Five Elderly Practitioners in Beijing, Hebei, Shanxi, and Shaanxi Provinces Pass Away as a Result of Persecution

Ms. Wang Yanling, a 72-year-old practitioner from Beijing, got rid of all of the illnesses that had bothered her for over 40 years after she learned Falun Gong. Every day, she happily told people how Falun Dafa had saved her, telling them that this was the reason she was in such good shape. After July 20, 1999, when the persecution of Falun Gong began, the local neighbourhood association and the police station repeatedly went to Ms. Wang's house to harass her and threaten her. They confiscated her Dafa books and materials, and forced her to go to a brainwashing class, which was quite a distance from her home. She was required to attend four times a day. At noon on November 24, 2004, the neighbourhood association went to her house again to harass her. Ms. Wang died that afternoon after the visit.

Ms. Zhai Fengru was a practitioner in Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province. She was going through a rather severe tribulation around July 20, 1999. The police went to her house to harass her repeatedly, making her condition worse and worse. Ms. Zhai died in November that year, after enduring tremendous physical and mental hardship.

Ms. Liang Cuiai was a 70-year-old practitioner from Taiyuan City in Shanxi Province. The police arrested her once and ransacked her house. Ms. Liang was diagnosed with leukemia and died in mid-April, 2005.

Ms. Li Guangsu was a 67-year-old practitioner in Xinxiang City, Henan Province. She learned Falun Dafa in 1997, and was sent to the brainwashing class when the persecution of Falun Gong began in 1999. The police went to Ms. Li's house frequently to harass her. They ransacked her house four times, breaking into her home at midnight twice. She was detained on repeated occasions. The harassment caused her former illnesses to reappear and she became very ill. Then the police abducted her youngest daughter and illegally put her in a forced labour camp for a two-year term. Ms. Li Guangsu died on March 12; just one month after her daughter was taken away.

Ms. Li Kaiming, 81, lived in Zhenba County in Shaanxi Province. She learned Falun Dafa in the spring of 1999. Under the persecution, the police abducted her son, also a practitioner. The incident greatly traumatized Ms. Li Kaiming and she died in a state of distress in October 2001.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2005/6/18/104318.html