Elderly Mr. Ma Fusheng Dies as a Result of Persecution in Jilin Province

Mr. Ma Fusheng, 68, was a professor who taught at the Changchun City Geology Institute in Jilin Province. Prior to learning Falun Gong, he had heart and kidney disease, but after he began cultivating in 1997, he became healthy very quickly. Mr. Ma went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong in 2000. For this he was arrested and detained in a detention centre and a mental hospital. He was inhumanly tortured, and held a hunger strike to protest the persecution for nine days before he was released. The local police considered him a key person and constantly harassed him at home.

In March 2003, he was arrested again by officers from the Changchun City Police Department, and sentenced to one year of forced labour. The police confiscated his personal computer and a printer, along with other items. Mr. Ma became very weak after one year of forced labour, and had difficulty moving. The local police never stopped harassing him even though they knew of his fragile condition. He never recovered from his weakened state and died on February 17th, 2008.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2008/3/27/175265.html