[Hei-long-jiang Province] Our Experience in Labor Camp

By practitioners in Hei-long-jiang April 17, 2000

We over 70 practitioners are being detained in the Wan-jia Labor Camp because we refuse to renounce Falun Gong and we have gone to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong. We are from City of Harbin, City of Ji-xi, and City of Mi-shan etc.

We would continue to learn and practice Falun Gong wherever we are. In the labor camp, the officials ordered those criminals to closely monitor us 24 hours a day so that we could not have a chance to practice Falun Gong exercises. Under such circumstances, we went on hunger strikes in order to be able to practice Falun Gong.

On December 29 of 1999, we went on hunger strike for the first time. 5 days later, we were still required to do the morning running. 8 of us could not make it. Therefore, we 8 were forced to stay outside to in the freezing weather. The guard ordered us to take off our coats. Then each of us was forced to run while being dragged by two criminals. Later, some of us could not run any longer, we were just being dragged on the ground. Some criminals even beat and cursed us. Those criminals said, "if you continue to practice Falun Gong, our imprisonment would be prolonged. Please stop practicing Falun Gong so that we could go home earlier." This hunger strike lasted up to 12 days. During that time, we were forced-fed through the noses. Some of us were forced to take injections.

On this February 4, we were called to the conference room to have a meeting. Then the guard searched our cells and confiscated all our Falun Dafa materials. Later we went to ask for the return of those materials but got rejected. We felt that Falun Dafa materials are even more precious than our lives. Therefore, we went on hunger strike for the second time in order to get back those materials. During the hunger strike, we attempted to practice Falun Gong, but got beaten up by those criminals. Some of us were beaten up to such an extent that we could not even walk well. The labor camp force-fed us. Some of us refused to be force-fed. This time, the hunger strike lasted up to 22 days.

The labor camp gives a monthly score to each detained member as an assessment of his or her behavior. A practitioner said, "I do not want this score this month." As a result, this practitioner was tortured for over one hour. Because of electric shocks, blisters appeared on this practitioner's face and neck.

In Shuang-he labor camp, several practitioners got beaten up because they continued to practice Falun Gong exercises. Afterwards, the guard handcuffed each of them to the heating pipe and shocked their faces with electric club. While shocking the practitioners, the guard asked them, "would you still practice Falun Gong?" The practitioners did not give in at all. No matter how they were shocked, they always gave a firm answer: "I will practice even if I will be tortured to death."

Several practitioners were secretly transformed to Jia-mu-si Labor Camp. The guard confiscated the 950-Yuan cash of a practitioner.

Although we have received all kinds of unfair treatments, we could forbear all these silently without hatreds, with a compassionate and forbearing heart, so that the government and people would understand Falun Dafa and its practitioners.

[Hei-long-jiang Province] A Report on Hunger Strike in the Xi-ge-mu Labor Camp of Jia-mu-shi City, Hei-long-jiang Province

[The Chinese original of this report was posted on May 7, 2000]

At least 70 practitioners are being detained in the Xi-ge-mu Labor Camp of Jia-mu-shi City, Hei-long-jiang Province. They were sentenced to 3 years of forced-labor simply because they had gone to Beijing to tell the government that Falun Gong is a righteous practice that teaches people to be good. They were forced to work 13~14 hours a day, sometimes, up to 15~16 hours. The detained practitioners started hunger strike on March 23 to demand the government to rescind the arrest warrant for Teacher Li Hong-zhi, correct its wrong policy against Falun Gong, release all detained practitioners, allow people to practice Falun Gong and solve the problem through peaceful dialogue. The number of practitioners on hunger strike increased from a few to over 70 on the second day. The police cared nothing about the demands of the practitioners on hunger strike, instead, they beat them up.

On the twelfth day of their hunger strike, the labor camp invited the family members of these practitioners on hunger strike to the labor camp and told them that the labor camp would not be responsible for any possible death from hunger strike since the labor camp did offer the food to the practitioners.

On the thirteenth day, the police roped the practitioners on hunger strike and force-fed them with high-density salt water through the nose. Whoever refused to be force-fed were tortured with electrical club and leather belt etc. Currently, the hunger strike is still going on. The ambulance vehicle has been waiting in the yard of the labor camp. The lives of these practitioners are on the line.

The labor camp blocked the information from the outside and prohibited family members to visit these practitioners. They might be transferred to other places. Over 100 family members have gone to the labor camp to require the release of these innocent practitioners.

Meanwhile, after the news of the group hunger strike in the Xi-ge-mu Labor Camp was disclosed, practitioners from other cities such as Harbin, Ji-xi, He-gang, Jia-mu-shi, Qi-tai-he, Shuang-ya-shan and etc all have gone to their local "6.15 office" to appeal. However, most of practitioners who went to appeal got arrested. The police are investigating who disclosed the news of hunger strike and the so-called "organizers" behind the scene.

[Hei-long-jiang Province] Recent Persecutions Against Falun Gong Practitioners in Qi-tai-he City

[The Chinese original of this report was posted on May 7, 2000]

In December 1999, practitioners from Qi-tai-he City, Liu Jin-feng, Wei Jian-qiang, Wang Ya-hui and Zhang Li-ping, were each sentenced to 3 years of forced labor because they had attempted to go to Beijing to appeal to the government. Wang Ya-hui and Zhang Li-ping got arrested on the train. Liu Jin-feng and Wei Jian-qiang got arrested right after they got off the train.

On January 19 of 2000, another 11 practitioners from Qi-tai-he City were each sentenced to 3 years of forced labor. They were Liu Hong, Liu Xi-xiang, Hou Bo, Zhang Chang-ming, Liu Rui-yuan, Zhu Jun-he, Zhang Gua-yan, Yue Shu-ju, Shao Shu-jing, Tang Li-yun and Liu Jin-kui etc. Meanwhile, 3 practitioners from Bo-li County including Sun Jin-lin were each given 3 years of forced-labor because they refused to recant their beliefs in Falun Gong. They have done nothing wrong. People all knew they were good people.

Practitioner Zhu Jun-he recovered from hemiplegia after practicing Falun Gong. He got arrested because he reported his experience to "6.15 Office".

Practitioner Li Rui-yuan was a retired worker. He got rid of all his illnesses after practicing Falun Gong. He got arrested while donating 5,000 Yuan to the Civil Administration Organ to support the Orphans. He was then given 3 years of forced labor. People all felt indignant about his sentence.

Liu Hong and other practitioners appealed to the court and refused to sign on their sentences. However, they were still sent to the Xi-ge-mu Labor Camp for 3 years of forced-labor.

In April 2000, practitioners from Qi-tai-he City, Hei-long-jiang Province, Li Shu-wei, Zhang Xiao-feng, Zhu Li and Zhang Shou-xin etc were dismissed from the Party because of practicing Falun Gong. In Qi-tai-he City, 92 practitioners got detained in November 1999; 106 practitioners got detained in December 1999; 189 practitioners got detained in January and February 2000; and 118 practitioners got detained in March and April 2000. Some practitioners got detained for 45 days although their detention limits were 15 days.

Practitioner Zhou Bo-lin from the Qie-zhi district of Qi-tai-he City got detained in the Tao-xi police station. The director of the police station roared, "Do you know that the government has an order, it is fine to beat you to death?!" After he finished the words, he started to punch practitioner Zhou's face madly and meanwhile kicked his legs. He said as he kicked, "I will make you be unable to stand up again!". The director broke his shoes by kicking. Then, the director handcuffed the two hands of practitioner Zhou on the back and hung him up for up to 4 hours. Practitioner Zhou lost his consciousness many times because of extreme pain. The police even cut practitioner Zhou's face with a knife, dragged the handcuffs of practitioner Zhou, and shocked the head of practitioner Zhou etc. Afterwards, 8 policemen took turns to interrogate practitioner Zhou and did not allow him to have a sleep for 40 hours. They even pointed to his head with a gun.

In the detention center of Bo-li County of Hei-long-jiang province, 66 practitioners have been detained there for over two months. The police tortured them using all kinds of means. One kind of torture was like this: the police would rope practitioners' hands and feet and then hang them up with shackles, the police would also rope some iron pipes to their joints, which made the practitioners being unable to bend their four limbs. The practitioners would not allow to speak. A practitioner named Fang Cui-fang had been tortured like this for over one month.

Practitioner Cai Guo-lan and her three daughters are also being detained in this detention center. After she learned Falun Gong, she strived to become a good person according to the teachings of Falun Gong. She then volunteered to pay all the overdue taxes. During her detention of two months, the police tortured her many times. After the police got tired of beating her up, the criminals would be ordered to beat her up. She had been hung up upside down and not being able to sleep.

The police would not release those practitioners before their wounds healed, in order to cover up their crimes. The police even fabricated some pledges and reported to their supervisors that the "transformation rate" was 99%. They even summarized and promoted their experiences of torturing Falun Gong practitioners.