15 Falun Gong Women Tortured to Death at Wanjia Labor Camp
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> 15 Falun Gong Women Tortured to Death at Wanjia Labor Camp
>
> (Falun Dafa Information Center) July 3 - Around June 20, 2001, at least 15
> female Falun Gong practitioners died in a spate of violence and torture at
> the Wanjia Labor Camp in Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province, China.
>
> Sources report that the women were all tortured to death in the Wanjia
> Reeducation Labor (Laogai) Camp in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province on or
> around June 20th, and an unspecified number of Falun Gong practitioners
are
> still undergoing emergency treatment for injuries.
>
> The Wanjia Reeducation Labor Camp claims that the cause of death was that
> the women committed mass suicide by hanging, but could not explain how
this
> could happen given the fact that the victims were under 24-hour
surveillance
> in the labor camp. Figures also show that throughout the nearly two years
> of persecution against Falun Gong, authorities have claimed that almost
all
> deaths in police custody were because of "heart disease" or "suicide."
>
> A complete list of the deceased is unavailable at this time, but among the
> deaths already confirmed are the following:
>
> · Ms. Zhang Yulan, 55 years old, was the assistant of the Heilongjiang
> Province Mishan City Practice Site. It is understood that she has been
held
> in Harbin labor camps for about two years. Zhang's family rushed to
Harbin
> on June 20 upon hearing of her death, but it was not until June 23 when
the
> body was cremated that they were allowed to see the body. They noticed
deep
> strangulation or rope marks on her neck.
>
> · Ms. Shao Yin, 33 years old, was a staff member at the Mishan Animal
> Husbandry Bureau. She was sent to the Wanjia Labor Camp sometime in the
> year 2000 and died on June 20 this year.
>
> · Ms. Li Xiuqin, an elderly woman, was a retired worker from the Lishu
> District grain depot in Jishi City, Heilongjiang. After she was arrested
> when she went to Beijing to appeal in 1999, she was illegally sent to the
> Wanjia Labor Camp on December 26. She died on June 20th. The labor camp
> immediately cremated her body without notifying the family. The family
only
> received a box containing her ashes. Li Xiuqin's family relayed the words
> of the prison guards: "The authorities have stated that when a Falun Gong
> practitioner is beaten to death, it is counted as a suicide. The bodies
are
> not to be identified and are to be directly cremated."
>
> · Ms. Zhao Yayun, 54 years old, was a villager in the Lequn Commune in
> Shuangchen city. She was taken from her home in July, 2000 and sent to
the
> Wanjia Labor Camp after about a month. She died on June 20th. One June
> 21st, the family saw her body in the following condition: the hair was
> matted and unkempt, the area around the eyes were black and blue, the eyes
> were slightly open, there was a pinch mark about the size of the nail of
the
> little finger at the Renzhong acupoint [between the nose and the upper
lip;
> pressure is usually applied there in emergencies such as coma, shock,
apnea,
> etc.], there were still finger marks on her face from being slapped, the
> entire face was bloated, there was one light and one heavy strangulation
or
> rope mark on the neck, the shoulder blades were bruised, the arms were
> injured, and there was a large area of bruising on the lower back. The
> family noted that the teeth were clenched tight on Zhao Yayun's corpse
even
> though officials had said that her tongue had extended outside her mouth
> when she had ostensibly hung herself.
>
> Because of the seriousness of this incident, officials from the central
and
> provincial governments have already gone in person to inspect the site.
The
> labor camp and other security agencies have also taken great pains to
block
> information. Staff and guards at the Wanjia Labor Reeducation Camp have
not
> been permitted to go home and people on the outside are not allowed to
> enter. All personnel have had to hand in their cell phones and pagers and
> most of the labor camp's telephones are not being answered.
>
> It is thought that those directly responsible for this incident include
the
> Director of the camp, Shi Yingbai, the leader of No. 7 Team Wu Jingying,
and
> the leader of No. 12 Team Zhang Bo. Reporters who have called Harbin
local
> authorities note that a "responsible person" in the judicial system will
> only say that "things have been arranged quite well" and "the higher
> authorities are all observing the matter closely." Certain local police
> stations that originally notified family members of the deaths have also
> since been blamed by the labor camp for leaking information.
>
> Many of the family members of the deceased are currently traveling to the
> labor camp. One of the family members of the victims says that the labor
> camp has appointed a "fully authorized representative" of unknown identity
> who wants the families to sign a document saying that the deaths have
> nothing to do with the labor camp.
>
> Labor camp personnel told one family member: "According to government
> regulations, no compensation will be given. A Falun Gong practitioner's
> death is worth nothing. In consideration of the fact that it is not easy
> for the family members to come here, each family is allowed to claim a
total
> of RMB2,000 (about US$250). Be aware that we are being considerate to
you."
> Distraught family members also indicate that certain public security
> officers have brazenly stated: "Go ahead and sue us if you can."
>
> Observers have pointed out that the escalation in frequency and intensity
of
> torture since the month of June is a direct cause of the large number of
> deaths of Falun Gong practitioners in Wanjia Labor Camp. According to
> reliable sources, in order to get a higher percentage of Falun Gong
> practitioners to renounce their practice and become "reformed," Wanjia
Labor
> Camp has been using many different kinds of forms and instruments of
torture
> against practitioners, and the situation worsened in June of this year.
>
> · Sources disclose that some 50 female practitioners who refused to write
a
> "Separation Statement" denouncing Falun Gong were thrown into male
> prisoners' cells to face abuse. Labor camp guards demanded that they also
> stand on the cement floor 24 hours a day, tied them up all night long and
> deprived them of sleep, with male prison guards and male prisoners
> monitoring them for eight or nine days straight.
>
> · Information leaked from the prison indicate that the prison guards in
such
> way: "They pressed Song Yusu down in the water then dragged her out; they
> poured water on Wu Shulian's body and then shocked her with an electric
> baton; Cao Liandi fell unconscious after she was strung up."
>
> · Sources also reveal that the labor camp asked the male prisoners to
firmly
> hold onto female practitioners Wang Fang, Zuo Xiuyun, and Li Yanhong,
whose
> bodies were covered with pustules, and "use razors and razor blades to
> scrape back and forth, mixing their flesh and blood."
>
> · Prison guards forced Gao Shuyan, Chen Yali and others to sit in a
certain
> type of iron chair for up to 14 hours a day, for 28 days. Sometimes, they
> were locked up in the chairs day and night. The prison guards admitted
> "even male prisoners aren't able to take it after sitting in it for two
> days."
>
> · Sources also say that in one of the small cells, the head female
prisoner
> gave the Falun Gong practitioners only little bit of corn gruel twice a
day,
> just enough to cover the bottom of the bowl. The practitioners could
finish
> the gruel in just two mouthfuls and were starved very badly.
>
> According to sources, Wanjia Labor Camp now has several dozens of Falun
Gong
> practitioners who have already finished serving their terms. However, the
> labor camp refuses to release those who will not write a "Separation
> Statement."
>
> After this tragedy of at least 15 deaths, Wanjia Labor Camp still has
plans
> to forcibly enforce "complete reform of all the Falun Gong practitioners
in
> custody before July 20."
>
> Reliable sources indicate that the public security department of
Shuancheng
> City, Heilongjiang Province, has recently come up with a secret plan: for
> those practitioners who refuse to renounce Falun Gong, they will use
plastic
> bags to cover up their noses and mouths so that they will suffocate to
> death.
>
> Analysts say that from the burning of live persons incident in Baiguo
Town,
> Ma City of Hubei Province to the Wanjia Labor Camp tragedy in Harbin, and
> with death reports of Falun Gong practitioners pouring in recent weeks,
the
> persecution against Falun Gong in China appears to be escalating rapidly.
>
> FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT THE FALUN DAFA INFORMATION CENTER -
> Contacts: Gail Rachlin 212-501-8080, Adam Montanaro 917-405-4507, or Feng
> Yuan 917-912-3301. Email: faluni...@nycmail.com, website:
> http://www.faluninfo.net
>
>
>
anonman
(mercantilist) government. Just look how those Chinese keep their workers
in line. They don't take any crap from their plebians; they know how to
deal with that! (The American police could sure learn some things from them
Chinese). What fine trading partners the Chinese are - keeping their labor
pool so terrorized and ripe for exploitation. Let's get them into the WTO
ASAP and really get the sweatshop profits flowing!
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