Four Practitioners from Jilin, Liaoning, and Henan Provinces Die after Suffering Continued Persecution

1. Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Dai Kewu was from Tonghua City, Jilin Province. He was sentenced to forced labour camps twice and as a result died in December 2006.

Mr. Dai was 57 years old. He lived in the Erdaojiang District of Tonghua City and worked at Tonggang Tap Water Company. He was very healthy after beginning Falun Dafa practice in 1994. In early June 1999, he went to Beijing to appeal to higher authorities for justice for Falun Dafa. Some malicious Chinese Communism Party members detained him twice, each time for 15 days. He was then sentenced to the Tonghua Forced Labour Camp for one year. By the time his family got him out on parole, his blood pressure was very high due to the mistreatment. In 2002, police from the Erdaojiang Police Substation arrested him at his home and sentenced him to two years imprisonment at Chaoyanggou Forced Labour Camp in Changchun City. There he became very weak from the brutal torture, and by the time his family got him out again on parole he was covered with cuts and bruises. Afterwards, he was hospitalised several times and died on December 30th, 2006.

2. Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Yin Jiuxi from Kaiyuan City died as a result of persecution. Several members of his family were also persecuted.

Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Yin Jiuxi was from Kaiyuan City, Liaoning Province. He died in November 2006. His family members have also suffered persecution. Mr. Yin Jiuxi was 73 years old. He started practising Falun Dafa together with his family in late 1998. Right before the 2002 Chinese New Year, his wife was arrested because she practised Falun Dafa. Mr. Yin had to leave his home and wander about to avoid further persecution. After he returned home, he was harassed at his home and threatened several times by the police in his area. In 2003, his older daughter was arrested since she also practised Falun Dafa. The police illegally searched her home and sentenced her to nine years of imprisonment. She is still in prison. In 2005, after searching his third daughter's home, she was arrested, but managed to run away. She's still wandering from place to place to avoid further persecution. All the sufferings of his family affected Mr. Yin's health. He died on November 16th, 2006. Even on the day of his funeral, police cars from his area followed his family to harass them.

3. Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Zhang Na was from Zhengzhou City, Henan Province. She died as a result of the persecution in December 2006.

Ms. Zhang Na was 48 years old. She started practising Falun Dafa in 1997. Even after July 20th, 1999, when the persecution started, she still explained the facts about Falun Dafa to people. She hung up banners that said, ''Wonderful Falun Dafa'' on the street during the New Year holiday in 2004. Two policemen from the Police Squad of the Provincial Government arrested her and took her to the Huayuan Road Police Substation. Later she was sent to the Detention Centre at the Jinshui Police Department. After she was released, the local 610 Office¹, together with the Chinese Communist Party members from her company, continued to persecute her financially and at her job. Due to the continued harassment, she suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and died on December 17th, 2006.

4. Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Liu Shuyun was from Tonghua City of Jilin Province. She died from the persecution in 2006.

Ms. Liu Shuyun was 61 years old. She lived in the Erdaojiang District of Tonghua City. Soon after she started practising Falun Dafa in 1999, the police and the committee head of her community searched her home and confiscated her Falun Dafa books. Her son is also a Falun Dafa practitioner. The police and people from the community often came and harassed them at home. Vicious people from his workplace frequently came to harass him and would not allow him to go to work. The police confiscated their car and sentenced her son to forced labour camps twice, once for 18 months, the next time for three years. The family was constantly monitored and their phone was tapped. Malicious people stole 2,000 yuan² from them, of which they only successfully got two hundred back. Ms. Liu's health was adversely affected by the persecution, and she died in 2006.

Note

1. "The 610 office" is an agency specifically created to persecute Falun Gong, with absolute power over each level of administration in the Party and all other political and judiciary systems.

2. "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://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2007/1/22/147350.html