Four Practitioners from Shandong and Hubei Provinces Die as a Result of Persecution

88 year old Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Hu Huaide lived in Dongxiya Village, Tanbu Town, Shandong Province. He started to practise Falun Gong in 1998. His house was ransacked three times and his son was illegally detained¹ nine times, sent to a detention centre five times, and sent to a forced labour camp for three years. On several occasions, a large amount of money was extorted from his son. The family's crops, valued at 50,000 yuan², were also ruined. Under the persecution of the Chinese Communist Party there was not a quiet day in Mr. Hu's house. The severe mental torment made him mentally disordered, and he passed away on September 26th, 2005.

Practitioner Ms. Yang Xianwu, 84 years old, lived in Xinhe Town, Hanchuan City, Hubei Province. She started to practise Falun Gong in 1997. She was illiterate but she could read Zhuan Falun ³ within three months of practising. Her story was spread throughout the local area. In 2000, on the way to Beijing to explain the truth of Falun Dafa with her own experience, she and her daughter were intercepted by the police. She died on October 18th, 2005.

Ms. Yang Cuixian, 79 years old, lived in Liuge Town, Hanchuan City, Hubei Province. Before practising Falun Gong, she suffered from many diseases, including heart disease and rheumatism, and she relied on medication for a long time. She became healthy after she began to practise Falun Gong in 1998. At the beginning of 1999, she broke her leg when she lost her balance, but she persisted in practising and recovered within a month without any medication. She had been threatened, harassed, and forbidden to practise Falun Gong since July 20th, 1999. She passed away on January 26th, 2006.

Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Liu Songjun, 60 years old, was from Yichang City, Hubei Province. She lived in the family housing of Gezhouba Water Power Company. She began to practise Falun Gong in 1998 and experienced great changes to her body and mind. She persisted in practising Falun Gong. However, Chinese Communist Party members from her work unit and from the Institute Community Centre harassed her frequently and some of her family members also believed the Chinese Communist Party's lies and were strongly against her, causing her extreme mental pressure. Ms. Liu did not give up her belief in Falun Dafa. Ms. Liu Songjun appeared to suffer from sickness as a result of the persecution of Falun Dafa practitioners. She died in 2005.

Note

1.Illegally detained: 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 practise 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 flyers. For a more complete discussion of the illegality of the persecution of Falun Gong, please refer to the article "The Ban on Falun Gong—A Dictator's Whim, Not the Rule of Law".

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

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

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