Four Practitioners from Heilongjiang and Xinjiang Provinces who Passed Away After Suffering Persecution

Ms. Guo Yongzhen was a 73-year-old Falun Dafa practitioner from Erjingzi Village, Zhaozhou County, Heilongjiang Province. Before she started practising Falun Dafa in 1995, she had many diseases. The most severe was congenital heart disease, and she always had medicine with her. After she practised Falun Dafa for a while, all of her diseases disappeared. After July 1999, the local Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials targeted her for persecution. On May 1st, 2005, Guo Yongzhen and her younger daughter (also a Dafa practitioner) were arrested at the train station because they had a Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party¹ CD in their bag. Her daughter was sentenced to two years in prison without any legal proceedings and is currently detained at the Harbin Drug Rehabilitation Centre. During the past year Guo Yongzhen had been under a lot of pressure. She missed her daughter, and seeing her 8-year-old grandson only made it worse. She always felt responsible for her daughter’s detention. Due to the mental pressure she was under, her health deteriorated and she passed away on May 29th, 2006.

Mr. Meng Fanzhi, 66, was a Falun Dafa practitioner from Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province. He started practising Falun Gong in 1996. After the persecution began on July 20th, 1999, his home was ransacked many times. In July 2000, police once again illegally ransacked his home and arrested him and his wife (also a Falun Dafa practitioner) and took them to the police station for interrogation. As he left the police station, he fell in the gutter in front of the station and suffered severe injuries. In September 2000 his wife was arrested for speaking to people about the facts of Falun Dafa and suffered persecution for several months at the Daqing Detention Centre. In 2001 Meng Fazhi appealed for Dafa at Tiananmen Square in Beijing. Because he was constantly harassed and kept under long-term surveillance, he suffered severe physical and emotional damage. He passed away on August 30th, 2005.

Mr. Cheng Yushan was 67-years-old from Shule County, Xinjiang Province. He had stomach cancer and bursitis in his shoulder, and other ailments. He started to practise Falun Dafa in January 1997 and these diseases went away without medical treatment. After the persecution began, his work unit and police station often harassed and threatened him, and forced him to give up Falun Gong. This caused his health to deteriorate. He passed away on February 29th, 2004.

Ms. Qiu Yuanxiu was more than 60 years old from Kashi City, Xinjiang Province. After she started to practise Falun Dafa in March 1999, her high blood pressure and other diseases were under control and getting better. After the persecution began, officials from her work unit and the police station often threatened her and forced her to give up the practice. She passed away in May 2001.

Note

1. Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party: Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party is a series of essays published in late 2004 that reveal the true nature of the Communist Party. The Nine Commentaries have led millions of people to renounce their membership in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). "A book that has shocked all Chinese around the world. A book that is disintegrating the Communist Party." http://ninecommentaries.com

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2006/6/10/129788.html