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Abusive Force-Feeding
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Officers in labor camps brutally force-fed practitioners on hunger strike. They
tied the practitioners to "iron chairs" and forcefully fed them. After inserting
the tube into one nostril, they pull it out and inserted it into the
other nostril. Some-times, they inserted the tubes into both nostrils at the
same time, which made it difficult to breathe. Due to the rough insertion of the
rubber tube, many practitioners' larynx and esophagus were severely injured. The
victims frequently bleed from the nose due to the savage process. |
Force-Fed more than 100 Times |
Sun Shaomin, male, resident of Heilongjiang Province
In January 2001, Mr. Sun Shaomin was sent to the Changlinzi Labor Camp and
detained for over seven months. On July 2, 2001, he went on a hunger strike to
protest the detention. He was then force-fed with a tube twice a day. His sister
was forced to sign a form stating that the labor camp would not be responsible
if Mr. Sun died. According to a report dated September 16, 2001, Mr. Sun was on
hunger strike for eighty days and he was force-fed more than a hundred times. |
Damaged Nasal Cavity and Esophaguss |
Guo Hongyu, female, 34, resident of
Heilongjiang Province. She has been detained since June 2000
On the morning of May 4, 2001, Ms. Guo Hongyu was tied to an "iron chair" while
he was detained at the Wanjia Labor Camp. Under the command of the director of
the labor camp hospital and leader of No.12 Team, Zhang Botao, several guards
forced a tube into Ms. Guo's nose. The violent poking injured her nasal passage
and esophagus, and she began to bleed. Ms. Guo's body bore many scratches and
wounds. The police also left her tied to the "iron chair" after the
force-feeding. |
Force-Fed with Chemicals |
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Force-Feeding
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Peng Zhenhe, male, Kangjing Township, Hulan City, Heilongjiang Province
In 2001, Mr. Peng Zhenhe was sentenced to one year of labor camp for appealing
to the government for Falun Gong. He was shackled and confined in a small cage
for a long time at the Changlinzi Labor Camp. On July 2, 2001, Mr. Peng began a
hunger strike with other Falun Gong practitioners in the labor camp. The hunger
strike lasted for fifty-three days, as reported on August 24, 2001. During the
hunger strike, he was tied to an "iron chair" and force-fed many times.
The prison guards inserted a stomach tube through Mr. Peng's nostrils to
force-feed him corn porridge containing very high concentration of salt. When
the tube was inserted, the guards would push and pull the tube repeatedly to
inflict excruciating pain. Some-times they mixed large amounts of potassium
chloride to the corn gruel, which caused severe chest burn. Mr. Peng lost
consciousness because of the chemicals. |
Trachea Penetrated |
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Liu Guixiang, female, 55, resident of Milin County,
Heilongjiang Province
Ms. Liu Guixiang was dragged by male guards from the Wanjia Labor Camp and then
confined to an "iron chair" because she went on a hunger strike to protest her
illegal detention. They inserted a tube into her trachea. She passed out
immediately when the corn flour reached her trachea. One guard punched her face
to wake her up. After the force-feeding, she vomited blood for two days and she
had blood in her stool. She also had bruises all over her face. |
Force-Fed with Boiling Salt Water |
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Wang Yanxia, female, from Liaoning Province
One day when Ms. Wang Yanxia has been on a hunger strike for over eighty days,
the guards at the Masanjia Labor Camp pried her mouth open with a pair of iron
scissors and force-fed her with boiling salt water. As a result, her mouth was
covered with blisters and two of her teeth were broken. She was hand-cuffed to
the legs of a bed in such a position that she could neither sit nor squat. Ms.
Wang was beaten and kicked so hard that her front teeth and some of her hair
fell out. Her left eye was bloodshot and her cheeks were bruised. After a heavy
snowfall, the guards forced her to take off her coat and stand in the snow for
more than two hours with only a thin shirt and pants on. |
Pepper Powder |
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Gao Xunhong, female, 33, resident of Hebei Province
On December 22, 2000, Ms. Gao Xunhong was arrested in Beijing when she ap-pealed
to the central government for an end to the persecution of Falun Gong. She was
escorted back and detained at the Pingshan County Police Station in Shijiazhuang
City, Hebei Province. Five policemen beat her un-til her face was black and
blue; her chest bone was broken from the beating.
During her first night in the detention center, Ms. Gao's hands were tied to the
bed and she was not allowed to sleep. The next day, she was beaten with her
hands cuffed behind her back. The policemen covered her eyes and force-fed her
with hot pepper powder. Then they poked her body with pins, sexually groped her
with their hands, and stripped off her clothes. |
He Miao's Suffering from Abusive Force-Feeding |
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He Miao, female, 38, lives at Shangyun Street, Bayan County, Heilongjiang
Province.
In July 2001, policemen from Harbin City's Police Department arrested Ms. He
Miao and sent her to the Wanjia Labor Camp. On October 21, 2001, she went on a
hunger strike with 12 other practitioners detained in the third section to ask
for their unconditional release. However, the guards beat her and locked her up
in a damp and cold solitary compartment. She developed scabies and pustules.
Some parts of her body had raw, open sores, which were extremely painful.
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Force Feeding
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On October 29, 2001, Ms. He was force-fed with tubes for the first time. Guards
chained her to a chair. They grabbed her hair and started punching and kicking
her. The labor camp doctor, Jiang, slapped her so hard that she almost fainted.
He hit her until her face was numb and then force-fed her with tubes. When Ms.
He went back to her section, she felt so sick that she vomited into a wooden
bucket. The guards saw this through surveillance cameras. Then Jiang came in and
pulled her away to force-feed her again. She was then beaten and kicked a second
time.
On the 11th day of her hunger strike, November 1, they force-fed her again.
This time she was pulled out by the guard, Wang Yan, and beaten by the labor
camp doctor, Chang Fan. He punched her very hard. Due to the hunger strike and
brutal beatings, Ms. He became so weak that she could not get out of bed. Her
face was so hot and swollen that it had to be covered with a cold towel to
soothe the distress. Afterwards, she was sent to the labor camp's hospital to endure another brutal beating, which had become a prelude to every forced
feeding.
At 7 a.m. on November 20, the 30th day of the hunger strike, Ms. He was dragged
into the guard's office. They handcuffed her to the heater pipe and then
punched, kicked, and slapped her. They slammed her head against the wall and
also threatened to use electric batons on her. Then they handcuffed both of Ms.
He's hands to the bedpost before force-feeding her. The guard said in a rage,
"Don't even think you can get out of here by going on a hunger strike! Give her
some medicine. She needs `rest'!" So the nurse force-fully gave her a few
injections of some sort. She then felt that she could not move. The police
unlocked the handcuffs and brought her back to a room in the hospital. Ms. He
told fellow practitioners that she was given some injections and that if
something happened to her, they would be witnesses to her death. Then she passed
out and remained unconscious for a few days. The hospital increased the
intravenous infusions from two bottles a day to five bottles a day. Her blood
pressure remained at around 80/50-60. Ms. He and others had been on hunger
strike for more than three months.. |
Pulling Out the Teeth for Force-Feeding |
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1. Yang Xianfeng, female, resident of Shashi City, Hubei
Province
2. Zhu Juying, female, Deputy Director of the Neighborhood Committee,
Shashi City, Hubei Province
In March 2001, police in the Shashi City arrested Ms. Yang Xianfeng at her home.
Without any due process, the police detained Ms. Yang and an-other practitioner,
Ms. Zhu Juying, for nine days.
During those nine days, the police kept Ms. Yang and Ms. Zhu from sleeping by
shining bright lights in their eyes. The police tortured the practitioners by
forcing them to stand still or remain outside in the freezing cold for long
periods of time. The police also beat the practitioners while they were forced
to sit on a high stool.
Four policemen repeatedly beat Ms. Yang until her left arm fractured. Ms. Yang
was barely able to move her arm. The police also doused her eyes with red-pepper
water. They stuffed a lit cigarette up her nose, causing Ms. Yang to pass out.
The police tied her to a wooden board in a spread-eagle position as if she were
on a cross. During the physical torture the police also psychologically abused
Ms. Yang with offensive acts and lewd talk.
After nine days of detention, the police transferred them to the Shashi
Detention Center. In November 2001, Ms. Yang and other practitioners in the
detention center went on a hunger strike demanding their unconditional release
and the return of their personal freedom. The police used pliers to pull out
three of Ms. Yang's lower teeth so as to further torture her with force-feeding
through a tube inserted down her esophagus. There was so much bleeding that her
clothing was stained red.
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