Seven Falun Gong Practitioners from Sichuan Province Passed Away Due to the Persecution

Six Falun Gong Practitioners from Suining Passed Away Due to the Persecution

Ms. Jiang Xiangqin, 65 years old, was from Suining City, Sichuan Province. Before she practised Falun Gong, she was seriously ill and could not move around by herself. Since she started the practice, the diseases that troubled her for a long time were healed and her health improved. After the persecution began, she was forced to leave home and go from place to place to avoid being arrested and tortured because she refused to renounce Falun Gong. She was not able to regularly study the Falun Dafa teachings or do the exercises. On April 10, 2005, she passed away.

Mr. Zheng Lun, 78 years old, was from Suining City, Sichuan Province. After he started to practise Falun Dafa in 1996, his rheumatism was cured. Mr. Zheng went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Dafa in 2000. On his way there, he was arrested and escorted back home. He was then detained in the detention centre for more than four months and subjected to various forms of torture. He was forced to pay more than 1,000 yuan (1) before being released. During Mr. Zheng's detention, his son, also a practitioner, was sentenced to three years in prison.

After being released from the second detention, Mr. Zheng wrote a solemn declaration to void the guarantee statement to not practise Falun Gong that he had signed under pressure. Liu Bailing, Head of the town's 610 Office (2), accompanied the local police and broke into Mr. Zheng Lun's home in the middle of the night to forcibly take him away. The persecution caused the elderly man's previous illnesses to recur. On March 17, 2005, Mr. Zheng passed away.

Ms. Xie Wenfen, 54 years old, was from Suining City, Sichuan Province. All of her diseases, including uterine carcinoma, were cured after she started practising Falun Gong. In 2000, the local perpetrators constantly harassed her at home and forced her to hand in all of her Falun Gong books. As a result, she was unable to regularly study the teachings or do the exercises. The persecution traumatised her both physically and mentally. Her cancer came back and she passed away in July 2002.

Mr. Tang Duorong, 62 years old, was from Suining City, Sichuan Province. Since the persecution began in July 1999, he was continuously harassed and fined because he practised Falun Gong. He also could not study the teachings or do the exercises regularly. The persecution created huge mental pressure for him. He passed away on October 22, 2000.

Mr. Luo Qingming, 52 years old, was from a village near Suining City, Sichuan Province. He went to Beijing to appeal in 2000, and was persecuted after he returned. He was put under house arrest. The intense pressure caused his previous disease to recur. He passed away on December 21, 2000.

Ms. Meng Yuhua was from Suining City, Sichuan Province. She was detained twice in 2003 and 2004 respectively. The persecution caused her to get lung cancer. She passed away in early June of 2004.

Falun Gong practitioner Xu Qing from Dazhou City Died from Persecution

Ms. Xu Qing was a practitioner from Dazhou City, Sichuan Province. In December 2000, she was arrested on her way to appeal in Beijing. She was then detained at the Dazhou City Detention Centre, where she was subjected to maltreatment and lost consciousness. Her family was called to take her home. She recovered after an emergency treatment, but became mentally confused and broke down. Her family was deeply misled by the CCP's propaganda and had misunderstandings toward Falun Gong. They did not allow her to practise and refused to allow other practitioners to talk with her. Xu Qing passed away on April 16, 2005.

Her husband had practised for several months, but he eventually stopped practising. After the persecution of Falun Gong began, he reported her to the police when she went to appeal in Beijing.

Note:

(1) "Yuan" is the Chinese currency; 500 yuan is equal to the average monthly income of an urban worker in China.

(2) "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/2005/4/24/100356.html