[Viewer Discretion Advised] Smuggled Toilet Paper Diary Discloses Brutal Torture in Chinese Detention Center

“This morning I was tied and force fed. Five or six police officers and male prisoners held down my hands and feet and forced the nasogastric tube into my nose. It was so unbearably painful that I nearly fainted many times. I vomited repeatedly, and I could not stop my stream of tears. I heard my own piercing screams. Before, I had only heard of such force-feeding torture on the Internet, but now I have experienced it myself.”

Those are words from a secretly recorded toilet paper diary by 28-year-old He Wenting, a young women who is presently held at the Fu Yong Detention Center in Shawan City, Panyu District of Guangzhou Province for refusing to give up her faith in Falun Gong. 

He Wenting is from Dao County of Hunan Province where she grew up in a poor rural family. At age 14, she joined the Yongzhou Writers Association and has since won many city-level and higher awards for her essays, novels, and comics. Her work has been featured in national papers. 

He Wenting is married to Huang Guangyu, a 30-year-old fine artist who graduated from Guangzhou Art Academy. Huang’s work was shown at the Guangzhou Museum of Art in 2012. His oil paintings have been incorporated into Li Zhengtian’s art instruction text titled “Light and Color Theory.”

He Wenting says she found Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, when she was painfully lost, and it helped her to understand the meaning of life. “Falun Dafa helped me become who I am today. Otherwise, I would be just another lost individual in society,” she said. 

On Dec. 18, 2013, He Wenting and her husband Huang Guangyu were arrested by the security of Guangzhou University’s School of Foreign Language for distributing free copies of an Internet circumvention software. Both are currently detained at the Fu Yong Detention Center. 

He Wenting’s case is being featured on Minghui.org, a Falun Gong website that exposes the ongoing persecution of the spiritual practice in China. He Wenting is on a hunger strike to protest against the illegal detention. The brutal force-feeding by police is a type of torture used on many Falun Gong practitioners who refuse to sign a statement that they will stop practicing Falun Gong.

Despite the horrific torture, He Wenting managed to secretly write about the experience. 

“Today, I was again force-fed twice. My hands are covered with bruises from the handcuffs. When I vomited, there was blood. But I still shouted loudly: ‘Falun Dafa is good! Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance are good! Having my belief is not a crime!’ 

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