Falun Gong Practitioner Brutally Tortured

Yanji, February 27, 2009: Mr. Shen Quanhui from Yanji City, Jilin Province was arrested for practicing Falun Gong. He told his family members during their only visit that he had been subjected to numerous tortures during his five month imprisonment. He had also become very emaciated and weak since his arrest.

Mr. Shen was arrested illegally on September 7, 2008 by policemen from Janji City. On February 10, 2009, due to the family's persistence, they were able to see Mr. Shen at the Helong Xicheng Detention Center under the watchful eyes of the guards. But when Mr. Shen began exposing the tortures to which he had been subjected, the guards forcibly took Mr. Shen away. Before the arrest Mr. Shen weighed 85 kg. However, now he has lost so much weight that he looks like a skeleton, his face is as pale as a sheet, and he is very weak.

When he was detained in Toudao Police Station, Mr. Shen was barbarically beaten by the policemen there. They kicked his head, as well as the most vulnerable parts of his body. He was almost killed there. After he was locked up in the Helong Xicheng Detention Center, the guards brutally tortured Mr. Shen, hoping to force a confession from him. The guards used extremely cruel methods of torture.