Five Practitioners from Jilin, Hebei, Liaoning and Shandong Provinces Died as the Result of Persecution

Ms. Zhang Sueqing, 55 years old, was from Changchun City, Jilin Province. She started to practise Falun Dafa on May 3rd, 1995, and benefited from it very much. In February 2000 she went to Beijing to appeal to the government. In the Changchun train station she was detained and taken to Tiebei Detention Centre and persecuted for two weeks. In July 2000 once again she went to Beijing to appeal, but on the way to Qinhuangdio, she was arrested and detained in Balibao Detention Centre, again for two weeks. In March 2000, she was arrested at home by police from the Nanling Police Station and put into the Third Detention Centre in Changchun City. Two weeks later she was transfered to the Heizuizi Forced Labour Camp in Changchun City for a year. Because she refused to sign the Repentance Statement¹, she was tortured by the team leader of the first division Yan Lifeng and his assistants. They used needles to poke her fingers, arms, and other parts of her body. Three months later she developed lymph node cancer, and she passed away on August 30th, 2006.

Mr. Liu Shuanzao, more than 50 years old, lived in Fanzhuang Village in Zhao County, Hebei Province. He was very healthy after practising Falun Gong since 1996. On 1999, he was detained in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Party College in Zhao City and brainwashed for 15 days. In November 2000 he was arrested and sent to the Fanzhuang Detention Centre, where he was brutally tortured. Then he was sent to the Shijiazhuang Forced Labour Camp. Because an examination revealed that he had diabetes and heart problems, the camp officials sent him back to the Fanzhuang Detention Centre, where he was detained for 99 days. That same year on July 20th, he was arrested and taken to the Shijiazhuang Detention Centre and detained for 15 days. On 2002, before the Sixteenth Chinese Communist Party meeting, he was arrested in Zhao County and detained for 15 days. Due to this long-term pressure, Mr. Liu passed away on July 29th, 2006.

Mr. Chen Yongting, 73 years old, was from Huludao City in Liaoning Province. He started to practise Falun Dafa in 1995. Because of Falun Dafa, his long term sickness was cured, and both his mind and body were very healthy. Nonetheless, since July 20th, 1999, when the Chinese Communist Party began to groundlessly persecute Falun Gong, the party authorities constantly went to his house to harass him at all hours, day or night. They forced him to write a Guarantee Statement² and arrested him. Even his son, daughter-in-law, daughter, and other family members were detained, sent to labour camps and brainwashing centres, and forced to become homeless many times. Mr. Chen suffered both mentally and physically. His son was sent to a forced labour camp, and the authorities refused to release him after his time was up. Mr. Chen went to the forced labour camp twice, seriously reprimanded the authorities, and spoke about the facts of Falun Dafa to them. However, the authorities still continually went to their house to arrest them. His white hair had turned black and his spirit was hale and hearty after he practised Falun Dafa. But because of the suffering and mental devastation perpetrated by the authorities, Mr. Chen Yongting passed away on November 20th, 2004.

Ms. Zhou Shuqin, 70 years old, lived in Tonghua City, Jiling Province. Despite the persecution, she continued to do the exercises in public. The authorities detained and persecuted her for two weeks. After she came home, the police from the detention centre still constantly went to her house and harassed her. They even threatened her children with the loss of their jobs. Under such long term persecution, her old sicknesses recurred, and she passed away in April of 2003.

Mr. He Wenxun was born in 1940 in Shuangshun Village, Gaoling Town, in the Mouping area of Shangdong Province. Before he started to practise Falun Gong in the summer of 1998, he suffered from many chronic diseases such as bronchiolitis, asthma, pulmonary emphysema, and lung disease. Not long after he started to practise, all of his diseases disappeared, and he could do heavy physical labour again.

After July 20th, 1999, Mr. He encountered the authorities' threats and harassment. He was arrested and sent to a detention centre, where they forced him to write the so-called Guarantee and Repentance statements to give up Falun Gong. In October 2000, he went to Beijing to appeal, but the authorities detained him in the detention centre for a month. He was forced to bathe in cold water and do hard labour. Mr. He Wenxun's mind and body were harmed grievously, and on February 8th, 2003, he passed away.

Note

1. Repentance Statement: In this statement the practitioner is forced to admit remorse for practising Falun Gong, promise to give up Falun Gong, and never again associate with other practitioners or go to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong.

2. "Guarantee Statement": A statement to declare that one is remorseful for practising Falun Gong and guarantees not to practise Falun Gong again, not to go to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong, and never again associate with any Falun Dafa practitioners.

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2006/9/3/136954.html