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Masanjia Forced Labor Camp escalated the persecution. Guards tortured Falun Gong practitioners with electric batons, placed them on the "Stretching Bed," forced them to stand in the hot sun for long periods of time, slapped their faces, and beat them.

Ms. Cao Junfeng was arrested on July 9.  The police searched her home again after her daughter requested to visit her in jail.

During the Beijing Olympics in July and August of 2008, Masanjia Forced Labor Camp in Shenyang City, Liaoning Province, escalated the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. Guards tortured steadfast practitioners with electric batons, placed them on the "Stretching Bed," forced them to stand in the hot sun for long periods of time, slapped their faces, and beat them.

At Masanjia, guards used the brutal "Stretching Bed" on practitioners. This method of torture involves placing a practitioner in the middle of two beds with his or her arms and legs tied to the beds. The beds are then pulled apart. Practitioners have screamed out in unbearable pain from this torture. One guard said, "This torture will break the tendons and then the person cannot move, but the injuries cannot be seen on the surface of the body."

On June 29, practitioners Ms. Teng Zhijuan, Ms. Guan Liying, Ms. Dong Shengna, and Ms. Zhang Shuxia from Donggang City were hung up and their bodies were stretched by guards Cui Hong, Huang Haiyan, Zhang Jun, and Zhang Zuohui. The practitioners' hands became so swollen that they were unable to move them for several days. The guards also slapped the practitioners in the face.

In July 2008, guard Cui Hong left Ms. Zhang Xiuying from Xiuyan County handcuffed for three days and nights. She also shocked Ms. Zhang with electric batons and said, "I have not used the electric batons for a while. Let me have some fun." She shocked Ms. Zhang's eyes until they were bruised and black.

Practitioner Ms. Liu Guifang from Dandong City was also shocked with electric batons. Her face was slapped so severely that it became swollen and disfigured. Ms. Wang Xiaoyun was forced to stand in the hot sun for long periods of time and she was unable to move her legs from being beaten. She could not straighten her back or go to the cafeteria at mealtime.

The food in the labor camp was extremely bad. The bread given to the practitioners was moldy and smelled bad, and there were mouse droppings in the rice. Whenever upper level authorities came to do an inspection, the labor camp personnel pretended that everything was fine. Practitioners were forced to work during the day and clean the cells in the evening. All personal belongings were stored in the room with the toilets.

For those practitioners who remained firm in their faith, family visits were not allowed. Some of the practitioners' families were repeatedly denied visitation privileges.

Ms. Sheng Lianying and Ms. Zhou Huimin are currently being additionally persecuted. Ms. Zhou finished her prison term on July 27 and was due to be released, but her sentence was illegally extended and she is still being held. On July 28, Ms. Wu Juan from Fengcheng City finished her term, but she is also still detained.

On July 9, 2008, personnel from the Weifang City Police Department in Shandong Province and the Domesticl Security Team used the excuse of the upcoming "Olympic Games" to rampantly arrest 104 Falun Gong practitioners. Ms. Cao Junfeng was arrested on July 9. When the police were illegally ransacking Ms. Cao Junfeng's home, her husband had a sudden heart attack, and had to be sent to the hospital emergency room. The illegal ransacking was then stopped. On September 7, the second day after the marriage of Ms. Cao Junfeng's daughter, the police once again barged into their residence. They took away Falun Gong books and informational materials. Ms. Cao Junfeng's sister, Ms. Cao Junping, has been detained for more than two weeks, and her whereabouts are unknown.

On August 10, 2008, after Ms. Cao Junfeng had been illegally incarcerated in the detention center for a month, she was sentenced to one year of forced labor. During this period of time, she was made to sit on a small stool for as long as several consecutive days. Both hands were handcuffed behind her back to a pipe. She couldn't move, and she was not given any food or water. After being tortured for a few days in this way, she showed the symptoms of a protruding spinal disc and blood in her stools.

September 6 was the day when Ms. Cao Junfeng's daughter got married. But because Ms. Cao persisted in her belief in Falun Gong, she was thrown into jail and couldn't even attend the wedding ceremony. After her wedding, the daughter requested to see her mother. The police said, "Cao Junfeng has yet to be "transformed" and thus she is not allowed family visits."

On September 7, the second day after the wedding, the police once again barged into the Cao's residence. They confiscated Falun Gong books and informational materials.

Cao Junfeng's husband suffered a tremendous mental blow and is currently under huge mental pressure. The newlywed daughter is also frequently summoned by the police for "interrogation."

Ms. Cao Junfeng's sister, Ms. Cao Junping, has been held by the police for more than two weeks, and her whereabouts are unknown. The husband of Ms. Cao Junping, although not a Falun Gong practitioner, was also taken away by the police because he tried to protect his wife. He was illegally incarcerated in the detention center for a month, and is currently released on bail. But he is being monitored by the police around the clock. Weifang City Police Department officials said that the duration of his release on bail while awaiting trial has been extended indefinitely.

Cao Junping's daughter, who is a resident in US, is currently appealing to the international community to save her mother and aunt. Weifang City Police Department threatened Cao Junping's family members, and as for her daughter, they said they would "continue to use other means to pursue the matter."

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2008/9/13/185814.html