Ms. Chen Jingru, nearly 40, is from the Yitong County Food Storage Company. She was imprisoned in Heizuizi Forced Labor Camp for appealing to the government to stop persecuting Falun Gong.

In mid-August of 2000, police transferred her from Team No. 3 to Team No. 6. On the third day after she was transferred, the section chief, Yue from the Administration Section and the head of Team No. 6, Li Hong summoned her to the guards' room. Each with an electric baton in hand, Yue and Li Hong fiercely shocked Chen's face, neck and head, burning most of her hair. Chen's face and neck became red and swollen with many big blisters. They shocked her for more than one hour. Then, Yue called in four to five guards, Hu from Team No. 3 among them. They surrounded Chen to slap her. Yue also fiercely beat her chest, and then grabbed her clothes and threw her against the wall. On the fourth day, she was returned to Team No. 3.

From September to October 2000, they forced her to squat the whole time except when she ate, used the toilet or slept. They tortured her like this for as long as 15 to 16 hours, but at least 12 hours everyday for a period of over 40 days. Every time when she finished squatting and stood up, she had unbearable pain and even had difficulty walking.

The most severe occasion was on November 17, 2000, at around 9 a.m. when guard, Wang Lihua and team leader, Xi Guirong in police uniform fiercely shocked Chen for more than 2 hours with high-voltage electric batons. When it began, guard Wang Lihua summoned Chen to the guard's room. The two guards each held an electric baton and fiercely shocked her head, face, neck and back. The two guards handcuffed her arms behind her back and continued to shock her. Chen Jingru's whole body twitched and convulsed violently, and one of her slippers came off. The two guards continued to torture her for over two hours nonstop until lunchtime. Chen Jingru's face became red, swollen, deformed, and full of blisters. Her neck looked like cauliflower. Large blisters appeared on the back of her neck. Her back turned black from the shocks. Most of her hair was burned, her scalp was full of blood blisters, and her body smelled awful.

In Team No. 3 of Heizuizi Forced Labor Camp, beating, cursing and physical torture are the daily routine. The deputy leader of the team cursed as she said, "Beat them harder, and if they cannot take it, they would have to write pledges to give up."

Presently, Ms. Chen is detained in Yitong County Detention Center for making pro Falun Gong materials.