Ms. Zhang Tongyan was 80 years old and lived in Shenze County, Hebei Province. Nine members of her family practise Falun Dafa. After the persecution began on July 20, 1999, local police and the County "610 Office" (1) workers constantly came to her home to search for Falun Dafa materials and to terrorize and intimidate the family. Her eldest son and youngest daughter are currently being held in labour camps. Her second and third sons were detained by the authorities, and the third son was tortured to death in 2002. Ms. Zhang's three daughters-in-law have been detained as well. The police have extorted more than 20,000 yuan (2) from the family. On February 19, 2004, the heartbroken Ms. Zhang passed away.
(1) "The 610 office" is an agency specifically created to persecute Falun Gong, with absolute power over each level of administration in the Party and all other political and judiciary systems.
(2) "Yuan" is the Chinese currency; 500 yuan is equal to the average monthly income of an urban worker in China.
Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2005/2/4/94832.html
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