Tragic Consequences of Unjust Persecution-At Least 24 Dafa Practitioners Die in Jilin City

Since Jiang's regime began its suppression of Falun Gong in July 1999, at least 24 Dafa practitioners from Jilin City and its neighbouring counties and cities in Jilin Province have been persecuted to death. Some of these practitioners died of torture while others died as a result of various kinds of persecution. The following cases are listed according to the time of death. The last four are the most recent cases of death by persecution:

Ms Zheng Junshu, a 24 year old student at Yanbian University, was from the city of Panshi. In August 1999, she went to Beijing to appeal. However, she was arrested. Later on, the Politics Administration Department from her university came to Beijing to pick her up and attempt to return her to the university. On the train back to Panshi, to escape from this situation and continue her appeal she jumped from the train and died as a result of her injuries.

Mr Wang Guoping, was a 40 year old Dafa practitioner in the city of Shulan. He was arrested when he went to Beijing to appeal. He was mercilessly beaten by the police who used all means of torture available to them. For example they removed his clothes completely and poured cold water on him, and pushed his head into a toilet bowl to degrade and humiliate him. On October 17, 1999, he fell to his death from the eighth floor of the building of the Beijing Liaison Office of Jilin Province.

Mr Li Zaiji, who was 48 years old, lived in the city of Jilin. He was a plumber for Jilin's Infectious Disease Hospital. On July 7, 2000, he was tortured to death at the Jilin City Forced Labour Camp. His body was full of injuries.

Mr Wang Shuquan, was 28 years old, and was a villager of Nanlian Village, Lianhua Town, in the city of Shulan. In the summer of 2000, because the living conditions were extremely bad in Jilin City Forced Labour Camp, he developed pulmonary tuberculosis and died in the hospital.

Mr Cui Guoqing, who was 36 years old, lived in the city of Jilin. On July 11, 2000, he was persecuted to death at Beijing Liaison Office of Jilin Province.

Mr Liu Yucai, was a 60 year old self-employed doctor in the village of Beimayi in the city of Panshi. On October 1, 2000, he went to Beijing to appeal. He was sent to the detention centre in the Chaoyang District, in Beijing where he was beaten to death.

Mr Wang Lixin, who was 34 years old lived in Jilin City. In November 2000, because he made 100 copies of Dafa materials, he was arrested by the police. At the 6th prison building of the Third Detention Centre in Jilin City, he was viciously beaten to death by criminals and the police.

Ms Zhao Jing, only 19 years old, was from the village of Yushu, Fengman District, Jilin City. Around the 25th of November 2000, in Yutian County of the Hebei Province, she was tortured to death. Two days later, her body was cremated at Yutian County Cremation Factory, Hebei Province.

Ms Chu Congrui, only 19 years old, was from Xujia Village, Tiande Town, Shulan City. She went to Beijing to appeal and unfolded a banner with "Falun Dafa is good" in Tiananmen Square. Around December 13, 2000, she was beaten to death by the police.

Ms Qu Junli, 28 years old, was a laid off worker of Xiguan Thermal Power Plant, Chuanying District, Jilin City. On December 3, 2000, she went to Beijing to appeal and was arrested by the police. On December 16, 2000, she was tortured to death in the Beijing Liaison Office of Jilin Province.

Mr Hou Zhanhai, was a self-employed worker from Jilin City. On March 12 and 14, 2001, he was fiercely attacked by the police with police clubs at the Jilin City Forced Labour Camp. On March 27, 2001, he was transferred to Liaoyuan Labour Camp. In August 2001, he was released due to his poor physical conditions that stemmed from the beating. He died four months after he was released.

Mr Tong Zhentian, only 22 years old, lived in Shulan City. During the time he was imprisoned in Jilin City Forced Labour Camp, because he firmly cultivated Dafa and refused to sign a guarantee promising to give up the practice of Dafa, he suffered from brutal torture. On July 4, 2001, he died.

Ms Wang Xiufen, was 36 years old, and lived in Jilin City. On December 21, 2001, when she was distributing truth clarification material at Tumenling Town, Jiutai City, she was kidnapped and imprisoned in Jiutai Detention Centre. She continuously remained on hungerstrike. On January 1, 2002, she was force-fed via a tube into her mouth, which caused her to suffocate and die.

Mr Fu Chunsheng, was a 52 year old worker at the transportation company of Jilin City and lived in housing building of Jilin City's Steel Company. Because he firmly cultivated Dafa and went to Beijing to appeal for Dafa, he was illegally sentenced to one year of forced labour education. On December 30, 1999, he was sent to Huanxiling Forced Labour Camp in Jilin City. Later he was transferred to Yinmahe Forced Labour Camp in Jiutai City. On September 12, 2001, he was unconditionally released. On December 28, 2001, the police from local police station broke into his home and found Dafa books and other materials and they arrested him. He was brought to Daxingtun Police Station. Later on, he was sent to the Third Detention Centre of Jilin City, where he was cruelly beaten to death three days later.

Ms Lu Shuqiu, lived in Jilin City. In February 2002, she went to Beijing to appeal. She was persecuted to death by the Beijing Liaison Office of Jilin City Police Department. The police said she jumped from 8th floor, but her family members saw that her whole body was entirely black and purple with scars, which were apparently results of vicious beatings.

Mr Xiao Jinsong, was a practitioner in Jilin City. He was successively imprisoned in Huanxiling Forced Labour Camp of Jilin City and Yinmahe Labour Camp of Jiutai City. Because Mr. Xiao would not sign a statement to break up with Falun Dafa and he firmly protested the persecution by going on a hungerstrike, he was brutally tortured by the police at the labour camp. On February 24, 2002, he died as a result of the unjust persecution he received.

Mr Sun Jianhua, was a 34 year old practitioner from Shulan City. In the mid-March, 2002, Mr. Sun was surrounded by the police at Shulan City Train Station. They took shifts to watch him. In order to avoid being arrested, Mr. Sun did not eat, drink or sleep for seven days and nights. At that time, it was extremely cold at night and he wore very thin clothes. However, although exhausted, he still withstood seven days of the hardships. After the police withdrew, he almost collapsed. Due to his extremely poor physical condition, he died on March 23, 2002.

Ms Yu Lixin, was a 36 year old cadre of the Municipal General Labour Union of Jilin City, and she held a bachelor's degree. Ms Yu went to Beijing to appeal, and she was taken back by the Jilin City Police Department. She was discharged from her job, and was illegally sentenced to a five-year imprisonment. In prison she was tortured and beaten On March 8, 2002, Ms Yu went on a hunger strike to protest the illegal persecution. The Police Hospital then injected her with a drug that damages central nervous system. On April 5, she fell into a coma. On May 4, 2002, the 66th day of her hunger strike, she died.

Ms Wang Xiulan, who was 50, was a volunteer contact person at one Dafa practice site of Longdong, Jilin City before July 20, 1999. During the period of imprisonment at the labour camp, she suffered from brutal torture, but she did not obey the evildoers and refused to sign a statement denouncing Dafa. She was later released because of her health problem, however in May 2002, she was again persecuted and it resulted in her death.

Ms Wang Xiuyun, who was 47, was a Dafa practitioner from Huadian City, Jilin Province. On June 3, 2002, Ms Wang and other seven Dafa practitioners were kidnapped by the police to the Department of Politics and Administration, in the Huadian City Police Department. In order to extort a confession, the police brutally tortured her. She was then sent to Huadian City Detention Centre. During the period of imprisonment, Ms Wang suffered severe torture and as a result she had fluid in her lungs. In order to shirk responsibility, the Huadian City Police Department and the detention centre transferred her Heizuizi Prison in Changchun City, without informing her family members. Only 10 days later, Ms Wang died.

Mr Wang Ziguang, was 54, graduated from the technical college, and was the provost at 26th Middle School, Jilin City. Because he persisted in cultivating Falun Dafa he was arrested at home. After a period of time he was sent to the Jilin City Forced Labour Camp. In less than one year, he was tortured to point of near death and was sent back home where he died 4 to 5 days later.

Ms Guo Shufen, was 49 years old, and a villager of Erdao Village, Fengman District, Jilin City. All neighbours said that she was a very good person. After she took up the practice of Falun Dafa, she had benefited significantly. In October 1999, she went to Beijing to appeal and tell the truth, "Falun Dafa is good." She was arrested, brought back to Jilin where she was detained at the local police station. She was not allowed to drink any water or eat anything. The police also did not allow her family members to visit her. In less than one week, she was tortured to death.

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Ms Liu Mingke, was from Jilin City. On June 15, 2002, she died as a result of the persecution she received.

Ms Shen Shuhua, was 47, lived in Jilin City. In September 1999, she was detained by Xindihao Police Station. During her detention, because she could not bear losing her freedom, she suffered from a mental collapse. In June 2000, she was forced to clean the windows of buildings along the street. After cleaning, she forgot the bucket. On June 25, she went to retrieve the bucket. She fell down from the building, which caused her death. The reason that caused her fall is unclear.

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