Six Falun Gong Practitioners from Jilin, Heilongjiang, Hebei and Sichuan Provinces Have Died from Persecution

Mr. Zhu Shuyue was a 54-year-old Falun Gong practitioner from Jilin City, Jilin Province. Before practising Falun Gong, he could not walk normally due to his illness. He tried many kinds of treatment but without any success. In1996, Mr. Zhu started to practise Falun Gong and recovered through his cultivation practice. However, since the suppression of Falun Gong by the CCP began on July 20, 1999, Mr. Zhu suffered tremendously both mentally and physically. He could no longer live a normal life, and was arrested and taken to brainwashing classes twice. As a result, Mr. Zhu had a relapse of his old illness and passed away on June 6, 2005.

Ms. Huo Shuwen was a 40-year-old Falun Gong practitioner from Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province. She came across Falun Dafa in July 2002 at the Harbin Wanjia Forced Labour Camp as a prisoner there. After witnessing the miracle of Dafa and the persecution of Dafa practitioners, she resolutely decided to learn the practice and to expose the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in the Wanjia Forced Labour Camp. Ms. Huo verified how practitioners Ms. Liu Limei and Ms. Fu Guilan were tortured to death there. Because she too practised Falun Gong, she was subjected to persecution there as well, leading to heart disease. When her term was up in June 2004, it was too late for treatment and she died on July 2, 2005.

Mr. Zhang Xueyu was a 68-year-old Falun Gong practitioner from Harbin City in Heilongjiang Province. He was a retired worker. On the night of February 28, 2003, his wife was arrested from home by local police and the head of the neighbourhood committee, and was subsequently sentenced to two years of forced labour. Mr. Zhang worried a lot about his wife day and night. As a result, his illness became more and more serious. He could not take care of himself and had nobody else to look after him either. In April 2004, Mr. Zhang passed away.

Ms. Xin Jianfen was a practitioner from Dingzhou City, Hebei Province. She lived by the No. 2 Middle School. Since July 20, 1999, she had been incarcerated at the Dingzhou City Detention Centre for a long period of time and subjected to all sorts of torture methods. However, Ms. Xin was steadfast in cultivation despite the inhuman persecution. She was released to go home later on. Because Ms. Xin suffered tremendously physically and mentally, she died on April 30, 2005. During her detention period, her daughter Wang Juan was persecuted to death at the Mancheng County Prison in Hebei Province for continuing to practise Falun Gong. At the time when Ms. Xin passed away, her daughter-in-law, whose recent situation is unknown, was still jailed at the Baoding Forced Labour Camp in Hebei Province for practising Falun Gong.

Ms. Wei Rong was in her 30s. She was a Falun Gong practitioner from Suining City, Sichuan Province. In 2000, Laochi Township 610 Office (1) staff Zhou Kaiwan and others went to Ms. Wei's residence. They grabbed one of her Falun Dafa books, beat her violently and then took her by force to the Laochi Township. They hung her up from an elm tree for two days while bombarding her with propaganda. After the incident, township government officials went to Ms. Wei's home many times to harass, intimidate and persecute her, causing the relapse of her old illnesses. Ms. Wei died in January 2003.

Ms. Li Min was about 40 years old. She used to work as a train attendant at the Changchun Railroad Bureau in Jilin Province. She was sent to forced labour twice. On May 29, 2005, her employer and the Changchun Railroad Bureau Police Station sent 5 or 6 people to her place to arrest her. There was a copier and other equipment at her home at that time. During the process, Ms. Li fell from the sixth floor and died on her way to the hospital.

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.

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2005/7/10/105774.html