Jin Youfeng, a Teacher at Mudanjiang Normal College, Is Tortured in Mudanjiang Prison (Photo)
(Clearwisdom.net) Jin Youfeng was formerly a physical education teacher
at the Mudanjiang Normal College in Heilongjiang Province. In September 1999, he
was fired because of his belief in Falun Gong. Later he was sentenced to three
years of forced labor. In the labor camp, he was badly beaten by Zhang Junrong,
a division head of the Admission Section of the camp. On October 22, 2003, he
was arrested again. In March 2004, he was sent to Mudanjiang Prison, where he
was badly tortured. He was sentenced to 11 years in prison. On May 26, 2006, Jin
was locked to iron bars by Luan Yu, a prison guard. In prison, Jin developed lung disease, and his hearing was damaged. He didn't
get adequate medical treatment in the prison. In August 2007, since he refused
to sign a guarantee statement to give up Falun Gong, he lost the
chance of getting treatment in the hospital. He was jailed in Mudanjiang Prison
until May 2008. He is in the hospital now, finally receiving treatment. 1. Beaten by a guard in the labor camp In September 1999, Jin Youfeng was fired and given a three-year sentence in
the labor camp, because he went to appeal for Falun Gong. His wife Jiang Chunmei,
a Falun Gong practitioner and an English teacher at Mudanjiang Normal College,
has also been arrested and jailed several times. Their seven-year-old son was
taken care of by their friends. In December 1999, Jin and three other male Falun Gong practitioners were
arrested and sent to Mudanjiang Forced Labor Camp in Sidao Village, Tielinghe
Town, Mudanjiang. In the labor camp, division head Zhang Junrong badly beat and
tortured Jin. Zhang looked for all kinds of excuses to torture Jin and Song Yan,
another Falun Gong practitioner. Jiang Chunmei, Jin's wife, was fired from her job. In 2001, she got her job
back, but did not get paid for several months. The same thing happened to Liu
Zhiyuan, another Falun Gong practitioner at Mudanjiang Normal College. 2. Jiang Chunmei was arrested during her nursing period On October 22, 2003, policemen broke into Jin's house and took Jin and Jiang
away. More than 70 practitioners were arrested that same night. Their houses
were searched and their Falun Gong materials, computers, and cash were taken
away. In the police station, the practitioners were badly tortured. Policemen
beat them, didn't allow them to sleep, poured spicy powder into their noses and
hung them up. The practitioners were tortured for 10 days. Jiang Chunmei's baby, Jin Panpan, was 14 months old, and needed to be nursed.
Jiang's 75-year-old mother had taken care of Jin Panpan and 10-year-old Jin Luyi.
On November 26, Jiang was sent to the Second Detention Center of Mudanjiang by
officers from the Xingping Road Police Station. Her children were sent to her
relatives. Jin Panpan, Jin and Jiang's youngest son When Jin Panpan was 18 months old, on February 14, 2004, Jin Youfeng was
sentenced to 11 years in prison and Jiang Chunmei was sentenced to 14 years. On
the same day, more than 30 Falun Gong practitioners were given sentences ranging
from 5-14 years. At the trial, practitioners exposed the torture they
experienced in the detention center. All of them refused to sign any documents. When arresting Jin and Jiang, the policemen forced their relatives to take
away their children, and threatened that if they didn't take the children, the
children would be sent to an orphanage. The children were sent to Jiang's parents in Qiqihar. The grandparents live
on collecting recyclable materials and live a very poor life. 3. Jin was tortured in the prison In March 2004, Jin was sent to Mudanjiang Prison. Policemen took away all of
his personal belongings and only left him one set of clothes. He could not brush
his teeth or take a shower for several months. Zhou Shaokun, a worker at the
prison, was one of the people who badly tortured Falun Gong practitioners. Practitioners were forced to do heavy labor during the day, and sometimes
even after dinner. Once when Jin didn't finish his assignment, he was tortured.
He was forced to bend over with his arms pointing up. Normally, one cannot hold
this position for more than 20 minutes. When Jin was forced to stay in that
position, Zhou Shaokun and Liu Daqing, a guard, beat him. Policeman Hong Tao
also beat him badly. On September 4, 2004, the prison started a series of intensive torture,
trying to force practitioners to give up Falun Gong. They separated the
practitioners and didn't allow them to sleep. Practitioners Liu Jun and Wu
Yuerong were jailed separately. Several criminals talked to Liu and Wu
constantly, trying to convince them to give up Falun Gong. Liu was forced to
stand all night, and was forced to stand on a chair for four days. The guards
claimed that they would do the same thing to every practitioner. In order to
stop the torture, on September 9, practitioners started a hunger strike. On the
second day of the hunger strike, practitioners Jin Youfeng, Gao Yunxiang and
Guan Lianbin were put in solitary confinement. Guards put 38-pound shackles on
them. Their hands and feet were locked to a bar for 15 days. On the second day, Jin was force-fed. It was not for the purpose of supplying
nutrition, but purely a means of torture. The food sometimes went into his
lungs. The food consisted of corn cereal and spicy powder, and often gave people
diarrhea. On the third day, a guard who calls himself "the king of all
evil" came with several criminals. They held Jin's head and forcefully
poured a lot of water into his mouth. It was cold in the solitary confinement
cell. There was no bedding and Jin only had very thin clothes. One night, on his way to the bathroom, guards ordered several criminals to
beat Jin badly. Jin was held in the intensive-training division for 14 months. On May 26, 2005, Jin and other practitioners were sent to the Seventh Ward of
the prison. The practitioners refused to do the heavy labor. Jin was locked to
the iron bar of a window for a morning. On the morning of May 27, he was locked
up again. In the afternoon, division chief Zhu Zailiang asked guards to hang up
Jin with one arm locked to a bar. On May 28, Zhu ordered criminals Han Baoren,
Dai Qingmin, Liu Yong and Su Yuming to torture Jin and force him to give up
Falun Gong. Since Jin refused to do so, Zhu cursed the criminals and told them
that if they could not make Jin give up the practice, then their sentences would
not be reduced. Under pressure from Zhu, the criminals took Jin to the bathroom
and beat him severely. Later, they assigned Liu Yong to watch and keep torturing
Jin. Jin was not allowed to sit down. 4. Jin refused to give up his belief and was denied medical treatment Due to the torture and harsh environment in the prison, Jin developed lung
disease and lost part of his hearing. He didn't get adequate treatment in the
prison and became very weak. In August 2007, he was sent to the hospital by
officers of Xianglun Police Station. The police tried to force him to sign
guarantee statements promising to give up Falun Gong. He refused, so the police
took him out of the hospital and sent him back to the prison, despite the fact
that he was dying. Only 10 months later, in June 2008, he was sent to the hospital. Practitioners who have been tortured to death in Mudanjiang Prison before Jin
was sent to the hospital include: Pan Xingfu (31, former employee of
Shuangyashan Electric Communications Bureau); Wei Xiaodong (34, former teacher
at Bayi Farm College in Heilongjiang); Ning Jun (50, from Xi'an District in
Mudanjiang); Wang Jiguo (40, employee of Mudanjiang Normal College); Li Ruqing
(66, from Shuangyashan); Du Shiliang (50, from Hailin); Yu Junxiu (from Zhejiang
Province); Zhang Hongquan (an engineer at Daqing Oil Field); Kong Xiangzhu (39,
from Jianshan District of Shuangyashan); Wu Yueqing, (30, from Shuangyashan).
Pan Xingfu, Ning Jun, Kong Xiangzhu and Wu Yueqing passed away after being
released from the prison. Justice Bureau in Mudanjiang: Lu Hong, chief: 86-13945363166, 86-453-6936889 (home) Mudanjiang Normal College: Xiu Pengyue, Dean: 86-453-6511188, 86-453-6511377
Mudanjiang Prison: 86-453-6404715, 86-453-6404755
Chen Shougang, chief: 86-453-6404715-8000-8388, 86-13904676888 (cell)
Yu Jinghe, political instructor: 86-453-6404715-8000-8388, 86-13904835888
(cell), 86-13904935558 (cell)
Sun Jiujie, chief of political department: 86-453-6404715-8000-8298
Assistant Dean: 86-453-6512378, 86-453-6511003, 86-453-6511121, 86-453-6511367
College office: 86-453-6511376
Xianglun Police Station: 86-453-6532148
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