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Mr. Xu Kai Unable to Walk as Result of Torture at the Hands of Police from the Cangzhou City National Security Division and the Handan Forced Labor Camp
(Clearwisdom.net) Mr. Xu Kai is from Cangzhou City in Hebei Province. On
November 12, 2007, his family went to the Handan City Forced Labor Camp to see
him. He was very healthy and strong before his arrest. However, two guards had
to physically support him during his family's visit. His facial expression
appeared sluggish, and his face had obviously become disfigured. He could not
raise his arms, nor did he have the strength to talk. He seemed to have lost
much weight. He told the family that he had pain in his head. The two guards kept staring at Mr. Xu in an intimidating way, as if they were
afraid he would speak out about the tortures he had been subjected to. Seeing
him in such condition, his family was terribly worried and demanded that labor
camp officials sanction a physical examination for him and punish the criminals
who had tortured him. Camp officials declared that Mr. Xu had been in that
condition ever since he arrived. Around 6:00 p.m. on August 8, 2007, eight policemen from the National
Security Division at the Cangzhou City Police Department, led by Zhang Guofu,
went to Mr. Xu Kai's store. They arrived in two police vehicles and arrested
him. They confiscated his Falun Gong books, computers, a microphone, USB flash
drives, a printer, a bank deposit certificate, cash amounting to about 1,300
yuan, a cell phone, two pairs of speakers, a small television set,
and other belongings. Xu Kai went on a protest hunger strike in the Cangzhou City Detention Center.
He was force-fed multiple times and sustained constant nosebleeds. Because the
detention center officials were afraid of their crimes being exposed, they
refused to let Mr. Xu's family see him. His family was prevented from seeing him
prior to his being secretly sent to Handan City Forced Labor Camp. Without following any valid legal procedures, Zhang Guofu and his cohorts
gave Mr. Xu a forced labor sentence of one and half years based on faked
accusations. On the morning of September 8, 2007, without giving Mr. Xu's family
members any notice, they secretly took him to Handan City Forced Labor Camp. Two
days later, Mr. Xu's family received a phone call from labor camp officials and
learned only then about his predicament. Between the time Mr. Xu was sent to the
labor and when his family member received the phone call, Zhang Guofu demanded
money from Xu's family members, telling them if they gave him a certain amount,
Mr. Xu would be released. Xu Kai began Falun Gong practice in the spring of 1997, after which he gave
up smoking and drinking. His relatives and friends know well his kindness and
friendliness. On July 20, 1999, Jiang Zemin started the insane persecution of Falun Gong.
Out of his faith in the government, Mr. Xu went to Beijing on July 22, 1999, to
appeal on behalf of Falun Gong. As a result, he was detained for 15 days. After
that, the local police always went to his home to harass him. They even arrived
very late at night, and their pounding on the door awakened all the family
members. The police have disrupted Mr. Xu's family's peaceful existence. In 2001, National Security Division police, including Wang Yixin, seized Mr.
Xu Kai and detained him for nearly two months. Mr. Xu lost his job. In the fall of 2003, Mr. Xu's father was in an accident and had surgery. A
little more than ten days after his father's surgery, National Security Division
agents once again nabbed Mr. Xu Kai, this time in front of his father. Having to
witness this, his father wept. Since then, Mr. Xu Kai's father rarely speaks. He
has suffered tremendously, both physically and mentally. Zhang Guofu, Head of the National Security Division in Cangzhou City:
86-13930799500 (cell), 86-317-5523803 (office), 86-317-3063883 (home) November 24, 2007
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