Victim:

Sun, Minghao, male, age 26, teacher at the Children and Youth Palace in Yantai city, Shandong province

Perpetrators:

1.      Qu Fengjia, Director of the Children and Youth Palace, Yantai city, Shandong province

2.      Jiang Jiamin, Vice Director of the Children and Youth Palace, Yantai city, Shandong province

3.      Liu Lumen, Vice Director of the Children and Youth Palace, Yantai city, Shandong province

4.      Gong Yuzhu, President of Yantai Psychiatric Recovery Hospital, Laiyang city, Shandong province

5.      Chi Hongguo, driver for the Children and Youth Palace in Yantai city, Shandong province

6.      Ding Yuanlin, Director of the 6th Ward at Yantai Psychiatric Recovery Hospital, Laiyang city, Shandong province

7.      Shi, head Nurse of the 6th Ward at Yantai Psychiatric Recovery Hospital, Laiyang city, Shandong province

8.      Dr. Wang, Vice Director of the 6th Ward at Yantai Psychiatric Recovery Hospital, Laiyang city, Shandong province

9.      The Xinglong Street police station, Yantai city, Shandong province

Location of Detention and Torture:

Yantai Psychiatric Recovery Hospital, Laiyang city, Shandong province

A Brief Report of the Incident:

Before July 20, 1999, the authorities of Sun Minghao's work unit (the Children and Youth Palace in Yantai city), including Qu Fengjia, often pressured Mr. Sun to give up practicing Falun Gong. After July 20, they confiscated his books and illegally detained him for two and a half months, asking him to write a “renunciation” of the practice of Falun Gong.

On Feburary15, 2000, a group led by Qu Fengjia again came to pressure Mr. Sun for a “pledge” that he would not go to Beijing to appeal to the government to stop the persecution of Falun Gong. Mr. Sun refused. They then detained him and brainwashed him. To protest such unlawful and inhuman conduct, Mr. Sun started a hunger strike and demanded an unconditional release.

While Mr. Sun was on the hunger strike, his father requested many times to take Mr. Sun home, but each time he was refused. On February 19, 2000, the fifth day of Mr. Sun's hunger strike, Qu Fengjia asked Mr. Sun's parents to sign a paper to send him to a mental hospital. They threatened that if they did not sign, they would send him to a detention center. Qu Fengjia even called in two policemen from the Xinglong Street Police Station to increase the pressure on Mr. Sun's family. Under such intense pressure, Mr. Sun's father signed Mr. Sun into the mental hospital.

In the afternoon, Sun Minghao was dragged out of his room and taken to the Yantai Psychiatric Recovery Hospital by Qu Fengjia, along with the Vice Director of the Children and Youth Palace, Jiang Jiamin, a policeman from Xinglong Street Police Station, and a driver, Chi Hongguo. On the way, Jiang Jiamin said to Mr. Sun several times that they would send him home immediately if he would just write a “pledge” not to go to Beijing to appeal.

In the hospital, Mr. Sun was put in the 6th Ward. They did a series of examinations on Mr. Sun and the result showed he was normal. On the night of February 20, 2000, because Mr. Sun refused to take drugs, the nurse on duty called in several patients to hold him down and tie his hands and feet to the bed. The nurse then forced the tube into his nose, and poured the drugs into him. He felt nauseated and vomited. They did not untie him from the bed until the next day. From then on, the nurse on duty watched him take the drugs every time. They forced the injections into him and threatened that if he did not comply they would tie him to the bed again. To protest this illegal detention, Mr. Sun started a hunger strike. The next day, the hospital staff force-fed him. Several people held him down, so that he could not move. They violently inserted the tube into his nose many times. When they had to pull the tube out in order to re-insert it properly, Mr. Sun threw up food and blood. Then they gave him an intravenous injection. They covered his face with a pillow, pressing down very hard, so he could not breathe. Many people were holding his legs and arms down. Because he resisted the injection, the syringe caused many bloody scratches. He was unconscious for 24 hours after the injection.

Mr. Sun raised the issue, that he had no mental problem and should not be forced to take drugs, to Director Ding and Dr. Wang several times. He told them that it was unlawful for them to force him to take drugs. He requested to see his employer and to be released from the Hospital. They ignored his requests and asked him to give up Falun Gong; otherwise, they said, they would not release him.

As the doses increased again and again, Mr. Sun felt nauseated and vomited; he was also dizzy, distracted, fatigued, and felt an profound discomfort in his heart.

Mr. Sun said it was extremely depressing in the mental hospital and it was harder to endure these mental tortures than the physical abuse. There were over 40 patients in the 6th Ward. During the day, all the patients stayed in one big room. All of the windows had bars on them to prevent the patients from escaping. The entire room was dark and scary because boards covered all but one window. The patients could not go to the bathroom freely. The tableware was dirty and the food was poor.

His employer even notified the hospital that he was not allowed to see any visiting family members. Mr. Sun's parents begged his employer; finally they were allowed to see him once. On March 19, 2000, in response to Mr. Sun's father's strong request, Qu Fengjia sent Vice Director Liu Lumen and Vice Director Wang Yanning to the Hospital. At that time, Mr. Sun had been tied up on the bed for five days. Because of the hunger strike, drug abuse, and physical constraints, he had become weak and skinny. The two vice directors still demanded his written pledge that he would not go to Beijing to appeal. Otherwise, they would not release him. Mr. Sun's parents' strong requests finally resulted in his release. Upon release, he could not stand up straight. He staggered when he walked. The hospital did not issue any medical diagnosis statement or give him any follow up treatment. He was forced to pay for all of the medical costs in the hospital through deductions from his salary and lecture fees paid by his employer, Qu.

type = Case, Psychiatric; type=Case, Religious Intolerance; location= Shandong, Laiyang