Ms. Liu Shuhong Died in 2005 from Persecution in Shandong Province

Ms. Liu Shuhong, a Falun Gong practitioner from Shouguang City, Shandong Province, was frequently persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) regime. She was persecuted to the point of metal collapse, and later her husband was sentenced to three years of imprisonment. During this long-term persecution, Mrs. Liu's health deteriorated further, and she finally passed away on July 25th, 2005.

Mrs. Liu Shuhong, 35, from Hualongqiao Village, Hualong Town, Shouguang City, started practising Falun Gong in 1998. After the persecution began on July 20th, 1999, she was taken away along with other fellow Falun Gong practitioners by thugs led by the deputy CCP secretary of the town, and was locked in the local middle school's classroom, where Falun Gong practitioners were isolated, and deprived of sleep at night. Moreover, the persecutors confiscated practitioners' Dafa books and burned them. Because Mrs. Liu refused to renounce Falun Gong, she was beaten by Zhang Wenkui with a glass-framed photo of Teacher Li, ( the founder of Falun Gong) which left a large bump on her head.

In March 2001, the local government intensified the persecution. Mrs. Liu and her husband, along with six other practitioners were arrested and taken to a dark backroom of the town government, where they were subjected to brainwashing in turn by officials from the Birth Control Office, Land Administration Office, Financial Office, Food Administration Office and police station. Mrs. Liu was steadfast in safeguarding Dafa and subsequently was not provided any food for five days. However, she and four fellow practitioners successfully escaped from the backroom.

When she got home, the police officials could not find the practitioners who went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong, therefore they handcuffed her and shocked her using an electric baton, causing her face to turn black and blue. Finally, she was taken to Shouguang City's brainwashing class, where she was deprived of sleep, assailed by staff members of the 610 Office¹ and forced to watch a video that slandered Teacher and Dafa. Under such conditions she was so traumatised that one month later Mrs. Liu Shuhong suffered a mental collapse. When she was sent back home, she sometimes laughed and sometimes cried.

In October 2001, Mrs. Liu's husband, Liu Zongshan and four fellow practitioners went to Beijing to appeal for Dafa. Liu Zongshan was subsequently brutally beaten by the police in Beijing. One of his eyes became almost blind from the beating, and he could not see anything until three months later, but the police did not offer any treatment. Instead, they continued torturing him and put him in prison for a three year term. Mrs. Liu Shuhong's father, Liu Qingtian was also arrested and sentenced to one year forced labour.

Therefore, Mrs. Liu had to take responsibility for the family on her own and endure the pressure from society. As a result, she developed high blood pressure and lumbago.

In August 2003, she was once again threatened by the local government when her husband was released from prison in late 2004. She was emaciated to the point of being skin and bones, and finally passed away on July 25th, 2005 at the age of 35, leaving her 10 year old child alone and helpless.

This lovely family was decimated by the CCP regime like millions of others.

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.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.org/mh/articles/2006/3/17/123034.html