Li Xiaomei, Falun Gong Practitioner from Guangxi Province, Died from Long-Term Persecution

Ms. Li Xiaomei, a Falun Gong practitioner from Yulin City, Guangxi Province, suffered persecution repeatedly. As a result, she was devastated both mentally and physically. While she was still in prison, her health was poor. After returning home, her health deteriorated further, and she could not take care of herself. She passed away on April 10th 2005. More details of her story follow.

Li Xiaomei, 48 years old, used to be on the staff of the Yulin Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Plant. Since she started practising Falun Dafa in 1996, her previously poor health dramatically improved.

After the persecution of Falun Gong started on July 20th 1999, Ms. Li was persecuted by individuals from her workplace and transferred to a workshop. She was sent to a brainwashing centre, and her monthly 1,000 yuan¹bonus was deducted from her pay.

Li Xiaomei once went to Beijing to appeal. Afterwards, she was detained and persecuted by the Yulin Detention Centre.

Her husband also went to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Dafa and he too was arrested. Both of them were fired from their jobs at the plant.

Personnel from the Yulin City 610 Office², Xijiu Police Station, and Yulin Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Plant often dropped by her home to harass them and also to monitor their phone calls.

In July 2000, Li Xiaomei was abducted and sent to a detention centre for persecution a second time. On February 8th 2001, agents climbed up their balcony, broke down the door and forced their way into the residence. They intimidated the couple, ransacked the residence, and abducted both of them, sending the couple to the Yulin Detention Centre again.

Because of this unrelenting and long-term persecution by the government agents, Li Xiaomei was seriously injured both mentally and physically. When she was still in detention, her health was not good. But after returning home, her health seriously deteriorated, and she was too weak to care for herself. She passed away at 2 a.m. on April 10th 2005.

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.

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2005/9/3/109685.html