Death Cases
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Six Falun Dafa Practitioners from Liaoning, Heilongjiang, and Hebei Provinces Tortured to Death
2005-12-10Ms. Chen Jianhua, about fifty-one years old, appealed in Beijing for justice for Falun Dafa in 1999. The authorities extorted more than ten thousand yuan from her. She was imprisoned at a detention centre, and handcuffed to a chair. She was deprived of sleep and force-fed. Ms. Chen was brutally tortured and she was only released when she was on the verge of death. Later six police officers arrested Ms. Chen in 2005, took her to a brainwashing centre and tortured her. She was finally released because of her poor health. Ms. Chen passed away on March 20th, 2005. -
Three Practitioners from Liaoning and Heilongjiang Provinces Died Under the Persecution
2005-12-10Ms. Lu Cuihua was about 68 years old. She lived in Dalian City, Liaoning Province. After she started cultivating Falun Dafa in 1996, her cerebral hemorrhage was cured. She went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Dafa and was detained twice and harassed many times. A group of police officers stormed into her house and searched her home illegally. They arrested her and took her to the police station. She was tortured until she was unable to walk. She was released only after a hospital diagnosis. Under the long period of persecution, she became very nervous and was afraid of meeting people. She was found dead in her house on October 17th, 2005. -
Middle School Teacher Fei Weidong Beaten to Death by Police in Jiangxi Province
2005-12-09Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Fei Weidong, a middle school teacher told the facts of Falun Dafa to people in a shop on October 17th, 2005. The owner reported him. The police arrived and closed the shutters to the shop, then they beat Fei Weidong to death. An autopsy was performed and the body was cremated soon afterwards. The ashes were returned to Fei Weidong's family. The authorities claimed Fei Weidong died from heart disease. They refused the family the right to make enquiries. According to witnesses, there was a large hole on each of Fei Weidong's temples, and all of his front teeth were knocked out. The police beating was savage. -
Four Practitioners from Guangdong, Liaoning and Henan Provinces Persecuted to Death
2005-12-09Sixty-six-year old Ms. Ma Rangliao was forced to report regularly to the police station for more than a year. Because she spread the truth about Falun Dafa, her home was illegally searched and her property was confiscated many times. She was held in a detention centre and sent to a brainwashing centre twice. The police threatened her and her family repeatedly and did not allow her to have contact with others. Because of the long-term harassment and intimidation from the police and other authorities, she endured intense mental and physical pressure. Her health began to deteriorate in 2002. She passed away on October 22nd, 2002. -
Her Voice Came From a Far Away Horizon
2005-12-08Years of torture in detention left Ms. Zhang Xihui mentally disordered. When she was released from hospital, Ms. Zhang Xihui had lost her memory and was mentally unstable. According to some insiders, they may have given her nerve-damaging drugs. She had oedema in most areas of her body. No matter what anyone asked her, she would always reply, "I already had a meal. I ate some noodles." Every once in a while, she would say, "If you would allow me to do the exercises, I would not be like this." -
Six Practitioners from Inner Mongolia, Sichuan and Henan Provinces Were Persecuted to Death
2005-12-08Mr. Wang Yuesheng was 57 years old. Nonetheless, in August 2001 officers from the local 610 Office arrested Wang Yuesheng. Mr. Wang's wife, Ms. Li Ai'liang, is also a Falun Dafa practitioner. Ms. Li was sentenced to three years of "re-education" through forced labour in exchange for her husband's freedom. Since then, public security officials continuously harassed Mr. Wang, which put a lot of pressure on him and his family. During the years of persecution he suffered, Mr. Wang was tortured both physically and mentally. Finally, his former illnesses returned, and he passed away on November 4th, 2005. -
Parents of Ms. Gao Rongrong Speak Out to Demand Justice for their Daughter Who Was Disfigured and Tortured to Death
2005-12-07"Our daughter Gao Rongrong, 37, was subjected to inhuman torture in Longshan Forced Labour Camp. The guards shocked Gao Rongrong for six to seven hours. The skin of her face, ears, neck, back and ankle were severely burned and charred. There were big blisters. Although she escaped for the prison hospital she was later re-captured and tortured to death. Why did they inform us one week after Gao Rongrong was admitted to the hospital and in a deep coma? If they had informed us on the day (June 6th) when she just was admitted to the hospital, Gao Rongrong could have been saved with her family's support. Why and how could this turn out like this?" -
Seven Practitioners from Shandong, Liaoning, and Tianjin Die as a Result of Persecution
2005-12-07Mr. Bai Jiazhen, 60 years old, was a retired official of a town government in Shandong Province. After practising Falun Dafa, many of his illnesses disappeared, and he had very good health. However, the police illegally searched his home, threatened him, and cancelled his salary when Falun Gong was banned on July 20th of 1999. He was sentenced to a forced labour camp after returning from appealing for Falun Gong in Beijing. In the labour camp, he was treated inhumanely, forced to labour beyond his physical strength, and brainwashed. He developed mental problems and died on September 19th, 2004. -
Shuangkou Forced Labour Camp in Tianjin City Is a Den of Evil Used to Persecute Practitioners
2005-12-06Two years ago, when some criminals designated by the guards were slandering and smearing Teacher Li and Dafa, Mr. Chen Baoliang, a practitioner from Tianjin City, stood up and calmly said to them, "You can argue if you have enough reason, but do not call names at will." Just for saying this, the criminals publicly beat Mr. Chen to death. The guards later took his body to the hospital and got a medical certificate that said Mr. Chen had died of "a heart attack." The murderers were not held responsible for their actions. On the contrary, they were released three months ahead of schedule as a reward for "actively supporting government agents." -
Eight Falun Dafa Practitioners from Sichuan Province, Shandong Province and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Die as a Result of the Persecution
2005-12-05Ms. Jiang Zhenmei was 75 years old. She went to Beijing to appeal for Dafa and as a result was arretsed and since that time detained on many occasions. In September 2001, the authorities sent her to a brainwashing centre where she was brutally tortured for more than four months. A guard savagely beat Ms. Jiang. She was also forced to stand for a long time in the chilly winter wind. After Jiang Zhenmei returned home, the authorities put her under long-term surveillance and arbitrarily harassed her. Along with the long-term mental stress of the persecution, Ms. Jiang became extremely weak, and died on October 28th, 2005. -
Mr. Dong Hongqiang from Henan Province Dies After Being Injected with Unknown Drugs in the Xinmi Forced Labour Camp
2005-12-0340-year-old Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Dong Hongqiang had been detained many times by the County 610 Office or the police. He had been sentenced to three and a half years of forced labour, and was tortured in the Xinmi Forced Labour Camp. He was injected with unknown drugs while four or five people held him down. Ever since the poisonous injection, Dong Hongqiang became very weak, his belly became extremely bloated, and he suffered a mental collapse. He was severely emaciated and had difficulty breathing. Mr. Dong suffered a mental collapse, which led to his death on November 9th, 2005. -
Eleven Dafa Practitioners from Liaoning, Jilin, Hebei, Henan, Heilongjiang, Gansu and Inner Mongolia Die as a Result of Persecution
2005-12-03Ms. Long Lianqiu, 53, was from Gansu Province. In 2002, the police went to her home to confiscate her Dafa materials and detained her. After she was tortured to the point of becoming very sick, she was released on bail and went home. Because the police often harassed her, she was under severe psychological pressure. She was sent to a brainwashing centre. She was persecuted and sustained a cerebral hemorrhage. At that time, the police arrested and detained her daughter. Ms Long was ill at ease and worried. In addition, the police often went to her home to threaten her. Finally, she died on September 11th, 2005. -
Falun Dafa Practitioners Ms. Yu Zhenghong and Mr. Han Yusheng Tortured to Death
2005-12-02Practitioner Ms. Yu Zhenghong arrested on September 27th, 2005 by 610 Office staff. Ms. Yu went on a 15-day hunger strike and was savagely force-fed. After Ms. Yu became critically ill, she was taken to the Central Hospital of Wendeng City by 610 Office staff, pretending to be her family members. When the hospital notified them that Ms. Yu was dying, they sent her home. Ms. Yu died on November 17th, 2005. Also, 69-year-old practitioner Mr. Han Yusheng passed away on October 15th, 2005 after he suffered a mental disorder from the torture. -
Seventy-one Year Old Ms. Sun Guozhen Has Died Due to Persecution
2005-12-02Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Sun Guozhen was 71 years old. Ms. Sun Guozhen went to Beijing to tell the facts of Falun Dafa to people who had been misled by the government propaganda in April 2000. She was arrested and detained in a brainwashing centre. She was tortured severely there, by methods such as having to sleep on a wet, cold cement floor. They also tortured her by tying her to a chair, slapping her face, and kicking her legs. Her physical condition started getting worse and worse due to the constant harassment and mistreatment. She died on November 2nd, 2005. -
Mr. Li Guang Dies from Shocks from 50,000 Volt Electric Batons and Other Barbaric Methods of Torture
2005-11-30Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Li Guang was a TV programme host employed by the Laizhou City TV Station in Shandong Province. He was locked up in Huaibei Prison and was brutally tortured. In November 2004 the prison director cuffed his hands behind his back, and shocked him on his head, spine, legs, and private parts with two fifty-thousand volt batons. Li Guang passed out instantly. He was carried to his cell, hung onto the bed, hands and feet tied together, deprived of sleep, had cold water poured on him and prisoners pinched his testicles, making Mr. Li scream in pain. They tortured Mr. Li like this for 8-9 days, but he still refused to give up his faith in Falun Dafa. He was tortured to death on December 3rd, 2004.