Mr. Han Zhe is a Falun Dafa practitioner from Wanghua District, Fushun City, Liaoning Province. On December 14, 2001, while carrying materials that expose the persecution of Falun Dafa in China (often referred to as truth-clarification materials), the security department from the Fushun City Steel Company abducted him. He was sent directly to the Fushun City Labor Camp, where he was forced to go through intensive brainwashing for one month, after which he was detained for another four more months.

Han Zhe was subjected to various forms of torture while in detention. Every day he was forced to sit straight on the floor for over 10 hours. Any small movement would invite brutal beatings. At night, he was not allowed to sleep. Sun Jiwen, administration section chief, shocked Han with an electric baton. Under the order of Xu Huli, a camp officer, several criminals lifted him up and then slammed him to the ground, and they used wooden planks to beat his entire body. As a result of such torture, Mr. Han lost consciousness for several days. When he regained consciousness, he was no longer in a clear state of mind. Not until then did the camp inform his family to pick him up. He returned home on May 15, 2002.

Mr. Han has been diagnosed as having a mental disorder, which was clearly a result of the torture he was subjected to at the hands of the authorities.