Yu Zhenghong's Family Exposes How She Was Persecuted to Death

My name is Zhou Chengsha and I live in Siqian Village, Songcun Town, Wendeng, Yantai City, Shandong Province. My wife, Yu Zhenghong, died as a result of the persecution on November 17th, 2005.

Yu Zhenghong used to suffer from all kinds of illnesses. She was often sick for three months at a time. During such times she could not cook or work in the fields. I had to stay home to take care of her, cook and take care of our child. We spent all of our savings on various medical treatments, and as a result our life was very difficult.

After practising Falun Gong in the summer of 1997, I became healthier each day. In time all of my previous illnesses were gone. I could do any amount of work I wanted, and I could work at the factory. Life at home also improved. Previously, I insulted and beat people I didn't like. However, after practising Falun Gong, I conducted myself according to the principles taught by our Teacher of Truth, Compassion, Forbearance, and this helped greatly to improve my moral character.

The good times didn't last though. After July 20th, 1999, Falun Gong suffered a terrible wrong. One day in October 1999 around 10 p.m., a group of people from the Songcun Town Police Station broke into our home and stole all of our Dafa materials. In addition, they arrested my wife. They cuffed her to a chair in the freezing winter cold for 24 hours. I went to ask for her release, and they asked me to write a guarantee statement to promise that she would never practise Falun Gong again or appeal for Falun Gong. I wrote it against my better judgement, and I never saw my wife smile again.

In June 2000 my wife decided to go to Beijing to speak some words of justice for Dafa. Li Yinglin and some other perpetrators at Wendeng Liaison Office in Beijing arrested her and brought her back to Wendeng Custody Centre, where she was beaten and insulted by the guards. She was detained there for 15 days and was then sent to Songcun Police Station in Wendeng. After dark the village Party secretary forced her to write guarantee statements before letting her go. On the next day, Xiang Hongping and other perpetrators tried to make my wife go to a brainwashing class held at the Songcun Movie Theatre. My wife firmly refused.

Later, during the fall harvest of the same year, police again came to my home and took my wife away. They held her at Wendeng Custody Centre for more than half a month. Several days after she returned home, they arrested her again. She was held for more than ten days at the Songcun Movie Theatre. The authorities asked me to pay 3,000 yuan¹ before they would release her. I borrowed 2,000 yuan and gave it to them, and then I took my wife home.

On the morning of June 1st, 2001, (Children's Day in China) my wife told our child that she would do something special with him for the holiday after she got off work at noon. However, at noon someone brought her bike home and told me that more than ten 610 Office² agents had arrested her on her way home from work. My child was supposed to enjoy this holiday, but he could not even see his mother. I felt terrible. My wife was taken to a brainwashing class. My wife was tortured until she had a relapse of her old illnesses. After I learned about this I went to the brainwashing class, and demanded that they release her. Their response was, "We are only in charge of detaining people; not releasing people. If anything happens to her, you can take your complaint to the government."

The Wendeng Bone Setting Hospital has been taking part in the persecution over the past six years. The lead doctor told the perpetrators that my wife was at risk and she would die soon if she was kept at the hospital. They then released her.

When I carried my wife out of the hospital on my back, she had but a breath of life left, but she was revived through practising Falun Dafa. Before the October 1st holiday, she was just able to go to work again when a dozen agents from the Wendeng 610 Office and the police department again ransacked our house and took all of our Dafa books. My wife left home and lived in exile to avoid another arrest.

In September 2003 they found her and ransacked her temporary residence. They took her back to Wendeng Custody Centre. She held a hunger strike. On the fourth day they took her to Wendeng Bone Setting Hospital to force-feed her. On the eighth day they sentenced her to two years of forced labour. She was sent to Jinan City, but she was too weak and the labour camp refused to take her. The labour camp in Zibo City also refused to take her. They had no choice but to let her go home. Still, they constantly harassed us at our home.

Around 6:30 a.m. on September 27th, a dozen agents from Wendeng 610 Office, including Liu, Xiang Hongping and Sun Guohai, ransacked our home and took my wife. They sent her to Wendeng Detention Centre. They used despicable means to attempt to force her to give up practising Dafa, and she held a hunger strike. She was taken to the same hospital again on the 12th day to be force-fed. On the 14th day she was tortured to the brink of death and then transferred to Wendeng Central Hospital. The hospital staff asked to locate her family, but the 610 Office agents denied their request. After a medical exam, my wife was diagnosed with high blood pressure and severe heart disease. On the 15th day they were afraid she would die at Wendeng Detention Centre, so they released her. My wife never recovered, and she passed away around 10 p.m. on November 17th, 2005 (at the age of 43).

Jiang Daimin (secretary of Wendeng Party Committee), Wendeng Police Department 610 Office (currently called the Wendeng National Security Bureau), and police officers Xiang Hongping and Sun Guohai are undeniably responsible for the death of Yu Zhenghong. We, the family of Yu Zhenghong, will seek justice by holding the related persons legally responsible for their actions.

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://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2005/11/29/115483.html