(Clearwisdom.net)
Facts of the Persecution
In April 2004, Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Wang Shusen broadcast a truth clarification video by tapping into the national cable TV system. In retaliation, authorities arrested almost eight hundred Falun Dafa practitioners in the Hegang region of Heilongjiang Province, including a seventy-eight-year-old practitioner.
On April 8, 2004, policeman Jin instructed prisoners to cruelly beat Falun Dafa practitioners. As a result, Mr. Yan Jinlai suffered from chest pain and a chronic cough for six months.
My name is Xie Huizhou. I am a Falun Dafa practitioner from Zengtong Village, Tuchengzi Township, Changyi District, Jilin Province. On September 30, 2004, two village heads and three others ransacked my home and found three truth clarification VCDs. I explained to them the facts about Falun Dafa. Village Head Hou asked some questions and wanted me to sign my name on a document. I absolutely refused. I told them sternly that everything they did that day violated the law. They left.
In May 2002, Falun Dafa practitioners detained in the Second Detention Center were doing group Dafa study and sending forth righteous thoughts when Center Director Li Shulin put handcuffs and ankle shackles on the practitioners, then locked their handcuffs to the shackles. Thereafter, he forced practitioners sit on the wet cement floor and had the common prisoners pour cold water over their heads. He also deprived practitioners of sleep for thirteen consecutive days. Other practitioners who were not being tortured went on a hunger strike to protest the torture of their fellow practitioners. Because of their action, they were beaten with rubber hoses.
On April 30, 2002, several male practitioners were forced to go through military drills. During the drills, Mr. Zhao Xilai had diarrhea, and had difficulty walking. However, the lead instructor, Kang Linghui, forced him to participate in the training anyway. Zhao Xilai protested, and was brutally beaten.
At the beginning of December 2002, police forced twenty-three Falun Dafa practitioners into "training." They were required to sit on small stools or freeze outside, and were beaten twice a day. This lasted for four to five days. During this training session, practitioner Mr. Hu Yanjun's hands were handcuffed to a railing, he was hung up with his legs tied up, then beaten by policeman Wang Fugui and other prisoners, resulting in leg injuries. Because Mr. Sun Fengli is steadfast in practicing Falun Dafa, Director Li instructed the Third Ward police to force him to sit on a small stool with his legs open, bend his body backwards at an angle of 130 degrees, and hold that position without movement for twelve hours a day. As a result, his legs were injured and he has difficulty walking. Another practitioner, Mr. Li Yuzhang, commented that it was too crowded to sleep, for which he was beaten until his finger was injured to the point that he cannot use it.
My entire family practices Falun Dafa. My father, Zhang Ziwen, mother, Liu Yuhong, and younger brother, Zhang Ximing, were forced to leave home and move from place to place to avoid being illegally arrested at home after July 20, 1999, when the persecution began. They were arrested in October 2002 by the "610 Office." For a long time I (daughter in the family) did not know where they were. Finally, I found out that my father was detained in the Second Ward, Fifth Region, of the Jianxin Labor Camp, Hexi District, Tianjin City. Even though his blood pressure is 200, police still refuse to release my father. They keep him on duty during the night time, and deprive me of my right to visit him. My mother is detained in the Second Ward of the Banqiao Women's Labor Camp, Dagang District, Tianjin City. My brother is detained in the Second Ward, Sixth Region of the Qingbo Labor Camp, Xiqing District, Tianjin City. The practitioners were forced to process unclean food for distribution, while they also went through brainwashing.