Elderly Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms Zhang Guangxian from Guizhou Province Passes Away Under Great Strain Caused by the Persecution

Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Zhang Guangxian was from Xiuwen County, Guizhou Province. Her son Hu Dali is also a Falun Dafa practitioner, and was sentenced 10 years in prison. He was tortured in Lannigou Detention Centre, leaving both legs disabled, then sent to Duyun City No.4 Prison in Guizhou Province. Ms. Zhang died on February 22, 2004, in the hospital where her son used to work.

Ms. Zhang Guangxian was in her 50s, a resident of Liuguang Town, Xiuwen County, Guizhou Province. Her many diseases were cured after she began practising Falun Dafa. Because her now disabled son Hu Dali was sentenced 10 years in prison (Reported on Clearwisdom.net http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2003/11/20/42414.html), she sought help in gaining his release for medical reasons. Because he refused to write the "Three Statements 1," her requests were rejected. Hu Dali was secretly transferred to Duyun City No.4 Prison in Guizhou Province, adding to her grief and causing tremendous stress.

While her son was tortured in prison, she faced ongoing harassment and threats at home. At the end of 2003, officers entered her home, hoping to force her to give up cultivation. They grabbed her hand, trying to make her write the "Three Statements." She absolutely refused. After being subjected to repeated harassment and intimidation to the limits of her endurance, she passed away on the evening of February 22, 2004, at the Xiuwen County Chinese Medicine Hospital in Guizhou Province.

The Xiuwen County Political Judiciary Committee phone number is 86-851-2322443 or 86-851-2323276. The Liuguang Town government of Xiuwen County phone number is 86-851-2452020. Liuguang Town Police Station phone number is 86-851-2452204 or 86-851-2452627.

(1) [Practitioners are coerced under brainwashing and torture to write these as proof that they have given up their belief. Created by the "610 Office," the three statements consist of a letter of repentance, a guarantee to never again practice Falun Gong, and a list of names and addresses of all family members, friends and acquaintances who are practitioners.]

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.ca/mh/articles/2004/3/3/68576.html