In Memory of Fellow Practitioner Ms. Wang Yanhong

Ms. Wang Yanhong was from Jieguan Township in Anlu City in Hubei Province. She was beaten to death in the First Detention Centre in Guangshui for practising Falun Gong. She was 46. Those around her lost a good family member, a guardian who upheld justice and kindness, and an ambassador who spread the blessings of Falun Gong.

Yanhong started to practise Falun Gong at the beginning of 1999. She taught the Falun Gong exercises to people in nearby towns and villages. Some people recovered from chronic diseases, while others improved their bad tempers. Some came to know the true meaning of life. Yanhong, herself, underwent a huge change as well. She had loved playing Mahjong and was very hot tempered. But after becoming a practitioner she became a good and kind person that everyone loved.

After the persecution began on July 20th, 1999, Yanhong was inhumanely persecuted. Local police officers often harassed her. She was sentenced to forced labour and was persecuted physically and financially. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) also viciously damaged her reputation. But all this couldn't shake her belief. In order to let people know the facts about Falun Gong, she often travelled on narrow country roads and went across mountains by bicycle, distributing materials and telling people face to face about Falun Gong and the persecution. Many people learned how the CCP has poisoned the Chinese people, and they quit the CCP.

Yanhong visited many towns and villages in Anlu and Guangshui. This really upset the CCP officials. Some swore at her, others reported her to their superiors, while still others tried to arrest her. Yanhong was detained several times as a result.

In the face of threats and tribulations, she never wavered in her belief in Falun Gong.

On September 4th, 2008, officers from the 610 Office¹ in Guangshui City, police from the Domestic Security Divisions in both Guangshui and Anlu and officers from the Jieguan Police Station conspired to arrest Yanhong and another practitioner. Yanhong shouted, "Falun Gong is good!" In the detention centre, she went on a hunger strike to protest the persecution. She was severely beaten. She was tortured to death on September 24th. Her body was quickly cremated.

The personnel involved in persecution included Zhang Huazhou, the director of the Domestic Security Division; Fang Hong, the deputy director of the Domestic Security Division; Liu Xuejian; and Zhang Xinzhou.

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.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.org/mh/articles/2008/10/20/188108.html