(Minghui.org) The Beijiang Prison, Sihui Prison, and Huicheng Prison are three major prisons where male Falun Gong practitioners are detained in Guangdong Province. The practitioners who are incarcerated there are subjected to physical torture and brainwashing aimed to force them to renounce their faith.
According to an insider, the Beijiang Prison specifically set up a “Cult Management Office,” which is overseen by guards Xiao Jiazeng, Zhang Yonghui, Xu Qiuxia, Zhang Jiwen, Yu Huiying, and Xie Xin’an. The prison also designated Division 9 to detain Falun Gong practitioners, which is under direct supervisor of deputy warden Yu Hongkui.
When practitioners refuse to renounce Falun Gong, guards often force them to sit on small stools motionless for long hours, do the single-leg squat, or handcuff and shackle them. Other torture methods include starvation, sleep deprivation, and being denied shower and restroom use. A guard once said, “No one (Falun Gong practitioners) leaves the prison without being transformed.”
Mr. Li Qiaosong, a 56-year-old resident of Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, was subjected to brutal torture while serving a six-year term at the Beijiang Prison.
Guard Ye, who was assigned to manage Mr. Li, ordered inmate Cao to starve him. According to an insider, Cao once complained to Ye that Mr. Li refuted what he said during a brainwashing sesssion. Ye responded, “Just don’t give him enough to eat.”
When it was lunch time, Cao gave most of Mr. Li’s food to another inmate. Mr. Li wasn’t allowed to have breakfast either, or was just given a morsel of food. He reported the situation to the guard on duty and was told that, “The food is for the inmates. If you admit that you are an inmate, we will give you food.”
Mr. Li didn’t give in and continued to be starved. He became so hungry and weak that he had difficulty walking.
Guard Huo Linyin in Division 9 arranged several inmates to watch Mr. Li when he slept to prevent him from tossing and turning. Even if he moved a little, the inmates woke him up. His sleep was severely disrupted. This abuse continued for several months. Despite Mr. Li’s severe sleep deprivation and struggle to stay fully awake during the day, the guards still forced him to watch propaganda videos which slandered Falun Gong every day. They also forced him to sit on a small stool and the inmates often pressed their knees into his back.
In the heat of the summer, the guards forcibly covered Mr. Li with a thick comforter and only allowed him to take a shower once every a few weeks. When he smelled bad, the inmates accused him of not taking care of his personal hygiene.
Another torture Mr. Li suffered was being denied restroom use, especially when he refused to agree with the inmates during brainwashing sessions.
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