Three Practitioners from Hebei and Hubei Province Die as a Result of Persecution

Ms. Zhou Huirong, aged 36, was a Falun Dafa practitioner from Wuhan City, Hubei Province. Before she started practising Falun Dafa, she was very weak and suffered from many diseases. Once she began to practise Falun Dafa, she became very healthy and happy. After the persecution started, she went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Dafa in October 1999. Ms. Zhou was arrested and detained for a month. Then she was let go by her employer, Jianghan Restaurant, without being given any reason. In December 2003, Gao Zhi'an along with over twenty policemen and security staff, ransacked her apartment without cause. They took her to a brainwashing class, causing her severe physical trauma. Ms. Zhou passed away on January 31st, 2005.

Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Li Shufang, age 60, lived in Siliying Village, Baoding City, Hebei Province. Before obtaining the Fa she was illiterate, but she practised Falun Dafa so diligently that she eventually could read all Dafa books and materials. She continued to practise even after the persecution began on July 20th, 1999, and prepared Dafa leaflets exposing the persecutionand worked as a coordinator. During this period, Ms. Li was harassed by policemen and government officials continuously. Because a fellow practitioner was arrested in March 2005, her home was watched by policemen. She had to leave home to avoid being arrested. When she returned, the policemen forced her to disclose the source of Falun Dafa materials as well as the names of practitioners she had contact with. Because she was afraid and because her family could not understand her, Ms. Li was persecuted physically and mentally. She passed away as a result of the recurrence of a former illness on August 9th, 2005.

Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Lu Bin worked for the Zhuolu County Fertiliser Plant in Hebei Province. In February 2000, he was dismissed by his employer for practising Falun Gong. He was arrested by policemen when he went to Beijing to appeal about Falun Gong. He was beaten by policemen who extorted 2,000 yuan¹ from him. As a result of continual harassment by the police, Mr. Lu Bin passed away on October 26th, 2002.

Note

1. "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/2006/3/26/123677.html