"I've Only Begun to Scratch the Surface": Liu Shihui Reveals Details of 108-Day Detention

Siweiluozi blog has translated the tweets of lawyer Liu Shihui and his account of mistreatment during 108 days of detention during the so-called “Jasmine Revolution” crackdown:

On the evening of 25 February, the Guangzhou police informed me that they were placing me under “residential surveillance” on charges of “incitement.”

I was interrogated day and night for five days straight without sleep. Only after I finally collapsed on the bed and a doctor checked my blood pressure did they finally allow me to sleep. At that point I could barely take off my pants, as my injured left leg had swollen to double its original size.

The five days without sleep, the incessant air-con, the abusive threats — all of these tortures are nothing compared to having my wife and home taken from me.

I realize that I face some danger from revealing the truth [about my ordeal] and that being kept under tight control. But if one is forced even to be suffer the insult of having one’s newlywed wife stolen from him, it can only lead to more like Yang Jia! I don’t want to become a Yang Jia, so I’m speaking out. If the security police get upset about this, I’d ask them to think it over — what would you be thinking if it happened to you?