Xiao Jinsong 02.24.2002

XIAO Jinsong, male, 35 years old, lived in Jilin City.

XIAO Jinsong was illegally sent to a Shuangxiling Forced Labor Camp in Jilin City in October 2000 for going to Beijing to appeal on behalf of Falun Gong.

On March 27, 2001, he was transferred to the Yinmahe Forced Labor Camp in Jiutai. Because he refused to renounce Falun Gong and went on a hunger strike to protest his mistreatment, camp guards tortured him until he was near death.

When XIAO 's wife came to the hospital, he was in a coma, and both eyes were sunken. She saw that he was very skinny and that his stomach and groin were terribly swollen.

XIAO was hospitalized for ten days without any sign of improvement. His family spent almost ten thousand yuan and had to take him home on January 18, 2002. He died on February 24, 2002.

Before he passed away, XIAO told his sister that many guards hit and shocked him with electric batons simultaneously. They pelted him with blows from the batons, which XIAO said rained down on him rapidly and heavily.

Kou Xiaoping 02.22.2002

KOU Xiaoping, female, 40 years old, was abducted by the Public Security Bureau of Anshan City, Liaoning Province in November 2000, when she was on her way to work.

Because she refused to write a statement of promising not to practice Falun Gong anymore, she was detained illegally for 15 days in the Third jail in Anshan City. After 15 days, another 15 day extension was added. When she was under detention, security personnel from the City Public Security Bureau interrogated her several times and each time, they would torture her.

One day, she was taken away from her cell around 8 a.m. in the morning and wasn’t brought back until 6 p.m. The policemen twisted one of her hands around her head, and the other hand was wrapped around her back and she was hung over there for the whole day, while at the same time, KOU Xiaoping was brutally tortured, leaving bruises everywhere on her body, her two thumbs became numb after that.

In the next day, she could not get up from her bed (some policemen from the Third jail also witnessed the scars on her body). Ten days later, KOU Xiaoping was transferred to the Second Jail. Many other Falun Gong practitioners were also being persecuted here.

KOU Xiaoping was illegally detained in the Second Jail for more than one month, and in February of 2001, she was illegally sentenced to two years in prison. She was then taken to a labor camp. In the camp, she was forced to submit to brainwashing and was not allowed to sleep for more than one month. For more than one year, day in and day out, she was under consistent harassment, until eventually, she was left with severe damages to both her body and mind.

Because KOU Xiaoping refused to abandon her belief in Falun Gong, she was then taken to a very strictly controlled class, and she suffered even more damages to her body and mind, and completely lost her personal freedom there. Even visits to the restroom were under surveillance.

In order to resist the persecution, KOU Xiaoping started to undergo a hunger strike on February 14, 2002. On the sixth day, she was forced to eat foods, and at the seventh day, she became sick and was sent to the Central Hospital. After an exam, the doctors decided to keep her in the hospital, but the labor camp staff forced them to bring KOU Xiaoping back to the camp, claiming there was nothing to worry about, and saying that KOU would recover after she ate some foods.

On February 22, 2002 (the 8th day after the hunger strike), she was taken back to the hospital as her sickness worsened. By this time, it was impossible to rescue her, and KOU Xiaoping died that day.

After the death of KOU Xiaoping, the police department tried to cover up the whole issue. They intimidated KOU’s family members and forced KOU’s husband to sign a document which claimed that Kou died of natural causes, and that the prison had nothing to do with her death. The suffering of Kou’s family were completely ignored by the police.

The police also requested that whenever KOU’s family or friends wanted to see her body, they must first notify the police and get the approval from the police department. In addition, they insisted that the police must be present and that the body must be taken care of by the labor camp. They said that any photography, videotaping or news media report was forbidden, otherwise, KOU’s family would have to bear the consequences.

KOU’s sister demanded to know how the police could claim that they had nothing do with the death and the death itself was of natural cause, when they controlled everything and that they must first approve everything.

ZHANG Zhengyan, an official from the labor camp, rudely responded by saying that the victim’s parents had no rights to speak out.

Ren Pengwu 02.21.2001

REN Pengwu, male, 33 years old, was an employee of the Third Power Plant in Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province. He died of torture on the morning of February 21, 2001.

On November 11, 2000, REN was arrested while appealing in Tiananmen Square. He was eventually sent to the Detention Center of Miyun County where he was tortured routinely by the Public Security Bureau of Hulan County.

REN went on a hunger strike to protest the illegal treatment, but was met with electric shock beatings, force-feeding, and drenching with cold water during winter. For 10 consecutive days, REN was tied down flat with rope onto a big board.

Due to extensive torture, REN died on February 21, 2001. Upon autopsy, a massive hemorrhage was found around REN’s heart.

Zhang Zhenqiu 02.20.2003

ZHANG Zhenqiu, female, 43 years old, was a Falun Gong practitioner and lived on the second floor of Dormitry Building No. 1 of the Changchun City Tire Factory.

On February 20, 2003, police from Kuanchen District Police Station tortured her. Being on the verge of death, she was sent to the Armed Police Hospital. However, nothing could be done to save her life and she died on the same day. Her corpse was cremated soon after to hide evidence of torture.

Responsible parties are the Changchun City "610 Office", Kuanchen District Police Station, and Political and Security Section, Criminal Police Division, Political and Legal Committee of the district administration.

Chen Zixiu 02.20.2000

CHEN Zixiu, female, 59, Weicheng District, Weifang City.

On February 16, 2000, CHEN Zixiu was arrested by local authorities while walking on the street. She was temporarily placed in the "Falun Gong Reform and Detention Center" under the auspices of the Chengguan Street Office. The government officials beat her using rubber and electric batons and rods with thorns. Other detained practitioners reported that they could hear her agonized screams all night coming from the torture room.

In the morning of February 20, 2000, CHEN, who was on the brink of death, was forced to crawl barefoot in the snow. Two days of torture had severely injured her legs and her black hair was covered with puss and blood. CHEN vomited from weakness and fainted. She never regained consciousness.

On February 22, 2000, CHEN’s daughter Zhang Xueling saw her mother’s body in the morgue. Her entire body was bruised. All visible areas were covered with injuries. Her ears were swollen and purple-green, and her teeth were cracked and chipped. Even though she had been through a makeover, there were still bloody patches remaining. Her calves were black, and there was a 6-inch-long whip cut on her back. Her stomach was bloated (possibly from internal clotting). Her lower body was covered with black bruises and both of her legs were severely swollen. CHEN’s clothes, blankets and inner garments were covered with blood and feces.

The local government even asked Zhang Xueling to pay 2000 yuan as a custodian fee and 1000 yuan for blankets and food.

Zhang Xueling, in an effort to bring justice for her mother, went to obtain evidence from forensic pathologists. However, she was arrested. Before she was arrested, on April 20, 2000, Zhang Xueling revealed to the Wall Street Journal details of her mother’s death and her journey in bringing a lawsuit against those who murdered her mother.

On April 24, 2000, Zhang Xueling was sentenced to three years at Wangchun Labor Camp in Shangdong Province.

Wall Street Journal reported this story on April 20, 2000 and Boston Globe reported it on May 22, 2000. The United Nations human rights department sent a spokesperson to report on Zhang Xueling’s three year sentencing for the 2001 annual report.

Yue Kai 02.18.2002

YUE Kai, male, 29 years old, used to live in Yushu City. On February 10, 2000, YUE and his wife, LI Shuying, went to Beijing to appeal on behalf of Falun Gong. The police illegally arrested them and sentenced YUE and his wife to one year at Changchun City’s Weizigou Forced Labor Camp and Heizuizi Forced Labor Camp, respectively.

In May 2000, the No.1 Team to which YUE belonged, along with the No.4 Team, was forced to clean the public swimming beach at Kalun Lake in Changchun. They worked from 5:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. every day. YU and his fellow practitioners sustained severe lacerations on their legs during the detail, yet they were never allowed to take a break, even when their wounds became badly infected. They would be cursed or beaten if they slowed down at all. Before and after their long work shifts, they had to do additional cleaning chores.

The job at the lake lasted two weeks, and YUE’s legs became severely scabbed and scarred. His hands and arms had swelled and turned a dark purple from the festering wounds. Regardless of his serious medical condition, his workload was never reduced. His next work detail was to make a cement floor slab, for which he had to get up as early as 3:00 a.m., and work as late as 9:00 p.m.

In July 2000, YUE was taken to the No.2 Team in Chaoyanggou Forced Labor Camp. The police there tortured practitioners by beating and cursing them, and depriving them of sleep. One day, YUE developed shortness of breath and chest pains after being kicked by an inmate named ZHAO Yong. His condition continually worsened and he became emaciated.

By May 2001, YUE had been illegally held in the camp for fifteen months, which was well past the end of his sentence. However, the labor camp refused to release him. They finally sent him home when his condition became critical. On February 18, 2002, YUE Kai passed away at home.

Liu Xuguo 02.10.2000

LIU Xuguo, male, 29 years old, Zoucheng City, was an engineer at the Zoucheng Fertilizer Factory. On January 29, 2000, Liu Xuguo was abducted from his home and taken to the Jining City Labor Camp with three other practitioners. He was sentenced to three years in jail without due process of the law.

Mr. Liu wrote a letter asking for their release, but he did not receive any reply. On January 30, LIU Xuguo and two practitioners started a hunger strike. The labor camp staff forced them to work even on the fourth day of their hunger strike. Mr. Wang who is the head of Jining City’s Law Department said: "This issue [meaning the persecution of Mr. Liu and two other practitioners] was personally directed by Mr. Wu Guanzheng -- the provincial Party Secretary, we cannot do anything."

At noon on February 4, 2000, police officers and a doctor with the surname Xie became violent and force-fed Mr. Liu by inserting tubes down his nose into his windpipe. This caused severe injury to his windpipe that proved to be fatal. He was taken to the Jining Hospital for emergency treatment. From February 4 to February 7, Jining Labor Camp and Law Department asked for advice from the provincial court, the police department and the high court. The reply was, "Bejing’s High Court said that if he cannot be revived with emergency treatment, let him die. We hold no responsibility."

Around 11 a.m., on February 10, the hospital declared that LIU Xuguo died and placed the body into the freezer without his family’s consent. During the time when LIU Xuguo was undergoing emergency treatment, the Jining Labour Camp destroyed all records of his being force-fed and undergoing emergency treatment in order to cover up their crimes. They also fabricated a new set of records.

Furthermore, after LIU Xuguo’s wife, Man Li (Falun Gong practitioner), was confined to her home for three months, she was sentenced without due process of the law to three years in a labor camp in September 2001 and is currently at the Jinan Female Labor Camp. The only family members at home are her father-in-law who is recovering from a stroke, her mother-in-law who has cancer and her three-and-a-half-year-old son.

The Agence France Presse and the World Daily reported this news on February 22, 2000.

Han Yuzhu 02.10.2001

HAN Yuzhu, male, 47 years old, lived in Yushu City.

HAN Yuzhu was detained at Changchun City’s Weizigou and Fenjin Forced Labor Camp from January 19, 2000 to January 8, 2001.

On the morning of February 9, 2001, the head of Weizigou Forced Labor Camp (ZHANG Benquan) led police in force-feeding HAN and another practitioner named LIANG Zhenxing. They used iron clamps to keep the practitioners’ mouths open while they forced highly concentrated salt water into them. At dinnertime, HAN felt sick and asked to see a doctor.

The guards refused until around 7 p.m., when they finally let him see a camp doctor. The doctor said that HAN had salt poisoning, and that it was too late to treat. It wasn’t until midnight, when HAN’s condition became critical, that he was sent to the hospital.

HAN died before arriving at the hospital, but police told his family that they used sugar water to feed him and that HAN himself was responsible for his own death.

Fang Lihong 02.08.2002

FANG Lihong, male, age 38, was a native of Anshan City, Liaoning Province. He was a former traffic officer with the Anshan City Police Department.

On February 8, 2002 FANG was tortured to death by officers at the Quanzhou City Police Department in Fujian Province.

After Jiang's regime began its persecution against Falun Gong on July 20, 1999, FANG continued to practice Falun Gong and refused to renounce his belief in "Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance". As a result, he was detained illegally in the police station where he had worked. During his initial detention, four other officers kept a constant watch over him.

Several months later the authorities transferred him by force to the city's brainwashing class, but he still refused to give up his belief. A month later, the police station sent him to the Anshan City Mental Hospital (the notorious Kangning Hospital) to torture him for 16 months. During this period of time, the mental hospital and the police station authorities threatened, intimidated and tortured him, but couldn't shake his righteous Belief.

According to a report in the Chinese Times newspaper, on August 27, 2002, FANG was sent to a mental hospital. He escaped from there and then spoke with foreign media. When he talked with the Washington Post, he said, "I do not have any mental illness, but I was forced to stay with mental patients for 16 months".

FANG said that in Heilongjiang Anshan Kangning mental hospital, he was forced to take drugs everyday. Later, the hospital gave him drugs and asked him to go back to his room to take the drugs. He said, the doctor told him that they knew he was not sick, but they had to give him the treatment under orders from their supervisor.

During the 45 minutes he spoke with the Washington Post, FANG talked rationally and was very clear-minded.

Because of pressure and harassment from the police station, FANG Lihong, his wife, and son were forced to leave home and become destitute. In December 2001, while telling people the facts about Falun Gong, they were arrested illegally by the Quanzhou City Police Department in Fujian Province. The police searched their living quarters and confiscated everything.

The entire family was detained in the Quanzhou City Detention Center, where they suffered inhumane torture. The police deprived them of sleep for several days in order to extort a confession, not even spare their twelve-year-old son, who was threatened, intimidated and emotionally scarred as a result.

Refusing to cooperate with the evil forces, Mr. and Mrs. FANG went on a hunger strike to protest. Thirteen days later, on the verge of death, Mrs. FANG was released. FANG Lihong remained illegally imprisoned until he was tortured to death on February 8, 2002.

A doctor from Anshan Kangning mental hospital has verified that Mr. FANG was treated in the hospital previously and that they already know that Mr. FANG is dead, but he would not say more about his case.

Wang Lixin 02.07.2001

WANG Lixin, male, 32 years old, lived in Jilin City. WANG Lixin was arrested by police in November 2000 because he made 100 copies of Falun Gong materials.

While being held in the No. 5 prison cell of Jilin City’s No. 3 Detention Center, WANG went on a hunger strike to protest the persecution. After two days of not eating, he was sent to the No. 6 cell where FENG Naiwu, the head of the cell, led inmates to torture him. FENG claimed that guard named YANG has given the order to beat WANG and use inhumane methods to force-feed him. WANG’s mouth filled with blood as a result, causing him to suffocate and lose consciousness.

FENG also made sure WANG was not allowed to sleep. An inmate named ZHANG Qun kept WANG awake by punching and kicking his ribs and feet, and making him a target for boxing practice. On the fifth day of WANG’s hunger strike, the guard named YANG and another guard named ZHANG took him, with handcuffs on his wrists and ankles, into the office and force-fed him with 250 grams of highly concentrated salt water. WANG was unable to sleep for several nights as a result of this torture. On the afternoon of the seventh day of his hunger strike, WANG became very weak and delirious. Inmates, including FENG Naiwu and ZHANG Qun, took turns beating him. Guards YANG and ZHANG then ordered the inmates to bring him into the office. WANG’s screams of pain could be heard through the prison. After more than half an hour, they sent WANG back to the No. 6 prison cell. WANG had both hands tied behind his back, and there was a white towel tied across his mouth. He could only make muffled sounds.
On the eighth day of his hunger strike, WANG was sent to the hospital. He died two days later.

Both the AFP and the Asian Free Radio reported WANG’s case on February 7, 2001.

Wang Huaiying 02.01.2001

WANG Huaiying, male, 58, a worker at Heze Instrumental Factory, Shandong Province

WANG Huaiying was from Wangtang Administrative Village, Mudan District's Beicheng Office, Heze City, Shandong Province. On January 26, 2001, Wang Huaiying went to Beijing to appeal the persecution of Falun Gong. He was arrested at a checking station on Yong'an Road, Nanyang City by the City's Police Department.

The officers from the Nanyang Police Department took turns torturing and abusing practitioners. They used a cruel torture method called "steelyard hanging" on those practitioners who had been on a hunger strike for ten days. "Steelyard hanging" is to hang a person up by cuffing one of their hands, and at the same time tying the other hand with a belt and forcefully pulling the hand far to the side, thus the person's body forms the shape of a hanging steelyard scale. This is an extremely cruel torture, and almost everyone hung up in this manner would looses consciousness.

On February 1, 2001, 58-year-old Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. WANG Huaiying was hung up for between three or four hours, and died as a result. All the Falun Dafa practitioners from Heibei, Shandong and Henan, who were illegally detained there as well as all the other inmates detained there witnessed it.

An autopsy was carried out after WANG Huaiying was tortured to death. When WANG's family members went to the Nanyang Police Department, WANG's body was already cremated. The Police Department even ordered WANG's family member to pay an autopsy fee of 4000 yuan, but they was refused. Judging from the photos of the autopsy, WANG suffered from multiple wounds on his wrists, ribs and back from the torture and beating. There was also extravasated blood throughout his tissues.

Shang Qingling 01.31.2001

SHANG Qingling, male, 38 years old, was a resident in the township of Lixin. Because he insisted on practicing Falun Gong, he was arrested on December 28, 2000 and thrown into the Laiwu City Detention center.

The police tried to force him to write statements attacking Falun Gong and expressing remorse. He refused to do so and started a hunger strike in protest. On day 9 of his hunger strike, the police placed long handcuffs and heavy shackles on him, and forced-fed him with flour soup.

The force-feeding caused severe infections in his lungs and trachea. The police finally released him and rushed him to the hospital, but it was too late. He passed away on January 31, 2001.