Follow up Report on Ms. Zhang Lianxiu, Who Was Beaten to Death by Police in Henan Province

Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Zhang Lianxiu was 67 years old and lived in Bozhou City, Anhui Province. On May 31st, 2005, she was arrested by policemen in Henan Province along with two other Falun Dafa practitioners and was beaten to death on June 2nd, 2005 in Shangqiu County, Henan Province. Police went to her home on June 6, 2005, asking her son, "Does your mother have heart disease?" Her son answered, "No."

Police then asked again, "If you say your mother has heart disease, we will allow her to return home." After thinking it through her son answered, "Yes". The police quickly had him sign his name on a form, after which, the police told him, "Your mother has died."

In order to cover up their crimes, police would not allow her family to see her body. When they bid farewell to her before her body was cremated, her daughter saw that her body was covered with wounds. She asked loudly, "Just because my mother practised Falun Gong, you beat her to death?" No one dared to answer her question. Ms. Zhang Lianxiu's lips had many bloody blisters as the result of electric baton shocks. Her lower back and legs had many purple bruises. Her neck was twisted to the right at about 80 degrees, with obvious signs of injury. The Shangqiu County Police Department paid for her funeral expenses.

Related article, http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2005/6/21/62089.html

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2005/7/10/105827.html