The Persecution of Elderly Ms Sun Shuhua and Her Family in Yitong County, Jilin Province

Sun Shuhua, 68 years old, is from Yitong County, Jilin Province. Since July 1999, she and her family have been brutally persecuted by the Chinese Communist government for practising Falun Gong. Her husband and her second daughter passed away one after another. Her first daughter's family was torn apart, and that daughter is being detained.

Sun Shuhua and her two daughters started practising Falun Gong in the spring of 1999. Before she started practising Falun Gong, she suffered from a protruding lumbar vertebra in her back, and she could not do housework. As the condition got worse, she could not even walk on her own. After she started practising Falun Gong, all of her illnesses disappeared. Her daughters' bodies and minds were also dramatically purified.

Before July of 1999, Sun Shuhua had a happy family. She had her husband Chen Zhongchang, her first daughter Chen Yuxia and second daughter Chen Yuxian. She also had a son who worked at the county government and had already got married.

Since July 20th, 1999, Jiang Zemin's regime and the Chinese Communist Party started to persecute Falun Gong practitioners. Sun Shuhua, her two daughters and her entire family were continuously harassed and persecuted.

In December 2000, Chen Yuxia went to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Dafa, but she was arrested and detained at the Yitong County Detention Centre. Her father went to the detention centre to bring her some clothes and witnessed her persecution. He could not take the shock and suddenly suffered a stroke. Sun Shuhua had to take care of her husband while enduring the pain of seeing her daughter detained. After Chen Yuxia was released, her husband was deceived by the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) lies and fabrications. He blamed her for the persecution she suffered and for breaking up the family. He divorced her, but Sun Shuhua and her daughter did not falter in the face of these tribulations. They continued to practise Falun Gong as usual.

In August 2002, Chen Yuxia was arrested again and sent to a brainwashing session for persecution. After 3 days, Chen Yuxia and two other practitioners climbed over of the wall of the brainwashing centre and escaped into the surrounding cornfield. They quietly hid in the corn field, and after a minute, they heard the police fire some shots towards the cornfield. After the police gave up the search, the practitioners tried to walk to Beijing to appeal for Dafa, even though they did not have any money. When they walked to the Daheishan area in Liaoning Province, they were arrested by the police again and were taken back to the Yitong County Detention Centre. Policemen Ma Gang and others used a wooden stake to hit Chen Yuxia very hard. Chen Yuxia's body was covered with bruises, and she coughed up blood. The other two practitioners were sent to the Chaoyang Forced Labour Camp in Changchun City. One of them was tortured to death, which has been reported on the Minghui website [Chinese version of Clearwisdom.net]. Chen Yuxia's tragedy had a huge impact on her father, who was seriously ill with pancreatic cancer. Chen Zhongchang passed away in September 2002, without a chance to see his daughter before he died. Chen Yuxia continued to be brutally tortured in the detention centre, and she frequently coughed up blood from the injuries. She was released in November, when her life was in great danger.

Sun Shuhua's second daughter Chen Yuxian went to Beijing to appeal in the beginning of 2001. When her husband found out, he was deceived by the CCP's false propaganda and worried that his family would be implicated. He forbade Chen Yuxian from practising Falun Gong and began hitting and yelling at her. Chen Yuxian could not practise Falun Gong as regularly as before. Her body and mind suffered a sharp decline. In mid-November 2003, she suddenly suffered a cerebral haemorrhage, and passed away on December 4th, 2003.

Chen Yuxia had been taking care of her younger sister Chen Yuxian in Changchun City. On December 4th, Chen Yuxia went home to bring her mother to see Chen Yuxian one last time. Just as she arrived, the police broke into their home and arrested Chen Yuxia and her mother. At the same time, the bad news came from Changchun City that Chen Yuxian had just passed away.

Sun Shuhua's son lost his younger sister. His mother and elder sister were arrested. Since there is no place for him to appeal for Falun Gong and his family, he had to spend a lot of money to redeem his mother. Sun Yuxia was sentenced for 3 years and was sent to the Heizuizi Prison in Changchun City for persecution.

When Sun Shuhua returned home, she saw that her home was in shambles. She had to ask her relatives for help. Her once happy family was destroyed because of the persecution she suffered just for practising Falun Gong and trying to be a good person. Her husband died, her first daughter was sentenced and divorced, and her second daughter died, leaving behind an 11-year-old daughter and a 20-month-old daughter.

Falun Dafa gave Sun Shuhua great strength and has helped her make it through these enormous tribulations. Sun Shuhua was illiterate before, but now she can study the Falun Dafa teachings without assistance, and she can read Falun Dafa-related materials. The persecution cannot stop the steadfast Falun Dafa practitioners, who believe in Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2006/11/26/143280.html