Mr. Sun Yuzhang,76, Dies from Police Harassment; More Than Twenty Practitioners Arrested in Hebei Province

Mr. Sun Yuzhang, 76, lived in Xin Village, Chenshi Township, Shenzhou City, Hebei Province. He used to have many illnesses, but he became healthy after cultivating Falun Gong in 1996, and he never needed medication afterwards. He went to Beijing twice July 20th, 1999 to explain the facts about Falun Gong with his personal experience. The police stopped him from going and detained him for eight months in the Shenzhou City Detention Centre. He was sent to a brainwashing centre for 3-4 months immediately after his detention.

In 2001, police took him into custody. They deprived him of sleep for six days, detained him in the detention centre for another four months, and extorted from him three to four thousand yuan¹. Mr. Sun has been harassed constantly ever since.

In July 2008, for the sake of "Olympics security," officers from the Shenzhou City Police Department, 610 Office², every police station, and Domestic Security Divisions started another round of arresting, harassing, home-ransacking, and surveillance on all Falun Gong practitioners. They arrested 20 to 30 practitioners. On July 18th, 2008, Xin Village Official Liu Sanhe (male) and He Zhanguo (male) came to Mr. Sun's home to harass him. At this time, officers of Hengshui City and Shenzhou City Police Departments tried to arrest Mr. Sun's youngest daughter (a practitioner), but they did not succeed. Mr. Sun was deeply disturbed and worried about his daughter. He felt very upset on the evening of July 21st, 2008 and died on July 22nd, 2008.

Note

1. "Yuan" is the Chinese currency; 500 yuan is equal to the average monthly income of an urban worker in China.

2. "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/2008/8/9/183715.html