Additional Information about the Persecution Deaths of Mr. Gong Zhaotao from Shandong Province, and Mr. Li Zhenshan from Henan Province

Additional information about the persecution death of Gong Zhaotao from Yantai City, Shandong Province

Mr. Gong Zhaotao, 52 years old, from Chahe Village, Shuidao Town, Yantai City, Shandong Province, started practising Falun Gong in 1996 and became very healthy as a result. He had been actively informing people about the persecution of Falun Gong and dispelling the state propaganda attacking the practice since July 20th, 1999. In October 2007, while distributing Falun Gong leaflets exposing the persecution he was forcibly taken away by police and detained in a forced labour camp for one year. After being persecuted for over four months in Wangcun Forced Labour Camp, he passed away on February 22nd, 2008. Upon examining his body after his death, his family discovered a great deal of blood had come out of his ears and mouth. The labour camp authorities claimed that he died from coronary heart disease. His family originally intended to pursue justice, but communist authorities cremated his body to cover up the evidence.

Additional information about the persecution death of Li Zhenshan from Anyang City, Henan Province

Mr. Li Zhenshan, 74 years old, was a resident of Anyang City, Henan Province.

Before practising Falun Gong, he suffered from many diseases including gastritis and skin rashes. After practising Falun Gong, his diseases disappeared. He led his whole family to start practising cultivation and he was also the local coordinator for the Gulou practice site in Wenfeng District.

After July 1999, Li Zhenshan went to Tangyin's provincial government and Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong, thus becoming a major target of persecution of Anyang City's 610 Office¹. Wang Yuansheng, the head of brainwashing centre at Anyang City's 610 Office; Huang Ze, the head of Wenfeng District's 610 Office; and Bai Dongming, the head of the National Security Group of Wenfeng District, were the most aggressive in persecuting Mr. Li.

In June 2006, Mr. Li's three daughters went to Beijing together to appeal and were taken away by the local National Security Group and imprisoned in Anyang City Detention Centre for half a year. Thinking that Li Zhenshan had instigated his daughters to speak out, communist staff aggravated the persecution of Li Zhenshan and his family. Their phones were tapped and they were monitored. They were harassed during holidays and sensitive dates. His house and his daughters' houses were often searched and property was repeatedly confiscated. His daughters were frequently taken to brainwashing sessions held by the city or county. The 610 Office often sent Li Yucheng, who has become a communist party secret agent, to Li Zhenshan's family to intimidate, monitor, and threaten them.

After a long period of threats and pressure, Mr. Li Zhenshan suddenly suffered a cerebral haemorrhage on July 20th, 2004. A few days later, he passed away at his home.

Li Zhenshan never renounced his faith in Falun Gong.

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.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2008/4/24/177048.html