Eyewitness Account of Conditions at the Beijing Juvenile Prisoner Detention Facility

(Clearwisdom.net) From November 2000 to February 2003, the Ninth Division of the Fourth District of the Beijing Juvenile Prisoner Detention Facility detained 49 female Falun Gong practitioners. The authorities blocked all information about the persecution happening there. Until now, people didn't know much about what happened at this facility. To expose this evil, I will briefly relate the persecution of the practitioners being detained in this location.

Ms. Yao Yue, about 27 years old, was a graduate student of Qinghua University. Because she distributed Falun Dafa materials and sent out a large amount of emails to clarify the truth about the persecution, she was sentenced to 12 years. Her husband was sentenced to 3 years at the same time and was detained at Xian Prison in Beijing.

Ms. Jiang Changfeng, 72 years old, is a retired government official. Because she participated in printing Falun Dafa truth-clarification materials, she was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Ms. Jiang started serving her term at the end of 2002. Due to the persecution she experienced in prison, her face is full of sores discharging pus and she cannot open her eyes due to the swelling. Her husband, Mr. Yu Changxin, was a member of the former Falun Dafa Research Association. He has been sentenced to 18 years and is being held in a military prison.

Ms. Chu Tong, over 30 years old, was a lecturer at the Micro-Electronics Research Institute of Qinghua University. She was sentenced to one and a half years because she displayed a banner with the words "Falun Dafa Is Great" in Tiananmen Square. She was first detained at the Beijing Women's Prison. In early 2001 Ms. Zhe was transferred to the Juvenile Prisoner Detention Facility and was released in April 2001. Because she published facts about the persecution on Clearwisdom.net exposing the brutal acts of policewoman Jin Hua, and sent letters clarifying the true situation at the Women Prison and Juvenile Prisoner Detention Facility, she was arrested along with her husband Yu Chao.

In September 2002, Zhe Tong was detained at the Juvenile Prisoner Detention Facility again. She was held on the second floor of the prison hospital. There were 6 or 7 "cangues" (including policemen and criminals)(1), who were assigned to monitor and persecute her all the time. Ms. Zhe held a hunger strike to protest the persecution. At the end of January 2003, when the hospital wanted to close the building for the Chinese holiday season, the authorities wanted to put Ms. Zhe in prison. In 2004, Ms. Zhe Tong was sentenced to 11 years in prison.

Ms. Pei Fengyuan, over 50 years old, was sentenced to 8 years in prison. Her situation is the same as Ms. Jiang Changfeng's. Because she participated in printing materials exposing the persecution, she was sentenced to 8 years. She started serving her term at the end of 2002.

Ms. He Guilan, about 60 years old, was sentenced to 8 years and started serving her term in 2001.

Ms. Liu Jiying, over 40 years old, was sentenced to 8 years. She previously lived in Shunyi City. She started serving her term in 2002. She has a son who is in college.

Ms. Liu Xiaojie, over 30 years old, was sentenced to 7 years in prison. She is a sister of Ms. Liu Jiying and worked as a nurse. Her body was full of scabies in the prison due to the harsh treatment she has suffered.

Ms. Mu Chunyan, 37 years old, was sentenced to 7 years. She graduated from Beijing Normal University and studied abroad in Japan. She used to own and manage a floral company and lived at Huayanbeili of Chaoyang District. She was persecuted because she printed 700,000 truth-clarification flyers exposing the persecution. She started serving her term in 2000. Others involved in this case include:

Mr. Pang You, over 40 years old, sentenced to 8 years. His home is located at Datun Road. He is presently detained at the Chadian Prison of the Qinghe Police Division of Beijing. His wife Ms. Guo Shuzhen was detained also.

Mr. Chen Suping, over 30 years old, was sentenced to 7 years. His home is located at Huayanbeili. He is detained at the Chadian Prison of the Qinghe Police Division of Beijing.

Ms. Zhang Lixing (see below)

Ms. Guo Shujing (see below)

Ms. Guo Yan, 48 years old, was sentenced to 7 years in prison. She graduated from the Philosophy Department of Beijing University and worked as an editor for a newspaper. She was persecuted because she wrote a long letter to appeal for Falun Gong.

Ms. Yao Jie, about 48 years old, was sentenced to 7 years.

Ms. Li Jie, 27 years old, was sentenced to 5 years in prison. She graduated from Dalian Finance and Economics University. She was persecuted because she participated in Dafa activities in Tiananmen Square during the time of the 2000 Spring Festival. She was sent to prison in November 2000.

Other practitioners who were sentenced to prison at the same time as this case:

Ms. Mi Xiaoping was sentenced to 8 years and was detained in Wuhan City, Hubei Province.

Ms. Liang Zhaohui was sentenced to 7 years and was detained in Shandong Province.

Mr. Yan Haizhi was sentenced to 4 years and detained in Liaoning Province.

Mr. Yang Xiliang was sentenced to 4 years and detained at Chadian Prison of the Qinghe Police Division of Beijing.

Mr. He Weiguo was sentenced to 3 years and detained at Chadian Prison of the Qinghe Police Division of Beijing.

Mr. Hu Guoping was sentenced to 3 years in prison. He received his Master's Degree from Japan and was a lecturer at Shenyang Medicine Science and Technology University.

Ms. Liu Jinghang (see below)

Ms. Li Shuying (see below)

Ms. Liu Xizhen, 56 years old, was sentenced to 5 years in prison. She was an English professor in the Chinese Air Force Command Institute. When she shared her plans with other practitioners about how she was planning to go to Tiananmen Square to appeal for Falun Gong, someone reported her to the police. She received a court-martial. In 2001 Ms. Liu was detained at the Juvenile Prisoner Detention Facility because there is no women's prison in the Chinese Military. In 2002 she was expelled from the Military and transferred back to her hometown of Jinan City in Shandong Province and detained there. Other practitioners who were sentenced in this case include:

Ms. Li Chaoran (see below)

Ms. Zheng, over 20 years old, is a professional dancer and is being held in Beijing Women's Prison.

Ms. Chang Xiuying, 49 years old, was sentenced to 5 years because she hung a Falun Dafa banner. She lived in Shijingshan District and had a home-based business. Ms. Chang started serving her term in 2001.

Other practitioners who were sentenced at the same time as part of this case include:

Ms. Shen Guoyun (see below)

Ms. Huo Fengying (see below)

Mr. Shen Guoyun's younger brother was sentenced to 3 years and detained at the Chadian Prison of the Qinghe Police Division of Beijing.

Ms. Feng Xiuchun, over 50 years old, was sentenced to 5 years. She is a resident of Beijing. Her husband is also a Falun Gong practitioner and was detained.

Ms. Chen Jianli, over 40 years old, was sentenced to 5 years in prison. She was a bus driver and lived in the Asian Olympic Village in Chaoyang District.

Ms. Shen Guoyun, 59 years old, was sentenced to 5 years. She is a retired worker and lived in Shijingshan District. She was arrested because she hung Falun Dafa banners. Ms. Shen started serving her term in 2001. Her husband is paralyzed, and life for him is very difficult without her care.

Ms. An Lizhu, about 50 years old, was sentenced to 5 years in prison. She is a resident of Beijing.

Ms. Li Min, over 30 years old, was sentenced to 5 years. She received her Master's Degree from Chinese Post and Telecommunication University. She worked as an editor of the Post and Telecommunication Magazine. Her home is in the People's University of China in the Haidian District. She was arrested because she was caught downloading Falun Dafa materials from the Internet.

Ms. Xu Na, 36 years old, was sentenced to 5 years. She graduated from the Beijing Broadcasting University in 1990. Later, she started painting on canvases and held many one-person exhibitions in Japan. Ms. Xu was arrested only because she downloaded a copy of some Falun Dafa material for her younger sister. She has been detained since early 2002. Ms. Xu refused to accept the brainwashing. In the past 8 months she has suffered from the personal cangues. They deprived her of sleep and forced her to do excessive amounts of labor. She was transferred, reportedly to the Beijing Women's Prison. However, nobody knows for sure of her whereabouts.

Ms. Li Lanhua, over 40 years old, was sentenced to 5 years in prison. She was living in Beijing and worked at a Chinese airline.

Ms. Jia Hongjun, over 30 years old, lived in Fangshan District. She has been detained since 2002.

Ms. Huo Fengying, over 30 years old, was sentenced to 4 years. She lived in the Shijingshan District. She has been detained since 2001 because she hung Falun Dafa banners.

Ms. Li Suqin, 40 years old, was sentenced to 4 years. She was a nurse.

Ms. Li Chaoran, 68 years old, was sentenced to 4 years. She was doctor in the Chinese military. She was sentenced by court-martial because she shared with other practitioners that she wanted go to Tiananmen Square to appeal for Falun Gong. In 2001 Ms. Li was transferred to the Juvenile Prisoner Detention Facility because the Chinese Military has no women's prison.

Ms. Wang Guizhen, about 40 years old, was sentenced to 4 years in prison. She had a home-based business and lived in Huairou County. She started serving her term in May 2001.

Ms. Han Yuzhen, over 40 years old, was sentenced to 4 years. She is a citizen of Beijing.

Ms. Shi Xiufen, over 50 years old, was sentenced to 4 years. She lived in Shunyi County and started serving her term in 2001.

Ms. Kong Xuesong, 21 years old, was sentenced to 3 years in prison. Her home is in the Tongzhou District. She was a college student and was expelled from her college because of practicing Falun Dafa. She started serving her term in 2001. Ms. Kong's mother was sentenced to 3 years at the same time and was detained in the Beijing Women's Prison.

Ms. Li Hongyan, over 40 years old, was sentenced to 3.5 years. She was an employee of Beijing Metallurgy Machine Factory and was even honored as a model employee. She lived in Datun Street, Chaoyang District. Ms. Li was arrested because she distributed Falun Dafa truth-clarification materials in the countryside. She started serving her term in November 2000.

Ms. Yang Fengxia, over 40 years old, was sentenced to 3 years. She lived in the Chaoyang District. She was arrested because she delivered and distributed Falun Dafa materials. She started serving her term in November 2000 and was even detained in a psychiatric facility on two occasions.

Ms. Zhang Lixin, over 40 years old, was sentenced to 3 years in prison. She lived at the Chaoyang District of Beijing. She was arrested because she delivered and distributed Falun Dafa materials. She started serving her term in 2000.

Ms. Wang Yuzhen, about 50 years old, was sentenced to 3 years. She lived in the Asian Olympic Village in the Chaoyang District. She was arrested because she distributed Falun Dafa materials.

Ms. Guo Shujing, over 40 years old, was sentenced to 3 years. She lived on Datun Street in the Chaoyang District. She was arrested because she distributed Falun Dafa materials. Ms. Guo is Pang You's wife. She started serving her term in 2000.

Ms. Yan Long, over 30 years old, was sentenced to 3 years in prison. She was a sales person for the Pacific Insurance Company. She started serving her term in 2002.

Ms. Jiao Shuxian, over 40 years old, was sentenced to 3 years. She lived in Yanqing County and started serving her term in 2001.

Ms. Yu Peiling, over 40 years old, was sentenced to 3 years. She received her Master's Degree from Beijing Medical University and had a job as a medical researcher. She was arrested because she went to the government to appeal for Falun Gong. She started serving her term in 2000.

Ms. Liu Cuifen, about 50 years old, was sentenced to 3 years. She was a military doctor who transferred to civilian service. She started serving her term in 2002.

Ms. Zhang Shuping, over 20 years old, was sentenced to 3 years in prison. She started serving her term in 2002.

Ms. Zhao Qiuxia, over 30 years old, was sentenced to 3 years. She is a farmer and illiterate. She started serving her term at the end of 2002.

Ms. Li Shuying, 62 years old, was sentenced to 3 years in prison. She was arrested because she participated in a Dafa activity held on Tiananmen Square during the Chinese New Year of 2000 (Case 204).

Ms. Liu Jinghang, 63 years old, was sentenced to 3 years. She was arrested because she also participated in the activity held on Tiananmen Square during the Chinese New Year of 2000.

Ms. He, over 30 years old, is a farmer and illiterate. The policemen hunted her for over a year because she posted and distributed Falun Dafa materials. During that period of time she lived in the mountains. Finally, she and her husband were captured. Ms. He started serving her term in 2002.

Ms. Zhao Guifeng, over 40 years old, was a doctor and a resident of Jilin City. She was arrested because she participated in a number of Falun Dafa activities in many places, encouraging practitioners to share with each other and to appeal for Falun Dafa. She was seized by the National Security Brigade and detained in the Juvenile Prisoner Detention Facility without trial. Ms. Zhao was detained in the Third Team of the Ninth Division and was persecuted and subjected to forced brainwashing. She was transferred away after one month of detention. Nobody at this time knows of her whereabouts.

(1) "Cangues" (There were "open cangues" and "secret cangues") -cangue was originally used as the name of an instrument of torture. Now it can refer to the person who is assigned to personally persecute practitioners being detained.