The Persecution of Married Couple Mr. Wu Kaili and Ms. Zhao Fenglian
(Clearwisdom.net) 1. A Peaceful and Happy Family Cultivating Together Ms. Zhao Fenglian, over 50 years old, used to suffer from many illnesses
including severe arthritis, gallbladder inflammation and headaches. These
ailments caused her to have a bad temper, and she often berated people. Ms. Zhao
would be bedridden several days in a row and had lost her will to live. After
practicing Falun Gong she was free of illness and became even-tempered. Seeing the wonderful changes in his wife, her husband, Wu Kaili, also started
to practice Falun Gong. Prior to the onset of the persecution their family life
was very happy. 2. Repeatedly Detained and Sentenced to Forced Labor Ever since July 20, 1999, when the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began the
persecution of Falun Gong, the couple could not practice Falun Gong in public
and could only practice at home. In February 2000, Ms. Zhao Fenglian decided to
go to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Gong. Police officers from the
Tianshui Train Station intercepted her and took her to the Jinchang City Drug
Rehabilitation Center, where she was held for 15 days. The Suffering of Ms. Zhao Fenglian Ms. Zhao Fenglian was arrested in October 2000. Participating in the arrest
were officers from the Jinchang Police Department. She was held in a detention
center where she began a hunger strike to protest the persecution. She was
released after her family paid the Binhelu Police Station officials 2,000 yuan.
A month later, on January 2, 2001, the local police illegally
arrested Ms. Zhao from home. They first held her in a detention center and
then took her to Pingantai Forced Labor Camp two days later. Responsible for the
forced labor sentence were Li Xinghua, Meng Jiaxian, and Li Jianqing from the
Jinchang Police Department. While in the labor camp, her captors refused to let Ms. Zhao talk to others.
They harassed her frequently by having her stand for long hours and/or deprived
her of sleep, justifying these abuses because she either refused or was unable
to recite the prison rules. They also often assigned her the most demanding
manual labor for refusing to write the Three Statements. In
addition, they compelled her to stand long hours, untli late at night. Once, Ms.
Zhao and other practitioners called out, "Falun Dafa is good" and
practiced the exercises in the cafeteria. That led to a "reward and
punishment" meeting at 1:00 a.m. in the No. 7 Division of the labor camp.
Many practitioners called out "Falun Dafa is good" during the meeting.
These practitioners were handcuffed and put into solitary confinement, where the
torture started. They were handcuffed with their arms behind their backs. A rope
was tied to the handcuffs and then to a metal pipe on the ceiling, lifting the
victims off the ground. Nine practitioners were tortured like this. Prison
guards Dai Wenqin, Jin Guofang, and Li Xiaojing were involved in torturing Zhao
Fenglian and the other practitioners. Two weeks after Ms. Zhao's release from the labor camp, the authorities once
again took her from home. Officers Ma Changgui, Ma Yongguo, and others from the
Binhelu Police Station took her to a drug rehabilitation center. Center head Liu
Guo incited inmates to force-feed Ms. Zhao. She was pushed onto a bed, unable to
move. They cut a soda bottle in half and crammed it into her mouth, making her
bleed and breaking three of her front teeth. She was finally released in June
2002. The Suffering of Mr. Wu Kaili Mr. Wu Kaili was intercepted as he tried to go to Beijing to appeal for Falun
Gong and was sent to a drug rehabilitation center in Jinchang City. He was
detained for 15 days. On September 20, 2001, Mr. Wu was reported to the police and was arrested at
his home. Li Chao, Xu Wangcai and Chen Gongguo from the Wuweilu Police Station
were involved in his arrest. Mr. Wu was made to lie down on a cot with his hands
stretched over his head. They handcuffed and shackled him. One end of a rope was
tied to the shackles and the other end to a mental pipe on a wall. His four
limbs were stretched out like this for one day and night. Then he was taken to
Jichang Detention Center. After 57 days' incarceration there, they took Mr. Wu
to Pingantai Forced Labor Camp. He continued to suffer from gross abuse in the camp. His mouth developed
cracks from lack of drinking water. He was forbidden to speak and was forced to
work like a slave. The captors made him watch video programs and materials that
slandered Falun Dafa and ordered him to write the "three statements."
Three inmates were assigned to watch every move he made, even while in the
restroom. He was often deprived of sleep and was brutally beaten. When he returned to the cell after a long day's hard work, those in charge
tortured Mr. Wu further with a method they called "pushing against the
bed." He was made to stand three long steps away from a bed, then had to
stoop at a 90-degree angle, with both hands behind his back. Then he had to
stretch his neck forward until his head touched the triangle of the metal bed.
The weight of his whole body would be put against the metal. In a short time his
legs would tremble and a deep, red gouge would appear on his forehead. His back
would hurt and he would eventually lose feeling. The abusers would barrage him,
demanding to know if he would give up Falun Dafa. Such torture could last from
half an hour to one hour, until he was exhausted and fell to the ground or lost
consciousness. Practitioners were often subjected to such torture. Once during a tree-pruning job, Mr. Wu was subjected to a brutal beating
because he "disobeyed." The abusers boxed and kicked him, twisted his
arms, and stretched them behind his back. The group head scolded him and beat
him with a tree branch, breaking Mr. Kali's left index finger. The finger hurt
and was swollen, but they still made him work. Wu Kaili was finally released on June 30, 2002. 3. The Couple Was Arrested Again On December 1, 2002, when the couple was clarifying the truth in
Wuweimiao Township, village head Li Haiyuan reported them to local police. The
couple was arrested and taken to the local police station. Ms. Zhao Fenglian
later escaped with the power of her righteous thoughts. Her husband, Mr. Wu, was sent to a detention center where he began a protest
hunger strike. His captors began force-feeding him on the 15th day. Eight people
held him on the ground, stretching his four limbs in different directions, and
then jamming their knees into his arms, legs, and stomach. One person held his
head, and one pinched his nose. He was unable to move and had difficulty
breathing. They opened his mouth with a device customarily used on animals.
Force-feeding eventually broke one of his front teeth. The person who led the
force-feeding was Wang Jinshen. Nine practitioners in that detention center, including Wu Kaili, were trussed
up with rope. Placards were hung around their necks, bearing their names and
words that slandered Falun Dafa. They were taken to Jinta Township where a
public "trial" gathering was held. They were forced to stand on tall
stools. Fabricated charges were announced. Seven months later they were taken to
the Lanzhou Prison. In Lanzhou Prison, prison guards incited inmates Cao Feng and Gong Jian to
savagely beat Wu Kaili for refusing to participate in an "exam." Mr.
Wu lost another front tooth when Cao Feng hit him in the face with his fist. 4. Wu Kaili Subjected to Abuse in Wuwei Prison On October 15, 2003 Mr. Wu was transferred to Wuwei Prison's No.2 Division. Wuwei Prison is also called Wuwei Rug Factory. Wu Kaili was subjected to
forced labor. He firmly refused to write the Three Statements, so he was beaten
and verbally abuses at the hands of inmates Cai Aiwu and Wang Shouqin, whom the
guards had incited. 5. Wu Kaili Subjected to Abuse in Jiuquan Prison On December 1, 2005, Wu Kaili was transferred to that prison's No. 5 Ward.
Practitioners there were isolated into two rooms where they slept and ate, and
had to undergo forced brainwashing. They had to read materials and watch video
programs day and night that slandered Falun Dafa. A "public criticizing
meeting" would be held every three days. Practitioners had to stand in
front of the group. The inmates would frenziedly cry out slogans to slander
Falun Dafa and made speeches to verbally abuse Falun Dafa and its founder. Two
inmates would hold Wu Kaili by the arms while he stood in the front. Such a
meeting would last half a day, and the practitioners were forbidden to sleep
until very late. While in that dungeon, Mr. Wu heard that his wife, Zhao Fenglai,
was close to death in Gansu Province Women's Prison. He almost had a mental
breakdown. 6. Ms. Zhao Fenglian Subjected to Abuse in Jinchang Detention Center Li Xu and Dai Baoji from the Domestic Security Division arrested Ms. Zhao on
October 26, 2003, and held her in Jinchang Detention Center. There was to be a
public trial for her and other practitioners in Jinchuan District Court. Once
they were dropped in the courtyard, they immediately called out "Falun Dafa
is good." Many practitioners went there to support them, which frightened
the evildoers, and the trial proceedings for that day were canceled. 7. Ms. Zhao Fenglian Died as a Result of the Persecution In 2004 Ms. Zhao was taken to Gansu Province Women's Prison. She firmly
refused to write the "Three Statements" and insisted on her innocence.
She was forced to work like a slave, even though she became thinner and thinner
under the long-term abuse. The captors allowed her to leave the prison on December 4, 2005, for medical
treatment, because her pancreatic cancer was spreading. Ms. Zhao Fenglian died,
18 days after being taken home. 8. Another Family Destroyed by the CCP Wu Kaili heard about his wife's death while he was still in Jiuquan Prison.
The anguish made him heartbroken. He was not released until September 2006. He returned home, to the same area where his wife had died. His employers
fired him. The Jiang regime's notorious policy-- "break them mentally and
physically and cut off their economic resources"--had destroyed a once
happy family. March 20, 2008
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