Older Dafa Practitioner Ms. Liang Shufan Passed Away Due to the Persecution

Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Liang Shufan was from Jilin City, Jilin Province. She was frequently mistreated by policemen from the Erdao Town Station in Fengman District, Jilin City, and died in May 2005.

Ms. Liang Shufan, 59 years old, lived in Erdao Town in Fengman District, Jilin City, Jilin Province. She started cultivating Falun Dafa in 1998. Prior to practising Falun Dafa, Ms. Liang many diseases, but those illnesses disappeared after she began practising.

In July 1999, the persecution of Falun Gong began. Ms. Liang went to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Gong, and was arrested at the Appeals Office. She was first taken to the Jilin Liaison Office in Beijing, and then taken back to be detained for fifteen days in Jilin City. She was tortured twice in a brainwashing centre and had one thousand yuan¹ extorted from her.

In November 2000, Ms. Liang Shufan went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Dafa again. Policemen beat her in Beijing, broke her nose, knocked out two of her front teeth, and took her back to be detained for more than a month in the Jilin City Detention Centre. She was then sentenced to three years of forced labour, but she was released because of her high blood pressure (230 mm).

In 2001, police officers arrested Ms. Liang when she was distributing leaflets exposing the persecution. She escaped, but had to leave home for six months to avoid being arrested.

In 2002, policemen from Erdao Town Station ransacked Ms. Liang's home and found Falun Dafa fliers. They sentenced her to three years of forced labour, but she was released because of her high blood pressure (230 mm).

Because of her long-term mistreatment under the persecution, Ms. Liang was under huge mental pressure. She was often harassed by police. In May 2005 she had a stroke. Ms. Liang Shufan died in November 2005, after police had harassed her twice during that time period.

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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.org/mh/articles/2006/8/17/135668.html