63 Year Old Ms. Wang Fengru from Liaoning Province Died in 2003 Due to Constant Harassment

Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Wang Fengru from Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province suffered physically and mentally due to the severe persecution. On July 23, 2003, the County's Disciplinary Committee and village officials went to her house to persecute her. Two days later, Ms. Wang Fengru died due to the relentless harassment. She was sixty-three years old.

Ms. Wang Fengru

Ms. Wang Fengru worked as an accountant in her village for thirty-eight years. She began to practise Falun Gong in November 1997. She had hypertension and lower back problems. After beginning the practice, she was strict with herself in following the principles of "Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance," and her illnesses soon disappeared. She also told many others about the beauty of Falun Dafa, and as a result, many people from her village also started to practise Falun Gong.

On February 1, 2002, near the Chinese New Year, Ms. Wang's village had a meeting for the local Communist Party members. She tried to clarify the facts about Falun Gong to the village officials and some party members of her village. However, Ms. Wang was reported to the authorities for doing so. On February 4, 2002, police abducted Ms. Wang and took her to the Heishan Detention Centre. She was illegally detained for more than a month, and her family was extorted of 5,000 yuan(1) before she was released.

When Ms. Wang Fengru was illegally detained, police officers viciously beat her. Even after being released from the detention centre, police officers often harassed her and tried to force her to write the so-called "Guarantee Statement" (2). Under pressure, Ms. Wang's husband also pressured her to give up her belief by limiting her financially. As a result, she suffered both physically and mentally.

On July 23, 2003, the county's Disciplinary Committee and village officials again went to Ms. Wang Fengru's place to threaten her and strip her of her party membership. Due to the relentless suffering and the many injustices, she was depressed and her blood pressure was very high. Thus, Wang Fengru passed away on July 25, 2003.

(1) yuan: 500 yuan is the average monthly income for an urban worker in China.

(2)"Guarantee Statement": A statement to declare that one is remorseful for practising Falun Gong and guarantees not to practise Falun Gong again, not to go to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong, and never again associate with any Falun Dafa practitioners.

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2005/1/16/93600.html