Elderly Ms. Liu Yuanfang Died as a Result of Persecution in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province

Seventy-three-year old Ms. Liu Yuanfang died on September 10th, 2003 as a result of persecution in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province.

Ms. Liu Yuanfang, photo taken on March 8, 1986

Ms. Liu Yuanfang was born on September 3rd, 1930. She worked at the Chengdu City Purchasing Station, Commerce Bureau, Liangshan Yi Prefecture as an accountant and later as an official in Human Resources. Ms. Liu had very poor health, suffering from pulmonary emphysema, heart disease, high blood pressure and severe cough. Once she began coughing, she would continue for one or two hours and the coughing would prevent her from sleeping. She often had fevers and needed intravenous injections every two or three days. The sixty-four-year-old Ms. Liu began practising Falun Gong in 1994, and never had another fever. Her heart disease, high blood pressure and other illnesses all disappeared.

On July 20th, 1999, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began the persecution against Falun Gong. On May 22nd, 2000, the seventy-year-old Ms. Liu went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong. Because she practised the exercises in Tiananmen Square, she was taken to Qianmen Police Station and placed in a wired cage. She was later taken back to Chengdu City by the Chendgu City Liaison Office in Beijing and detained at Jiuru Village Detention Centre for fifteen days. Ms. Liu went on a hunger strike to protest the persecution while in detention.

After returning home, Ms. Liu was continuously harassed by the police from Jiefangbeilu Police Station. They forced her to report to them when she left home, and they had people follow her when she went grocery shopping. They also harassed her with phone calls, calling her often to ask, "Did you go anywhere?" This put enormous pressure on her.

As a result of the relentless persecution, Ms. Liu began to suffer symptoms of illness. She couldn't eat, and was taken to the Huaxi Hospital's critically ill observation room for treatment by family members. After one week, Ms. Liu passed away at 8 p.m. on September 10th, 2003.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2008/6/11/180084.html