Older Practitioners Ms. Yang Jizhi and Ms. Jin Chunqing Died as a Result of Persecution in Shuangcheng City, Heilongjiang Province

Ms. Yang Jizhi, 65, was a retired teacher from Handian Middle School. She went to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Gong. She was subsequently detained in the Shuangcheng City Detention Centre, where guards forced her to kneel down while they whipped her. Ms. Yang was later transferred to the Yaziquan Detention Centre for several months, and then taken back to the Shuangcheng City Detention Centre. She was detained for a total of 11 months, and released in August 2000. Ever since then she was forced to live away from home to avoid being arrested. In 2005, she was arrested and detained in Daqing City. Her daughter Ms. Zhang Tieyan, also a practitioner, was tortured to death. The death of her daughter severely affected Ms. Yang's mental and physical health. She became very thin, and died far away from home on June 12th, 2006.

Ms. Jin Chunqing, 58, was a retired employee of the Shuangcheng City Shoe Factory. She learned Falun Gong in 1994. The cultivation of Falun Gong benefited her both physically and spiritually. She went to Beijing to appeal against the persecution twice, and both times she was arrested, detained, and had money extorted from her. She was later detained in the Wanjia Forced Labour Camp, where guards injected an unknown substance in her. Ms. Jin nearly died in the camp due to being tortured. The camp authorities took her back home, and they deducted 2,000 yuan¹ from her retirement salary. Upon her return home, local police and the neighbourhood administration constantly came to her home to harass her. When the unknown substance injected into her took effect, Ms. Jin's mind became unclear, she would cry or laugh, could not speak clearly, and her limbs were uncoordinated. She became emaciated, and died on April 8th, 2006.

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1. "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://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2008/8/24/184628.html