Practitioners Were Tortured to Death in Changchun City
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World Organization to Mail address: Investigate the Persecution hwww.upholdjustice.org P. O. Box 84 Tel:001-347-448-5790 NewYork, NY of Falun Gong Fax:001-347-402-1444 10116 USA 追查迫害法轮功国际组织 Practitioners Were Tortured to Death in Changchun City Attachment I: Practitioners Were Tortured to Death in Changchun City (Up until December 3, 2003, it has been verified that 41 practitioners were tortured to death) Attachment II: Some Torture Death Cases Case 1. Dr. Guifeng Zhao Dr. Guifeng Zhao, Female, about 40 years old. Chinese medical doctor in the First Automobile Manufacturing Company in Changchun, Jilin Province. Dr. Zhao has been illegally detained in the Shuangyang Detention Center. She has been interrogated many times outside the detention center by the Changchun municipal public security bureau, in some reserved room in a hotel near Jingyuetan in Changchun. The exact room number is not known because the policemen blindfolded Dr. Zhao as soon as they were outside the Shuangyang Detention Center. Everytime she was tortured before sent back. The first time, the policemen beat Dr. Zhao non-stop for three days and three nights. The second time, Dr. Zhao was put on the tiger stools for five days and five nights. Her right arm and rib was broken due to the beating. The third time, she was put on the tiger stool for seven days and seven nights. During the beatings this time, Dr. Zhao lost conscious many times. The police spread cold water on her and then continuted to beat her after she became awake, finally they broke her neck vertebra. When she was in comatose condition, Dr. Zhao heard one policeman saying "let's not beat her to death like that Gao Ya last time." Only then was she sent back by the police. Dr. Zhao came back with broken right arm, rib and neck vertebra. But in order to cover their evil deeds, the police did not send her for any medical treatment. And to further block the information, the people who were in the same room with Dr. Zhao and knew her situation were sent to the so-called education-through-labor camp, illegally. Rightnow Dr. Zhao Guifeng has been disabled, and is still detained in the Shuangyang Detention Center. Case 2. Ms. Han, Chunyuan 1 To investigate the criminal conduct of all institutions, organizations, and individuals involved in the persecution of Falun Gong; to bring such investigations, no matter how long it takes, no matter how far and deep we have to search, to full closure; to exercise fundamental principles of humanity; and to restore and uphold justice in society. World Organization to Mail address: Investigate the Persecution hwww.upholdjustice.org P. O. Box 84 Tel:001-347-448-5790 NewYork, NY of Falun Gong Fax:001-347-402-1444 10116 USA 追查迫害法轮功国际组织 Ms. Han, Chunyuan, female, was a Falun Gong practitioner in Changchun City, Jilin Province. She was illegally sentenced to four years in prison. In July 2002, a guard named Jiang repeated shocked her with an electric baton until she died. Case 3. Ms Wang, Kefei Ms. Wang, Kefei, female, 35 years old, worked at Changchun Agriculture Bank in Jilin Province. Wang Kefei held a 25- day hunger strike at Heizuizi Labor Camp in Changchun City to protest the brutal persecution. On December 20, 2001, she was tortured to death. Since July 22, 1999, Ms.Wang Kefei was illegally detained numerous times. She was perseverant in the detention center and was heavily shackled for 11 days. When she was interrogated, she was carried in and out of the room. In early August 2001, she was illegally sentenced to forced labor, and was sent to Heizuizi Female Labor Camp where she was brutally tortured. Several days after she was sent to the labor camp, her face became deformed from torture and her body was covered with bruises. In November 2001, Ms.Wang Kefei resisted overtime slave labor and was tortured by perpetrators led by Luan Yunjuan, the deputy group head. After Ms.Wang Kefei started the hunger strike, she was tied to the head of a double-bunk metal bed standing up, so she can't move or lie down. Sometimes she is laid flat on the ground. Around 9 a.m. on December 20, 2001, the perpetrators at Heizuizi Labor Camp sent Ms.Wang Kefei, who was near death at the time, to Jilin Province Labor Reeducation Center Hospital. Ms.Wang Kefei was unconscious and incontinent. The doctor didn't conduct any examination and Ms.Wang Kefei's hands were tied the sides of the bed throughout the whole time she was receiving intravenous infusion. The hospital staff didn't check on her even once, and her I.V. bottle was changed by a female inmate. Around 6 p.m., Ms.Wang Kefei was found to be not making any sound, and she was immediately carried to the morgue without any emergency treatment. Case 4. Ms. Shen, Jianli Ms.Shen, Jianli, female, 34 years old, was a professor at the Application Mathematics Department of Jilin University Nanling District. Ms.Shen Jianli went to Beijing five times to appeal, and for three times she was arrested and sent back to Changchun. She was detained under security detention for a total of 30 days. On March 2, 2001, the authority of Jilin University called her four-year-old daughter and her to school and forcibly sent them to Nanguan District Brainwashing Class. Ms.Shen Jianli's husband Mr. Zhen Weidong was a teacher at Jilin Electronic Information High Technical School, and he is also a Falun Gong practitioner. He was arrested when making truth clarification materials and was detained at No. 3 Detention Center in Changchun. On March 6, by order from the "610 Office", the Changchun Nanguan Court tried 13 Falun Gong practitioners including Mr. Zhen Weidong for the second time. During the trial, the police arrested many practitioners who went to audit the trial, and they beat practitioners who defended legally themselves in court. Ms. Shen Jianli was arrested by police on this day, although according to Chinese law, she has the right to audit the trial as a family member. In late April, she was tortured to death by police, less than two months after her arrest. Her husband Mr. Zhen Weidong is still being detained. Their friends are taking care of their four-year-old daughter. The Jilin University "610 Office" has verified the name of Ms. Shen Jianli, which shows they were in charge of her case. 2 To investigate the criminal conduct of all institutions, organizations, and individuals involved in the persecution of Falun Gong; to bring such investigations, no matter how long it takes, no matter how far and deep we have to search, to full closure; to exercise fundamental principles of humanity; and to restore and uphold justice in society. World Organization to Mail address: Investigate the Persecution hwww.upholdjustice.org P. O. Box 84 Tel:001-347-448-5790 NewYork, NY of Falun Gong Fax:001-347-402-1444 10116 USA 追查迫害法轮功国际组织 Case 5. Mr. Hou, Mingkai Mr. Hou, Mingkai, male, 35 years old, was a Falun Gong practitioner in Changchun City, Jilin Province. In March 2002, Mr. Hou Mingkai took part in airing truth clarification videos in Changchun City. The "610 Office" posted an award of 50,000 yuan and two-step-up promotion for the capture of Mr. Hou Mingkai. On August 21, 2002, Mr. Hou Mingkai was arrested, and the police claimed he "committed suicide by jumping off a building". On August 23, his body was secretly cremated. Case 6. Mr. Liu Yi Mr. Liu Yi, male, 34 years old, lived at Qingnian Road, Luyuan District, Changchun City, Jilin Province. On March 18, 2002, Mr. Liu Yi resisted persecution and was arrested by the local police from the Criminal Police Division of Luyuan District Police Department. He was brutally beaten to death in the office of the Criminal Police Division, and his body was placed in People's Liberation Army 208 Hospital. The police watched his family around the clock and they strictly blocked the news. This is the first case of death from brutal violence after the large-scale search began on March 6. Within three days from March 6 to March 9, more than 3,000 Falun Gong practitioners in Changchun were arrested and detained under criminal detention, due to direct pressure from Jiang Zemin. Case 7. Mr. Liu, Haibo Mr. Liu, Haibo, male, 34 years old, was a doctor at the CT room of Luyuan District Hospital in Changchun City. Mr.Liu Haibo was illegally detained numerous times, his home was ransacked and he was brutally tortured. In the evening of March 11, 2002, Mr.Liu Haibo was abducted by police from Kuancheng District Police Department and was brutally tortured to death. The police department authority ordered his body to be secretly cremated and they strictly blocked information. Case 8. A male Dafa practitioner A male Dafa practitioner from Changchun City, Jilin Province, was in his 30s and worked at an Industrial and Commercial Bank. On March 16, 2002, he resisted the large-scale arrest triggered by the airing of truth clarification videos. As a result, he was arrested and brutally beaten to death at the Criminal Police Division of Jicheng Police Department. Several of his internal organs were broken and his body was grossly deformed. Case 9. Mr. Song, Changguang Mr. Song, Changguang, male, 26 years old, was about to graduate from Jilin University, Telecommunications College. He was a Falun Gong practitioner and lived in Biangang Township, Shuangchenzi Village, Changchun City, Jilin Province.