52 Practitioners from Fang-shan District Detained in Zhou-kou-dian Hospital for Mental Patients by Chinese Communist Regime
January 18, 2000
Because there were many practitioners from Fang-shan District, Beijing who went to appeal for Falun Dafa, Beijing police department put pressure on the local police station of Fang-shan District. Inparticular, practitioners from the Cheng-guan town of Fang-shan District were very determined about Falun Dafa, so the local police station, the District Committee and the police department of Cheng-guan town detained the local practitioners in a hospital for mental patients.
Below are statements from some detained practitioners that we managed to obtain.
[1] We 52 practitioners are being detained in the Zhou-kou-dian hospital for mental patients. On December 6, the police station of Fang-shan District took us to the police station by all kinds of excuses such as attending transformation classes, having a meeting, filling a form and having a conversations etc. Later, all of us were sent to Zhou-kou-dian hospital for mental patients without any legal or medical formalities. Now it has lasted for more than 40 days. They also block the news about us. The director of the hospital said, "They detain you here because they are afraid that you might go to appeal during the Macao's return and the New Year's Day."
[2] Here we live a very simple and crude life. We have nothing but one bed, one quilt, two bowls and one set of chopsticks. We do not have any other articles of everyday use such as washing utensils, let alone changing clothes or taking a bath. At night, the staff members in the hospital will come to check us from time to time like treating mental patients. They turn on the lights and count the heads from time to time. The walking noises could be heard all night. Moreover, our room is next to an entertaining Karaoke room. Every night, we have to bear the loud noises and could hardly fall asleep for more than half a night.
[3] Everyday, We have one bowl of cereal, a steam bun and several pieces of pickles for the breakfast and dinner. For the lunch, we have in addition a half bowl of rice and a little boiled cabbages. We simply do not have enough food.
[4] We have been here for 40 days. We no longer know what it looks like outside. We are isolated from the outside world.
[5] We are a couple. Our detention has brought a lot of inconvenience to our family. The government even puts pressure on our 18-year old and13-year-old children. They have shut off the power of our apartment for one month. They also said they would send our two children to the hospital for mental patients and torture these children. My elder-daughter now also quits her job. She cannot go to work because she needs to stay at home to take care of her younger brother and sister. We have suffered severe financial loses in addition to the inhumane mental and physical sufferings. These two children have suffered unbearable mental pressure.
[6] On December 6, I was arrested by the police. My mother-in-law did not know about that at all. On that noon, nobody took care of her lunch. I heard that after I was taken into custody, my mother-in-law cried at home everyday. One of my sisters-in-law is also being detained here. How could my mother-in-law bear this tragedy? My daughter is only11 years old and could not take care of herself, let alone her aged grandmother.
[7] Not only did the police cheat us but they also swindled our money. Ten days after I was detained here, the official of my village went to my home to ask for money. He said that we would be detained for one month, and we need to pay 1,000 Yuan (more than one month of salary of an average employee in China) to cover the living expenses. My family members, who were so trusting and honest, gave him 1,000 Yuan without any arguments and without any receipt. After the New Year's Day, the official went to my home again to ask for money, saying that we need to pay a deposit of another 1,000 Yuan. I heard that my family had not paid that money yet because they could not afford it.