Killed for Broadcasting the Truth

In 2002, a group of Falun Gong practitioners successfully tapped into the state-controlled cable network, broadcasting programs about the persecution of their beliefs in China.
Killed for Broadcasting the Truth
Lei Ming, tortured to the edge of death in November 2004, Lei was removed to Changchun hospital. (Minghui.org)
7/6/2012
Updated:
8/14/2015

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Lei Ming, 26 years old at the time

Lei Ming, 26 years old at the time, was the youngest of the practitioners who made the incident happen. Police detained and interrogated more than 5,000 people, arresting Lei three days into the campaign. Upon his arrival at a local police station, a blindfolded Lei was greeted with electric batons. In a small dark room, police began torturing him.

After nearly 24 hours of electric baton torture, Lei fainted. A friend who had also been detained at the same police station recounted what he saw: “Lei fainted, and was covered in sweat. There is no way to describe the level of suffering he had to go through. When I saw him, he was completely unable to move,” the friend recalled. The friend, who wrote anonymously because he is still in China, later wrote a detailed eyewitness account on Minghui, a Falun Gong website that features firsthand news from practitioners in China.

Six months later, Lei was put through a show trial without a lawyer. He was sentenced to 17 years in prison. Party officials put him in Jilin Prison, where torture methods are reported to be sinister.

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Lei Ming