Victim:

Yang Baochun, male, from Congtai District of Handan city, Hebei province

Location of Detention and Torture:

1.      The Handan Labor Camp of Handan city, Hebei province

2.      The Handan city Mental Hospital, Handan city, Hebei province

Perpetrators:

1.      The Director of the Labor Camp of Handan city, Hebei province

2.      The Head of his work unit, Handan city, Hebei province

3.      The Head of Handan city Mental Hospital, Handan city, Hebei province

A Brief Report of the Incident:

Mr. Yang Baochun was beaten up many times in the Handan Labor Camp of Handan city by the policemen simply because he refused to give up practicing Falun Gong. One day in 2000, when it was snowing heavily, he lost consciousness because of the severe beatings. He was pulled outside and left on the frozen ground for the entire night. In the morning his condition was so poor that he was sent to the hospital for emergency treatment. The doctors diagnosed necrosis in his legs from frostbite; they had no choice but to amputate. He was sent home after the amputation. For fear that he would go to appeal, his work unit committed him to the Handan city Mental Hospital. He has been detained there ever since. His current situation is unknown.

type = Case, Psychiatric; type=Labor Camp, Handan Labor Camp; location= Hebei , Handan