Mr. Dong Liantai Dies as a Result of Persecution in Changlinzi Forced Labour Camp

Mr. Dong Liantai, 45, was a farmer who lived in Zhengjiu Village, Shancheng Town, Shuangcheng City, Heilongjiang Province. After the persecution began in 1999, he went to Beijing twice to explain the truth about Falun Gong. Both times he was arrested and sent to forced labour camps. At around 7:00 p.m. on June 24th, 2008, as he was riding his bike home, he was detained by Zhaopaotun Village officials He Wei and Zhao Wenhua. Officer Fan Zimin from Shancheng Town Police Station arrested him, ransacked his home, and took him to Shuangcheng City Police Department to be interrogated. During the interrogation he passed out from injuries to his face, at which time officers dragged him to press his fingerprint on a fabricated "confession," which said he was carrying 100 Falun Gong flyers. He was then detained in the Shuangcheng City Detention Centre.

On July 7th, 2008, officers from the Harbin City Police Department also interrogated him. Mr. Dong stated openly and in a dignified manner, "I did not disrupt the social order by riding my bike home, and those fingerprints were taken when I was unconscious. Those officers threatened that they could sentence me to forced labour for two years for the 'crime' of possessing 100 Falun Gong flyers."

Soon after that he was "trained" in Wanjia Forced Labour Camp for ten days and then taken to Changlinzi Forced Labour Camp. In order to try to force him to give up his faith, the guards tortured him by tying him to a Tiger Bench¹ and force-feeding him mustard oil and highly concentrated salt water, which hurt his stomach and throat terribly. He was coughing severely, could not sleep, and he felt a hot, burning sensation in his chest and stomach, all of which caused him to pass out.

In less than 12 weeks, Mr. Dong was near death due to the torture. The camp administration feared he might die, so they quickly took him back to the Shancheng Town government to have his family pick him up. He felt as if his insides were burning, and his back and internal organs caused him unbearable pain. He coughed up rank lung tissue. Mr. Dong died only eight days later, at 6:40 p.m. on September 19, 2008, with a high fever and in extreme pain.

A guard at the camp said before taking him home, "We are taking you home, because you will not live through the night." Mr. Dong's death was very similar to Mr. Liu Quanguo's case (http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2008/2/21/94638.html). Mr. Liu also died after being tortured at Changlinzi Forced Labor Camp. He, too, had a high fever and coughed up lung tissue. Guard Zhao Shuang also told Mr. Liu, "You will die immediately."

Shi Yingbai, Changlinzi Labor Camp Director: 86-13703606789 (Cell)
Chen Chaowu, Shancheng Town CCP Political and Judiciary Committee Secretary: 86-13030035558 (Cell), 86-13206649000 (Cell)
Zhao Wenhua, Zhengxing Village CCP Secretary, who reported Mr. Dong: 86-451-53286543 (Home), 86-13100956088 (Cell)
He Wei, Zhaopaotun Village Chair, who also reported Mr. Dong: 86-451-53286618 (Home), 86-13100880899 (Cell)

Note

1. "Tiger Bench": Prisoners are forced to sit on a small iron bench that is approximately 20 cm (6 inches) tall with their knees tied together. With their hands tied behind their backs or sometimes placed on their knees, they are forced to sit straight up and look straight ahead without movement for long periods of time.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2008/9/22/186338.html