55-Year-Old Ms. Jia Shuhua Dies after Years of Persecution

Name: Jia Shuhua
Gender: Female
Age: 55
Address: Houxiangzi Village, Chengguan Town, Pingdu City, Shandong Province
Occupation: Unknown
Date of Death: 25th March 2010
Date of Most Recent Arrest: July 20th, 2006
Most Recent Place of Detention: 610 Office Brainwashing Centre in Pingdu City
City: Pingdu
Province: Shandong
Persecution Suffered: Forced labour, brainwashing, torture, extortion

Ms. Jia Shuhua passed away on March 25th, 2010 after years of persecution by the police. Ms. Jia, 55, lived in Houxiangzi Village, Chengguan Town, Pingdu City, Shandong Province. She benefited immensely after she started practising Falun Gong in the 1990s. She enjoyed her life, and treated others with kindness.

In 2000, she went to Beijing to appeal on behalf of Falun Gong. She was arrested. Police officers from Pingdu City took her back, and detained her in the Pingdu Hospital of Chinese Medicine. The police extorted 14,000 yuan¹ from her before being released.

In 2001, the police besieged Ms. Jia and other practitioners while they were chatting. Ms. Jia managed to escape. In 2002, she was turned in to the police while telling others about the persecution of Falun Gong in the housing area of the Pingdu Electric Company. She was taken to the Pingdu City 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong). She refused to give up her belief in Truthfulness-Benevolence-Forbearance and was sentenced to two years of forced labour. Due to inhumane treatment in the Wangcun Women's Forced Labour Camp, she developed stomach problems. Soon she was in critical condition. The labour camp officials were afraid of being held responsible if she died in custody, and reluctantly decided to release her on medical parole.

She remained weak after returning home. Still, officials from the labour camp made phone calls to her home every month, threatening to take her back there if she continued to believe in Falun Gong. Local police officers also showed up frequently unannounced to harass her and her family. Under constant and sometimes intense pressure, her situation deteriorated. She had to undergo a surgery for her stomach.

At 9:00 a.m. on July 20th, 2006, the police broke into her home, and took her to a brainwashing centre operated by the 610 Office.

One night at around 11:30 p.m. in 2008, the police showed up at her home again. Her family was able to spot the officers soon enough to alert Ms. Jia. She managed to escape.

Under years of relentless persecution, Ms. Jia's condition continued to deteriorate. She had to have another surgery for bile excretion. Despite efforts by her family, she did not survive.

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Note

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.org/mh/articles/2010/3/31/220737.html