Two Elderly Practitioners in Daqing City Died as a Result of the Persecution

Ms. Wang Chengyuan, 66 years old, lived in No. 3 Oil Extraction Factory in Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province. Before Ms. Wang started to practise Falun Gong, she was plagued with many health problems such as heart disease, diabetes and trifacial neuralgia. After she began to practise Falun Gong in July 1995, all her diseases disappeared. Ms. Wang Chengyuan was once the assistant for the Falun Dafa exercise instruction and practice site at the No. 3 Oil Extraction Factory, where 500 to 600 practitioners once exercised. After Falun Dafa was suppressed, due to the great benefits the practice had brought her, Ms. Wang continued to practise Falun Gong and, as a result, was repeatedly arrested, detained and persecuted.

Ms. Wang Chengyuan

On February 25th 2000, Ms. Wang went to Beijing to peacefully and lawfully appeal for an end to the persecution of Falun Gong. As a result of this appeal she was arrested and detained at the Saertu District Detention Centre in Daqing City. During her detention she told the prisoners and police officers the truth about the persecution of Falun Gong. When she suffered a dislocation of her cervical vertebra and could no longer control her body, the evildoers no longer dared to keep her, and she was released on April 26th. On July 16th 2000, Ms. Wang was again arrested, sentenced to one year of forced labour and sent to the Shuanghe Forced Labour Camp in Qiqihar City, Heilongjiang Province, for a year of forced labour. A week later, she was sent home due to severe weakness. On November 29th 2000, Ms. Wang again went to Beijing to appeal for an end to the persecution. Once again she was arrested, sent back to Daqing, and detained for more than four months. During that time, both her legs were in extreme pain and no longer functioned due to the persecution she had suffered. On May 16th 2001, Ms. Wang was arrested at home, but, due to her family's pleas, she was released on June 15th.

In early July 2005, Ms. Wang's left leg was extremely painful. Both her leg and foot were terribly swollen, and a few days later her vision and hearing started to decline. Her mental state also deteriorated. She died early in the morning on August 6th.

Ms. Liu Sumei, 78 years old, lived in the Ranghulu District of Daqing City. Ms. Liu began to practise Falun Gong in 1996, which led to the cure of the chronic appendicitis and chronic kidney infections that she had suffered for many years. Even after the persecution started, Ms. Liu was steadfast in practising Falun Gong.

On June 18th 2000, Ms. Liu Sumei participated in practising the Falun Gong exercises with other practitioners in front of the Daqing Oil Management Department and safely returned. Although Ms. Liu wasn't arrested, her daughter-in-law Xing Yuzhen was repeatedly arrested for her efforts to help stop the persecution and to expose the atrocities taking place. Early one morning in September 2002, Ms. Liu's son Jiang Nianxiang and her daughter-in-law Xing Yuzhen were both arrested. The police ransacked their home and confiscated their computer and 5000 yuan¹ worth of gold jewelry. Afterwards, Jiang Nianxiang was sentenced to six years of imprisonment, and Xing Yuzhen was sentenced to three years of forced labour. Ms. Liu could hardly bear witnessing such evil deeds. She fell into a trance like state and had difficulty walking. She died in September 2003.

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1. "Yuan" is the Chinese currency; 500 yuan is equal to the average monthly income of an urban worker in China.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2005/9/14/110390.html