Summary of Other Articles and News - May 1, 2005

(Clearwisdom.net)

Facts of the Persecution

1. Torture in Masanjia Forced Labor Camp

On Apr 1, 2005, Masanjia Forced Labor Camp began a new round of persecution under secret orders from the Chinese Communist Party. At that time 144 practitioners were divided into 6 teams. Two female and one male police officer headed each team. These officers constantly torture practitioners. They drag Dafa practitioners out to be beaten at any time. They are all beaten until they are unconsciousness or are dying. Some have to be sent to the hospital to be saved. Practitioner Xie Yulan was hit on the head and has suffered from severe headaches ever since. Practitioners Qiu Li and Zhong Shujuan (detained past his sentence time) were dragged out of the Labor Camp on April 25 and are still missing. In mid April, Xu Qingyan was beaten and so severely injured that she would have died in one more day had she not received help. Now she is disabled and has lost her hearing. Her heart has become very weak and there are damaged blood vessels and blood clots in her abdomen. Her life is in great danger. Presently, more than 10 practitioners are on a hunger strike to protest the persecution. The police persecute them by covering their mouths with plastic wrap until they are semi-conscious. They then violently open their mouths using a metal bar and pour in a solution of salt and corn mixed with water. Practitioner Meng Guiqiu lost 2 teeth when she was force-fed this way. They also confine practitioners in cells, handcuffing them to the heating pipes. They are then not allowed to sit or stand for at least 7 to 8 days, and sometimes for more than 10 days. Sometimes they are without any food or water.

http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2005/5/1/100877.html

2. Dong Zhongbin is Still Detained in the Chengdu Brain Washing Center.

Practitioner Ding Zhongbin, 40 years old, is from Liangping County Chongqing City. He was arrested twice because he went to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Gong. He was sent back to Chengdu after his second arrest and was detained for 15 days. He went to Beijing again on June 27, 2000, and did the meditation exercise in front of the national flag in Tiananmen Square. He was detained in the Beijing Xicheng police station for three days and then sent back to Chengdu. He was released after being detained there for one month. On December 22, 2000, police officers armed with guns arrested him because he clarified the truth about Falun Dafa to four students. He was sentenced to one year in a labor camp, which actually became one year and three months because they kept him beyond his term. On the afternoon of April 22 2002, he was arrested because he clarified the truth about Falun Dafa at the Province Education Center. He was sentenced to a forced labor camp for two years, which actually became two years and eight months before he was finally released. After he was released, he was immediately arrested and taken to the Chengdu Wuhou Brainwashing Center and is still there. Lin Hong and Lu Jianping are also being detained there.

http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2005/5/1/100853.html

3. Brutal Violence in Hebei County Labor Camp

Zhang Guoqing, in his 60's, was shocked by an electronic baton and handcuffed to heaters. Because of how he was handcuffed, he could only stand up and could not sit down. More than 10 policemen tortured Bian Liangjing. He was so severely injured all over his body that he could not control his urine and bowel movements. More than 10 policemen beat Dong Hanjie and shackled him to the heater. They hung him up so his toes were just barely able to touch the ground and left him in that position for more than one month. Afterwards, they forced him to work 18 to 19 hours every day. Liuwen was detained for more than 5 years. At last, when he was dying, they allowed him to be sent to the hospital. Zhang Sanquan suffered an extremely brutal torture called, "star in the sky." They actually put nails into his head. There were lots of nail holes in this practitioner's head as a result of this torture. Wang Deqian was tortured until he could no longer take care of himself in everyday life.

http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2005/5/1/100825.html

4. Policemen in Guizhou Zhongba Forced Labor Camp Use Convicted Drug Addicts to Torture Practitioners

Policemen in the Guizhou Zhongba Labor Camp severely torture practitioners. They do not allow practitioners to go to sleep or to sit. They first injure the practitioners' legs and then tie their hands behind their backs. They put nails in their shoes, cover their heads with coats, and push the practitioners back and forth or drag them on the ground. Some practitioners were tortured until they were disabled or they died. The policemen let convicted drug addicts torture Tian Zhongfu. They refused to allow him to sleep and beat him if he closed his eyes. At nighttime, they directed a bright lamp at his face. It caused him to be unable to see for several days. His legs became swollen after long periods of standing. The policemen pricked each of his fingers with a needle, and also removed his clothing to prick his body with needles.

http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2005/5/1/100811.html