The Persecution Related Deaths of 81 More Falun Gong Practitioners Were Confirmed in February 2005

During February 2005, we confirmed 81 cases of Falun Gong practitioners dying as a result of the persecution. Non-governmental channels have confirmed that since July 20, 1999, when Jiang Zemin's regime began its persecution of Falun Gong, at least 1,427 Falun Gong practitioners have died as a result of the persecution.

Of 81 Falun Gong practitioners, 45 were women, and 46 were older than 55. Of these over-55-year-old practitioners, 17 of them were over 70 years old.

Three Falun Gong practitioners were not even 30 when they died as a result of the persecution. They were: 24 year-old Ms Luo Qiaohong, a teacher from Jiahe County, Binzhou, Hunan Province. She has a 2-year-old child; 27-year-old Mr. Wang Zhehao, an employee from the Dalian Chemical Research & Design Institute, who majored in Investment Economics at the Dalian Institute of Light Industry; 27-year-old Mr. Dai Jianming, a university student from Wuhan University of Technology.

Five of the practitioners killed in February were 52-year-old Mr. Shijun from Harbin City; Tianjin practitioner Mr. Liu Jinghua, 57 years old; Mongolian practitioner Mr. Gao Yunhu, 63 years old; Liaoning practitioner Mr. Qian Naizhang, 42 years old; Shanghai practitioner Ms. Chao Qiangzhen, 53 years old.

These 81 confirmed deaths cases of practitioners span 17 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities: 15 cases in Hebei Province; 14 cases in Liaoning Province; 9 cases in Heilongjiang Province; 7 cases in Hubei Province; 5 cases in Jilin Province; 4 cases each in Hunan Province, Shandong Province and Sichuan Province; 3 cases each in Henan Province and Chongqing; 2 cases each in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Guizhou Province, Shanghai, Tianjin, Shaanxi Province and Shanxi Province; 1 case in Beijing.

Just because the practitioners adhered to their belief, they were subjected to inhuman physical and mental torture at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Jiang's political group. Many families were illegally imprisoned. In some cases, several family members died as a result of the persecution. They died in the CCP's detention centres, forced labour camps, prisons, or in the "610 Offices" (1) that are specifically used to persecute Falun Gong. Some were released home when they were at their last gasp of breath and passed away shortly after; some had their homes searched, were fined, abducted and harassed; many of them left behind young children and elderly parents.

Outstanding Talent Pan Xingfu, Only 31 Years Old, Died from Torture in January 2005

Thirty-one year-old Dafa practitioner Pan Xingfu from Shuangyanshan City, Heilongjiang Province, passed away in January 2005. He was a former cadre of the Shuangyashan Post Office. Because he didn't want to give up his belief, he was persecuted again and again. He left behind a young child and elderly mother. His wife Zhang Li was sentenced to a nine-year prison term.

Pan Xingfu was a talented young man. In 1993, when Pan Xingfu was a third year student at the university, he attended Master Li Hongzhi's lectures in Wuhan. He instantly recognized the goodness of Falun Dafa and the profound principles encompassed in "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance." Afterwards he introduced Falun Dafa to his mother. After that, Falun Dafa changed the whole family's fate. His mother was healed of all her illnesses. She was not depressed any more and became more optimistic.

After Pan Xingfu graduated, he went back to Shuangyashan City, Heilongjiang Province, and worked in the Department of Networking in the Bureau of Postal and Tele Communications. He was responsible and an expert in his field. His supervisors and colleagues alike praised him. He would tell others, "I'm a Falun Dafa practitioner. I need to always conduct myself according to Dafa's teachings and do my work well."

In 1995, he was awarded the distinction of "advanced worker," and in 1997 he was awarded the distinction of "model worker in building our city with science and technology." He was the only one in the system of postal and telecommunications who held this honour. In 1998 he was awarded the distinction of "Trans-century Talent in Postal and Telecommunications System in Heilongjiang Province." (Only 50 people had this honour in the whole province; he was the only one from Shuangyashan City) On December 12, 1999 he was awarded the title of telecommunications engineer. In 2000 he became the director of the Exchange Centre of the Telecommunications Bureau and the deputy director of the Bureau of Postal and Telecommunications in Youyi County. Among his peers he was one of the best.

Many people in Pan Xingfu's family also started practising Falun Gong. His wife Zhang Li is also a Falun Gong practitioner who graduated from the Postal-Telecommunications College in Liaoning Province. She was also an excellent worker and was even sent overseas for a period of time for further training. The whole family experienced the joy of cultivation.

Pan Xingfu was released home from the Mudanjiang Prison after he was tortured to the verge of death

Jiang Zemin's regime started suppressing Falun Gong on July 20, 1999. Pan Xingfu's family still persisted in their belief and continued to firmly protect and appeal for Falun Dafa. He was arrested several times. Early in 2002 he was unlawfully sentenced and sent to the Qitaihe Prison in Heilongjiang Province and then transferred to Mudanjiang Prison. He was brutally tortured, repeatedly beaten and compelled to do odd jobs. In July 2004, when he was tortured to near death, he was released back home.

Due to the Jiang regime's policy of bankrupting Dafa practitioners financially, his family lived through a lot of hard times. He, his mother and the young child were relying on only 180 Yuan per month. His wife was incarcerated in the Harbin Women's Prison and unlawfully sentenced to a nine-year term.

In January 2005, Pan Xingfu's physical condition suddenly deteriorated. He died on January 31, 2005.

Dafa Practitioner Mr. Li Deshan, a Teacher in Dezhou, Shandong Province, Suffered a Mental Collapse and Died

Li Deshan, a teacher in Dezhou, Shandong Province was incarcerated in the Wangcun Forced Labour Camp because he practised Falun Gong. The guards used all kinds of torture on him. In order to force Li Deshan to renounce Falun Gong, guards ordered collaborators (2) to cruelly torture him. They shackled Li Deshan's limbs to two metal beds and then pulled the beds in two opposite directions, causing excruciating pain. They filled three glass bottles with boiling water, and then tied the bottles to one end of several strings and hung the bottles right above Li Deshan's head. If he moved his head he would be scalded, as the boiling water would spill on his head. Another torture Li Deshan suffered is called "half-flying." His arms were stretched out with his hands handcuffed to a metal bed frame. He was hung up like this with only his toes barely touching the floor for two weeks. Mr. Li was also force-fed with alcohol by guards and criminals. Guards Shan Yewei and Liang Junling also made a torture instrument called the "strict control stool" with steel cables. The guards forced him to sit on the stool for a long time and forced him to stay awake. Several collaborators watched him in rotating shifts. They beat him ruthlessly if he changed his sitting position.

Besides the physical torture, the mental torment Li Deshan suffered was even more unbearable. They deprived Li Deshan of sleep for long periods of time. When his mind was not clear from sleep deprivation, they ordered Li Deshan to read aloud material that had been written to defame Falun Gong and recorded his reading. Then they finally let him go to sleep. When he woke up with a clear mind, they played his recording in public. Li Deshan denied that it was his own statement, so the policemen deprived him of sleep again and forced him to read the materials again when his mind was not clear, and recorded it and played it again.

Under the extreme physical and mental torture, Li Deshan suffered a mental collapse and eventually died, leaving behind his parents, wife and young children.

The Sad Story of a Family of Ten in Yitong County, Jilin Province

In the above photo:

Mother, Sun Guilan, died during the persecution.

Father, Guo Wenxiang, served a one-year term in the Siping City Labour Camp.

Young Granddaughter,12, is the only one left; raised by far away relatives.

Oldest son, Guo Ping (first on the right); served a one-year term in the Siping City Labour Camp.

Fifth daughter, Guo Liyan (second on the right), served a one-year term in the Heizuizi Labour Camp in Changchun City. She is single and worked in the County Environmental Protection Data Station.

Daughter-in-law, Chen Xiuqin (third right), served a one-year term in the Heizuizi Labour Camp in Changchun City.

First daughter (fourth right), a non-practitioner

Second daughter, Guo Chunyan (fifth on the right), served a one-year term in the Heizuizi Labour Camp in Changchun City. Her husband was detained and extorted one thousand Yuan (3) before being released.

Third daughter, Guo Hongyan (sixth on the right), served a one-year term in the Heizuizi Labour Camp in Changchun City. Her husband divorced her and then remarried her later.

Fourth daughter, Guo Shuyan (seventh on the right), served a one-year term in the Heizuizi Labour Camp in Changchun City. Her husband is also in a labour camp, and their two-year-old child is living with his paternal grandmother in a far away town.

Ms. Sun Guilan was 51 years old farmer who lived in Yitong County, Jilin Province. She had heart disease, a lung condition, bronchitis and other ailments. After practising Falun Dafa in 1996, all her illnesses were cured. After seeing the dramatic changes in her, one by one, her husband, son, daughter-in-law and four daughters and son-in-law all became practitioners.

After July 1999, when Jiang's regime started persecuting Falun Gong in China, Ms. Sun Guilan and her family of ten went to Beijing to appeal and were arrested one after another. Local policeman Fu Lijun body-searched them and confiscated over five thousand Yuan. The police then repeatedly harassed Ms. Sun at home, which traumatized her emotionally. The threats and fear brought on illnesses and she became bedridden. When her youngest daughter Guo Liyan was arrested at home by her employer and the police on September 20, 1999, Ms. Sun Guilan could no longer endure. She died on September 25, 1999.

Nine Falun Dafa Practitioners in One Family Are Persecuted - Son Tortured to Death, Eighty-Year-Old Grandmother Dies from Grief

Ms. Zhang Tongyan was 80 years old and lived in Xiaopu Village, Shenze County, Hebei Province. She had a very happy family. Nine members of her family practised Falun Dafa. After the persecution began on July 20, 1999, local police and the county 610 Office employees 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. The authorities detained her second and third sons. 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 over 20,000 Yuan from the family. The heartbroken Ms. Zhang passed away on February 19, 2004.

Falun Dafa Practitioners Mr. Li Mingyue and His Son Li Junwen Died During the Persecution

Mr. Li Mingyue was 69 years old. In February 2002, along with three other family members, he went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Dafa. They were arrested and sent back to Huozhou City, Shanxi Province, detained for over one month in the Huozhou City Detention Centre and extorted out of over three thousand Yuan. In the middle of the night on February 5, 2002, more than ten police officers came and ransacked his home. They also abducted four family members.

One day during detention, Mr. Li Mingyue was humiliated by being paraded on the street. He was sentenced to forced labor for one year. In October 2002, four to five police officers came to his house again to harass him. Mr. Li could not bear such severe mental pressure. He became very weak and died three to four days later. Mr. Li Mingyue's second son Li Junwen died in May 2004 after being tortured multiple times by police. He is survived by two children who are less than ten years old.

Note:

(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) "Collaborators": Former practitioners who have turned against Falun Gong under brainwashing and torture. They are then made to assist in brainwashing and torturing practitioners.

(3) "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://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2005/3/7/96809.html