Ms. Wang Keju Passed Away in 2010 While Two of Her Daughters in Prison Are Not Informed

Name: Wang Keju
Gender: Female
Age: In her 70s
Address: Taohuayu Village, Tuanlin Town, Junan County, Shandong Province
Occupation: Farmer
Date of Death: February 19th, 2010
Date of Most Recent Arrest: 2005
Most Recent Place of Detention: Linyi Brainwashing Centre
City: Linyi
Province: Shandong
Persecution Suffered: Detention, extortion, brainwashing

Ms. Wang Keju started to practise Falun Gong in August 1998, and by the end of that year all of her illnesses had disappeared. Just after the 2000 Chinese New Year, she decided to go to Beijing to appeal against the persecution of Falun Gong. She was stopped by officers from the Gongan Township Police Station at the county train station, and was detained for more than ten days. The police also fined three of her daughters 200 yuan¹ each.

Since then, Ms. Wang was continually harassed by the authorities. One night in 2001, the village party secretary and others climbed over her garden wall, broke into her home and ransacked it. In 2005, she was taken to the Linyi Brainwashing Centre and detained for two weeks.

Two of Ms. Wang's daughters were sentenced to eight years' imprisonment in 2004. Due to the constant harassment and physical abuse Ms. Wang had endured over the past decade, she passed away on February 19th, 2010. Her daughters were not with her when she died and still have not been informed of their mother's death.

Note

1. "Yuan" is the Chinese currency; 500 yuan is equal to the average monthly income of an urban worker in China.

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2011/5/31/41726.html