Jilin University's 60-Year-Old Associate Professor Yang Lingyun Dies from an Illness Resulting from the Persecution

Associate Professor Ms. Yang Lingyun, 60 years old, was persecuted by the Jiang Zemin for practisng Falun Gong. She died from an illness in early 2004.

In March 2003, her son Gao Meng was arrested for carrying truth-clarification materials on the road. He was forced to give the police the family address and the source of the materials. Around 10 p.m., the police took him home and forced him to open the door. Then the police took the opportunity to push their way inside and unlawfully searched the home. They were not able to capture Ms. Yang, so they took away Gao Meng again. After that, Yang Lingyun became destitute and homeless in order to avoid further persecution. Gao Meng was sent to a forced labour camp.

Yang Lingyun was deeply anguished because of the tribulations that her son suffered. Gao Meng could not endure the pressure in the forced labour camp and renounced Falun Gong. The pressure of being homeless and avoiding being unlawfully arrested by police, and worry over her son's miserable condition at the labour camp took a harsh toll on Ms. Yang. She was diagnosed with cancer and died in the hospital at the beginning of 2004. Due to Jiang's brutal persecution, another kind citizen in pursuit of "Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance" has passed away, unjustly suffering mental and physical anguish in the process.

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2004/4/18/72630.html