Six Dafa Practitioners from Hebei, Heilongjiang, and Henan Provinces Die as a Result of Persecution

Ms. Zhao Xiuzhu, 59, lived in Mengdongzhuang Village, Luancheng County, Hebei Province. She was a teacher. She had serious rheumatism before she learned Falun Dafa. Both of her legs swelled up to become thick and hard. It was difficult for her to stand while teaching her students, so she often had to remain seated. After she learned Falun Dafa, she recovered completely in a short time, and her teaching standard was raised. Because she often told the facts of Falun Dafa to people who had been misled by the government propaganda in the education system and to all of the leaders, she was sent to brainwashing sessions and was treated as a key practitioner to be persecuted by the county public security bureau. She was imprisoned many times. Some time after 4:00 a.m. on December 15th, 1999, Ms. Zhao left home by herself and went to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Gong. Late at night on the second day, she was arrested and returned by the local public security office, and then imprisoned in the Luancheng County lockup for one month. Because she told the facts of Falun Dafa, the public security bureau and the school authorities monitored her closely. She was imprisoned, her family's property was confiscated, and she was tracked and harassed many times. Whenever a politically sensitive date approached, she was harassed repeatedly. On August 26th, 2005, she passed away.

Ms. Lu Xiaolan, 77, lived in Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang Province. She lived with her daughter. After she learned Falun Dafa in 1997, her many illnesses disappeared. Her daughter also cultivated and practised. When the persecution began in 1999, the police went to her home to harass her family. They confiscated her daughter's property and arrested her daughter. When her daughter went to Beijing to appeal for Dafa, the police from the Zhongshan Police Station extorted 700 yuan¹ from Ms. Lu. Her daughter's frequent imprisonment took its toll on Ms. Lu's body and mind. In September 2002, her daughter was sentenced to two years in prison. Ms. Lu was sent to a retirement home now that she was left without anyone to look after her. In July 2003, she passed away.

Mr. Li Zhenshan, 75, was a retired staff member from the Sandi Rug Factory in Anyang City of Henan Province, and lived on South Street of the Wenfeng District. Before he started cultivating, he smoked, drank, and had gastric disease year-round. In 1996, after he learned Falun Dafa, he had a healthy mind and body. Many of his children went to Beijing to appeal for Dafa in 2000, and they were imprisoned. Mr. Li was searched and harassed by the municipal 610 Office², Wenfeng District 610 Office, and the national security section of the Wenfeng Police Station for a long time. In May 2004, when police illegally searched him, he had a serious incident, which affected his mental capacity. On the evening of July 20th, 2004, he suddenly had a cerebral hemorrhage and died after several days.

Ms. Ma Yu, 34, was a university graduate and a staff member at the Anyang Municipal Medical Supply Investigation Bureau in Henan Province. In 2000, she went to Beijing to appeal for Dafa and safely returned. In March 2001, she was detained at a brainwashing centre and persecuted there. She firmly cultivated and practised, so she was able to leave using the power of righteous thoughts. After that, she was a focal point of the persecution by the municipal 610 Office in Wenfeng District. She was searched and arrested many times by the national security section of the Wenfeng Police Station. This was done at the direction of the head of the municipal 610 Office Wang Yuansheng and the head of the Wenfeng District 610 Office Huang Ze. After she went on hunger strike and escaped, she was not allowed to work for a long time, and they stopped paying her wages. She suffered greatly in both body and mind. At the beginning of August 2005, Ms. Ma passed away.

Ms. Zhang Ying, 28, was a Dafa practitioner from Anyang City, Henan Province. After she learned Falun Dafa in 1998, her congenital heart disease vanished. After the persecution began, she was often harassed by the national security section of the Wenfeng Police Station. On May 25th, 2000, she passed away.

Ms. Zhang Fengying, 76, lived Anyang City, Henan Province. She was a retired staff member from the Municipal Rug Factory. After enduring long-term harassment and intimidation, she passed away in September 2003.

Note

1. "Yuan" is the Chinese currency; 500 yuan is equal to the average monthly income of an urban worker in China.

2. "The 610 office" is an agency specifically created to persecute Falun Gong, with absolute power over each level of administration in the Party and all other political and judiciary systems.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2005/10/2/111566.html