(Minghui.org) Because of upholding his faith in Falun Gong, a Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province, resident was held in a psychiatric hospital and lost all of his teeth after being shocked with the electric batons. The police continued to harass and monitor him after he was released.

Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is an ancient spiritual and meditation discipline that has been persecuted by the Chinese communist regime since 1999.

Mr. Liu Jiayu took up Falun Gong in 1998 and was soon able to quit smoking, drinking, and gambling. Formerly hot-tempered, he became calm and considerate. Additionally, his heart condition, duodenal ulcer, and arthritis were gone and he regained his health.

His life was turned upside down after the communist regime ordered the persecution of Falun Gong a year later.

Between February 20 and May 30, 2001, Mr. Liu was held for ten days at a brainwashing center and then at a psychiatric hospital for 90 days.

The psychiatric hospital guards held down Mr. Liu’s four limbs and shocked him with electric batons. The current was so strong that all of his teeth became loose afterwards.

Mr. Liu was also forced to take unknown drugs. He felt uncomfortable whenever he was awake. The guards placed him under intensive surveillance and didn’t allow him to talk to anyone.

Before he was released, the authorities attempted to force him to verbally abuse Falun Gong’s founder and read propaganda documents demonizing Falun Gong. Mr. Liu refused to comply.

For one year after Mr. Liu was released from the psychiatric hospital, he remained in a delirious and confused state.

The police constantly returned and harassed him. His home was ransacked a few times and his Falun Gong books and related materials were confiscated.

On May 17, 2014, when Mr. Liu, who had moved to Shanghai, took the train to go back to Xuzhou to visit his elderly father after he was hospitalized, the train police searched his baggage. Upon finding Falun Gong books, they held him in custody for four hours.

Mr. Liu and his wife were stopped by the police again on May 29, 2015, when they went through a security check at the train station before traveling from Xuzhou to visit their child in Wuhan City, Hubei Province. The police confiscated his 16 Falun Gong books and a tablet.

Mr. Liu bought another two tickets on the next day, only to be stopped by the police again. The police also threatened to arrest his wife and put her in detention.