Three Falun Dafa Practitioners in Heilongjiang and Hebei Provinces Died under Persecution

Practitioner Mr. Li Zhi was in his 30s and lived in Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province. After he started cultivating Falun Dafa in 1997, his mind and body were all purified, he became healthy, and his family became peaceful. On July 20th, 1999, the slander and persecution of Falun Gong began. Mr. Li went to Beijing to appeal for Dafa on November 11th, 2000. He was arrested, and detained in the Mentougou Detention Centre for one day, then taken back to Daqing City on November 13, 2000. He was later detained for 15 days in the Ranghu Street Detention Centre and then confined in the Sa'ertu Detention Centre for two additional months. Li Zhi was sent to the Hongweixing Brainwashing Centre in February 2003. This experience severely damaged his mental and physical health, and died on November 9th, 2005.

Practitioner Ms. Li Xiaohua, in her 40s, was an elementary school teacher who lived in Weichang County, Chengde City, Hebei Province. On November 17th, 2000, she went to Beijing to appeal and was arrested. She was severely injured from a beating sustained in custody, and her head swelled. Ms. Li was detained in the local detention centre and then later sentenced to forced labour at the Gaoyang Forced Labour Camp. She was rejected by the camp because she had high blood pressure. Ms. Li was detained in the detention centre until her relatives helped to get her released on medical parole. The 610 Office¹ members and State Security Agents constantly harassed Ms. Li at her home until she died on January 2nd, 2002.

Practitioner Ms. Wei Shuguo was 78 years old and lived in Xiyangtai Village, Shenzhou City, Hebei Province. She started practising Falun Dafa in 1996 and went to Beijing with her granddaughter to appeal for justice after the persecution. On the evening of March 1st, 2001, officers from the Shenzhou City Police Department ransacked her home, and arrested her son, daughter-in-law, grandson, and granddaughter. Her family members were brutally abused and beaten at the police department and the detention centre. The police also arrested practitioner Mr. Ke Xingguo, an employee of the Central Ministry of Agriculture in Beijing, who was hiding in their home to avoid being arrested in Beijing. Mr. Ke Xingguo was very cruelly beaten, detained in the Shenzhou City Detention Centre, and later sentenced to 10 years in prison. He is still being held in the Fourth Hebei Province Prison. Ms. Wei Shuguo's son and daughter-in-law were detained for nine months. During those times, neighbours, relatives, fellow practitioners, and her teenaged grandchildren had to do the work on the family farm. The elderly Ms. Wei also had to help with the farm work herself. The stress of this period of time severely damaged her mental and physical health. In December 2001, her son was released from prison after paying 7,000 yuan² in extortion fees, but her daughter-in-law was sentenced to three years in prison. Only one week later, Ms. Wei Shuguo suddenly developed severe swelling, and she died at the end of December 2001.

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.
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