Three Practitioners from Sichuan, Liaoning and Beijing Die from Continual Harassment and Persecution

Mr. Li Zhengjin from Yibin City, Sichuan Province, Dies from Continual Harassment and Persecution

Mr. Li Zhengjin, 61 years old, was a Dafa practitioner in Yibin City, Sichuan Province. Before practising Falun Dafa, he suffered from paralysis and had to lie in bed for long periods of time. After starting to practise in 1998, he was miraculously cured. In 2001, he went to Beijing to peacefully appeal for the right to practise Falun Gong. Because of this action, he was imprisoned and tortured by criminals for ten months. Even after being released, the police continued to harass him at home and even broke into and ransacked his residence. The long-term psychological pressure and inability to peacefully practise his beliefs caused Mr. Li's newly healthy body to deteriorate and severe diseases again re-emerged. Around August 14th, 2005, the Yibin City 610 Office¹ started to use lies and threats to arrest practitioners in Yibin City and imprison them in the brainwashing centre at the Jinshajing Hotel. Mr. Li's feeble body was unable to withstand the torture so he was sent home. A few days after this latest series of harassment, torture and persecution, Mr. Li Zhengjin died.

Ms. Jiang Guiqing from Dalian City, Liaoning Province Dies from Continual Harassment and Persecution

Ms. Jiang Guiqing was a practitioner in Dalian City, Liaoning Province. She passed away on October 1st, 2003, at the age of 64 due to the effects of constant harassment and torture.

Ms. Jiang's entire family practised Falun Gong, and every family member has suffered persecution since July 20th, 1999, when the assault on Falun Gong began.

Zhang Yunxin, Ms. Jiang's husband, had been persecuted numerous times by Chinese Communist Party officials. He was detained at the Pulandian Detention Centre for going to Beijing to appeal on July 20th, 1999. In 2000, he was arrested and detained for 15 days at the Dalian Detention Centre for practising the exercises in Xinghai Square in Dalian City. In April 2002, he was once again arrested and imprisoned in the brainwashing centre at the Dalian City Party School. His home has been broken into and ransacked on several occasions.

Their eldest daughter, Zhang Min, was sent to the Masanjia Forced Labour Camp in Shenyang City in 1999.

Their second daughter, Zhang Qin, has been arrested several times, the most recently, with her husband, Wang Changbao. The Yangshufang Police Station in the Pulandian Area arrested them for distributing materials that told the facts about the persecution. Ms. Zhang Qin was sentenced to forced labour for three years and Mr. Wang was sentenced to two years. Both husband and wife are imprisoned in Dalian City Forced Labour Camp. They have also been extorted out of 5,000 yuan².

Their youngest daughter, Zhang Ling, has been arrested many times. In April 2002, she was arrested together with her father Zhang Yunxin and was sent to a brainwashing centre.

Ms. Jiang Guiqing's home was broken into and ransacked many times. Under the long-term red-terror persecution, and because Ms. Jiang was unable to practise cultivation normally, she was devastated both physically and mentally. She died on October 1st, 2003.

Beijing Practitioner Ms. Song Xiaohui Dies from Continual Harassment and Persecution

Beijing practitioner Ms. Song Xiaohui, approximately 50 years of age, was persecuted to death sometime in early 2005 after having been forced to leave her home to avoid arrest for three years. During those three years, she stayed at a a site producing leaflets exposing the persecution and helped produce the materials.

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. "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/2005/10/17/112572.html