Mr. Li Tuhan from Zhejiang Province Missing for Eight Years after Being Forced into Homelessness

Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Li Tuhan from Gongqian Village, Huzhen Town, Jinyun County, Zhejiang Province was sixty-four years old. He was forced to become homeless in 2004. Since then, his whereabouts are unknown.

On July 20th, 1999, Mr. Li and other local Falun Gong practitioners went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong. However, he was arrested and sentenced to two and a half years in the Shiliping Forced Labour Camp in Zhejiang Province. He rejected the brainwashing and refused to sign the “guarantee letter” to renounce practising Falun Gong. Therefore, the guards of the camp seriously persecuted him with methods such as locking him on a "tiger bench¹" continuously for 9 days and nights, disallowing him to use the toilet, feeding him only salted rice and locking him in a confined compartment. Because of his belief in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, Mr. Li was transferred to a mental hospital by the local government officials immediately after being released from the camp. In the hospital, he was injected with unknown drugs. He escaped from the mental hospital.

Mr. Li was emaciated when he arrived home. There was no one at home, since his wife had been sentenced to three years and his son to 14 years. In order to survive, he went to the local government office to request a return of his ID. (His ID was taken away when he went to Beijing.) However, the official of the 610 Office requested him to sign a “guarantee letter,” to get his ID and he refused.

Mr. Li finally found a job at a local company traveling to other cities to maintain machines. On a business trip in 2004, he was arrested at a hotel since he did not have any ID.

Mr. Li was then detained and seriously beaten by the police at the Hu Town Police Station of Jinyun County. He was severely injured all over his body. Later, he successfully escaped from the detention centre and became homeless. However, 8 years have passed and no one has seen him since. (One of Mr. Li's relatives told a Falun Gong practitioner that the CCP members often asked him about Mr. Li, right after he escaped from the detention centre. However, they stopped doing that several years ago. He was worrying about Mr. Li and did not know his whereabouts.)

Telephone numbers for responsible organizations and people:
Huzhen Town Police Station of Jinyun County, Zhejiang Province
Police Chief: +86-578-3153377, +86-13906781376(Mobile), +86-13957096706(Mobile),+86-13957084299(Mobile),
Policeman, Liu Zhaofa (He persecuted Mr. Li seriously): +86-13957096761(Mobile),Chief of the Domestic Security Group, Liu Xiaocai: +86-578-3233189

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.