Older Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. He Zhengxiu Dies as a Result of Long-term Persecution

Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. He Zhengxiu was a farmer who lived in Jiulong Village, Chongqing City. Her home was ransacked and she was sent to forced labour and detained in brainwashing classes multiple times. She died on March 18th, 2006.

Ms. He Zhengxiu was 59 years old and started cultivating Falun Dafa at the end of 1996. In March 2000, she went to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Gong. As a result, her home was ransacked and the authorities extorted five thousand yuan¹ from her. Because she remained steadfast in Falun Dafa, Ms. He was sentenced to two years of forced labour in September 2000. The abuse she suffered in detention severely damaged her physical body. She was released on medical parole and returned home at the end of 2001.

Soon after, Ms. He was locked up in the Wanzhou District brainwashing centre for two years, where she was verbally abused and beaten. 610 Office² agent Hu Xiaozhong once saw Ms. He Zhengxiu reciting Falun Dafa scriptures, so he instructed several guards to drag Ms. He Zhengxiu to the hallway and beat her brutally.

Ms. He went back home after two years of torture. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) closely monitored her. They constantly came to her door, and even questioned her when she went out grocery shopping. As a result of the long-term mental and physical torture, Ms. He Zhengxiu's health declined and she died on March 18th, 2006.

Even when Ms. He Zhengxiu was dying, personnel from the police department, station and neighbourhood office ransacked her home, and assigned special people to take turns watching her house until her funeral.

Note

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

2. "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.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.org/mh/articles/2006/4/5/124506.html