Two Elderly Practitioners Die from the Persecution in Jilin and Shandong Provinces

Ms. Wang Zhiwen, 74, lived in an area under the administration of the Shuguang Road Police Station in Changchun City, Jilin Province. During the last few years, she had been persecuted by local corrupt officials and police officers because she cultivated in Falun Gong. She died on September 2nd, 2006.

Ms. Wang persisted in cultivation since she began practising Falun Gong. Sometimes she organised practitioners to study the Falun Dafa teachings together. After the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began persecuting Falun Dafa in 1999, she went to Beijing two or three times to appeal. During her first trip to Beijing, she was arrested in Tianjin City before she arrived in Beijing. On her second trip to Beijing in 2002, she went to Tiananmen Square to hold a banner, and she was able to leave safely. However, she suddenly thought of something and went back to Tiananmen Square. She was then arrested and sent back to Changchun.

She was arrested eight or nine times. The neighbourhood committee and the local police station continually watched and harassed her. She was ordered to report to the police station regularly.

Ms. Wang was again arrested in 2004. She was detained for about two months and became very weak. Her health condition continued to decline. She passed away on September 2nd, 2006.

Mr. Sun Fuxi, 68, lived in Yantai City, Shandong Province. He began cultivating Falun Gong in 1995 and had been healthy ever since. After the CCP began persecuting Falun Dafa on July 20th, 1999, party officials often harassed him at his home at all hours. They forced him to write a "guarantee statement¹" and arrested his family members. His wife and son were arrested and detained many times. Mr. Sun suffered tremendous harm to his mind and body. After enduring the long term mental pressure and persecution, he passed away during August 2005.

Note

1. "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://minghui.org/mh/articles/2006/10/11/139855.html