Mr. Li Delong Died as a Result of Persecution

Name: Li Delong
Gender: Male
Age: 49
Address: Unknown
Occupation: Official at the Laixi City Administration Bureau for Industry and Commerce

Date of Death: November 29th, 2009
Persecution Suffered: Detention, beatings, interrogation, home ransacking, physical constraint

Mr. Li Delong died on November 29th, 2009, as a result of the Communist regime's long-term harassment and persecution.

Mr. Li travelled to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Gong in 2000, and was taken into custody at the Laixi City Liaison Office in Beijing. Police officers Shen Tao and Li Maohui slapped his face with their leather shoes. They did not stop the beating until they were exhausted, and then they handcuffed Mr. Li behind a door.

Mr. Li's wife, Ms. Ju Ruihong, went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong on June 17th, 2000. She unfurled a banner reading "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance" on the Tiananmen Gate Tower on the morning of June 19th, 2000 and shouted loudly, "Falun Gong is good!" Three plainclothes agents caught her, kicking and punching her in the process. The beating left Ms. Ju with a swollen left eye. She had blurred vision and was in a great deal of pain. Ms. Ju was then taken to the Chaoyang District Detention Centre. Beijing Police Department officials sentenced her to one year of forced labour on July 16th, 2000, without going through any legal procedures. She was held at the Beijing Forced Labour Dispatch Division for 100 days, resulting in her developing a heat rash all over her body and hair loss. Then, on October 28th, 2000, the persecutors sent Ms. Ju to the Xin'an Forced Labour Camp in Beijing.

Six years later, as Mr. Li was doing business at the Rizhuang Town Market in the morning of August 30th, 2006, officer Li Shihua and others from the Rizhuang Town Police Station deceived him into going to the station and then took him into custody at the Laixi Police Department Detention Centre. The police found the key to Mr. Li's home on him and ransacked it that same afternoon. Officers Zhang Luning, Sui Guoqin and others from the Rizhuang Town Police Station conducted the search. After that, these officers proceeded to search Mr. Li's office, but did not find anything they wanted.

While Mr. Li was in custody, Zhang Luning, Li Shihua and others interrogated him. The persecution led to the relapse of his hepatitis. Shortly after, Mr. Li was given a forced labour term, but was allowed to serve his term outside prison due to his precarious health.

On September 8th, 2006, the authorities tried to sentence Mr. Li to two years of forced labour. They sent him to the Wangcun Forced Labour Camp in Zibo, but the camp officials refused to accept him because of his severe liver problem. However, the authorities implicated his relative, who had a private enterprise in Zibo. Officers from the Laixi City Police Department and the Laixi City 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) collaborated with officers from the Zhangdian District Police Department and from the Zhangdian District 610 Office, Zibo City on September 20th, 2006. Under the guise of checking residential permits, they confiscated Falun Gong books from Mr. Li's relative's company, and took four employees into custody and interrogated them under torture.

Shen Tao from the Laixi Police Department and Wang Feiqiang from the Rizhuang Town Police Station arrested Mr. Li's wife Ms. Ju on October 24th, 2006. She was held in custody for several days.

Due to constant harassment and persecution, Mr. Li had nowhere to turn. He tried numerous times to apply for a passport to go abroad, but was turned down each time. Within one month after his last application was rejected, Mr. Li's liver disease suddenly recurred. He died several days later, on November 29th, 2009.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2009/12/31/215390.html