
for refusing the forced labor re-education. They sealed the practitioners'
mouths, beat them with their fists, kicked them, and pounded their heads on the
ground. Then three practitioners were handcuffed together. Their thick cotton
pants were stripped off and they were forced to sit on the cement floor. They
bodies were nearly frozen with the windows open, and they were violently
force-fed. The force-feeding tubes made their noses bleed, but the force
feedings did not stop. On March 2, 2004, Zhang Chunhua put Ms. Li Xiuhua, Ms. Liu Liping, Ms. Zhang
Shuzhe, and Ms. Ding Yu into "small cells." After they were beaten,
they were handcuffed and then force-fed. Even when they slept at night, their
handcuffs were not loosened nor were the force-feeding tubes pulled out. After
half a month, the tubes were finally pulled out, but the handcuffs remained
tight. Ms. Li Xiuhua kept vomiting and stomach juices came out of her mouth and
nose. Ms. Liu Liping, Ms. Zhang Shuzhe, and Ms. Ding Yu were locked in the same
cell and handcuffed to a Tiger Bench. They were not allowed to go to
the restroom, so they were forced to soil their pants. The practitioners were
restrained like this for more than five months. On March 10, 2004, Zhang Chunhua stripped more than 10 practitioners naked.
They were hung up with ropes from 7:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. until they started to
bleed. On March 13, 2004, Zhang Chunhua handcuffed and hung 66-year-old Ms. Wang
Xiuyue from a bunk bed. After three hours, she passed out and lost control of
her bodily functions. She was taken down but still handcuffed to the bed. On September 9, 2005, jail guard Zhou Xiaoli took away four undergarments
from Ms. Zhang Yanfang, who reported this to jail director Liu Zhiqiang. In
response, Liu put her into a "small cell" and had her beaten. Even
guards from other districts said: "The Eighth District is too much."
To stop these illegal acts, all the practitioners in the district started a
hunger strike, asking that Ms. Zhang Yanfang be brought back. Zhang Chunhua
ordered people to force-feed practitioners. On December 29, 2005, Zhang Chunhua brought accomplices to Ms. Yan Huijuan's
cell. She stripped off Ms. Yan's pants and beat her mouth, saying, "I am
beating you now, you can report it to wherever you like!" On December 31, 2005, nine people held a hunger strike. The jail force-fed
them with lots of garlic and chili, severely damaging their stomachs and
intestines so that the victims vomited blood. Beginning January 17, 2006, Liu
Zhiqiang moved criminal inmates from the Ninth District to the Eighth District,
forcing them to persecute practitioners. They put Ms. Jia Shuying and Ms. Li
Xiuhua into "small cells" with their mouths sealed with tape. The rest
of the practitioners were handcuffed to the ground for 24 hours a day and beaten
again and again. The cells were sealed with newspaper and the monitoring devices
were turned off so that there would be no witnesses. The brutal persecution
still continues to this day. Those responsible for the crimes described above at Harbin Women's Prison: Wang Xin, male, previous prison director Notes:
Chu Shuhua, female, current prison political advisor
Cong Xin, male, previous prison director
Xu Longjiang, male, current director
Liu Zhiqiang, male, current deputy director
Xiao Lin, male, current political department director
Zheng Jie, female, current Eighth District director
Gui Nana, female, Eighth District deputy director
Zhang Chunhua, female, Eighth District prison guard
Jail guards: Hou Xueping, Zhang Chunhua, Wang Fengchun, Zhu Yuhong, Wang Jinnan
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