85-Year-Old Mr. Zhang Liyun Dies As a Result of Persecution

Name: Zhang Liyun
Gender: Male
Age: 85
Address: Shuanghulu Community, Huixing Street, Yubei District, Chongqing City
Occupation: Unknown
Date of Death: September 26th, 2009
Date of Most Recent Arrest: June 18th, 2009
Most recent place of detention: Huixing Police Station
City: Chongqing
Persecution Suffered: Home Ransacked, Detention

Mr. Zhang Liyun, 85, had been a Falun Gong practitioner for more than ten years and always forged ahead diligently. After the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began to persecute Falun Gong, he overcame the inconvenience of old age and often distributed Falun Gong fliers and explained the facts about Falun Gong.

Around 11 a.m. on June 18th, 2009, while he was promoting Falun Gong around the Shuanghulu Community, he was arrested by eight officers from the Huixing Police Station. He kept explaining about the persecution of Falun Gong to the officers, and at 6 p.m. on the same day, he was released. Only after he returned home did he learn that the police had searched his home and seized Falun Gong books and materials, his ID card, a mobile phone, and other items.

Several days later, he went to the police station to demand the return of his mobile phone, but the officers railed at him. About a month later, without going through any legal proceedings, the police station officials issued a sentence of "one year of forced labour to be served outside the labour camp under surveillance."

Due to persecution by the CCP, this 85-year-old man's health became worse and worse. He developed bladder stones and went into renal failure. Medical treatment was ineffective. He passed away on September 26th, 2009.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2009/10/11/210159.html