Former President Ma Ying-jeou of Taiwan will lead a youth group to visit Harbin and Chengdu from December 18 to 26, according to media reports in Taiwan. Several mainland Chinese petitioners have jointly urged Ma Ying-jeou to also visit the black prisons in China during his visit.
Petitioners including Yu Zhonghuan, Gu Guoping, Zhang Yanhong, Cui Fufang, Xie Baolan, and Zhao Xueming issued a public appeal on social media platforms such as WeChat and X (Twitter), urging Ma Ying-jeou to visit the black prisons in China.
The open appeal letter states, “The black prisons in China, set up privately by grassroots CCP agencies, specifically illegally detain petitioners. They are particularly unique with Chinese characteristics, as they employ black security guards, released criminals, unidentified individuals acting as ‘prison heads, jailers, gang leaders, and prisoners,’ as well as terrorist organizations similar to Hamas and Hezbollah. There are torture methods resembling those in the novel ‘Red Rock,’ where the prisoners are mostly elderly, weak, sick, and pregnant petitioners, some of whom are over ninety years old.”
“The petitioners suffer beatings, torture, abuse, poisoning, consumption of rotten and spoiled food, theft of money and belongings, some even have their house keys stolen, and kidnappers (government officials and black security guards) openly take the stolen keys to break into petitioners’ homes to steal belongings. They are denied access to medical care and the life-saving money is also stolen, even resulting in deaths and severe injuries. Numerous petitioners like Shanghai’s Chen Xiaoming and Duan Huimin have been beaten to death, while others such as Gu Guoping, Li Yufang, Zhang Yanhong, Cui Fufang, Xie Baolan, Zhao Xueming, Gao Gendi, Wan Wenying, Wang Xiaoliang, Yu Zhonghuan, Mao Hengfeng, Chen Meihua, Wu Shihao, Lu Liming, Cao Weicheng, and many others have suffered broken ribs or injuries.”
The appeal letter further states, “Xi Jinping, following Mao Zedong, promoted the ‘Fengqiao Experience,’ insisting on not escalating conflicts but resolving them on the spot, achieving grassroots social governance with ‘less arrests, better public security.’ Consequently, the ‘Fengqiao Experience’ has become a banner for national political and legal integration.”
Yu Zhonghuan told a reporter, “The ‘Fengqiao Experience’ is essentially mutual harm at the grassroots level, becoming a black flag in the nationwide political and legal integration front. It is the root cause of frequent ‘Xianzhong’ incidents. How could such grassroots organizations possibly resolve conflicts between petitioners and higher-level units?”
“Stabilization funds have significantly exceeded military expenditures, resulting in increasing instability because, firstly, the stabilization funds are embezzled, and secondly, hired thugs are used to kidnap, detain, beat, torture, abuse, and rob petitioners, only fueling deeper hatred against the tyrannical communist regime. This is the source of all social unrest!”
In early February last year, Shanghai petitioner Yu Zhonghuan had made an appointment to take his daughter Yingzi, who suffers from various illnesses, to see a doctor the following day. However, he was lured out by Zhang Daorong, director of the Jinqiao Town government’s petition office in Pudong New Area, under the pretense of discussing solutions to a housing demolition issue, only to be kidnapped and taken to a black prison on Chongming Island.
The kidnappers took the key to Yu Zhonghuan’s house, broke into his home in the city, stole his 20,000 yuan intended for his daughter’s medical treatment, as well as his computer, SD card, and more than 5,000 yuan from his pocket. They not only prevented his daughter from receiving medical treatment but forcibly sent her to a disabled care home.
Due to being denied medical treatment, Yingzi’s condition worsened. Eventually, the care home wanted to send her back home, but the kidnappers ignored this request.
To cover up their crimes, the kidnappers forced Yu Zhonghuan to write a “power of attorney” authorizing them to take Yingzi to the care home. When Yu refused, they stripped him naked daily and physically assaulted him, resulting in Yu suffering a broken spine. They even demanded Yu record a video consenting to the relocation of Yingzi to the care home, which Yu continued to reject. Apart from physical assaults, abuse, consumption of rotten food, Yu Zhonghuan developed a high fever and various severe illnesses like hypertension, heart, liver, and kidney problems but was denied medical attention and medication.
After Yu Zhonghuan was released from the black prison, he reported the incident to the public security, procuratorate, and disciplinary inspection commission, but was ignored and dismissed, with most cases ending up in the hands of those he accused.
Yu Zhonghuan said, “Officials from the Jinqiao Town government’s petition office in Pudong openly yelled at me, ‘We are working for the Party. Don’t talk to us about the law. Even if we harm you, take your life, we won’t face any punishment. Haven’t certain people from a certain district or town died? Even certain individuals from a certain district or street have died, right? Have any leaders, cadres, or security personnel who oversee you been punished?'”
“These types of cases are already terrifying, but what’s even more frightening and despair-inducing is that the Chinese (CCP) government, judicial system, and law enforcement have all failed in these extremely vile cases, and they may even fabricate evidence together. This is the despair of China. It’s not just a humanitarian disaster but also a breeding ground for corrupt elements.”
People often say, all businesses flourish except for the security industry.
Yu Zhonghuan analyzed, the Jinqiao Town government in Pudong, Shanghai, spends a huge amount on security expenses, renting remote rural houses on Chongming Island for significantly higher prices, and the number and duration of leases are high. It requires 4 to 8 security personnel to monitor one petitioner, renting 4 to 5 rooms, with a daily expenditure of over 5,000 yuan. For four petitioners, a daily expense of 20,000 yuan is required, totaling 600,000 yuan per month. With three to four months per year (during sensitive periods), the annual cost is about 2 million yuan. How much benefit do they gain from this huge amount!