Deaths of Another 18 Falun Gong Practitioners as a Result of Persecution Confirmed in August 2006 (Photos)

Sources confirmed in August 2006 that another 18 Falun Gong practitioners in Mainland China died as a result of persecution. Ten of these practitioners were women, which accounts for 56% of the total deaths. Nine practitioners were above the age of 50, making up 50% of the total deaths. The youngest practitioner was 30-year-old Mr. Lei Ming from Changchun City, Jilin Province, while the oldest was 72-year-old Ms. Liu Baorong, an engineer at the Jiaozuo Coal Mine Machinery Factory.

The deaths took place in 11 different provinces and cities. Five of the practitioners lived in Jilin Province; two in Heilongjiang Province; two in Hebei Province; two in Hunan Province; and one each in Liaoning Province, Shandong Province, Sichuan Province, Beijing, Henan Province, Jiangsu Province, and Shanxi Province. Seven died in August 2006, and five from January to July 2006. According to statistics published on the Minghui website (Chinese version of Clearwisdom), the deaths of at least 110 Falun Gong practitioners were verified between January and August 2006.

In the past seven years of persecution of Falun Gong by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), 2,949 deaths resulting from persecution have been verified through civil channels by breaking through the CCP's information blockade.

Falun Gong practitioners improve their morality and enjoy physical and mental well-being by following Falun Dafa's principles of Truth, Compassion and Forbearance. They wish to share the beauty of Falun Dafa with others, hoping to bring people a bright future. The wicked CCP has been persecuting them for seven years and is still killing them to this day.

Persecuted for speaking the truth

Mr. Yin Anbang, 38, taught at the Heilongjiang Province Party School. After Jiang Zemin and his followers began persecuting Falun Gong in 1999, Mr. Yin's superiors sent him away several times to be persecuted for persisting in his belief and for speaking to people about the facts of Falun Dafa. He was taken away from work in February 2001 and sent to a drug rehabilitation centre, where a brainwashing session was held for Falun Gong practitioners who worked for the province's subsidiary organisations. Mr. Yin was later brutally tortured at the Changlinzi Forced Labour Camp. After his release from the labour camp, Mr. Yin taught at a private school. He was reported in October 2005 when speaking about the facts of Falun Dafa to his students at the Yuandong Branch of Harbin University's College of Science and Technology. He was suspended for ten days and was later reported to the 610 Office¹. Officers from the Daoli National Security Division arrested him at home on the evening of November 12th, 2005. He was detained at the Daoli Police Department Detention Centre. Personnel from the Daoli District Procuratorate and the court conspired to sentence him to four years in prison. He was held at Hulan Prison, where he was brutally tortured. He died on August 15th, 2006.

Ms. Gu Yeming, 69, lived in Chaoyang District, Beijing. Ms. Gu began practising Falun Gong in 1993 after she was diagnosed with terminal breast cancer. She quickly recovered through the practice. She said that other patients who underwent the same type of surgery had died, while she was fortunate to practise Falun Gong. The practice of Falun Gong not only gave her a healthy body, but also helped her become a better person, as she conducted herself according to the principles of Truth, Compassion, and Forbearance. Ms. Gu was very kind, helpful and well-liked. She went to Beijing many times to appeal after the persecution began on July 20th, 1999. She validated Dafa with her personal experience and also firmly safeguarded Dafa. Officials from the CCP ransacked her home and sent her to a forced labour camp, where she was deprived of sleep, forced to do extensive labour and subjected to brainwashing. Ms. Gu suffered from a cerebral hemorrhage and could no longer speak coherently. She had difficulty walking and became non-responsive after she was taken home. She passed away on August 6th, 2006.

Ms. Tian Ruiying, in her 50s, lived in Dajinge Township, Anqiu Town, Anqiu City, Shandong Province. Her son was married, and her daughter was schizophrenic. Ms. Tian lived a hard life before practising Falun Gong because she had to take care of her daughter while combating illness herself. She regained health after she and her husband began practising Falun Gong. Her son supported her after seeing the changes in her and her daughter's mental state also improved. The whole family benefited greatly from practising Falun Gong. Their friends all knew that Falun Dafa had brought happiness back to the family, and more and more people started to practise Falun Gong. Nearly 1,000 people from Ms. Tian Ruiying's village and the surrounding area were practising Falun Gong before July 20th, 1999.

After July 20th, 1999, Ms. Tian's husband, 53-year-old Mr. Yu Shengquan, was sentenced to three years of forced labour for persisting in his belief in Truth, Compassion, Forbearance. He was released in early 2006. Ms. Tian also persisted in her belief and went to Beijing twice to clarify the truth about Falun Gong. The officials harassed, monitored, and threatened her. They ransacked her home and sent her to the Anqiu Town brainwashing session and to the Anqiu City Custody Centre. Ms. Tian Ruiying passed away on August 20th, 2006.

Mr. Guo Juting told his family members before he passed away, "You should remember Falun Dafa is good; Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good."

Mr. Guo Juting, 69, was a retired worker from Tianfu Town in Suining City, Sichuan Province. He was once afflicted with severe bronchitis, emphysema, lung hemorrhages, rheumatism, rheumatoid arthritis, gastroenteritis and other illnesses. Medical treatments did not help him. He was cured of all his illnesses within a month of practising Falun Gong.

After the persecution began, Mr. Guo Juting went to the Tianfu Town government offices to speak about the facts of Falun Dafa. Official Gan from the town police station whipped him with a belt. The police arrested him and took him to a forced labour camp, where he was subjected to brainwashing.

After leaving the forced labour camp on December 30th, 2002, Mr. Guo continued to study Falun Dafa and do the exercises. He spoke to people about the facts of Falun Dafa in the streets, at teashops and restaurants. He went to different towns and townships to spread the truth. He saved money to make materials in order to rescue people deceived by the CCP regime propaganda. The police ransacked Mr. Guo's home again on November 13th, 2003, and arrested him, taking him to the Lingquansi Detention Centre in Suining City.

Mr. Guo held a hunger strike to protest the persecution and was brutally force-fed and injected with toxic substances. Despite the abuse, Mr. Guo always remembered, "Falun Dafa is good." The guards continued to beat him. He was released on December 3rd, 2004 when he was on the brink of death.

Mr. Guo Juting died on January 24th, 2005. He repeatedly said to his sons while lying in bed, "You should remember Falun Dafa is good; Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good." He closed his eyes and passed away after his sons promised, "We will certainly remember."

Lei Ming, 30, broadcast videos exposing the persecution in Changchun; tortured to death

Mr. Lei Ming, 30 and single, lived in Baishan City, Jilin Province. Mr. Lei, Liu Chengjun and other practitioners worked together to broadcast Falun Gong videos in Changchun on March 5th, 2002 to expose the persecution to the public deceived by slanderous CCP propaganda. They were arrested and Changchun City Intermediate Court officials sentenced Mr. Lei to 17 years in prison.

More than 5,000 Falun Gong practitioners were arrested in Changchun after Jiang Zemin issued a secret order to "kill without pardon." At least ten practitioners have been tortured to death, and most of the other incarcerated practitioners are in perilous circumstances.

Mr. Lei Ming was brutally tortured at Division 1 of the Changchun City Police Department and at Jilin Prison. The torture methods included the tiger bench², and electric shocks to the face, mouth, neck and anus. The police wrapped Mr. Lei's head in a plastic bag and nearly suffocated him. They put a metal barrel over his head and banged on it; they burned his neck with a red-hot screwdriver; they beat him, flicked his eyeballs, squeezed his testicles, and tied him onto a stretch bed for seven days. They also made him sit on a small stool from 4:50 a.m. until 7:30 p.m., which made him vomit blood. He was disabled and emaciated from the torture and could not take care of himself. He developed heart disease, tuberculosis and other conditions. He passed away on August 6th, 2006.

Reenactment of the torture used on Lei Ming

Stop the crime with justice and conscience

Falun Gong practitioners have endured more than seven years of genocidal persecution by the CCP in order to bring the wonders of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance to the world's people. The persecution is a disgrace to mankind and is a persecution of the entire world. Let us see through the true nature of this evil disaster that has befallen a group of kind and innocent people and together end the crime, with justice and conscience.

Note

1. "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.

2. "Tiger Bench": Prisoners are forced to sit on a small iron bench that is approximately 20 cm (6 inches) tall with their knees tied together. With their hands tied behind their backs or sometimes placed on their knees, they are forced to sit straight up and look straight ahead without movement for long periods of time.

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2006/9/8/137360.html