(Minghui.org) It’s recently confirmed by Minghui.org that a Leshan City, Sichuan Province resident was sentenced to three years for practicing Falun Gong. It has been two years since Mr. Chen Anjun was admitted to the Jiazhou Prison. But details about his arrest and sentencing aren’t clear.

Mr. Chen, 52 and a former instructor at the Tuqiao Police Academy, has previously served 1.5 years of forced labor and 14.5 years in prison for raising awareness about the persecution of Falun Gong by the Chinese communist regime.

Mr. Chen went to Beijing in 2001 to appeal for the right to practice Falun Gong. He was arrested, taken back to Sichuan, and given 1.5 years at the Xinhua Forced Labor Camp. He also lost his job as a result. The authorities monitored his daily life after he was released in late 2002.

Mr. Chen was arrested again in early 2003 and taken to Bi County Brainwashing Center. He held a hunger strike in protest and was in serious condition as a result. He was taken to the hospital for treatment on March 31, 2003. The authorities arranged people to stay near his hospital bed to monitor him and each of those people received daily compensation of 100 yuan.

Mr. Chen was taken back to the brainwashing center in mid-April 2003. He held another hunger strike and was again in critical condition. He was again sent to the hospital. His family demanded his release but they were rejected.

For working with other practitioners in tapping into a local TV signal to broadcast information about Falun Gong, Mr. Chen found himself being followed by the police in June 2005. He managed to escape from the police’s attempt to arrest him and was put on the wanted list. After six months of hiding, he was arrested at an internet cafe on December 12, 2005. He endured relentless torture and interrogation at the Shizhushan Detention Center.

The Leshan City Court sentenced Mr. Chen to 14.5 years on May 18, 2006. He served time at the Yaan Prison, Deyang Prison, and Aba Prison, before being transferred to the Chuanxi Prison in September 2010. As he refused to recite the prison rules, the guards ordered the inmates to press him on the ground, take off his pants and scrub his private parts with toothbrushes.

Torture reenactment: hitting one’s head against the wall

As Mr. Chen remained firm in his faith, the guards constantly beat him, hit his head against the wall, deprived him of sleep, and restricted his restroom use, shower times, and laundry. He was also forced to wear heavy clothes and a tight, thick cotton hat during the heat of summer.

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