(Clearwisdom.net) Mr. Lu Xingping, 52, who is employed at the Chengdu Plastics Plant, is divorced and has a daughter living with his former wife. He lives alone in Shuangnan Community Area, Wuhou District.
In late December 2001, Lu Xingping was illegally arrested from his home by evil people from the Shuangnan Community Committee in Wuhou District, in collaboration with his own factory security personnel, and taken to Golden Flower brainwashing center. He was confined in the brainwashing center for more than four years.
At that time, the Golden Flower Brainwashing Center was imprisoning eight other Falun Gong practitioners. Each practitioner was locked up in a cell. The cell was under 24-hour surveillance. No visitor was ever allowed to see them. One day in early January 2002, Mr. Lu Xingping started writing on the prison cell that "Falun Dafa is Good!" After the security guard on duty discovered this, he ordered Lu Xingping to erase the scribbling. When he refused, he was dragged to the corridor by two strong-armed guards, where he was kicked and beaten. The severe blows made Lu unable to move. Later he was dragged to and confined in a dark room downstairs for several hours. Lu was gagged with dirty socks to prevent him from shouting "Falun Dafa is good." From that afternoon onward, seven Falun Gong practitioners (including Lu Xingping) started a hunger strike to protest the persecution. The brainwashing center feared that he could die from this ill treatment, as Lu had sustained severe internal injuries from the torture, and coupled with his hunger strike his body was extremely weak. He was sent to the Golden Flower Hospital for emergency treatment and resuscitation. Currently, Lu is on a twenty day-long hunger strike.
The Golden Flower Brainwashing Center's staff do not allow Falun Gong practitioners to recite Falun Gong articles nor allow them to practice the exercises. If they were discovered sitting on the bed with their legs crossed, they would be severely scolded by the security guards. If they were discovered practicing the exercises, they would be dragged into the courtyard and forced to stand for a long period of time as punishment. Later, whenever practitioners were beaten, the rest of the practitioners would protest the ill treatment by fasting. Generally this would last for a few days. In severe cases, it could extend to ten or more days. After several incidents of these hunger strikes, the evil was forced to release the imprisoned practitioner. With the passage of time, the security guards also realized that Dafa disciples were good people. By this time, even if the practitioner practiced the exercises, the guards would pretend that no violation had taken place.
Six months later, the brainwashing center no longer resorted to violence to treat practitioners. They resorted to hypocrisy and deceit as their assault weapon. Dafa disciples were confined in jail, but as long as they didn't try to escape, they were not interfered with in whatever they did. For those that refused to be "reformed," the jail term is indefinite.
In the second half of 2001, Lu Xingping used his limited resources (his pen, paper and wristwatch were all confiscated) and composed several articles to expose the evil. The intention was to expose the persecution to the outside world. Later, for various reasons, these articles were not sent outside the brainwashing class. One time, while he was composing the writings, the security guard discovered him and confiscated the material. The articles were sent to Liu Xiaokang and Wang Yimin. As they reviewed the articles, they became furious because they were addressed in the article as "evil Liu" and "evil Wang," etc. This marked a turning point in their view of practitioners. From this point on, they became more lenient and more respectful in their treatment of practitioners.
In early 2003, Liu Xiaokang started to recruit practitioners who underwent conversion from Nanmu Temple to come to the brainwashing center to "transform" practitioners. Typically, two such people formed a group, and they would hold several brainwashing sessions per week. No matter how the session went, Lu Xingping remained steadfast. His heart was not moved because he had awakened to the truth in Master's teachings that being "transformed" is absolutely wrong. When the evil discovered that he was so resolute and firm in his belief in the Fa and in Master, they finally dropped their interest in treating him as a prospect and target for "transformation."
Because of his unwavering belief in the principle of "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance," Lu Xingping was confined for more than four years. The imprisonment term seemed to continue indefinitely.
For four years, the Golden Flower Brainwashing Center confined several dozen practitioners.
Below are phone numbers of people and organizations that participated in the persecution of practitioners.
Shuangnan Community Committee: 86-28-85068229
Shuangnan Police Station: 86-28-85078675
Chengdu Plastics Plant: 86-28-84182532
Tongjiang Branch of the No. 5 People's Hospital, Wuhou District, Chengdu City (i.e. Golden Flower Hospital): 86-28-85366325, 86-28-85361895, 86-28-85364435
This hospital is intimately connected with the brainwashing center due to its proximity. The hospital staff conducts all medical procedures including injections, tube insertions and forced feeding when practitioners hold hunger strikes.
