Six Dafa Practitioners Die as a Result of Persecution

Ms. Bao Fengjuan, 39, was from Beiyingzi Village near Lingyuan City, Liaoning Province. She had all sorts of illnesses before practising Falun Gong, but all her physical problems disappeared not long after she started the practice. She went to Beijing to appeal to the authorities against the persecution of Falun Gong in 2000. She was arrested and detained at the Daoerdeng Police Station. Policemen grabbed her hair, violently pushed her, and struck her head against a concrete wall many times, causing severe head injuries. Her speech was incomprehensible from that time on. She never recovered, even after she was sent home, and she couldn't live a normal life. She was unable to tell day from night, unable to look after herself, and often ran away from home for days for no reason. She passed away on August 19th 2005.

Mr. Zhang Qingfeng, 69, was from Sandaoliangzi Village, Lingyuan City, Liaoning Province. He used to suffer from terminal lung cancer. He began practising Falun Dafa in 1997 and by the end of 1998, his lung cancer completely disappeared and he was able to live and work as a normal person. After the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners began on July 22nd 1999, Mr. Zhang was harassed day and night. He was forced to write the Three Statements¹ and give his fingerprints. He was badly hurt mentally and physically. As he was unable to practise Falun Gong again, his lung cancer came back and he died that same year.

Ms. Li Suying, 74, was from Nangongyingzi Town, Kezuo County, Liaoning Province. Local policemen frequently ransacked her home, making her extremely upset. Her physical health deteriorated quickly. Under continuous intimidation and harassment, she passed away on July 19th 2005.

Ms. Xu Meijing, 67, from Meilong Village, Xuhui District, Shanghai City, used to suffer from severe diabetes before she began practising Falun Gong. Her diabetes disappeared completely after she began practising. During 2000, policemen arrested her while she was appealing for Dafa with other practitioners. She was then sentenced to a four-year imprisonment. When she was released she died at home on June 2nd 2005.

Ms. Li Shurong, 60, was from Tangshan City, Hebei Province. She and her two daughters practised Falun Gong. The two daughters were arrested and detained numerous times by the local town and county 's 610 Office². Ms. Li herself was also harassed and intimidated by the local 610 Office, and she was under unimaginable pressure. She passed away in December 2004.

Ms. Wang Hulian, 68, was from Baishuzhuang Village, Fengrun County, Tangshan City, Hebei Province. She began practising Falun Gong in August 1996. All of her physical diseases disappeared shortly after she began practising. After the persecution began, she was under great pressure and extremely anxious. She died in March 2001.

Note

1. "Three Statements": Practitioners are coerced under brainwashing and torture to write "Repentance Statement," "Guarantee Statement" or 'Dissociation Statement" as proof that they have given up their belief. In the statement, the practitioner is forced to admit remorse for practising Falun Gong, promise to give up Falun Gong, and never again associate with other practitioners or go to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong.

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.

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.ca/mh/articles/2005/9/16/110523.html