(Minghui.org) A 49-year-old man in Linyi City, Shandong Province has been subjected to various forms of abuse while serving a four-year term for his faith in Falun Gong, a spiritual discipline that has been persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party since 1999.
Mr. Liu Jinguo, the former assistant principal of the Linshu Neighborhood Fourth Elementary School in Linshu County, was arrested in November 2023 and later sentenced to four years. He was admitted to the Shandong Province Prison in the capital city of Jinan in July 2024. Between September and October 2024, he was forced to get up at 6 a.m. and not allowed to go to bed until 1:30 a.m.
On January 17, 2025, in the coldest time of winter, the guards stripped Mr. Liu naked, gave him a thin bed sheet to cover himself and then opened the window to freeze him, just because he refused to wear the inmates’ uniform. Inmate Liu Guishan, who was assigned to monitor him, was shivering even with a heavy jacket on. After an entire day of freezing, Mr. Liu lost consciousness and was taken to the hospital.
Because he refused to renounce Falun Gong after the onset of the persecution, Mr. Liu was barred from teaching or receiving any promotion or award. He was fired from his job in 2017. Prior to his latest term, Mr. Liu was received two more sentences, including a three-year term given in 2016 and another one-year term given in 2022.
While serving his first two prison terms, Mr. Liu was subjected to torture, including long hours of standing or sitting facing a wall, being subjected to high volume noise, being restrained to a chair with a restraining belt for three days, and forced-feeding. He lost consciousness several times and suffered memory loss as a result.
During Mr. Liu’s first term, his 80-year-old father became seriously ill from constantly worrying about him. The younger Mr. Liu’s son dropped out of high school due to the stress of the persecution.
When Mr. Liu was released in January 2023 after serving the second term, he was extremely thin. His wrists were numb and he had to use both hands to hold a pen to write letters seeking justice. His feet and legs were swollen and he was cold intolerant. His wife contemplated divorcing him due to the extreme pressure of the persecution, but later changed her mind.
Former Assistant Principal Twice Jailed, Emaciated After Torture During Latest One-year Term