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Police Brutality Causes Paralysis of Shandong Province Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Meng Qingying
2005-05-25
After being severely tortured, practitioner Ms. Meng Qingying was paralysed. The police arrested another practitioner, Mr. Zhao Qingliang, and extorted 20,000 Yuan from his family. They had earlier arrested Ms. Meng's husband Mr. Ren Bingyu and sentenced him to three years of forced labour. Their son Ren Junpeng was expelled from school. -
Seventeen Practitioners from Jilin, Hebei, Heilongjiang, and Other Provinces Die as a Result of Persecution
2005-05-25Ms. Liu Fang, 53, went to Beijing to appeal on behalf of Falun Gong in December 1999 and was detained there. Policemen poured cold water on her head, one basin after another, on a cold winter day. She went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong again in October 2000, and was sentenced to three years in a forced labour camp. She was very weak and had high blood pressure when she was jailed in Changchun City's Heizuizi Forced Labour Camp. Nonetheless, policemen still beat her with electric batons. After the continuous persecution she suffered, Liu Fang was severely injured both physically and mentally. She suffered from a mental collapse in 2003, and in March 2004, she had bleeding in her brain and lapsed into a coma. She passed away on April 13, 2005. -
Eighteen Falun Dafa Practitioners in Shandong, Liaoning and Guangdong Provinces and Inner Mongolia Die from Persecution
2005-05-24Ms. Zhang Xihui, 54, was a Falun Dafa practitioner from Shandong Province. She had appealed for Falun Dafa twice since the persecution began in 1999, and had been arrested many times. When she was released from her last detention, she showed symptoms of mental trauma. It was reported that she may have been injected with nerve-damaging drugs. Since then she had not been clear-minded. She suffered massive oedema and died on April 27, 2005. -
Fourteen Practitioners in Several Regions of China Died from the Persecution
2005-05-24Ms. Wang Shuyua, 74, lived in a village in Liaoning Province. After starting Falun Gong practice in July 1997, she was healthy and full of energy. For practising Falun Gong outdoors on August 13, 2000, she was detained by police, put in a metal cage for three days and later sent to a detention centre. Deciding she was too old to keep in detention, the police released her after forcing her to pay a fine of 200 yuan. Her three daughters, however, were arrested, detained and fined many times, causing her intense and prolonged stress. Ms. Wang passed away on August 6, 2004. -
Ten Falun Dafa Practitioners Die from Persecution in Sichuan, Heilongjiang, Gansu and Shandong Provinces
2005-05-2461 year old Ms. Zhu Yunfeng, lived in Sichuan Province. She suffered from diabetes and other conditions of the heart and blood vessels, but quickly recovered full health after she started practising Falun Dafa in 1995. In November 2000 in order to ask for justice for Dafa, she went to Tiananmen Square to appeal and the police abducted her. She was tortured for a long time at a custody centre. Officers in Chengdu City set up a solitary confinement cell where they tortured and interrogated her. They also forced her to stand for long periods of time. She passed away in early July 2001. -
Eleven Falun Dafa Practitioners Die from Persecution in Hebei Province
2005-05-24Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Xu Surong, 73, was twice sent to a forced labour camp for long-term detention for practising Falun Dafa. Her husband was detained three times, her daughter-in-law was abducted and detained many times, and her son was sent to a forced labour camp. Her daughter lost sight in both eyes from stress, fear, and anguish at the persecution of her beloved ones. During the past six years, Xu Surong endured tremendous pressure, and her condition declined. She passed away on April 20, 2005. -
More Information on the Persecution That Caused the Death of 78 Year Old Mr. Zhao Zhiyong and Severely Injured His Daughter
2005-05-2378 year old Mr. Zhao Zhiyong passed away from a stroke on February 11, 2004, due to the severe abuses he and his family members suffered under the persecution. Also, Mr. Zhao's older daughter, Zhao Yuhong, was imprisoned in the Shandong Women's Prison for over three years. The tortures she suffered there led to her being unable to take care of herself. Recently, she has been in critical condition ever since the prison doctor injected her with unknown drugs. The drugs have caused her health to deteriorate rapidly. -
Facts Surrounding the Persecution and Death of Three Practitioners in Heilongjiang Province
2005-05-23Practitioners Mr. Ren Pengwu, Mr. Zhang Xuewen and Ms. Sun Yuhua were tortured to death. While imprisoned at the detention centre, they suffered brutal forced-feedings. The doctors and guards inserted tubes into the practitioners' noses and force-fed them with massive amounts of a salt solution, causing their deaths. Wang Gongchao, the then chief of the detention centre, stated, "Death from force-feeding is nothing." -
Ms. Han Yuxia's Arm Fractured from Torture at Linkou County Detention Centre
2005-05-23Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Han Yuxia was arrested in 2001 and held at the Linkou County Detention Centre. The police forced her to lie on the ground and beat her thirty times. After the beating, Ms. Han still refused to say anything, so they continued beating her, and used a rope that they had prepared beforehand to tie and hang her in midair. Several people together forcefully twisted both her arms behind her back. Her arms were twisted and forced upward for a long time. The sound of Ms Han's arm snapping like a stick breaking off was heard. Police in the detention centre grudgingly sent Ms. Han to the hospital, but after an operation on her fractured arm she was taken back to the detention centre. -
Sixteen Falun Dafa Practitioners from Heilongjiang, Liaoning, Hebei, Gansu, and Shandong Provinces Die from Persecution
2005-05-23Practitioner Ms. Liu Junying, 55, lived in a village in Heilongjiang Province. Before practising Falun Dafa she was very sick and had difficulty swallowing food. She completely recovered after she started practising. On July 20, 1999 she was abducted and sent to the district brainwashing class where she was savagely tortured and brainwashed with slandering propaganda. She wrote a guarantee statement against her conscience, which made her upset and depressed afterwards. She suffered a relapse of her old illnesses, but was not released from the labour camp until she was at the brink of death. She passed away soon afterwards, on November 28, 2003. -
90-year-old Man and His Son Die as a Result of Persecution
2005-05-22Wang Youling, 90 practised Falun Gong with his whole family. He was repeatedly persecuted. In May 2003, Wang Youling's son Wang Rucheng was arrested by police for practising Falun Gong. Seeing his son was persecuted so severely, Wang Youling was extremely worried. His old diseases relapsed and he collapsed to his bed and passed away on October 30, 2003. Wang Rucheng was very sad about his father's death. A total of 30,000 yuan had been extorted from the family. Living in depression, his old disease relapsed, and he died on December 16, 2004. -
Thirteen Practitioners Died after Facing Persecution in Shandong Province, Tianjin, Hebei Province, Hunan Province, Liaoning Province and Jilin Province
2005-05-22Practitioner Mr. Zhang Kao was in his 70s and lived in Hebei Province. He went to Beijing to appeal and was held at a police station and tortured. After he returned home, the local authorities fined him 3,000 yuan. They continued to harass Mr. Zhang at home. They took his bankbook listing deposits of over 10,000 yuan. In the autumn of 2003, the authorities sent Mr. Zhang to a brainwashing class. In February 2004, his son was also abducted and sent to the brainwashing class. As a result of the relentless persecution, Mr. Zhang suffered great depression and passed away in March 2004. -
Ms Sun Qiuping Was Forced to Renounce Falun Gong and Died from Persecution by Police in Hebei Province
2005-05-22Because Mrs. Sun Qiuping went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Dafa, she was arrested and taken back to her local County Detention Centre. Police officers transferred her to the police station, and brutally persecuted her. According to Mrs. Sun's statement before her death, she was held in the police station for three days, during which at least twenty people took turns beating her; kicking her head, face and body with heavy boots. Her face and head became deformed. It was completely swollen and bruised. It was such a gruesome sight that nobody dared to look at her. Her face was still unrecognisable after eight days had passed. Under all kinds of pressure and threats, Mrs. Sun Qiuping was forced to give up Falun Dafa, and write a "Guarantee Statement". After her release, she became ill with hepatitis and quickly passed away. -
Falun Dafa Gave Practitioners a Second Life - the Persecution Caused Their Death
2005-05-22Ms. Wen Ruilan was 78 years old and lived in Liaoning Province. On Nov. 22, 1999, she went to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Gong, but was arrested at Tiananmen Square and was humiliated by the police. The police took 200 Yuan from her pocket, which was all the money she had with her. Later went she was released the police harassed her frequently and she left home to avoid arrest. Ms. Wen's mind and body suffered long-term harm due to the continued persecution, and her illness recurred. She was diagnosed with late stage lung cancer. She died on Feb. 15, 2005. -
Additional Information about Middle School Teacher Mr. Wang Wenju Who was Tortured to Death
2005-05-21English teacher, Mr. Wang Wenju, was arrested when he discussed the truth about Falun Data in his class and was sentenced to three years in prison. In prison, he did not renounce Falun Dafa so they beat him severely. The guards beat him severely. He was sent to the hospital on April 25, 2005 yet only two days later he died as a result of the torture he had been subjected to. When Mr. Wang's family rushed to the hospital, he had already succumbed to the torture and died. The hospital did not acknowledge any responsibility, saying that he died of gastric acid poisoning from his long-term fasting. The prison closed the case after paying a 2,000 yuan fee to the family.
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