The Epoch Times | Extensive Underground Defense Works Discovered in Sujiatun

After reading The Epoch Times' March 25 report about an underground arsenal depot in Sujiatun, Shenyang City, I searched on the Internet in hopes of discovering records about the Japanese Royal Army's underground defense works in WWII. I found a number of websites reporting in August 2005 discovery of Japanese underground defense constructions from WWII in Sujiatun, Shenyang City.

At first glance, the reports seemed to repeat each other. However, while I was compiling and analyzing information from these reports, I was surprised to find some useful clues to the alleged Sujiatun Concentration Camp in Sujiatun, Shenyang City. I will share selected content from those reports and the questions they raised in my mind. Sharp readers may find more clues in the following information than I have.

The first source that reported the existence of the Japanese defense works was none other than the Chinese communist regime on the website of the Sujiatun District Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Committee in its report on August 8, 2005: http://www.sjtdj.gov.cn/xuancuan/show.asp?ids=2643 (Chinese only). [Editors' Note: This web page was still accessible when we visited it on 4/2/2006 at 11:22:45 PM.] Quoted from this CCP report:

'Underground Defense Works by the Japanese Royal Army in WWII Revealed in Our Sujiatun Area,'

"Shortly before our 60-year anniversary celebration of China's triumph over Japan in WWII, a group of underground defense works built by the Japanese Royal Army during its invasion of China was discovered. According to field experts, this is the first group of the Japanese army's underground defense works ever discovered in the Shenyang area.

"This group of underground defense works is located in Sujiatun District, near the Subei Freight Transfer Station of the Southern Shenyang Railway Station. At the west side of Subei Freight Transfer Station, there is a fortress made of cement, which is an entrance to this group of defense works. That is how we discovered the defense works, which include two parts, above ground and under ground. The defense works above the ground are mostly fortresses and artillery buildings. There are five of them. The defense works under the ground are mostly underground steel and concrete tunnels about eight meters below the surface.

"According to local residents who have entered the underground defense works before, the underground tunnels measure approximately two meters in height and 1.5 meters in width. There are small rooms of about 10 square meters that could have been used as commando centers. There are special areas used for arsenals. A witness said, 'After walking a few hundred meters, I still could not see the end of the tunnel.'

"It is an expert's opinion that Subei Loading Station was an important railway transportation hub during the Japanese invasion of China. Therefore, it was an important target of protection for the Japanese army, as well as a main target of attack and destruction for the Kuomintang army. It is very likely that this group of defense works was built by the Japanese army with the agenda of protecting the railway.

"Because these defense works have been abandoned for many years, the underground tunnels are now flooded. No one is able to explore or enter the core of the defense works. Therefore, it is yet to be investigated as to how large this group of defense works is, how long the underground tunnels are, or what lies inside these tunnels. We anxiously expect relevant government organizations and departments to form an investigation team so that this historical evidence of the Japanese invasion in China can be revealed as soon as possible. This place could become a place to remind us of this part of history and to educate the future Chinese people about patriotism."

The CCP report above failed to mention how this place was discovered. Did the communist regime discover it because it was interested in using it? In addition, the report says, "iIt is yet to be investigated as to how large this group of defense works is, how long the underground tunnels are, or what lies inside these tunnels." However, throughout the report, this place was referred to as "a group of Japanese Royal Army's underground defense works." The fact that it has already been identified as "a group" of defense works suggests a very thorough and comprehensive knowledge of this place.

Based on the time stamps, the second Chinese media that reported this place was the Shenyang Daily newspaper: http://bf3.syd.com.cn/gb/syrb/2005-08/12/content_1896400.htm (Chinese only). On August 11, 2005, two Shenyang Daily reporters, Mr. Chen Fengjun and Ms. Li Shuangqi, reported on this place. The following is the content of their report:

Mysterious Underground Passage in Shenyang … Could Be the Japanese Underground Defense Works During Its Invasion of China,

Reported by Mr. Chen Fengjun and Ms. Li Shuangqi

" Shenyang Daily - August 11, 2005 - Shortly before our 60-year anniversary celebration of China's triumph over Japan in WWII, mysterious underground defense works two kilometers long and built by the Japanese Royal Arm were discovered in Sujiatun, Shenyang City.

"'Look, this is an entrance to these mysterious defense works built by the Japanese army,' said Deputy Chairman Mr. Ma Chunbin of Sujiatun Photographers' Association as he pointed at an old shabby fortress near the Subei freight transfer station in Sujiatun. This fortress measures about two meters high. It has the shape of a semi-circle in the east side and the shape of a square in the west side. It has a short, small iron door, but it is now stuck and cannot be opened. We entered the fortress from an opening on the top and found it was small inside and could accommodate only about five to six people. There are about six to seven bullet holes on the four walls. There is an opening on the ground of about one square meter in size. We entered the hole and saw a narrow passage of about one meter wide and two meters long. It leads us to a large room of about seven to eight square meters. The room leads to a mysterious underground passage to the north that measures about two meters in width, 1.8 meters in height and two kilometers long. Then a puddle of water about one meter in depth kept us from going further.

"While we were standing in the damp hole, Ma Chunbin pointed ahead and said, 'Look. The walls were made of concrete so they are very sturdy. There are four exits in this passage. Two exits lead to the freight transfer station; one leads to the farming fields, and the other leads to the outside of a farm house courtyard.

"The first man that reported the place was Mr. Wang Chengjie, a photographer in his 50's from Wang Xiaosi Photograph Studio in Sujiatun. He said that he had discovered an underground opening at the age of 12 when he was harvesting grass for his rabbits' food in an open field. Out of curiosity, he crawled into the opening. He trod in cold water and walked a long distance, but he didn't reach the end of the passage. He became frightened and left the hole. He never entered the passage again.

"Ma Chunbin and Wang Chengjie both consulted many elderly folks in Sujiatun and searched through a lot of historic materials, but they didn't find anything useful. According to Wang Chengjie's investigation and analysis, this underground defense work is located near Changda Railway that the Japanese army was building during WWII, so it could be a group of underground defense works that the Japanese army built in secret during the Japan-Russia War.

"Mr. Cui Junguo, Chairman of the '9/18 Incident' (or Mukden Incident) History Museum was also present at the scene. He agreed with Mr. Wang Chengjie's conclusion. He thinks this is an old site left by the Japanese army in WWII and only insiders or domain experts will be able to reveal its mysterious use. Upon receiving the news, Shenyang Cultural Artifact Bureau promised to send experts to investigate these mysterious Japanese underground defense works. We will follow up on the investigation."

This report reveals the length of the passage as two kilometers long. The facts reported above raise questions. With a pool of water nearly one meter deep cutting off the passage, how could these two reporters possibly know where those four openings were or be certain that the passage measured two kilometers long?

Just three days before this report, the Chinese communist regime's website in Sujiatun reported that it had no idea how long the passage was. How did reporters from Shenyang Daily obtain this detailed information? Who could have had such a thorough knowledge of these underground defense works?

In addition, Shenyang Daily pointed out that Mr. Wang Chengjie from Wang Xiaosi Photograph Studio in Sujiatun was the first man that reported the underground defense works, but the fact is that the Chinese communist regime's website in Sujiatun was the first one that revealed this place. Why did Mr. Wang Chengjie fail to surface until now? Almost immediately, Ma Chunbin and Li Shuangqi published another report about this place (Chinese only):

http://www.syd.com.cn/news/showcontent.asp?newsid=294876&nva=todaynews

By Li Shuangqi

"Shenyang Daily

An Underground Defense Work About 2,000 Meters Long

"In the afternoon of August 11, we came to Subei freight transfer station in Sujiatun, accompanied by Mr. Cui Junguo, a famous scholar at the '9/18 Incident' History Museum. There is a cannon tower on the east side. It is now overrun by weeds. The majority of the concrete dome surrounding the cannon tower is gone. Some of the rusted iron gates were sealed by welding.

"We jumped into the opening on top of the cannon tower and passed two additional openings to arrive finally at the entrance of the underground defense work. Only one person at a time can pass through the narrow passage of about two meters long. After we passed the narrow passage, we entered a wide area about eight square meters. We walked about five meters and found ourselves inside the underground defense work of about three meters wide and two meters high. There are concrete walls surrounding us. There is water almost one meter deep. The ceiling is about four meters to the surface. Some of the walls have peeled off.

"According to Mr. Wang Chengjie, the discoverer of this place, this defense work is nearly 2,000 meters long measured from above the ground. One can only reach half of the place because the other half is immersed in water. The water inside is very clear. There are fish living in the water. The fish have no eyes. Because they live without sunlight for a long time, their eyes have degenerated.

An Arsenal and Dead Bodies Were Once Found

"According to an old stationmaster of Sujiatun Train Station, even the old generation of folks here had no idea when this underground defense work was built. However, Changda Railway, which is very close to this place, was built in 1905 during the Japan-Russia War, so this underground defense work could have been built in the 1920s.

"Someone entered this underground defense work twenty years ago and discovered dead bodies and an arsenal. There are even iron hooks used to hang shotguns. It was such a large construction, but even local elderly folks in Sujiatun have no idea of this place. This shows that this underground defense work is a top secret.

The Dead Bodies Might Be Workers That Helped Build This Place

"We interviewed several retired workers. Mr. Liu Xinghan, an elderly man in his 80s told us that he knew about this 'underground tunnel' when he was little and he had even entered this place for fun. At the time he didn't notice if there was anything else inside. He knew only that it was built by the Japanese and it was built in the 1920s.

"After serious on-site investigation, Mr. Cui Junguo declared, 'Judging from the underground steel and concrete structure, it must have been built by the Japanese, but it requires more investigation to determine what it was used for. The Japanese might have used it as an arsenal and to accommodate Japanese solders. To keep it a secret, the Japanese would typically secretly execute the Chinese workers that helped build the place. The discovered dead bodies could belong to civilian workers that helped build the defense work.

"It is alleged that recently Shenyang City Cultural Artifact Bureau, '9/18' History Museum and some relevant organizations will organize people to conduct a thorough investigation of this secret defense work in order to further reveal the Japanese army's secrets in this place."

This report says that the entrance of this underground defense work is located below a cannon tower at the east side of freight station, instead of a fortress at the west side of the Subei freight transfer station as described in the previous report. I wonder if the reporters are purposely trying to divert people's attention towards the east side of freight station because the Sujiatun extermination camp is located on the west side of freight station.

Liaoning Provincial Thrombus Hospital of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine (the Sujiatun District Chinese Medicine Hospital) is located at No. 49 Xuesong Road, Sujiatun District, Shenyang City, 110101. It is less than four kilometers to the freight station of Southern Shenyang Railway Station. Is it possible that this two miles long underground Japanese defense work leads to the hospital?

In any case, this underground defense work is not the legendary "Sujiatun Depot" that used to be an arsenal for about 500,000 soldiers. The Sujiatun Depot, which is much bigger in size, is supposed to be near the same train station or that freight station. In other words, it must be an underground facility in Sujiatun. Otherwise, it would not have been called Sujiatun Depot.

What is Sujiatun Depot used for today? Who can say that there is no passage from the back of the hospital to this underground defense work or to "Sujiatun Depot"?