Persecution Suffered by 69-year-old Ms Ji Yonglan of Liaoning Province Before She Died

Ms. Ji Yonglan was a 69-year old lady from Jianli Village, Dashiqiao City, Liaoning Province. She started practising Falun Dafa in 1997, and as a result she was cured of the diabetes that had haunted her for many years. After she began practising, she was like a different person and went from someone who was illiterate to being able to read the book Zhuan Falun¹ . Since the persecution began, the local police have continuously harassed her. They came knocking on her door during the middle of the night, or they would stay in her house and not leave. They even monitored the friends and relatives who went to visit her and her husband. The police "illegally arrested²" her daughter, held her for half a month, and extorted 1500 yuan³ out of her. All these circumstances created a lot of prolonged mental burdens for her.

Ji Yonglan's husband also started practising Falun Dafa in 1997. Later under all kinds of pressure from the local police, he gave up the practice. Unfortunately, he was later diagnosed with dementia, causing him to slowly lose awareness of himself. He lost control over his bowels and could no longer take care of himself. He has to be fed and have others take care of him. Due to the persecution he endured, Ji Yonglan suffered mentally and physically. In December of 2004 she showed symptoms of lung cancer and passed away in January of 2005.

Note

1. Zhuan Falun: This book comprises the principal teachings of Falun Dafa.

2. “Illegally arrested”: Contrary to what former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin, who initiated the persecution, and the Chinese Communist Party would like the world to believe, practising Falun Gong is NOT illegal in China. Although the Public Security Department issued an unconstitutional set of restraints on the practice at the onset of the persecution in 1999, no laws have been passed by the only legislative body in China, the People's Congress, banning Falun Gong or granting the police the authority to arrest Falun Gong practitioners for practicing the exercises or distributing leaflets.

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

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2005/10/21/112869.html