70 Year Old Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Li Shuping, a Retired Teacher from Liaoning Province, Died as a Result of the Persecution in 2004

Ms. Li Shuping was a practitioner from Changtu County, Liaoning Province. She was a 70-year-old retired teacher. In the spring of 2004, she went by bus to Changtu County to take care of some business. A person who actively participated in the persecution in her village reported her to the police. The police stopped the bus, arrested Li and took her to the police station. The perpetrators then ransacked her home and took away some Falun Dafa books and truth-clarifying (1) materials.

Then, the police took Ms. Li Shuping to the Changtu County Detention Centre, where she was detained. Because of the torture she suffered in the detention centre, negatively affecting her physical and mental health, Ms. Li came down with a life threatening disease. The persecutors from the County State Security Group extorted 5,000 yuan (2) from her family members before they released her. Shortly after she returned home, Ms. Li Shuping passed away.

Note:

(1) Clarifying the Truth: Because of the nationwide persecution of Falun Gong in China, and the fact that the unrelenting hate -campaign carried out by China’s state-controlled media, Falun Gong publish and broadcast nothing but false and slanderous reports about Falun Gong and cover up the brutal persecution taking place in China, practitioners inside and outside of China have been actively engaged in what is referred to as "clarifying the truth" – explaining to the public the facts about Falun Gong and exposing the evil persecution. Truth clarification activities include face to face conversations with people, posting notices and posters, handing out flyers, and hanging banners explaining the truth about Falun Gong. Outside of China, where Falun Gong is freely practised, practitioners further expose the persecution in China through anti-torture reenactments, art exhibits, Internet websites, books, magazines, newspapers, movies and letter writing. The goal of clarifying the truth is to help people understand what Falun Gong is and, to raise public awareness and support, in order to dispel the lies of the current communist regime in China and to raise public support to to bring about the end of the persecution. (Variations: "clarifying the truth", "truth clarifying", "truth-clarifying", "truth clarification", "truth-clarification", "clarifying the facts", "clarified the truth", and "clarified the facts")

(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/2005/2/20/95826.html