Mr. Li Yequan, male, 38, was an employee of the Bullet Factory at Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province.

Since the persecution started in July 1999, Mr. Li has been repeatedly imprisoned, detained, sent to labor camps and brainwashing centers, and tortured. The authorities have repeatedly extorted money from him and from his family.

Photos taken just after his release

On September 23, 2005, police from the Saertu Police Station in Daqing City arrested Mr. Li, sentenced him to forced labor and sent to the Daqing City Labor Camp. He started a hunger strike in order to protest the persecution and torture. During his hunger strike, guards at the labor camp force-fed him three times every day and tortured him. When doing the force-feeding, guards ordered six inmates to hold him down. One person held his head, four persons held each of his limbs, and another person sat on his chest. This torture made Mr. Li lose consciousness right away. The skin on his left eyebrow was scraped off, causing him to bleed, leaving a big scar.

Guards at the labor camp used screwdrivers, which were bent into a bow shape in order to pry his mouth open for the force-feeding. Knowing that Falun Gong practitioners do not drink alcohol, they force-fed him with wine. Mr. Li's throat and esophagus were damaged due to the insertion of the feeding tube, but the guards continued torturing him. Once, the deputy leader of the First Group, Wang Yingzhou and the labor camp doctor mixed a large amount of white wine into a corn paste. They force-fed him with the paste and made him drunk. Then Wang Yingzhou used a high-voltage electric baton to shock Mr. Li's mouth, heart and hands. His hands were burned, leaving scars that are still clearly visible today.

Before the New Year of 2006, Wang Yingzhou ordered four inmates, including Zhou Dongming and Wang Yu, to drag Mr. Li out of his bed in the middle of the night. He only wore very thin clothes and was forced to stay in the freezing cold outside for half an hour. They did not let him come in until his whole body started to twitch.

Another time, Wang ordered the same inmates to drag Mr. Li into a bathroom in the middle of the night while he was still sleeping. They stripped his clothes off and poured cold water on his head. They poured more than ten buckets on him until he had difficulty breathing and was shaking terribly.

On March 17, 2006, Mr. Li and other Falun Gong practitioners were transferred to the Suihua City Labor Camp for further persecution. When he arrived, guards used high-voltage electric batons on his hands and feet and ordered four personal cangues (1) to monitor him around the clock. They tied his hands, put earphones on his ears, and played tapes which defamed Falun Gong for six hours every day.

The leader of the First Squadron of the Second Group, Zeng Lingjun beat and scolded Mr. Li several times. He slapped his face and throat with chopsticks, stepped on his ankles with heavy boots, and burned his hands with cigarette lighters. Mr. Li’s fingers were burned and covered with inch-long blisters. The scars are still visible today. Claiming to help Mr. Li to exercise, Zeng ordered personal cangue Gao Yun to open his legs and forced him to sit with both legs stretched out until he was unable to breathe due to the pain. They continued this three times until Mr. Li lost consciousness.

On July 6, 2006, Mr. Li was released for medical care. After his release, he was extremely emaciated due to the torture at the labor camps, and his body was full of scars.