Eight Falun Gong Practitioners From Heilongjiang, Jilin, Shandong and Hebei Provinces Who Died as a Result of Persecution

Mr. Li Naijun, 53, was a Falun Gong practitioner from Heilongjiang Province. On January 1st 2001, Mr. Li Naijun was beaten by the police while he was appealing for Falun Dafa on Tiananmen Square in Beijing. His nose was broken, and he bled profusely. Later he was again beaten by policemen at the Beijing Police Bureau. As a result he suffered bloody stools. Later he was sent back to Heilongjiang Province and was detained for two months. Li Naijun suffered physical and mental torture and died in June 2005 due to his nasal injury.

Ms. He Xuyan, 38, worked in the computer department of the Daqing City Second Hospital in Heilongjiang Province. She had liver cancer before she practised Falun Gong. Since learning Falun Gong in 1997, she had become healthy. When the persecution of Falun Gong started in 1999, she was detained by the hospital and was forced to give up and slander the practice. Soon the ominous symptoms of the cancer returned. She started to practise again, and again became healthy. In June 2000, He Xuyan was abducted by the police while she was practising in a park. She was extorted of 3,000 yuan¹. Under the pressure of hospital leaders, family members, and police, she was again forced to give up the practice and to slander Falun Gong. After she returned home, she collapsed. She was overwhelmed with regret and remorse, and the liver cancer came back to her. At the end of the year in 2000, she was on the verge of death. Her family members asked her what she wanted to say before death. She answered, "I want to go to Beijing And say I'm sorry to Teacher and to Falun Gong. I betrayed my heart again and again. I want to say 'Falun Dafa is good' at Tiananmen Square before I die." She fulfilled her wish. She raised a banner saying "Falun Dafa is Good" at Tiananmen Square and shouted "Falun Dafa is good." She was detained and fined 10,000 yuan. She passed away at the end of 2001.

Ms. Wang Shuzhen, 52, was a Falun Gong practitioner from Tanxitou Village, Wendeng City, Shandong Province. She was reported by a village patrol while she was distributing leaflets exposing the persecution, and was persecuted by the local police station. She was not allowed to use the toilet for as long as 24 hours, and as a result she became sick and died of uraemia.

Mr. Zhang Junhe, 36, lived at Wangying Village, Wei County, Hebei Province. On September 28th 2002, officers from the local police station and villager Zhang Sanyun broke into his house and found Falun Gong books and exercise tapes. Mr. Zhang was arrested and taken to the Wei County Police Station, and then sent to the Wei County Detention Centre. One month later, with the help of the village party secretary he was released after he was fined 10,000 yuan. Zhang Junhe lost a lot weight and was diagnosed with diabetes by doctors. On the eve of the Chinese National Day in 2004, Zhang Sanyun, Zhang Qingzi, Li Chenzhong and Zhang Hai, (an accountant who died of debilitation) broke into Zhang Junhe's house while no one was at home. They found a Falun Gong book, threatened Zhang's family, and extorted 800 yuan from them. Zhang Junhe became severely sick after several extortions and the long-term persecution. He died on January 28th 2004, and left behind an 11 year old son.

Cheng Yurong, 65, lived in Siping City, Jilin Province. She/he went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong around the New Year of 2000. She/he was detained several times by local police and the 610 Office². She/he was forced to leave home later to avoid further persecution. She/he became very weak after returning home, and died during June or July 2001.

Mr. Zhang Qinghuan, 75, was a Falun Gong practitioner from Wanquan County, Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province. He was a cancer patient. After he started to practise Falun Gong in 1998, his illness disappeared. After the persecution of Falun Gong started on July 20th, 1999, he was pressured by the local 610 Office, and suffered both physically and mentally. The cancer reoccurred and he died at the end of 1999.

Mr. Li An, 70, was a Falun Gong practitioner from Wanquan County, Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province. He was a cancer patient, but after he started practising Falun Gong in 1998, he was cured. After the persecution of Falun Gong began on July 20, 1999, he was pressured by the local 610 Office, and suffered both physically and mentally. The cancer reoccurred, and he died in late 1999.

Mr. Zhen Yansheng, 57, started to practise Falun Gong in 1997. He was forced to surrender his Falun Gong books, and was sent to brainwashing classes. Village officials and police often visited him and threatened him. His old sickness reoccurred due to the pressure. Three months later he died on June 9th 2004. Just before his death, the 610 Office and the police also went to his home. They harassed him and searched his house.

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.

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