Disabled Practitioner Ms. Tian Yuan from Changchun City Died Due to Persecution

Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Tian Yuan from the Shuangyang District, Changchun City, passed away on October 1st, 2006, after enduring long-term persecution.

Tian Yuan

Ms. Tian Yuan, 39 years old, used to work at the Jilin City Children’s Hospital. Before she practised Dafa, she had a minor conflict with the police in 1999, and the police shot her. She became paralysed over more than two thirds of her body. She tried to commit suicide several times while she was chronically bedridden and depressed.

Ms. Tian and her mother began practising Dafa in March 1999. She regained her faith in life. Ms. Tian experienced overwhelming positive changes, both physical and mental, through Dafa practice. She used to have a terrible temper and was selfish and inconsiderate, but after she started practising Dafa, she became a kind and helpful person. She was very confident about life and Dafa cultivation. Although she was still disabled, she never stopped doing the Falun Gong exercises.

Ms. Tian’s home was ransacked and her family was threatened after the persecution began on July 20th, 1999. She overcame numerous difficulties and went to Beijing to speak the truth about Dafa. Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials arrested Tian Yuan and took her back to Jilin City and detained her for nine days.

Her home was monitored and she was harassed after 2000. One practitioner's spouse revealed her name when certain practitioners were arrested in March 2004. The spouse said that Ms. Tian was a Falun Gong practitioner. The police ransacked Ms. Tian's home. That invasion resulted in a great loss for the family. The police carried Ms. Tian Yuan to a police car and detained her. She also went on a hunger strike and refused to cooperate with the unreasonable demands of the police. She was released five days later.

Ms. Tian Yuan’s mother, also a practitioner, was sent to a forced labour camp, but the labour camp authorities refused to accept her for health reasons. The police relentlessly harassed the family in the ensuing years and even interrogated and searched non-practitioner clients who visited her family-owned health clinic.

The Shuangyang District Procuratorate tried to sue Ms. Tian Yuan in 2005. Other practitioners from different parts of the world phoned the officials, which aborted their unjust scheme.

After the failed trial, many practitioners were arrested on different occasions when they visited Tian Yuan’s home. She herself was often threatened and interrogated. Despite the persecution, she was determined in her belief in Dafa.

Ms. Tian Yuan began to experience physical discomfort in August 2006, and the injuries caused by the police bullets became infected. She passed away on October 1st, 2006.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2006/10/14/140202.html