Three Practitioners from Hebei, Henan and Liaoning Provinces Die as a Result of Persecution

Mr. Zhao Jinwang, 47, lived in Xiyangtai Village, Shenzhou City, Hebei Province. He started cultivating Falun Dafa in 1994, and benefited from the practice very much. He went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Dafa on April 25th and July 20th 1999. He was constantly harassed by the Beijing 610 Office (1), and by the police. He was arrested and taken to a city brainwashing centre in August 1999, and released after 24 days. He was also detained one month in October 2000. Ever since then, the 610 Office and the police continued coming to his home to harass him, and attempt to force him to give up cultivation. This badly damaged his vitality and spirit. He became sick with cancer in 2004, and died in August 2005.

Mr. Wang Shudong, 64, used to teach at Gedian Township, Huaiyang County, Henan Province. His liver was cured soon after he started cultivating Falun Dafa in 1997. When he went to a fellow Falun Dafa practitioner's home on July 9th 2001, he was arrested and taken to Lilou Township Police Station in Dancheng County. He was detained seven days, and released only after being fined. Due to the severe stress of this incident, his liver problem recurred, and he died soon after he returned home.

Mr. Jiang Shulin, 44, lived in Linghai City, Liaoning Province. He started cultivating Falun Dafa in 1997. When the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began persecuting Falun Dafa on July 20th 1999, his employer threatened to fire him if he refused to write a guarantee statement (2). Under such persecution he became ill and died on June 15th 2001.

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.

(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.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2005/8/19/108725.html