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Petitioners expose sinister jail in Shun Ping

Following the revelation by some Mainland petitioners to SOH reporters of a sinister jail located in Fang-shan District of Beijing, now another villainous prison in Shun-Ping has been exposed. According to a petitioner who used to be detained there, the jail is located in a remote mountainous area where officers in charge are from the Courts and the Reception Office for Complaints and Appeals. The officers often bash petitioners who scream horribly during beatings, but due to the jail’s isolation, no one hears their screams.

According to a petitioner, the prison is located in a deserted factory situated in a gully of a mountainous area in Bai-yun Village, within Shun-ping Township of Bao-ding City, Hebei Province. There’s a sign outside reading “Shun-ping Township Legal Education Class”. During the 17th Party Congress last October, over twenty petitioners were confined for over ten days with their cellular phones, personal belongings and identification confiscated. Some of them were arrested and escorted there while some were deceived to come to the sinister jail. One petitioner who exposed a corrupt court for accepting bribes and was sent to the prison for torture said that the court used its privileges to keep him in the sinister jail.

Zhao Gui-xi, a petitioner from Rui-jin Township of Bao-ding City said that he was sent to the malicious jail by the High Court. He said that officers there bashed him everyday and maimed him seriously. Afterwards, he demanded the court pay for his medical bills but the court had refused his requests. He said that he suffered a punctured lung, three broken ribs and head trauma requiring stitches. He went on to say that the doctors wanted him to stay in a hospital for treatment, but because he had no money he discharged himself. He is pursuing medical aid unsuccessfully through the courts.

According to the petitioners who used to be detained there, the officers often dragged the detainees out in the yard in the cold near midnight, asking petitioners if they still wanted to appeal for justice. Anyone who said yes and refused to sign a guarantee letter to end his or her appeals would be beaten further.