The Panjin Prison in northeast China’s Liaoning Province, described in overseas reports as a “hell on earth,” is the site of horrific acts perpetrated by Chinese authorities against prisoners held for their faith in the traditional spiritual practice of Falun Gong.
Song Wanzhong, long-standing head of the infamous prison, was particularly enthusiastic about carrying out the Communist regime’s persecution: Abuses committed by staff there include beating and torturing Falun Gong practitioners to the point of death or disability. For his work, Song was awarded a position on the standing committee of Liaoning Province’s prison administration system in 2013.
Now, the Chinese regime seems to have tired of Song Wanzhong.
On April 1, the Communist Party’s anti-corruption agency announced that Song was under investigation for “severe violation of Party discipline and law.”
Passion for Persecution
International human rights groups have identified Song on multiple occasions for his direct involvement in persecuting Falun Gong. According to reports by Minghui, a Falun Gong website that documents the Chinese regime’s persecution, at least eight practitioners were tortured to death at Panjin as of May 2013.
Some specific methods aimed at forcing practitioners to renounce their faith in Falun Gong include sleep deprivation, or electric shock, and force-feeding using plastic tubes inserted through the nostrils.
