(Minghui.org) Mr. Zhang Shengqi (张胜齐), a Shandong antique shop owner and Falun Gong practitioner, has been locked in solitary confinement in Jinan Prison since he was detained there on May 13, 2014. In an underground small cell, he is subjected to severe beatings daily, force-fed with chili water, and other tortures.
Under the direction of Li Wei (李伟), director of the No. 11 ward of the prison, inmates carried out the beatings. The three main ones are: Li Jiaquan (李家全), former editor of People's Daily; Yin Jun (尹军), former manager of Weifang Fuhua Hotel, and Yang Hongyou (杨红友), a former police officer.
Between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m. every day, Mr. Zhang's shouts could be heard, “Falun Dafa is good! Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good!” as he protested tortures, according to sources from the prison.
Mr. Zhang was illegally sentenced to five years in prison on January 7, 2014. The sentence was upheld by the local intermediate court in May.
On the day of his arrest on May 3, 2013, Mr. Zhang saw his employee Ms. Jiang Shu'e being shoved into a car by some unidentified people. In an attempt to rescue her, he smashed the car window.
These people turned out to be plainclothes policemen from the Laiyang City Domestic Security Division and Laixi Police Station. They beat him, arrested him and ransacked his antique store and warehouse, confiscating a lot of goods.
The police first charged Mr. Zhang under obstruction of justice. The case was rejected by the Laiyang Procuratorate for lack of evidence. The police then charged Mr. Zhang with using a cult to sabotage law enforcement, a common crime label for persecuting Falun Gong practitioners. Again, the case was rejected.
The police combined the two charges and brought the case against Mr. Zhang for the third time. The procuratorate took it, and a subsequent trial on December 24, 2013 resulted in a five-year-term sentence in January.
Summary of Key Persecution Facts:Name: Zhang Shengqi(张胜齐)Gender: MaleAge: Unknown Address: Laiyang City, Shandong ProvinceOccupation: Business owner
Date of Most Recent Arrest: May 3, 2013
Most recent place of detention: Shandong Prison or Jinan Prison (济南监狱)City: Jinan
Province: Shandong
Persecution Suffered: Detention, illegal sentencing, imprisonment, inhuman insult, abuse, death bed, kept in an underground confinement room, brutal beatings, force-fed with chili water.
http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2014/9/15/山东监狱十一监区近期迫害案例-297759.html
