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Shibalihe Women's Forced Labor Camp in Henan Province Lied about the Death of Ms. Sun Guilan
By a Falun Dafa practitioner in China (Clearwisdom.net) Ms. Sun Guilan, nearly 60 years old, was from
YuCheng, Shangqiu Henan Province. She was unlawfully detained at the Shibalihe
Women's Forced Labor Camp in Zhegnzhou and was kept in the camp beyond her
detention term. The camp personnel forbade others to speak to Ms. Sun and
ordered her to do heavy labor, which placed tremendous mental and physical
pressure on her. One morning, she went early as usual to clean the restrooms and
she fainted next to a water pond outside the garage. She must have passed away
because the camp personnel spread the rumor that she committed suicide because
of guilt. Practitioners, however, investigated and found that she did not die
from a suicide but from the persecution of Zhengzhou Forced Labor Camp instead. In July 2001, TV reporters and officials from the 610 Office came
to visit with the purpose of inspecting and reporting on the camp's
transformation rate. In order to welcome them for this visit, the camp guards
ordered practitioners to work longer hours and perform more chores, such as
cleaning windows, scrubbing floors and bricks and so forth. Everybody was
exhausted. On July 15, Ms. Sun was told to scrub and sweep the ground that was
right outside the third brigade's garage. At around 8:00 a.m., the very tense
and overworked Ms. Sun fainted. Ms. Li Mengying, Zhao Xiurong and some members
of the first brigade, who had just finished breakfast and were ready to enter
the garage, were about 50 feet away from Ms. Sun. They watched the camp doctor
trying to resuscitate her. After a while, she was carried away. A few days later, the concerned practitioners asked the guards about Ms.
Sun's condition. The guards replied that it was none of their business. After
the practitioners persisted, Ji Jianfen finally answered that Ms. Sun was in the
hospital. When they asked which hospital, Ji replied that she didn't know. When Ms. Sun had been gone for over a week, Practitioners became very worried
about her. The news of her disappearance spread quickly and practitioners were
talking about it. On one occasion, Ren Yuanfang, the captain of the third
brigade, got very angry at them. She looked at Ms. Ji Hong and asked, "What
are you talking about?" She replied, "Ms. Sun Guilan is dead."
Ren Yuanfang immediately recorded her name on a notebook and demanded, "Who
told you this? Who else is talking about it?" On July 25, 2001, the routine bi-monthly family visit began at 8:00 a.m. Some
practitioners' family members told them that the July 18 newspaper reported:
"Sun Guilan, a Falun Dafa practitioner in Shibalihe Women Forced Labor
Camp, committed suicide by hanging herself because she wanted to guard the Fa
and resist the government as July 22 was approaching. For fear of being
punished, she took her own life." After hearing that, three practitioners
immediately organized an investigation committee. They quickly found Ms. Ren
Junyu, a practitioner who spent a lot of time daily with Ms. Sun, and talked to
her. Ms. Ren with tears in her eyes and trembling hands immediately held my
hands and said, "As long as you dare to expose this matter, I will testify
if the officials launch an investigation!" Here are the facts after the practitioners' investigation: Prior to the incident, Ms. Sun and Ms. Ren slept next to each other and sat
on the same bench to have meals every day. Ms. Sun left for work on July 15 and
did not return to have meals with her again. At dusk on July 15, Min Yumei, a policeman with the third brigade, came to
see the team leader, Han Xin. They searched Ms. Sun's bed and found a journal.
They took the journal to avoid leaving any evidence. Han Xin was promoted to a
disciplinary officer of the second brigade because of her effort. Ms. Ren read
some of Ms. Sun's journal. Ms. Sun had been "transformed" in February
at the brainwashing center, and was then transferred to the Shibalihi Women
Forced Labor Camp. She had fulfilled her camp term by May, but they didn't let
her leave. In June the authorities released a group of people which included Ms.
Meng Jing, and Ms. Jiang Huimin but not Ms. Sun. At the end of June, after such
mental pressure, she became very ill. She had convulsions, dizziness, foam
around her mouth, and was also incoherent. There were more than thirty
eyewitnesses. Some called the police on duty but the police failed to do
anything for her. In her journal, she stated that she was worried about her
elderly mother who was home alone with no one to take care of her. The practitioners verified the case, documented the information, and wrote a
report to petitioned the upper judicial office for an investigation. They
managed to send out the report with eight signatures. On the afternoon of July 31, Wang Yan, the assistant camp director, Wang
Hualuan, Ren Yuanfang and Ji Jianfen, captain and assistant captain of the third
brigade, came to look for the three practitioners who submitted the petition.
They took each of them to a room and interrogated each one individually about
the petition. One practitioner asked: "Where is Sun Guilan?" Ji
Jianfen, the assistant captain, said that she was dead. The practitioner asked,
"How did she die?" Ji said, "She hanged herself." The
practitioner asked, "Where?" Ji answered, "In the restroom of the
big garage." She also said that she personally took down Ms. Sun's body.
Afterwards, practitioners checked out the restroom: the ceiling was 16 feet
high. Even if a 60-year old person could fly up that high, there was no hook at
all for a rope. Wang Yan said, "Sun Guilan killed herself because she
wished to guard the Fa and resist the government when July 22 was approaching.
She was afraid of punishment, so she hanged herself." Ji Jianfen was
promoted to a formal party member after Ms. Sun's death. In August, they gave all illegally detained practitioners a physical
examination. They released all those who were over 55 years old, the sick, and
the ones that had their camp term extended. In mid-August, Wang Yan had surgery for a tumor of the uterus and Ji Jianfen
was operated on for her gallbladder. They both were hospitalized and disappeared
from the scene for a long time. No one knows what happened to them. |