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Jilin Prison Uses 'Death Beds'
to Torture Falun Gong Practitioners
Shen Zhou
The
Epoch Times
Monday December 17, 2007
The death bed, a torture method originating from Jilin Prison,
is frequently used to torture imprisoned Falun Gong practitioners
at the Jilin Prison and Jilin Province Women's Prison, also known
as Heizuizi Women's Prison, in Changchun City. Similar to the
ancient, cruel punishment of being drawn and quartered, many Falun
Gong practitioners have been tortured to death this way.
According to a Clearwisdom.net report on December 11, 2007, the
death bed involves piecing together two twin-size beds and handcuffing
or tying a practitioner's hands and feet onto the four opposite
corners of the two beds. After the practitioner is tied up, the
beds are moved in opposite directions and bricks are inserted
between the two beds. Each brick adds severe pain and injury.
Once tied to the death bed, the victim is unable to move her
hands and legs. The beds can be pulled in various directions to
cause additional pain and injury throughout the body. Blood circulation
from the ankles and wrists are cut off as the muscles tear and
bones break. Some practitioners were tortured to the point of
dementia while others left handicapped.
Death Beds to Torture Male Falun Gong Practitioners at Jilin
Prison
In October 2003, Jilin Prison set up over 10 small dark rooms
for solitary confinement, which are referred to as psychological
"therapy" centers to outsiders. Each room is equipped
with a fixing bed used as a torture device. After the practitioner
is tied into position, others torture him with various methods
that include, but are not limited to stabbing with needles, burning
with hot water, depriving of sleep, kicking, beating, and stepping
on the practitioner.
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To exacerbate the pain, quilts, water bottles, wooden boards,
or other objects are forced between the practitioner's back and
the bed, so the body becomes suspended. The arms and legs are
stretched even more tightly, leading to torn wrists and ankles.
With the back arched and head bent back, breathing is extremely
difficult and and the victim turn pale due to lack of oxygen.
Falun Gong practitioners have been fixed to the bed by the police
anywhere from ten days to two months. Their bodies were devastated
and emaciated. Their muscles atrophied and their limbs lost strength.
They need the support of a wall in order to walk. The cold of
winter intensifies the injuries to their hands and feet.
Many male practitioners have been left disabled, and at least
10 male Falun Gong practitioners were tortured to death in Jilin
Prison, including Liu Chengjun, Zhang Jianhua, Cui Weidong, Wei
Xiushan, He Yuanhui, Hao Yingqiang, Lei Ming, Sun Changde, Wang
Qibo and Cao Hongyan.
Death Beds in Jilin Province Women's Prison
Female Falun Gong practitioners in Jilin Province Women's Prison
are not spared from the same torture. After limbs are secured
to four bed corners, the bed board is removed, and only an iron
pole half an inch in diameter supports the lower back. The rest
of the body is left dangling in the air, and heavy objects are
added on the practitioner's legs. The practitioners are tied this
way and prohibited from using the toilet around the clock until
they are "transformed".
The tortured person is left feeling neither dead nor alive. Falun
Gong practitioners who refuse to give up their beliefs have all
been tortured with the death bed at least once. Some can't even
count how many times they've been put on the death bed.
Ms. Song Yanqun of Shulan City, Jilin Province, is an English
teacher at Dade Japanese School in Haerbing. She was sentenced
to 12 years in prison for refusing to give up the practice of
Falun Dafa. After Ms. Song was tortured on the death bed by the
guards at Jilin Province Women's Prison in May 2005, her left
leg became cold and numb. Her entire right arm constantly trembles
from pain, and she can no longer write.
At least seven female Falun Gong practitioners have been tortured
to death in Jilin Women's Prison. They are Yu Lixin, Deng Shiying,
Wang Qiuyong, Yang Guiqing, Yang Guijun, Han Chunyuan, and Jiang
Chunxian. Those who were tortured to the point of mental breakdown
include Yang Mingfang, Ban Huijuan, Wang Guohua, He Shurong and
several others. The actual number of deaths and severity of torture
is estimated to be much worse as the flow of information is tightly
blocked by the prison.
There are still more than a hundred Falun Gong practitioners
being detained in Jilin Province Women's Prison. Practitioners
who refuse to "transform" are persecuted separately
by the prison guards. They are monitored and deprived from sleeping
by the other prisoners and tortured on the death bed.
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