Eight Practitioners from Heilongjiang, Liaoning, Henan and Hebei Provinces Died Due to the Persecution

Mr. Sang Yingyang, 41, was from Acheng City, Heilongjiang Province. He had leukaemia but recovered after starting to practise Falun Gong around 1998. Once the persecution started in 1999, his activities were monitored by the Sheli Township Police Department and the 610 Office¹. Nonetheless, he still continued to practise. In July 2005, he was reported and then "arrested" by three officers from the township police department. They brought him first to the local police station and then later to the city police department. Mr. Sang's employer and family finally secured his release, at which point he was severely ill. He finally passed away on October 14th.

Ms. Yang Meizhi, 55, was a practitioner from Dongnan Village, Yilan County, Heilongjiang Province. She had several different illnesses but they all disappeared after she started practising Falun Gong in 1997. After the persecution began, the village security director, the head of the village, and others monitored her and her house around the clock. This severely affected Ms. Yang and her family. Ms. Yang died on December 6th, 2002.

Mr. Xu Zhibo, 60, lived in the Taizihe District of Liaoyang City, Liaoning Province. After he started practising Falun Dafa in 1997, his stomach cancer and many other illnesses completely disappeared. He also became a volunteer assistant to teach others to learn Falun Gong. After the persecution began, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officers would often go to his home and harass him, and they also forced him to attend brainwashing sessions. Mr. Xu developed cancer of the pancreas and passed away in November 2001.

Ms. Guo Wenying, 60, lived in Chengguan, Zhengyang County, Henan Province. She was a retired worker of Wusan Farm in Henan Province. She started practising Falun Dafa in 1996, after which her heart disease and hypertension were completely cured. Once the persecution began, the CCP staff and her employer often went to her home to threaten and harass her, resulting in enormous psychological pressure. Her hypertension and heart disease recurred, and Ms. Guo Wenying passed away on January 31st, 2001.

Mr. Jia Yumiao, 74, was a retired worker of the Anyang City Match Factory in Henan Province. When he started to practise Falun Dafa in 1996, he established a practice site at his factory and a study group at his home. After the onset of the persecution, he was illegally summoned, harassed and tortured by district police officers. During this torture and persecution, he developed septicaemia and passed away in July 2003.

Ms. Ma Yu, 34, a college graduate, was an employee of the Yu Street Medicine Inspection Centre in the Wenfeng District of Anyang City, Henan Province. Because she insisted on practising Falun Dafa, she was not allowed to work and her salary was suspended. She was illegally searched, arrested and detained. The city 610 Office brainwashing centre's leader Wang Yuansheng, the Wenfeng District 610 Office leader Huang Ze, and Wenfeng District National Security Group police officers were responsible. With righteous thoughts, Ms. Ma Yu twice escaped imprisonment. However, the extensive torture she endured damaged her mentally and physically. Ms. Ma Yu died in August 2005.

Mr. Nie Xinyi was an employee of the Kaiyuan Industry and Commerce Bank at Xingtai City, Hebei Province. He started to practise Falun Dafa in 1997. Once the persecution began, he was repeatedly reported. The bank president intimidated him and forced him to go to a brainwashing centre. In September 2000, the bank president convinced him to go to a hospital for treatment. He was discharged from the hospital in October, his condition deteriorating rapidly; his life could have ended at anytime. In February 2001, with the support of fellow practitioners, Mr. Nie started to practise Falun Dafa again. In April 2005, bank leaders persecuted him again simply because he refused to pay the CCP membership dues. On May 28th, he started to cough and developed generalised oedema. His past illness recurred and he passed away.

Mr. Jin Jingming, 75, was a retired teacher living in Nanshanggen Village, Chenzhazi Township, Luanping County, Hebei Province. Prior to practising Falun Dafa, he had suffered a stroke and was confined to bed as a result. His condition improved rapidly after he started to practise Falun Dafa in 1998, to the point that he could walk with the use of a cane. Once the persecution began and he lost an environment in which he could safely practise Falun Dafa, he suffered tremendously both psychologically and physically. He died in 2002.

Note

1. "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.

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