Around 3:00 p.m. on May 14, 2002, two policemen and two security officers from the Paoyazi police station of Dalian, Liaoning Province arrested Ms. Wang Yunjie from her workplace, without any legal warrant. They took her to the Paoyazi police station. Later, Ms. Wang was transferred to the Public Security Bureau's Branch in Ganjingzi Precinct. She was not given any food or water. At the Ganjingzi precinct, the police locked Ms. Wang and a dozen other Falun Gong practitioners into a small iron-plate hut of several square meters in circumference. The next morning, Ms. Wang was transferred again to Yaojia Forced Labor Camp, where she was detained for 20 days. Ms. Wang was then taken to the Masanjia Forced Labor Camp on June 4, 2002. At that time the police from Ganjingzi informed Ms. Wang that she had been given a two-year sentence to be served at Masanjia Forced Labor Camp without any legal process or trail. They pressured her to sign the detention notice documents, but Ms. Wang refused.

After Ms. Wang had arrived at Masanjia on June 4, she was taken to the No.1 Brigade. Captain Wang Xiaofeng and guard Shi Yu were assigned to guard her. At first, Ms. Wang was isolated in an empty room on the second floor of No.2 Building in the women's section. She was not allowed to wash herself or brush her teeth. She was only allowed to use the toilet with permission from the guards. They had to stay with her at all times. It was past midnight when she finally was allowed to sleep--on the cold concrete floor. During the day, the guard took her to the backyard and forced her to stay in the hot summer sun. If she did not cooperate, she would be taken to the bathroom, toilet, warehouse or basement to be tortured.

They interrogated Ms. Wang and tried to force her to give up practicing Falun Gong. They made her squat, remain in a kneeling position or stand still for a very long time. During the interrogation, they asked "Will you give up practicing Falun Gong?" Ms. Wang replied, "Never!" The guard Shi Yu said, "Her brain must be made of granite. That's why she refuses to reform." Then, Shi Yu grabbed Ms. Wang's hair and shouted, "A large number of people have renounced Falun Gong. You think you are better! Granite brain!" Then she beat Ms. Wang.

Between June 5 and mid-November 2002, she was locked into a dark and damp toilet room for over a month, locked in a storage room and the basement for nearly four months. When she was locked in the toilet room, she was locked from 4:30 a.m. to midnight and forced to stand still and/or squat during the entire time. Only during mealtimes was she allowed to sit on the floor. Even during mealtimes, she was kept in the toilet room, despite the guards using the toilet. She was subjected to these same tortures in the lavatory, the warehouse and the basement. As time went on, the physical punishment became increasingly more brutal.

Six months later, Ms. Wang was transferred to the No.2 Branch of the No.1 Brigade. She would be awakened at 5:30 a.m. by two of her torturers who would force her to memorize and recite all camp rules and regulations. When she refused, they would extend her prison term or drag her out of the bedroom and torture her. Typical torture methods included of hanging her up by her hands that were handcuffed behind her back, or being forced to stand still or squat for a long time.

Another six months passed. One day around 6:00 p.m. guard Shi Yu called Ms. Wang to the office because she had written a note in her bedroom. Shi Yu had become enraged when she saw the note. She and the female guard Ren Hongzan (Captain of No.6 branch brigade), beat Ms. Wang, trampled her body and kicked her with their boots. They knocked Ms. Wang to the ground. This continued until midnight.

Once Ms. Wang's prison term was arbitrarily extended by five days when she refused to copy text from a book that vilified Falun Gong. In addition, Ms. Wang was forced to do hard labor, including planting trees, digging holes for trees and husking corn.

On December 3, 2002, a "Reform Group," from the Liaoning Province's Public Security Division came to Masanjia Forced Labor Camp. They were the most vicious and heartless guards from Benxi, Jinzhou and Fushun forced labor camps. Mr. Sun, Deputy Head of the Liaoning Province's Public Security Division, and Guo Teiying, the former Head of Benxi Drug Rehabilitation Bureau, were in charge of this "Reform Group."

This "Reform Group" identified 50 determined Falun Gong practitioners from No.1, No.2 and No.3 Brigade and locked them in the Zonghe Building, where the torture chamber was located. Ms. Wang was one of the 50s.

At first, they kept Ms. Wang in isolation. She was denied sleep and forced to stand still in the corner of the room. The next day, she had to sit on a chair with her hands tied behind her back to the back of the chair. At night, they had her wear a motorcycle helmet. The guards kept chopsticks and a basin of cold water ready to use, and whenever Ms. Wang closed her eyes, they poured water over her and hit the helmet hard with the chopsticks.

Two guards from Benxi, holding an electric baton, shouted, "We will see who is tougher!" The two men tore Ms. Wang's shirt open and started shocking her breasts with two electric batons for 30 minutes. Afterwards, they made her stand still for the entire night. The next morning, guard Guo Tieying asked Ms. Wang nastily whom she would follow. Ms. Wang replied, "I will follow the teaching of Falun Gong."

Guo Tieying immediately brought in two guards and several collaborators to torture her. They tore a bed sheet into strips and tied her legs in the cross-legged position. Next they handcuffed her arms behind her back and tied her upper body to her legs. Made Ms. Wang looked like a ball. Then they suspended her in the air by the handcuffs, with her hands still behind her back. She suffered excruciating pain from this torture for seven hours. Afterwards, Ms. Wang could no longer walk with her back straight, but was bent over, nor could she sit straight. Her breasts had been disfigure by the intense shocks, and eventually developed serious infections.

Although Mr. Wang had become extremely frail, she had to do forced labor in the No.2 branch brigade. She was forced to make handcrafts for export, such as paper flowers. Four months later, she was transferred back to No.2 branch of No.1 Brigade. Another two months later, the guards at Masanjia Forced Labor Camp realized that she was dying. To avoid legal responsibility, they forced Ms. Wang to have a physical outside the camp. They brought her back to the camp the next day and told her family to come and get her immediately. They also demanded 2,000 Yuan from her older sister. Her older sister refused, citing the crimes committed against Ms. Wang.

Finally, Ms. Wang gained her release. Later her family found out that the Masanjia camp staff had believed that she had only two months to live. The Masanjia camp staff had not shared any of their knowledge about Ms. Wang's serious condition with her family. After Ms. Wang returned home, the camp called her family once to ask whether she was still alive.

The following links lead to photos of Ms. Wang Yunjie, taken after she had suffered from the aforementioned tortures.

Incident Info.

1. Ganjingzi Branch of Dalian City Public Security Bureau, Dalian City, Liaoning Province
2. Paoyazi Police Station in Paoya Small District, Dalian City, Liaoning Province
3. Yaojia Detention Center, Liaoning Province
4. Masanjia Forced Labor Camp, Liaoning Province

1. Police of Ganjingzi Branch of Dalian City Public Security Bureau, Dalian City, Liaoning Province
2. Police of Paoyazi Police Station in Paoya Small District, Dalian City, Liaoning Province
3. Police of Yaojia Detention Center, Liaoning Province
4. Wang Xiaofeng, group leader of No.1 Brigade, Masanjia Forced Labor Camp, Liaoning Province
5. Shi Yu, about 20, group leader of a branch of No. 1 Brigade, Masanjia Forced Labor Camp, Liaoning Province
6. Ren Hongzan, group leader of No. 6 Branch, No.1 Brigade, Masanjia Forced Labor Camp, Liaoning Province
7. Mr. Sun, male, Deputy Head of the Liaoning Province's Public Security Division
8. Guo Tieying, male, the former Head of Benxi Drug Rehabilitation Bureau
9. Other police of Masanjia Forced Labor Camp, Liaoning Province