Mr. Zhao Jiyuan from Liaoning Province Persecuted at Shenyang Second Prison for Nearly Six Years
(Clearwisdom.net) Zhao Jiyuan is from Dadong District, Shenyang City,
Liaoning Province. Because of his persistent practice of Falun Gong, he was
arrested on February 27, 2001. Later, he was illegally sentenced to
seven years in prison by the local court and sent to the Shenyang Second Prison. At the prison, Zhao Jiyuan suffered beatings, was forced to wear torture
instruments, was locked in a small cell, and was shocked with electric batons.
Mr. Zhao has been continuously imprisoned and persecuted by the Chinese
Communist Party for nearly six years. Cultivating Dafa and Benefiting Society: A New World Opens Mr. Zhao Jiyuan, 54 years old, was a worker at the Component Processing
Factory at Shenyang City's No. 4 Architectural Engineering Company. Zhao Jiyuan
started practicing Falun Gong in December 1998. Earlier, in July 1998, he was
diagnosed as suffering from late stage stomach cancer, and was unable to go to
work. He began to throw up every day, until he eventually could not eat
anything. He even vomited the water that he drank. His weight dropped to 80 kg. One day in December, Zhao Jiyuan listened to a cassette of Master's Fa
lecture. After listening, a miracle happened: He recovered from his illness and
was able to eat. On the next day, he could clean up the court and go to work.
Zhao Jiyuan, who had a fatal disease, had become a healthy person overnight.
Since then, he became a Dafa practitioner. When he met people, he delightedly
exclaimed, "Dafa saved my life!" His family and co-workers witnessed
the miracle of Dafa. Zhao Jiyuan, who required himself to follow the principles of
"Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance," was selected as a distinguished
worker by the Dadong Police Department for two consecutive years. Mr. Zhao's
family lived in a dirty part of town. He cleaned up the trash and public
restroom every day. The people who passed by could hardly recognize the place as
it had undergone a dramatic change. After Zhao Jiyuan was arrested, the place
became dirty again. When the police station sent someone to do an investigation,
his neighbor said, "A good person has been arrested; nobody else will clean
up the trash." The neighbors all requested Mr. Zhao's release. Arrested Because of Spreading the Truth, Sentenced to Seven Years by a
Corrupt Judge After the persecution of Dafa began on July 20, 1999, Zhao Jiyuan went to
Beijing twice to appeal for justice and clarify the truth about
Falun Gong. However, he was illegally arrested. In December 1999 he was sent to
the Longshan Labor Camp of Shenyang City, where the authorities tried to force
him to renounce his belief. In June 2000, he was released and sent back home. On February 27, 2001, several Dafa practitioners were arrested because of
clarifying the truth. Shortly after, Zhao Jiyuan was also caught. At first, the Shenyang Court sentenced Zhao Jiyuan to five years. The judge
asked Mr. Zhao, "Appeal or not?" Zhao replied, "Appeal."
Unexpectedly, the judge said, "If it's appeal, add two more years."
Just like this, Zhao Jiyuan was sentenced to seven years by the corrupt
"law executor," and was imprisoned in the Shenyang City Second Prison. Painful Suffering, Ongoing Persecution at Shenyang Second Prison At first, Zhao Jiyuan was detained in the 12th Ward of the prison. In October
2003, Shenyang Second Prison moved, and the 12 Ward was renamed the 20 Ward. Li
Jianguo is the chief of police responsible for persecuting Falun Gong
practitioners. Meng Qinggang is the deputy chief. From August 24 until September 21 of 2002, Mr. Zhao Jiyuan was shut in the
guard chamber. He had to wear handcuffs for ten days and foot shackles for seven
days. He was also beaten by the criminal inmates. The guard chamber was less
than four square meters and had no sunlight at all. Zhao Jiyuan was forced to
sleep on the floor and eat meals with his hands. Each meal consisted of one
steamed corn bun, a bucket of corn flour gruel, and several salted pickles. He
was not allowed to brush his teeth, wash his face and hands, have a bath, or
change his clothes. He had to stretch out both of his legs continuously for 16
hours on the ground. If he did not obey, he would be cursed and beaten by the
prison guards and criminals, shocked with electric batons, and hung up with
steel cables and tortured. At two o'clock in the afternoon of June 16, 2006, Zhao Jiyuan was locked in
the strict monitoring cell. At less than 2.5 meters square, it is a damp, gloomy
room. Mr. Zhao was forced to wear a cotton padded jacket in the summer. The
police instigated three criminal inmates to hold Zhao Jiyuan down and force him
to put on prison clothes. Mr. Zhao refused to cooperate, as he was not a
criminal and did not feel he should wear a prison uniform. The police shocked
his right knee with an electric baton. When they tried to shock his left knee,
the baton reversed its discharge; the police officer cried out in pain upon
being shocked, dropped the baton, and ran away. Zhao Jiyuan was detained in the
small cell for a week this time. During this period, the wicked party sent someone to the prison for an
official "visit and inspection" five times. Zhao Jiyuan shouted,
"Falun Dafa is good," each time. The visitor lingered at the entrance
but nobody asked about the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in the
prison. In July 2006, Zhao Jiyuan and other Falun Gong practitioners went on a hunger
strike to protest their persecution. Then he was transferred to the First Ward
and detained there. No family members were allowed to visit. Because the prison strictly blocks off the flow of news, there is no further
information on Zhao Jiyuan's persecution at the moment. It is only known that on
one "visitation day," the guards talked about Zhao Jiyuan, saying,
"...this person was hung for 15 days without uttering a single word."
Obviously, he frequently suffered from this torture. Zhao Jiyuan has been illegally detained by the wicked party for six years.
His wife has to make a living and look after the family members alone. Although
Zhao Jiyuan's son graduated from university and has a job, as his father was
imprisoned, he could not get married. Address: Shenyang Second Prison, 7 Yuxin Street, Yuhong District, Shenyang
City, Liaoning Province; zip code: 110145 Shenyang Prison Region phone switch: 86-24-89296556, 86-24-89296438 Shenyang Second Prison: 86-24-89296560 20th Ward head: 86-24-89296553 20th Ward Division Head, Li Jianguo (the 20 Ward that specifically
persecuted Falun Gong was dissolved in September 2006) Shenyang Second Prison: persons in charge and phone numbers (four digital
ones are extension numbers that need transfer, eight digital ones can be dialed
directly) Han Tianbao, Political Head: 86-24-89296516 Wang Bin, Jail Head: 86-24-89296501, 2305 Shu Shi, Jail Head: 86-24-89296503, 2205 Fu Chengyi, Jail Head: 86-24-89296502, 2307 Li Xiangdong, Political Head Ai Limin, Liu Xuefei and Meng Fanwu Jiang Nan, Security Section
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