Ms. Zhao Xiuqin from Beijing and Ms. Zou Yongping from Liaoning Province Died as a Result of Persecution

Beijing Practitioner Ms. Zhao Xiuqin Died in January at a Forced Labour Camp as a Result of Persecution

Ms. Zhao Xiuqin, a practitioner in her fifties, lived at Xuanwu District in Beijing. She had suffered from the persecution of Falun Gong since July 20th, 1999, when the persecution started, and had become homeless. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) police arrested her when she was distributing leaflets exposing the persecution, and she was taken to a forced labour camp. Although she was subjected to brainwashing many times, she never stepped aside from her cultivation path. She died in January 2007 at a forced labour camp, due to persecution. Additional investigation is needed for detailed information.

Ms. Zou Yongping, Practitioner from Xinbin County, Liaoning Province, Died As a Result of Torture

Ms. Zou Yongping, 54, was the head of the workers' union at the Xinbin County Medicine Administrative Bureau. Ms. Zou went to Beijing many times to appeal for Falun Gong after July 20th, 2999, the day when Falun Gong was banned. She was arrested and detained at Xinbin County Detention Centre more times than one can count. She was seen as a "key" person by the Xinbin 610 Office¹. During the past few years, Ms. Zou lived under constant police surveillance. Her phone was bugged and she was often followed. Police came to her door many times to harass and threaten her, and one time they confiscated a computer. She was detained many times, fined 4,000 yuan², and twice taken to a forced labour camp. She was detained once at Fushun City Forced Labour Camp and once at Masanjia Forced labour Camp. She was tortured at the labour camps and developed symptoms of high blood pressure and other cardiovascular diseases. Later it worsened and she suffered mental trauma, and acted abnormally. In 2005, Masanjia Forced Labour Camp released Ms. Zou on bail for medical treatment to abscond responsibility for her condition. Ms. Zou never recovered. On October 28th, 2006, her body was discovered on a road to Matang Village, Xinbin County.

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/2007/3/12/150655.html