65 Year Old Retired Teacher Ms. Wang Tingfang of Shanxi Province Dies from Persecution

Ms. Wang Tingfang, a Falun Dafa practitioner from Yangquan City, Shanxi Province, was unlawfully sentenced to two years of forced labour for her belief in Falun Dafa. Officials continued to harass her after she was released until her death in March 2004.

Ms. Wang Tingfang was 65 years old and was a retired teacher. She suffered from numerous illnesses before she started practising Falun Dafa in 1997. All of her illnesses disappeared within half a year of practising Falun Dafa. She looked much younger and was full of energy.

After July 20, 1999, when Jiang's regime started persecuting Falun Dafa, local officials, including the director of the Yangquan City 610 Office and police placed Ms. Wang in a state of continuous persecution. In February 2001, they placed her in a brainwashing centre, where police officer Guo Wenguang viciously beat her numerous times. She and other practitioners were forced to get up at midnight and run outside in the yard. Later in 2001, then, Ms. Wang was sentenced to two years of forced labour. She was released after January 1, 2003, but officials from the local village neighbourhood committee, police station, and the 610 Office continued harassing her. As a result, her health deteriorated. Following orders issued by the director of the 610 Office, the principal of the Chengguan School suspended her pension benefits for twenty-four months, totalling over 24,000 yuan.

In March 2004, Ms. Wang Tingfang died as a result of the long-term persecution.

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2004/11/20/89385.html