Four Practitioners from Beijing, Liaoning Province and Jilin Province Died as a Result of the Persecution

Ms. Gao Guiqin was a 69-year-old professor employed at the Beijing Second Foreign Language Institute. She first learned Falun Dafa in 1995, went to Tiananmen Square to appeal for Falun Dafa in 1999, and was detained. In July 2003, she was reported for distributing leaflets exposing the persecution. She was arrested and sentenced to two years of forced labour. After four months in the labour camp, her blood pressure suddenly became very high, and she had to be released on medical parole. Outside the camp, she lived while hooked up to a monitoring system and was unable to practise normally, which caused her physical condition to deteriorate. She died on July 20th 2005, only few days after her term had ended.

Ms. Hou Peixin was a Falun Dafa practitioner in Yanji City, Jilin Province. In order to avoid being arrested at home, she had to become destitute and homeless. This damaged her mental and physical health, and she died in 2005.

Ms. Wang Xiuying was 61 years old and lived in Zhuanghe City, Liaoning Province. She once had many illnesses. After she learned Falun Dafa in 1997, her illnesses were all gone. On October 26th 2002, her husband had the symptoms of a stroke and passed out. Several days later, her eldest daughter Lu Qiaoling (also a practitioner) was arrested from home and detained in Zhuanghe City Detention Centre. These two incidents gave elderly Ms. Wang an elevated stress level. She suffered some sort of attack as a result and appeared sick. She died on September 23rd 2003. Her eldest daughter Lu Qiaoling was arrested again on December 6th 2003, because she clarified the truth to people and is now detained in Masanjia Forced Labour Camp in Shenyang City.

Mr. Zhang Shaobin was in his 60s, an official employed by the Dandong City Procuratorate in Liaoning Province. His family of four all practised Falun Dafa. Under the brutal persecution, his wife, son and daughter were arrested, and their home was ransacked. One striking incident occurred in May 2004, when he could not take care of himself. While his wife and daughter were still under illegal arrest, the police ransacked their house. Policemen constantly went to his home to check on what he was writing, took away his notebook, and verbally abused and slandered him. In August 2004 he died as a result of this unfair treatment, without having the chance to see his wife before he died.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2005/8/16/108511.html