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when he completed it. He did not, during his sentence, "compose poems on the
prison walls", and there is no question of his having been savagely beaten for
this or any other reason.
158. In addition to the above-mentioned, the following prisoners at the
Lingyuan labour reform detachment, Liaoning province, were also reported to
have been subjected to torture, including frequent beatings:
(a) Chi Mengzhu, a senior high school graduate from Jilin city,
arrested in May 1990 for printing and distributing leaflets and sentenced
to 10 years’ imprisonment. According to the Government, Chi Mengzhu was
sentenced in June 1990 by the Jilin Municipal People’s Intermediate Court
to 10 years’ imprisonment for involvement in illegal activities injurious to
State security. He has never been subjected to beatings, verbal abuse or
corporal punishment.
(b) Li Dejun, formerly a teacher in Benxi county, Liaoning province,
sentenced to three years’ imprisonment on political charges. According to the
Government, Li Dejun was sentenced in August 1989 by the Benxi Municipal
People’s Intermediate Court to three years’ imprisonment for involvement in
illegal activities injurious to State security. He was never subjected to
beatings, verbal abuse or corporal punishment during his sentence.
(c) Si Wei, a senior high school graduate from Tonghua city,
Jilin, arrested in June 1989 for distributing leaflets and sentenced to
three years’ imprisonment. According to the Government, Si Wei was sentenced
in November 1990 by the Tonghua Municipal People’s Intermediate Court to
four years’ imprisonment for involvement in illegal activities injurious to
State security and is now serving his sentence in Lingyuan No. 2 prison. He
is in good health and has never suffered beatings, verbal abuse or corporal
punishment.
(d) Tian Xiaoming, a college graduate from Dandong city, sentenced to
seven years’ imprisonment on political charges. According to the Government,
Tian Xiaoming was sentenced in December 1989 by the Dandong Municipal People’s
Intermediate Court for involvement in illegal activities injurious to State
security. He is in good health and has never undergone beatings, verbal abuse
or corporal punishment.
(e) Liang Liwei, formerly an assistant engineer at Changchun No. 1 car
factory, arrested on 10 June 1989, sentenced to three years’ imprisonment
and transferred to Lingyuan in April 1991. According to the Government,
Liang Liwei was sentenced in November 1990 by the Changchun Municipal People’s
Intermediate Court to a term of imprisonment for involvement in illegal
activities injurious to State security, and served his sentence at
Lingyuan No. 2 prison. When his term was up, on 10 June 1992, he was
released. He has never undergone beatings, verbal abuse or corporal
punishment.
(f)
Chen Zhuman, a farmer from Putian county, Fujian province, was
arrested on 14 December 1991, accused of "illegally" joining a religious group
and taken to the Putian county detention centre. According to the reports,
he was beaten and hung upside down in a window frame with a mobile torture
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