Practitioner Ms. Li Yancai from Henan Province Died as a Result of Persecution

Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Li Yancai from Nanle County, Puyang City, Henan Province was arrested for the third time and had her home ransacked sometime prior to July 20th, 2003. On May 13th, 2002, she went to Beijing to appeal on behalf of Falun Gong. She was detained for several months. She was able to leave the detention centre at the end of 2002. Her second arrest occurred in April 2003, when she was illegally taken from her home.

Ms. Li, 41, first went to Beijing to appeal on behalf of Falun Gong at the end of 2001. Because of this, she was twice detained in the Nanle County Detention Centre for a total of 13 months. She developed serious health problems because of her extended detention, such as an inability to walk because both of her legs were swollen, and the inability to eat or take care of herself. She was only allowed to return home after her health had deteriorated to this point.

In April 2003, when Ms. Li was still trying to recover, the authorities came to her home again to arrest her. She was arrested for a third time sometime before July 20th, 2003, when the officials also illegally ransacked her home. Police officers, including Su Yinhuai (male) from the County Police Department's Public Security Division, later sentenced her to two years of forced labour.

While she was held at the forced labour camp, Ms. Li was forced to work for over 10 hours a day. She was tortured until her breasts developed large lumps, both of her legs swelled up, and she was no longer able to take care of herself, at which point she was finally released for medical treatment. After she returned home, agents repeatedly came to her home to harass and threaten her. As a result, her symptoms worsened and on November 22nd, 2005 Ms. Li Yancai passed away.

The Police Department of Nanle County in Henan Province:

Office phone number: 86-393-6226710
Switchboard: 86-393-6221316; 86-393-6222551
The Chengguan Police Station: 86-393-6296726
The CCP Political and Judicial Committee: 86-393-6221141

Chinese version available at http://minghui.org/mh/articles/2006/1/17/118852.html