The authorities of Baimalong Labor Camp in Zhuzhou City, Hunan Province, including the doctors and nurses at its medical office, have been injecting Falun Gong practitioners with a nerve-damaging drug called “Winter Sleep.” After the injection, practitioners suffer severe memory loss and want to sleep all the time; some lose their clarity of mind and physical balance.

Chen Chujun, female, 34 years old, is an employee of the South Railway Station in Huaihua County, Hunan Province. Since July 1999 Ms. Chen has been detained and sent for brainwashing several times because she went to Beijing to appeal to the government to stop persecuting Falun Gong. In August 2000 she was sentenced to forced labor at Baimalong Labor Camp. Because Ms. Chen refused to renounce Falun Gong, she suffered all kinds of torture, including electric shock. In November 2001, since Ms. Chen refused to cooporate with labor camp authorities, they pushed her face against the floor, tied her hands behind her back, and cut off her hair. To protest the maltreatment, Ms. Chen began a hunger strike. Six days later, she was sent to the medical office for intravenous injections. The medical staff injected glucose, along with the nerve-damaging drug “Winter Sleep” into her bloodstream. After several days of injections, Mr. Chen suffered severe memory loss. The medical office blocked all information about her.

Later, Ms. Chen was sent to the Employee Medical Center of the Zhuzhou Chemical

Plant to be force-fed. By the time she was released, her condition was severe. In

September 2002, Ms. Chen once again went to Beijing to appeal and she was sentenced to three years of forced labor in April 2003.

Xia Ting, female, 32 years old, is a resident of Hunan Province. In October 2000, Ms. Xia was sentenced to two years of forced labor and detained in Baimalong Labor Camp.

Since she refused to give up the practice of Falun Gong, she was forced to stand for extended periods of time, handcuffed, and shocked with electric batons. In September 2001, she started a hunger strike to protest the inhumane treatment. She was sent to the medical office, where she was held for more than one month. During that time, Ms. Xia was injected with “Winter Sleep.” As a result, she became sluggish, her back and shoulders were deformed, she lost much of her vision and she was unable to balance herself well while walking. Ms. Xia’s term was then extended for another year without any legal proceedings. By the time of her release, because of damage from “Winter Sleep,” she was unable to speak clearly or walk well, and had lost so much of her memory that she couldn’t even keep track of the date.

Yu Yingzhu, female, 29 years old, is a resident of Zhuzhou City, Hunan Province. Ms. Yu has been detained in Baimalong Labor Camp for over three years because she is a Falun Gong practitioner. Ms. Yu and Ms. Xia Ting were put in the same team and they went on hunger strike together. Ms. Yu was also sent to the medical office and injected with “Winter Sleep,” causing her to feel very weak. After each injection, she found some pink fluid in her discharge. After 4 or 5 injections, she knew that something was very wrong, and firmly refused to go to the medical office again. Right now, Ms. Yu is most likely still being held at the Baimalong Labor Camp.