Mr. Zhang Beiqi is currently being detained in the No. 4 brigade, second unit of Yinmahe Forced Labor Camp. On March 19, 2002, officers Zhang Xin, Guo Yiping, and Zhang Mingcai savagely tortured him. Mr. Zhang wrote down facts about the persecution he endured at the labor camp and appealed to the court. When the officers found out about this, they summoned him to the office. Policemen Zhang Xin and Guo Yiping each used an electric baton to hit Mr. Zhang on his head and face. They stripped off his clothes and started shocking him all over his body. Mr. Zhang was in such pain that he rolled around on the floor. They handcuffed his hands to the heating pipes and beat him.

On April 2, 2002, policemen Zhang Xin and Zhou Kaiming requested that Mr. Dong Xue denounce his practice of Falun Gong. When he refused, the police forcefully stripped off Dong’s clothes, then shocked and beat him with electric batons for over one hour. His nose was bleeding from the beating and his blood was spattered all over the floor. His body was covered with cuts and wounds and his face was badly deformed. Dong stated that he would appeal to the higher court after his release. The policeman Zhou said that their actions were supported by the central government.

Mr. Lin Xianchen is a resident of Jiutai City, Jilin Province. He is currently being detained at the No. 4 brigade, unit 3. Mr. Chen Peizhong is from Helong County, Jilin Province. On September 7, 2002, at a work site, policeman Zhou Kaiming violently struck Mr. Lin with a plastic tube that was over a meter long because he did not want to give up Falun Gong. Cuts, wounds, and more than 30 bloody marks covered Mr. Lin’s body. The next day, Zhou used the same vicious method to torture Mr. Chen.

On April 11, 2002, the No. 4 brigade ordered another round of torment and punishment for those practitioners who would not renounce Falun Gong. Every day, they were each forced to sit on a stool[1] for over 14 hours, with only two minutes for a restroom break. Anything that does not conform to the brigade leaders’ wishes results in a beating. Some practitioners are not allowed to change the clothes they have been wearing for almost three months. They are not allowed any visits from family or friends.

Practitioner Mr. Qiao Jianguo is from Zhucheng City, Shandong Province. He is currently being detained at Yinmahe Labor Camp No. 4 brigade, unit 2. Mr. Huang Yuedong is detained in the camp’s No. 1 brigade.