Ms. Pei Fei, female, from Dunhua City, Jilin Province, was brutally tortured by policemen from the Minzhu Police Station and the local detention center. The following is a petition letter she wrote to the Standing Committee of the People's Congress in Jilin Province and the Provincial People's Procurator Office.

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Standing Committee of the People's Congress in Jilin Province, the Provincial People's Procurator Office:

My name is Pei Fei, female. I was born on December 12, 1964. I'm 40 years old. I am a college graduate and used to be an official of the Huajin Textile Company Ltd. (formerly Linen and Cotton Textile Factory) in Jilin City, Jilin Province. Because I practice Falun Gong, the company forced me to resign from my post and move out of my dormitory.

Around 8:30 at night on July 9, 2001, a precinct police officer from the local police station tricked me into opening the door of my younger brother's home, where I was temporarily staying. Over a dozen policemen, including the deputy police chief of Minzhu Police Station, Li Wenzong, and the police chiefs of Dunhua City Police Department and Jilin City Police Department, forced their way in. They took away my Falun Gong books, Falun Gong founder’s pictures, and other Falun Gong materials. They left a big mess and escorted me to the Minzhu Police Station in Dunhua City.

The deputy police chief, Li Wenzong, and six other policemen brought me to the second room on the left of the second floor. They pushed me towards an Iron Chair. They handcuffed me to the back of the chair by twisting my hands behind my back. They then shackled me to the two legs of the chair with my feet not touching the ground so I was hanging on the chair. Then the six policemen started to beat me. Li Wenzong and a policeman with the surname of Du first hit me on my head and face. They used water bottles to hammer me and poured cold water on me. They put a plastic bag over my head to suffocate me for one to two minutes. They also hit me on my body and legs. I felt very dizzy. My mouth was filled with blood, and my teeth became loose (they later fell out). The beating left my legs with bruises as big as 10-20 centimeters (about 4-8 inches). One bruise was as big as 30-50 centimeters (about 12-20 inches). Later, I started to have convulsions. The policemen said I was pretending. I experienced these convulsions for 3 hours, and they didn't even untie me. The next day, in the afternoon, Li Wenzong used high-voltage electric batons to shock me. I had blisters on my arms. I was not allowed to eat or drink, let alone to sleep. Whenever I closed my eyes, they would beat me. I was tied up like that twice, each time for over 50 hours. As a result, I felt dizzy, numb, and disoriented. My hands and feet were swollen and stiff. This abuse, along with other tortures I endured in the detention center, led to paralysis. I had to stay in bed for over 6 months. Even now, there are still hard bumps left in my legs.

Another person who was directly involved in overseeing the persecution was the police chief, Ren Junfeng. He ignored the law and let his staff do whatever they wanted. If they heard that somebody was a Falun Gong practitioner, they would illegally search that person's home and abduct the person. They would also torture that person in order to get names of other practitioners so that they could abduct them as well.

Another perpetrator is the police chief of the Dunhua City Police Department. He himself said to me, "You have to tell us what we want. If not, we will make you. We are allowed to use whatever means necessary." The head of the Interrogation and Investigation Section of the police squad, Bian Wenhai, openly demonstrated his willingness to torture Falun Gong practitioners. In the evening of July 12, he interviewed me. He told his staff in front of me, "We can use every means to torture her until she dies. Gag her while you punish her at night. If she dies, throw her out of the window. It's nothing if a Falun Gong practitioner dies."

I was brutally tortured at the Dunhua City Police Department Detention Center

On July 14, 2001, the associate head of the detention center, Liu Shiming, started kicking me when he saw I was practicing the Falun Gong exercises. He forcibly put handcuffs and foot shackles on me. He fixed the foot shackles to an iron ring on the floor. One of my hands was handcuffed to the other between my legs. I couldn't stand up straight and could only sit on the ground with my legs bent. I couldn't stretch out my back. I was held to the ground like that for two days and two nights and was not allowed to use the bathroom. My hands and feet became swollen and numb. My toenails turned black.

On July 16, 2001, they started to force feed me (as a way to torture me). According to Liu Shiming, they used the same tubes that were used to feed pigs to force feed me. The tubes were about 10-15 millimeters (0.4-0.6 inches) in diameter. They didn't even clean or disinfect them. Four or five people held me down while I was still wearing the handcuffs and shackles. A policewoman pulled my head by my hair and stepped on my forehead with her leather boots. It was so painful. I felt extremely weak and almost passed out. The head of the detention center, Zhang Zuochen, ordered the detention center personnel to tie me to the "Dead Person's Bed." My arms and legs were spread in 4 directions and were handcuffed and shackled to a wood board so my hands and feet couldn't move. While I was on the "Dead Person's Bed," Bian Wenhai came to carry out another round of force-feeding. He said: "Hunger strike? Force-feed her 3 times a day. Don't bother pulling out the tubes. Let them stay there."

Liu Shiming force-fed me with milk powder mixed with half a bag of salt. I vomited up the tubes and milk powder. My esophagus, throat, and stomach burned. After that, I lost my voice, couldn't eat solid food, or anything that was sweet or salty. All the tortures left my body in a very weak condition. I couldn't talk or eat normally. My feet and legs were numb. I was paralyzed for over 6 months and didn't recover until one and a half years later. Even these injuries didn't stop them from illegally sentencing me to two years of forced labor.

Appellant: Pei Fei

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