(Minghui.org) Five Falun Gong practitioners from Chengdu, Sichuan, were arrested on the evening of December 21, 2015. The police ransacked their shared apartment and interrogated them overnight at the police station.
Three of them were released the next day, after they failed the health exam that would allow them to be admitted to the detention center. Two were taken to the Xindu District Detention Center and have been detained there since.
Mr. Zhou Hongjie, one of the practitioners released, recalled their ordeal.
Police Raid
More than a dozen officers suddenly smashed open our door and broke into our apartment on the evening of December 21, 2015. They ransacked our rooms and confiscated tens of thousands of yuan in cash, and all the equipment we used to produce informational materials about Falun Gong, including five computers, a dozen printers, and several DVD burners.
The police arrested the five of us and took us to the Chengdong Police Station that night.
The other four practitioners arrested were Zheng Bin, Ding Hui, Deng Zhongsu, and Zhu Yanchuan, a disabled woman confined to a wheelchair.
Overnight Interrogation and Torture
The police tried to obtain information about our material-production site. I didn't answer their questions and tried to persuade them not to participate in the persecution. They refused to listen.
Seeing that they couldn't obtain any information from me, the police slapped me in the face and shouted at me. He threatened to send me to prison. One officer struck my face with a bottle of water. Another officer kicked me in the legs. I still remained silent.
The interrogation continued to the next morning. A man who appeared to be their supervisor arrived and kicked me repeatedly. He also stomped on my feet. When he got tired, he called another officer over to continue to torture me.
That officer hit me in the arms, thighs, back, and feet. He slapped my face with a roll of printing paper. My face soon became swollen. The paper roll was stained with my blood, but the officer kept going. He slammed a foot-long wooden stick down on my fingertips and the back of my hand. Despite all the pain, I tried to control myself and didn't scream.
After they left, I vomited blood and felt intense pain all over my body, and I could barely walk.
Released after Failing the Physical Exam
After more than a day of torture, the police stopped the interrogation and sent us to the hospital for a physical check up. Deng Zhongsu, Zhu Yanchuan and I failed the examination and were released on bail. Zheng Bin and Ding Hui were taken to the detention center.
The police arrested me again two days after my release. They sent me to my hometown in Guangyuan, about 200 miles from Chengdu, and attempted to hand off my case to the police there. The police in Guangyuan, however, refused to take me. I eventually returned home.
