Three Falun Gong Practitioners in the Provinces of Hebei, Heilongjiang and Jilin Died As a Result of Persecution

Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Gong Xinan, 66 years old, lived in Liuhe Village, Liuhe Town, Qichun County in Hebei Province. In October 1999, after the persecution started, he went to Beijing to appeal for the right to practise Falun Gong. He was "illegally arrested¹" and held at the Wuzhuang Detention Centre in Qichun County for six months. He was released after the authorities extorted 1,500 yuan² from him. Late at night on January 25th, 2001, police officers Chen Hanjiang and Zhang Sheng arrested him at home and tortured him savagely at the police department. They stripped him naked in the freezing winter. Then they forced him to take a cold shower and turned an electric fan on him. He was later sent to the county detention centre and detained for another six months. The brutal persecution and abuse by the Chinese Communist Party mentally and physically traumatised Mr. Gong. He passed away on June 28th, 2003.

Practitioner Ms. Zhang Yuzhi, 54 years old, lived in Dongguan Village, Dongguan Town, Shuangcheng City in Heilongjiang Province. She used to suffer from various illnesses. After she began to practise Falun Gong she was cured of her illnesses. On July 20th, 1999, when the persecution started, the local police ransacked Ms. Zhang's home and imposed a huge fine on her. After constant harassment from the police, Ms. Zhang showed severe symptoms of illness. She passed away on October 9th, 2005.

Practitioner Ms. Zhen Shuzhen was a teacher at the Liaoyuan City Vocational School in Jilin Province. Before she started practising Falun Dafa practise in 1996 she had diabetes. She quickly recovered after she started Dafa practice. After July 20th, 1999, officials from her workplace and from the police station coerced Ms. Zhen into writing a guarantee statement³. Her old illnesses returned and she passed away on October 27th, 2005.

Note

1. “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 practising the exercises or distributing leaflets.

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

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