Two Practitioners in Hebei Province Who Died As a Result of Persecution

Practitioner Mr. Jia Ronglin from Fengrun District, Tangshan City Died in November 2003

Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Jia Ronglin, 41 years old, lived in Tangshan City, Hebei Province. He went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Dafa in 2001 and was arrested. He was held at a local detention centre, fined ten thousand yuan (1), and released after being detained for 15 days. During his detention, Mr. Jia was forced to write a Guarantee Statement (2) and fined another five thousand yuan. He then wrote a solemn declaration later, stating that his guarantee statement was now null and void. He was then abducted to a brainwashing class and fined two thousand yuan by officers from the Fengrun District 610 office (3) and police. Six months later, Mr. Jia was arrested and held in Fengrun Detention Centre. After being fined another three thousand yuan, he was released in July 2001. The local police kept harassing him, trying to arrest him, and ransacking his home. He was forced to become homeless in order to avoid being arrested. After suffering through all of the persecution, Mr. Jia suddenly died on November 9, 2003.

Ms. Li Shuzhen from Nanpi County, Hebei Province Died in 2004

Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Li Shuzhen, 57 years old, lived in Nanpi County, Hebei Province. She was a steadfast practitioner of Falun Dafa. She was harassed, threatened, arrested, and detained by local police many times. She was kept in a small dark room at a police station for nine days in August 2000. On November 6, 2002, she was once again dragged into a vehicle and held at the Nanpi County Detention Centre. Ms. Li was sentenced to two months at Tangshan Labour Camp, but the camp rejected her because of her high blood pressure brought on due to persecution. On February 6, 2003, police tried to send her once more to Tangshan Labour Camp, and she was rejected again for the same reason. As a result of the persecution she endured, Ms. Li Shuzhen died on May 24, 2004.

Note:

(1) "Yuan" is the Chinese currency; 500 yuan is equal to the average monthly income of 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.

(3) "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.

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2005/3/26/98134.html